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Circle X is hosting a party and performance on Saturday, June 12 at Atwater Village Theatre (3269 Casitas Ave) to send Casey Smith's award-winning solo show, Violators Will be Violated, to NYC this August for the New York Fringe Festival. Tickets available online at www.circlextheatre.org and at at the door. Pre-sale $18, $25 at the door. For more information about Violators Will be Violated visit www.violatorswillbeviolated.com.

Blue Spruce Theatre will present Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on this Island October 7-24, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts (321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA). Show times are 7:30 pm on Thursdays; Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22-$25 (+$1.99 fee for credit cards) and are available by phone 1-800-838-3006. For more information visit http://www.bluesprucetheatre.org.

Storm King Art Center, sculpture park, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with two special exhibitions opening on Saturday, June 5. 5+5: New Perspectives, comprising 12 new and recent works by ten artists, and The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty explores key aspects of Storm King's rich and varied history. Storm King's 2010 season is April 1 through November 14: Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm (open until 8:00 pm on Saturdays, May 29-September 4; until 5:00 pm daily, November 3-14). For more information visit www.stormkingartcenter.org.

The Jewish Museum's SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in July. Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys kick off SummerNights on July 1 followed by Ansambl Mastika on July 8, and The Sexteto Rodriguez Cuban-Jewish All Stars on July 15. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan. Each concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets for each concert are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337 or visit www.thejewishmuseum.org.

American Museum of Natural History cancels 'The End of the Earth and Beyond' that was scheduled for Friday, June 4 at 7pm in the LeFrak Theater.

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.

The Rick Springfield concert, scheduled at Sound Board for Friday, May 21st has been postponed. The rescheduled date is Friday, February 18, 2010 at 8pm. Previously purchased tickets will be honored on the rescheduled date, or ticketholders can contact Ticketmaster or their place of purchase for refunds.

ABTKids, an hour-long program designed for children and families, will present a performance of highlights from the Company's 2010 Spring Season on Saturday, June 5 at 11:30 AM at the Metropolitan Opera House (Broadway and 65th Street). Tickets are $25 and are available at the Metropolitan Opera House box office or by calling 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located at Broadway and 65th Street in New York City. For more information visit www.abt.org.

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.

'27 Seconds,' a new exhibition that tells the story of the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy when, during routine tests, a fire took the lives of astronauts Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, will open at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue) in Manhattan, on Saturday, June 12th. The exhibition will run through November 21, 2010 and is free with the price of admission to the museum. For more information, visit www.intrepidmuseum.org.

Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Weiss to the newly established position of Curator, Panza Collection. The creation of the position is part of the Panza Collection Conservation Initiative (PCCI), which was announced last month along with a major grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of $1.23 million to support the first phase of this project. This phase will undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Minimalist, Post-Minimalist, and Conceptual artworks, from the 1960s through the 1970s, in the Guggenheim's Panza Collection.

The Strand Theater announces its second annual Friends and Neighbors Festival: Works by Women, sponsored by the Maryland State Arts Council. The Friends and Neighbors Festival, includes a diverse group of up-and-coming female playwrights. Over four weeks in June, a new work will be featured at the Strand each weekend. Admission to each show in the festival is only $5. All performances begin at 8pm. Tickets can be reserved by calling 443-874-4917. For more information, please visit www.strandtheatercompany.org

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.

Associate Artistic Director Joel Sass brings THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP to the Jungle stage (2951 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis), June 18-August 1. The over-the-top farce features actors Bradley Greenwald (star of the Jungle's award-winning I Am My Own Wife) and Steven Epp (former Theatre de la Jeune Lune company member) playing all eight characters. Tickets are $10-35 and available at 612-822-7063 or online at www.jungletheater.com.

St. Petersburg Opera's Emerging Artists, the young singers who understudy the principal roles in the opera productions, will present two performances, on May 28 and May 29, 2010. The first performance, an abbreviated version of the opera 'Carmen,' will feature many of the most famous musical numbers from the opera and will use the set, costumes, and staging from the mainstage performances. Show time is 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15 and available by phone 727-823-2040. For more information visit http://www.stpeteopera.org.

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.

Written, performed and produced by Fred Blanco, The Stories of Cesar Chavez opens at Theater Asylum (6320 Santa Monica Blvd) on Thursday, June 17 at 5:30 pm and runs through June 26. As part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, tickets are $10 and are available at http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/.

The Hartt School faculty and students of its Community Division will participate in the 14th Annual Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference, which will be held May 28-31, 2010, in Minneapolis, MN. For more information on The Hartt School Community Division, visit http://www.hcd.hartford.edu/

Fourth Arts Block (FAB) is participating in various events with soloNova Festival, the Lower East Side Festival for the Arts and Pride Goes East celebration kicks of Thursday, May 20 at Performance Space 122 with the Ethyl Eicherberger Awards. For a full list of FAB events and information on the FAB Pass visit http://www.fabnyc.org/.

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.