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Charlotte Contemporary Ensemble, a choral performing group, is celebrating more than 30 years of musical excellence and is looking to add additional singers. CCE is looking for people who enjoy learning music from a vast repertoire of genres and styles; classical, sacred, spirituals, broadway, jazz, contemporary, including music by African-American composers and arrangers. Interested parties should be able to learn music and attend weekly rehearsals every Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

John Mellencamp and his band are set to embark on the first leg of the No Better Than This Tour in late October following the August 17 release of his Rounder Records debut album, No Better Than This. The tour, designed as a uniquely formatted 'evening with,' brings Mellencamp's music to theater-sized venues, a rare opportunity to experience one of America's most iconic songwriters and performers in an intimate setting, highlighting all phases of his artistry.

Today at 10 a.m., all performances in the Merrimack Hall 2010-11 performance season are now on sale to the general public. To purchase a ticket to any performance, visit our website or call the Box Office at (256) 534-6455.

York Little Theatre is holding auditions on August 30 and 31, 2010, for their upcoming original production of Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars which runs October 29 - November 7, 2010 and is the first production in their 2010-11 rabbittransit children's series.

Lincoln Center Theater, in association with Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations, presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, making its Fox Cities Performing Arts Center debut September 14-19, 2010 as part of the M&I Bank Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series.

Pride Films & Plays is proud to announce the launch of its Great Gay Play Contest, held in conjunction with Center on Halsted. This contest seeks new plays dealing with GLBTQ history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The five finalists will be performed as staged readings in February 2011 at the Great Gay Theater Festival hosted by Center on Halsted. The final five finalists will also receive $400. Visit http://pridefilmsandplays.com/ggpc.html for contest rules and application.

Pride Films & Plays, an international network of writers and professionals working in film and theater, announces that its next reading series will feature THE GREAT PLAYS OF TERRENCE McNALLY, a survey of his works written between 1975 and 2006. Beginning Sunday, August 29 and running through Sunday, October 24.

Abbey Pub at 3420 W. Grace St. at Elston, has announced their upcoming events for Fall 2010, featuring a rotating schedule of live music and dance as well as a few weekly and monthly events in the pub. For more information about these events and all upcoming shows at Abbey Pub, please call 773-478-4408 or visit www.abbeypub.com

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will present a season of diverse performances--from live music and comedy to a variety of artists from around the globe. The eclectic mix of programming is at the heart of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's mission to create a vibrant Cultural District neighborhood.

The Run of the Mill Theatre has just concluded auditions for the first production of the 2010-2011 season. Othello will be performed October 22-31 at the LOF/t, 120 W. North Avenue.

The Triad and the Just A Piano Concert Series presents CARMEN RUBY FLOYD in 'An Eclectic Musical Evening: From Rock to Opera and Her Journey In Between.' Ms. Floyd's credits include Broadway's Tony Award Winning 'Avenue Q,' Disney's 'The Lion King' and Off-Broadway in the original casts of shows such as the critically acclaimed 'Crowns,' 'Little Ham' (about which New York Times critic Bruce Weber wrote'...the swagger and big voice of Carmen Ruby Floyd...provided a shot of star quality and star charisma...') and 'Blind Lemon Blues.' Carmen made her Carnegie Hall debut in the classic recent revival of 'Showboat.'

Here's a story... of a lovely family... with a very different twist. Laura and Todd Bruce, and their seven children were a happy blended American family, living a lavish life of vacations, expensive dinners, summer homes and more money than they could spend. Fast forward four years to a crippling recession, and you'll see the Bruce's flat broke with two homes in foreclosure, a collapsed contracting business and a daily struggle to make rent. The Bruce family's challenge of living life with nine people on a poverty-level budget is the focus of WE tv's riveting new one-hour, eight episode-series, DOWNSIZED, premiering Saturday, November 6 at 9:00PM ET/PT. Witness a modern day 'Brady-bunch' use love, humor and discipline to navigation the very real stresses of life in modern America.

A&E Network has ordered a documentary pilot from prolific producer and director Doug Limon (The Bourne Ultimatum, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Swingers) titled 'The Unexplained,' which will focus on strange phenomena and paranormal experiences, it was announced today by Rob Sharenow, Senior Vice President, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming for A&E Network and BIO Channel.

ABC ranked No. 1 on Thursday against its network rivals for the 4th consecutive week among Adults 18-49 (1.6/5 - tied w/CBS).

A&E Network has ordered 'Beyond Scared Straight!,' a four-hour special event executive produced by Arnold Shapiro and based on his Academy Award and multiple Emmy-Winning documentary 'Scared Straight!,' that will profile unique approaches to juvenile crime prevention in prisons around the U.S. The four-hour special event will premiere in Winter 2011.

This summer's edition of BIG BROTHER continues to outpace last year's edition as last night's live eviction broadcast posted week-to-week and year-to-year increases and was Thursday's top-rated program in key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Aug. 5.

TLC brings viewers inside the rarely seen world of plural families with the premiere of SISTER WIVES, an engrossing seven-part series following Kody Brown, his three -- soon to be four -- wives and their many children. Premiering on Sunday, September 26 at 10 PM (ET/PT), SISTER WIVES explores the complex daily life of a polygamist family. SISTER WIVES introduces audiences to husband Kody -- along with his three wives; Meri, Janelle and Christine and their combined 13 children -- showing how they attempt to navigate life as a 'normal' family in a society that shuns their lifestyle.

CLUE, the iconic family-favorite board game, will come to The Hub as an original, half-hour live-action series, it was announced today by Margaret Loesch, President and CEO of the new network for kids and their families, which launches October 10 (10-10-10). The series, which will feature a youthful, ensemble cast (to be announced) working together to uncover clues and unravel mysteries, will be produced by Hasbro Studios.

Approaching its October 10 (10-10-10) launch, the new children's and family network The Hub has announced acquisitions of popular series with appeal to the network's target audience of children and their families. Among the titles that will join the lineup: 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' and 'Wonder Years,' and the iconic series 'Transformers - Generation 1,' and 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.'

Science Channel has signed sci-fi writer Nick Sagan, son of famed astrophysicist and television icon Carl Sagan, to an exclusive development deal, Debbie Myers, general manager and executive vice president of programming for Science Channel, announced today. Sagan is represented by Jonathan Swaden at CAA. Sagan will be working closely with Science Channel's production team, hosting and developing new series and specials for the network.