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Award-winning choreographer Crystal Pite (Dark Matters, The You Show) returns to Toronto with her newest work, The Tempest Replica. Presented byCanadian Stage at the Bluma Appel Theatre for five performances only from May 7 to 11, Pite's critically acclaimed company Kidd Pivot transforms one of Shakespeare's final plays, The Tempest, into an innovative dance creation.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces a book signing and reading by local author Jacob Bacharach, whose novelThe Bend of the World (Liveright/Norton), will be released on Monday, April 14, 2014. The book signing takes place Friday, April 25, 2014, during the Trust's Gallery Crawl afterhours event CrawlAfterDark, which extends hours for certain Cultural District venues participating in the Gallery Crawl to promote the District as a late-night destination.

Met Music Director James Levine conducts the first Live in HD performance of Mozart's barbed romance Così fan tutte, a comic masterpiece about the romantic complications that ensue when a pair of friends decide to test their fiancée's fidelity. Lesley Koenig's sleek production features a cast filled with rising Met stars, including Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella; Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov as their fiancés, Ferrando and Guglielmo; and Danielle de Niese as their feisty maid Despina. Maurizio Muraro is the cynical Don Alfonso.

Just because you never asked isn't going to stop Jerome Grapel from sharing his opinions. As a matter of fact, he's collected them into a new book titled Because You Never Asked.

Our all-star panel of judges will have their work cut out for them, as 13 outstanding vocalists take the stage at the David W. Scott Memorial Vocal Competition Finals Concert onSaturday, Mar. 29, 7 pm, at Northridge United Methodist Church. Judges Milena Kitic (LA Opera, Metropolitan Opera), Rod Gilfry (Covent Garden, LA Opera, Metropolitan Opera), and Joshua Winograde (Sr. Director of Artistic Planning, LA Opera) will choose the winners in three competition categories: High School, Young Artist, and Professional. And you'll be voting, too, as you cast your ballot for the 'Audience Choice' award winners!

'It's cold here,' John Berryman wrote in one of hisDream Songs. 'The cold is ultimating. The cold is cold.' As our winter of frigid discontent winds down, I'm pulling spring toward me like a quilt by starting Poetry Month early.

InFusion Theatre Company is proud to announce the Midwest premiere of Andrea Stolowitz's ITHAKA, directed by InFusion Artistic Director Mitch Golob, March 9 - April 13, at The Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division Ave. Opening night is tonight, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. There is no performance Thursday, March 13. Preview tickets are $10. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for students and seniors and $12.50 for industry professionals (Thursdays and Sundays only). Tickets are on sale now atinfusiontheatre.com or by calling 800-838-3006.

Journalist Luke Harding encountered strange activity while writing his book on Edward Snowden. He writes in the Guardian that when writing the “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man,” some paragraphs seemed to 'self-delete' themselves, as if there was someone watching and participating in his writing.

Long Wharf Theatre presents 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog, directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting, from February 19, 2014 through March 16, 2014 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre.

Following its tremendously successful gala in November-which featured some of the world's top ballet stars from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Boston Ballet-and annual Nutcracker performances, Ballet San Jose will open its first repertory season planned by new Artistic Director José Manuel Carreño tonight, February 14-16 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

A rare opportunity to hear a living legend of Indian classical music, sitar and surbahar maestro Ustad Imrat Khan, with his world renowned son, sarod maestro Ustad Wajahat Khan.

If your organization is struggling to recruit or retain members, you are not alone. It is difficult to overcome the obstacles we face - from increased scrutiny about how we spend money to readily available alternatives to the benefits offered by associations. Some organizations have found success - and their stories, and an abundance of research data to support the basic principles they follow - have been compiled in the new book, The Art of Membership.

Today, GraphicAudio releases 9 more Western Little Bytes that are Western Short Stories you can download to your desktop, laptop or on your Mobile Devices.

Vancouver Opera unveils its bold, new look and feel - the first major rebranding of the company since 1985. The fresh contemporary look is part of the company's new long-term strategy aimed at broadening and deepening its connection with the communities it serves, while building a new generation of operagoers.

Center Stage announces casting for the upcoming Stones in His Pockets, by Marie Jones. Directed by Derek Goldman, rehearsals for this award-winning Irish comedy begin Monday, December 16. Preview performances will start January 15 and the production runs through February 23.

Minnesota Opera is pleased to announce its first production of 2014. Verdi's dark-hued Macbeth examines the corrosive consequences of tyranny. At the urging of his wife, Macbeth murders the king to claim the crown. His desperate and deadly reign of terror devastates his country and hastens his doom in this masterwork based upon Shakespeare's classic thriller. The Show Premieres Saturday, January 25th, and runs through February 2nd at Ordway, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102. The show is sung in Italian with English surtitles projected above the stage.

Kieran Alleyne last night became the first of Thriller Live's young West End MJs to return to the show the sing as the adult Michael Jackson.

Saturday, January 25 1pm • Sharon Rhutasel • Living by Ear Kids share part of their lives with a wayward teacher. More » 3pm • Armistead Maupin • The Days of Anna Madrigal Suspenseful, comical & profoundly moving. 92 year old Mrs. Madrigal has seemingly found peace with her 'logical family' in San Francisco. More »

Riverside Theatre's 40th Anniversary celebration continues with one of Broadway's longest running hits, Miss Saigon. This epic musical performs on the Stark Stage from January 14 through February 2, 2014 and is sponsored by the Merrill Lynch O'Haire Fessler Group and our Patron Producers.

Houston Ballet Academy has been invited to participate in two prestigious European conferences in January and February 2014, while Houston Ballet II, Houston Ballet's second company of gifted young international artists, will make appearances in Arkansas and Georgia in March 2014.