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Miami's most influential arts patrons and philanthropists will gather this November for an overnight celebration titled Arts Odyssey: A Collaboration. Underwritten by The Yachts of Seabourn, this exclusive event will benefit the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and its three resident companies: New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy, Miami City Ballet and Florida Grand Opera.

The SANFORD AND DOLORES ZIFF CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES will present four diverse works by the highly regarded Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, on December 16; a solo recital of audience favorites by four-time Emmy® Award and 15-time Grammy® Award-winning violinist Itzhak Perlman on January 12; the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of the internationally recognized American conductor Leonard Slatkin, on February 14; and outstanding pianist Lang Lang accompanied by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, on March 29, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. The four-part series will take place entirely in one of the most acoustically superb concert halls in the world - the Center's John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.

In a world of Reality Television: American Idol, America's Got Talent, Intervention, America's Best Dance Crew, College Hill, and the Real World; Darryl Reuben Hall's REALITY CHECK brings together eight soulful strangers who've come together to live in THE HOUSE OF SONG for weeks as cameras follow their every step.

Mindy will help participants discover, through visualization, how to create that inner beauty and let it shine on the outside. Allowing oneself to acquire one's own personal style, self-esteem and honesty is essential in today's world.

STILL UNTITLED, a new play written by South Florida resident Matt May, based upon stories by Terrance Olear, will receive its world premiere production July 22 - 26, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. Set backstage on the opening night of Tristan O'Brien's Broadway debut, the play chronicles his reflections on life, love, loss, and perseverance, while coping with the back-to-back deaths of his mother and brother.

Everybody adores Judy Garland. Rising Action Theatre has brought her back for a visit by popular demand. Rising Action Theatre presents Judy Garland Live!

A season ticket subscription is available that includes Smokey Joe's Café, Hamlet, Almost, Maine, Baby with the Bathwater, and Rent. Camelot: In Concert is available as a special add-on to the season subscription. Subscription prices for the five show season are: Weekdays and Matinees: $68 regular admission / $60 seniors. Friday and Saturdays: $80 regular admission/ $68 seniors. Camelot:In Concert reduced price tickets for season subscribers are Weekdays and Matinees: $18 regular admission/$16 seniors. Friday and Saturdays: $22 regular admission/$18 seniors.

Puerto Rican-born actress/poet Deborah Magdalena, a veteran performer of TV and film, including Sesame Street, Apollo Comedy Hour, Suns of Thunder, Striptease and For Love of Country, will be performing pieces from her New CD 'Deborah LIVE' and is launching a one-hour bilingual variety show Todo Urbano con Deborah Magdalena.

The producers of the Miami Improv Festival invited The Nuclear Family to perform as the weekend's headliner because of their wild and always crazy plots mixed with the incredible singing, dancing and acting talents of John Gregorio, Stephen Guarino, and Jimmy Ray Bennett. Executive Producer, David Christopher explains, 'It is a tremendous treat to have a group as funny and talented as The Nuclear Family here at the Miami Improv Festival. After their breakout performance at the Miami Improv Festival in 2003 we have eagerly been trying to get their great show back to South Florida. These guys are hysterical, and it won't be long before one, two or all three of them end up on a show like Saturday Night Live, so see them now here in Miami, while you can!'

Florida Studio Theatre announces the return of Adult Workshops. This July there is a unique opportunity to preview a selection of classes that will be offered this fall. These special workshops will take place July 25-26, 2009.

The Broward County Cultural Division will receive a grant of $250,000 for salary assistance to local arts organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through President Obama's economic stimulus package-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The four-character play made its Broadway premiere in 1931, starring Noel Coward himself. It has a long history with six Broadway revivals, most recently in 2002, and a long list of well known cast members including Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Alan Rickman.

Puerto Rican-born actress/poet Deborah Magdalena, a veteran performer of TV and film, including Sesame Street, Apollo Comedy Hour, Suns of Thunder, Striptease and For Love of Country, will be performing pieces from her New CD 'Deborah LIVE' and is launching a one-hour bilingual variety show Todo Urbano con Deborah Magdalena.

STILL UNTITLED, a new play written by South Florida resident Matt May, based upon stories by Terrance Olear, will receive its world premiere production July 22 - 26, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. Set backstage on the opening night of Tristan O'Brien's Broadway debut, the play chronicles his reflections on life, love, loss, and perseverance, while coping with the back-to-back deaths of his mother and brother.

Recently, The Cultural+Plannng Group, LLC was selected for consulting on an 18-month project- Broward County's 2020 Community Cultural Plan. This, uniquely 'Broward' 10-year strategic plan, will reflect diverse population trends and will include three component plans focused on the Creative Economy, Cultural Tourism, and Public Art and Design.

The smash hit 'Fuerza Bruta' extends at the Arsht Center through August 2.

'Internet Killed the Video Star!' is an original, professional comedy theater production written and produced by The Jove that offers one of the most unique comedy experiences in South Florida.

Two greedy Hollywood executives are set to pitch a can't-lose deal to the studio boss when an unlikely obstacle, in the form of a seductive temp secretary, creates unexpected complications. Revived to great acclaim on Broadway in 2008, this hilarious, acid-etched satire depicts Hollywood as a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect.

Mary Becht, Director of the Broward County Cultural Division received Americans For the Arts' United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) - Ray Hanley Innovation Award at a private event in June. A coalition of leaders from the country's 60 largest cities - USUAF established the award in 2007 to honor both Hanley and others who make outstanding individual contributions to arts and culture in American cities.

Does Miami have the next Susan Boyle? You can find out at Miami's talent competition, 'Talent Quest Miami!' when performers take center stage at Miami Beach to show the rest of the world that, while Britain and America may have talent, we've got the best performers on the planet.