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The Cleveland Orchestra announced today the appointment of Brett Mitchell as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. The appointment is for a two-year term. Appointed by Franz Welser-Most, Mr. Mitchell joins the Orchestra's conducting staff in September, at the beginning of the 2013-14 season at Severance Hall.

From February 21-March 3, 2013, Houston Ballet presents Stanton Welch's La Bayadere ("The Temple Dancer"), a historic classic staged by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch and set in royal India of the past. La Bayadere is a dramatic ballet of eternal love, mystery, fate, vengeance and justice, featuring spectacular scenery and costumes by the acclaimed English designer Peter Farmer. This lavish production recounts the story of Nikiya, a temple dancer, her lover Solor, and the vengeance that keeps them apart -- at least in this life. Houston Ballet will give seven performances of La Bayadere at Wortham Theater Center in downtown Houston. Tickets may be purchased by calling 713 227 2787 or by visiting www.houstonballet.org.

LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON, described as a musical comedy about dyke drama, has joined the crowd-sourcing platform Indiegogo to help fund it's 2013 run at The Kraine Theater. The musical's writers Kim Kressal and Will Larche took the idea of a pitch video a step further; the team wrote, recorded, staged and filmed a go-go inspired musical number to plea their case to potential backers. See their one of a kind fundraising video and help bring this original lesbian musical to NYC by visiting www.indiegogo.com/projects/331167.

Millions have seen him on The Today Show and Nick Jr., TV, and one of his songs was featured on a World Series broadcast. A former Montessori preschool teacher, Justin Roberts plays Symphony Space on February 23.

George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced casting for the fourth production of the New Brunswick theatre's season, the world premiere of Rich Girl by Victoria Stewart.

This May, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical CATS returns to Toronto with an all-Canadian cast. CATS has been presented in more than 20 countries and translated into 10 languages since its London debut in 1981. The Tony Award-winning show begins previews on Tuesday, May 28 and opens on Tuesday, June 11 at David Mirvish's Panasonic Theatre.

The Skirball Cultural Center presents the West Coast premiere of Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal's Chamber Music project, live in concert, on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. The concert continues the Skirball's new music series, "Journeys and Encounters" which showcases surprising collaborations between musicians of diverse genres­. Sissoko and Segal's collaborations are among the most beautiful and appealing fusions undertaken in the last decade.

For the 4th consecutive year, Stamford Center for the Arts will be awarding its Emerging Young Artist Scholarship Award to a talented vocalist, in honor of Liza Minnelli. The deadline to submit the completed audition form, resume and CD is February 25th. The recipient of this award will receive a $2,000 scholarship to pursue his/her musical education and will receive the award at the 4th annual Palace Theatre Gala on June 21st. The criteria and audition process for the scholarship is outlined on SCA's website at www.SCAlive.org on the Education page.

Herbert Fox Productions will present 'Building An Empire', a Haute Couture event for the end of New York Fashion Week. The event will be coordinated by Eunika Simmons and take place at The Empire Hotel Rooftop.

The National Black Touring Circuit's 2013 Black History Month Play Festival presents He Who Endures, an anti-slavery abolitionist drama written by Bill Harris starring Ralph McCain as Frederick Douglass and Norman Marshall as John Brown from February 15 - 17 at the National Black Theatre, 2031 Fifth Avenue (at 125th Street).

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the nation's largest and most fascinating antique store, Architectural Artifacts, Inc., 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave, is staging a 1,500 plus-lot, three-day auction on Friday, April 5, Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, beginning at 10 a.m. The one-of-a-kind items have been carefully selected from over 10,000 elegant and intriguing treasures in the gallery. The three-day auction extravaganza will include items from carved fireplaces to antique saloon bars to vintage chandeliers to fun, frivolous and funky items, ranging in price from $5 to $100,000. The festive event will also include entertainment, a variety of food and wine.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)concludes its 2012-2013 Target Storybook Series with Sleeping Beauty on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2pm. All tickets are $7 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Recommended for ages four and up.

The Detroit return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Friday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Detroit Opera House for a limited engagement of four weeks through Sunday, March 10. In Detroit, THE LION KING will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m., Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 1:00 p.m.

March is Youth Art Month and the Arts Council is celebrating with its annual spring exhibit of student artwork in Gallery I at the Howard County Center for the Arts.

The spring 2013 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be PUNK: Chaos to Couture. The exhibition, on view from May 9 through August 14, 2013 (preceded on May 6 by The Costume Institute Benefit), will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence today.

During March and April the Brooklyn Museum will present a wide variety of public programs for adults, teens, and kids, including performances by jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague and the Brooklyn-based indie composers Charly & Margaux, conversations with artist Marela Zacarias and John Singer Sargent's great-nephew Richard Ormond, a panel discussion about women artists and the body, a collections course on Sargent's watercolors, and a variety of art-making classes and workshops.

"We've held the Awards in San Francisco for years, and the East Bay is past due," said Theatre Critics Circle President Barry Willis. "Award Galas can get tedious, so Vice President Linda Ayres-Frederick came up with the idea of a dance party," Willis said. "If you draw a line from north to south and east to west through the nine Bay Area counties we serve, the nexus falls in Oakland. And we found this true gem of a venue called the California Ballroom in the safe and accessible downtown business district of Oakland a half block from 19th St. BART with lots of street parking around, so everything fell into place!" Willis commented.

The Great East Japan Tsunami and Earthquake of 2011 has had a profound effect on Japanese society that will be felt for many years to come. To mark the two-year anniversary of the disasters, Japan Society hosts three special evening events to explore the impact and aftermath of 3/11 as seen through the eyes of an award-winning film director, an acclaimed pianist and visual artist, and a leading scholar on Japan.

On Friday, February 22nd, TheatreWorks New Milford will launch its 2013 Season with award-winning playwright Christopher Durang's musical comedy, Adrift In Macao, with book and lyrics by Durang and music by Peter Melnick. The curtain goes up at 8:00 p.m. for a five-weekend run.

Those who have made significant contributions to the arts in a variety of categories will be recognized for their achievements in enriching the communities and citizens of Utah at the 8th Annual Star Awards held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.