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Half Straddle, experimental theater company, performs favorite songs from their recent productions in an all-girl band line-up at Union Hall in Park Slope, 702 Union Street at 5th Avenue on Thursday, June 10 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door. The Half Straddle 'band' includes Chris Giarmo, Eliza Bent, Julia Sirna-Frest and special guests -- Kate Marvin and comedian and singer Glennis McMurray (from I EAT PANDAS) with music by Giarmo and lyrics by playwright/director Tina Satter. For more information visit http://unionhallny.com/calendar.php.

Vital Theatre Company has extended the production 'ISABELLE AND THE PRETTY-UGLY SPELL,' with music and lyrics by Steven Fisher, book by Joan Ross Sorkin and Steven Fisher and directed by Vic DiMonda, through June 27th at 45 Bleecker Street. Performances continue every Sunday at 1pm through June 27th. Tickets are $25. The show is appropriate for ages 3-12. For reservations visit www.vitaltheatre.org or call (212) 579-0528. 45 BLEECKER STREET is at the corner of Lafayette, in NOHO.

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is accepting volunteer applications for the 2010 Picnic With the Pops and Popcorn Pops. All concerts are evening performances and held on the lawn of Chemical Abstracts Service (2540 Olentangy River Rd.). The first show is Spectrum in a Tribute to Motwon and R&B on Saturday, June 19. Additional concert include Patriotic Pops on July 3 and 50's Dance Party: A Tribute to Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens on July 17. For more information on volunteering visit www.picnicwiththepops.com/volunteer.

Peter Blum announced the exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris, will open on May 20 at 526 West 29th Street and run through July 30. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, May 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition John Zurier, Jason Fox, Richard Allen Morris brings together 3 different painting positions. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10-6. For more information visit http://peterblumgallery.com/.

Beginning June 11, the Department of Concerts and Lectures and the University of Minnesota Summer Session Office will host 24 free, outdoor concerts that showcase local talent and offer a variety of eclectic music from various cultures and genres. All concerts will be played on the Northrop Plaza from noon to 1:00 pm, with the exception of five evening shows. The evening concerts are an exciting new addition this summer and will be hosted on the plaza from 7:00 to 8:00 pm with bands The Alarmists, Maria Isa, Innocent, Charanga Tropical, and Alison Scott. For details visit http://northrop.umn.edu/events/summer-northrop.

Casting for the third and fourth weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The full details of the casting is included below. Tickets for American Ballet Theatre's 2010 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $20-$111, are available online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City. For more information, visit ABT's website at www.abt.org.

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center (1355 West 3100 South, West Valley) host the sixth annual Fiesta!, an evening of entertainment, and education, celebrating Mexican heritage and culture in Utah on Saturday, May 22 starting at 5pm. For more information call 801-965-5100 or visit culturalcelebration.org.

Staybridge Suites, Times Square launches 'Big Broadway Break' contest for aspiring performers. The contest is open to performers nationwide by submitting a video of themselves performing one of two classic Broadway songs, 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and 'I'm Always Chasing Rainbows' to Staybridge Suites Facebook page(www.facebook.com/staybridgesuitestimessquare).

On Sunday, May 16 at 1 p.m., the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will present a Terza Domenica Heritage Series event, 'Living Legacies: A Magical Pairing of Poetry and Music.' The event will pair the poetry of Letizia Modica Tuzzolino with the music of Alfred Morena, Sr. Family members will recount stories of the lives of these two talented individuals, and will also tell how they have taken works left behind by their forebears and given them new life in the 21st century. Admission of $10 for non-members and $5 for members includes a light reception. For more information visit http://www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org.

This Weekend at Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street) Tony Malaby Cello Quartet and Michael Attias' Bad Lucid on Friday and Saturday with James Weidman Three Worlds Quintet on Sunday. Tony Malaby Cello Quartet features Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Daniel Levin, cello; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums; Michaëll Attias, alto saxophone; Tony Malaby, tenor & soprano saxophone; Mark Helias, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums and will performan at 9 PM. Michael Attias will go on at 10:30PM. Cover is $10. More information http://www.tonymalaby.com.

MDHF Productions to perform the comedy 'Love, Sex and the IRS' at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. MDHF Productions will be performing the comedy 'Love, Sex and the IRS' at the Carrollwood Cultural Center on Friday, September 3 at 8 pm, Saturday, September 4 at 8 pm and Sunday, September 5 at 3 pm. Tickets prices are $15 for regular admission and $10 for Carrollwood Cultural Center members. Tickets can be purchased at the door.For more information visit the Center website at www.carrollwoodcenter.org.

Arizona roots-rockers Calexico debut at the Hollywood Bowl (2301 North Highland Ave) for ¡Viva Mexico!, a special concert on the KCRW World Festival series that celebrates the bicentennial of Mexico's independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution on September 18 at 8pm. Tickets priced $12-$102 are on sale at HollywoodBowl.com, at the Hollywood Bowl Box Office (12pm - 6pm, Tues. - Sun.); via credit card phone order at 323.850.2000, or through Ticketmaster.

The International Center of Photography has acquired the entire archive of work by renowned photographer Roman Vishniac. The Vishniac archive provides a comprehensive record of his photographs, including prints of many celebrated images of Eastern and Central European Jewish life before the Holocaust, thousands of others never-before-seen, as well as his noted microphotographic imagery. The archive was donated to ICP by Vishniac's daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, in recognition of her father's long-standing friendship with ICP founder Cornell Capa. The project website is at http://museum.icp.org/vishniac/

The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th Street) host two events as part of the World Science Festival and the opening of a new exhibition Race to the End of the Earth. On Thursday, June 3 at 7:30pm in the Hayden Planetarium Machover, Minsky and Music in the Dome will revisit the musical experient, the Brain Opera, and ofer a sneak peak into Machover's upcoming opera. And on Friday, June 4 at 7 PM a panel, To the End of Earth and Beyond, in the LeFrak Theater, will feature leading scientist discussing 100 years after the first historic South Pole journey. Tickets for both events are $15 for students and $30 for adults. For more information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.amnh.org/.

21C Media Group is representing Joseph Calleja, handling his media and public relations. The Maltese singer's recent successes include runs at New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he 'brought the house down' in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (Classical TV) and 'gave his all, singing with ardor, stamina, and poignant vocal colorings and winning a rousing ovation' in the title role of Bartlett Sher's new production of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann (Anthony Tommasini, New York Times). For more information visit http://www.josephcalleja.com/index.php.

The Charlestown Working Theater has been awarded a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding to support an exchange between CWT and the National Center of Aesthetics Small Theatre based in Yerevan, Armenia NCA Small Theatre, Vahan Badlayan, Artistic Director. Funding from TMU will allow the CWT to bring their performance 'The Odyssey' to the High Fest International Performance Festival in Yerevan, Armenia in October, 2010.

Puttin' on the Ritz, a celebration of the Roaring 20's, is the theme of the 25th Anniversary Georgia Shakespeare Gala. The event will honor Oglethorpe University with the 2nd Annual Spirit of Will Award, recognizing individuals who exemplify the passion for the human condition that William Shakespeare displayed throughout the body of his writing, and those who courageously advocate for the primacy of the value of the arts as the ultimate expression of our shared humanity. Tickets are $200 with tables starting at $2,000 and include dinner, drinks and a special cabaret performance by Megan McFarland. For information or to buy tickets visit http://www.gashakespeare.org/bard_s_bash1 or contact development Associate Mari Arguelles 404.504.3413.

UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts presents various music, plays, theatre, and films in May. On May 10th at 6pm '5 Plays You Didn't Know' will be at Kenilworth 508 featuring second year actors directed by Rebecca Holderness. The plays include 'Ball Boys,' 'Feeding the Moonfish,' 'Small Museum,' 'Blue Like,' and 'Dead Wait.' At 7:30 pm at the Recital Hall Violists' Night Out II with various solo and ensemble music from the chief representative of the alto clef persuasion. On May 11 the first ever festival of UWM student made animation films at the Union Theatre at 7pm. The events are free with more information available at http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/index.cfm