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Set in rural Mississippi, this coming-of-age ghost story revolves around a small Southern family on the verge of transformation. The unrelenting July heat presses in on seventeen-year old Ace and his mother Lily as they dig their way out of the past.

Four short plays based around the theme of Boom and all set at the St. James Tavern, A Tale Oft Told by Christopher Lockheardt, Boom by Doug Powhida, This is Boombastia by Chris Morris, and We Read Together by Scott Tobin

All summer and into the fall, Fox Valley Repertory brings nostalgic musicals and relatable comedies to the Pheasant Run Mainstage. The summer includes: the rocking '60s musical, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, FVR Youth Ensembles journey across the famous yellow brick road, The Wizard Of Oz, the insightful and comical play, Defending the Caveman, Mike Toomey's multimedia comedic recollection of television in TV & Me, Chicago's finest improv troupe performing The Best of The Second City, and a classic tribute to the legendary composer Cole Porter, Let's Misbehave , at Pheasant Run Resort (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; 630-584-6342).

Soprano Sarah Joy Miller, star of the upcoming U.S. premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage'sAnna Nicole - a co-production of BAM and New York City Opera - will appear as Anna Nicole Smith atop a float in this year's Heritage of Pride Parade.

Soprano Sarah Joy Miller, star of the upcoming U.S. premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage'sAnna Nicole - a co-production of BAM and New York City Opera - will appear as Anna Nicole Smith atop a float in this year's Heritage of Pride Parade.

Attic Theatre Company and Sixteenfeet Productions are set to bring a little sunshine to South London this summer, as they join forces to present TWELFTH NIGHT or What You Will in two magical outdoor locations. Morden Hall Park and Brockwell Park will by turns host this exciting new staging of Shakespeare's bittersweet comedy, between today, 27th June and 14th July.

Trinayan Dance Theater proudly presents DanceFest INDIA! Kicking off today, June 25th until June 30th, the six-day festival celebrates the eternal beauty and zest for life of classical Indian dance. The events will take place in downtown Brooklyn's ever-burgeoning cultural district (home of BAM and the new Barclays Center), continuing to make Brooklyn a cultural destination.

Brooklyn's acclaimed Brave New World Repertory Theatre is taking Elmer Rice's 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Street Scene to the streets--literally...in a special multicultural interpretation.

A new memoir by Robert Atwan has begun in Believer magazine from the perspective of Thomas Buchanan, Daisy's husband and the villain of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. The memoir, which is titled “That Summer, 1922: A Counter Memoir by Thomas Buchanan,” is one of a few new versions of Fitzgerald's novel to be written recently. Since the release of Baz Luhrmann's movie of The Great Gatsby has caused a spike in sales of the novel, imitations are likely on the horizon.

The Airborne Toxic Event has gained a lot of attention for their lyrical arrangements, as well as their unique sound that can be described as a blend of Indie Rock music infused with a twist of classic orchestral arrangements. The five part band that formed in 2006 consists of Mikel Jollett, Steven Chen, Noah Harmon, Daren Taylor, and Anna Bulbrook, all of whose individual talents come together to create an impressive energy in their music and on stage. Their self-titled debut album topped Billboard's 'Heatseeker Chart' for an astounding 8 weeks, and the Los Angeles Times assures that it is easy to get 'swept up in the boundless ambition' of the band's second album All at Once. Their third album,Such Hot Blood, is set to release in 2013.

Pirated copies of Stephen King's new novel Joyland have begun to circulate online, while “researchers in Germany are investigating a new piracy prevention method which could alter a story's text to deter illegal copying.”

Trinayan Dance Theater proudly presents DanceFest INDIA! Kicking off on June 25th until June 30th, the six-day festival celebrates the eternal beauty and zest for life of classical Indian dance. The events will take place in downtown Brooklyn's ever-burgeoning cultural district (home of BAM and the new Barclays Center), continuing to make Brooklyn a cultural destination.

Award-winning Off Broadway playwright Monica Bauer's new solo show makes its American premiere at the East to Edinburgh Festival, at 59E59 Theaters.

There's a new kind of boy band on the circuit. The all-male string quartet Well-Strung makes its Florida debut, featuring classical musicians who sing and put their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Adele, Lady Gaga, and more.

OPEN REHEARSAL READINGS TODAY, JUNE 15-16 The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director) announces the creative teams and casting for the two original book musicals, The Last Queen of Canaan, with music by Jacob Yandura and book and lyrics by Rebekah Greer Melocik, and Mrs. Hughes, with music and lyrics by Sharon Kenny and book by Janine Nabers, which will be developed in an intensive lab setting in New Haven, June 4-16. The residency culminates with open rehearsal readings of each project, presented as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, today, June 15 and the 16th, 2013.

George Orwell's 1984, a novel set in a “fictitious world gripped in the vise of constant war and a society held captive by the ever watchful gaze of a shadowy totalitarian dictator known as 'Big Brother'” has seen a large increase in sales following the NSA surveillance scandal.

Northrop Summer Music Festival 2013 kicks off with an outdoor Latin/salsa dance party this Today night, starting with a latin dance mix from DJ Fatty, perfect for dancing along. The evening finishes off with Northrop Summer Music Festival favorite, nine-piece salsa and string band Charanga Tropical. The evening also features a salsa performance from local salsa dancing organization Minneami.

In the 1920s and early 1930s, female factory workers, later known as radium girls, contracted radium poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium Factory in Ottawa, Illinois. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to give them a fine point. Five of the workers challenged their employer in a landmark case that travelled to the US Supreme Court and established the right of individuals who contracted 'occupational diseases' to sue their employers.

AND THE WINNER WASN'T III celebrates the great music of Broadway performed by the very best of Chicago's outstanding musical theater talent.

Comedian Tammy Pescatelli is the kind of woman you wish was your sister or your best friend. Like a good sister, she's always ready with a good joke or lively quip. Tammy learned her funny skills growing up in a large Italian household outside of Cleveland.