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Williamsburg, Brooklyn's venerable Teddy's Bar & Grill will welcome 2013 with The Big New Year's Bash, from 9:00 PM - 4:00 AM on New Year's Eve. The nonstop seven-hour party will be presided over by local legends DJ Phast Phreddie and DJ Girlsoul, while Teddy's full menu of comfort food and cocktail list will be available all night. The 125-year old tavern will celebrate the clock striking midnight with a champagne toast and balloon drop. Admission is free all night. Reservations can be made at 718-384-9787.

Mesa Arts Center is excited to present cultural icon William Shatner in his one-man show Shatner's World: We Just Live In It on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. The larger than life comedic performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Ikeda Theater. Tickets are available through the Mesa Arts Center Box Office at MesaArtsCenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500.

Laguna Playhouse will present the fourth show of their 2012-2013 season, CHAPTER TWO, written by Neil Simon and directed by Andrew Barnicle. The cast of CHAPTER TWO will feature Geoffrey Lower, Kevin Ashworth, Leslie Stevens and Caroline Kinsolving. CHAPTER TWO will preview on Tuesday, January 8; Wednesday, January 9; Thursday, January 10 and Friday, January 11 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, January 12 at 7:30pm and run through Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.

Join EarthCam on December 31st for the biggest party of the year...New Year's Eve in Times Square! Now with new exciting locations, EarthCam's cameras at this famous New York spot bring everyone to the heart of the excitement with live streaming views and the sounds of the final countdown to midnight. Celebrate on-the-go with EarthCam's exclusive New Year's Eve app. Step into a virtual photo booth, put on some fun costumes, snap a shot and send it to friends via Facebook and Twitter. The app is full of new features, including an interactive map which pinpoints the user's location and shows the closest EarthCam camera in the area.

This winter, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) continues to bring outstanding live performances to community venues throughout the five boroughs of New York City with its FREE Neighborhood Concert Series. For 37 years, the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series has featured performances by top artists across multiple genres of music, including classical, jazz, and world.

One of the most widely known and popular Christmas stories of the last 170 years, A Christmas Carol, will grace the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on December 23, 2012 @ 7pm. This brilliant Broadway-style production by Nebraska Theater Caravan features live musicians and beautiful costumes in celebrated telling of an enduring tale that people of all ages will cherish. Their portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly Christmas past, present, and future will leave the entire family with a warm heart and a renewed appreciation for the kindness, compassion, and generosity that comes along with the Christmas season.

The national hit ELVIS LIVES will be presented in Jacksonville at the Times-Union Center's Moran Theater for one performance only on Saturday, January 19th at 8PM!

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) will continue its OSL@DMC series of free events atThe DiMenna Center for Classical Music on January 11, 2013 with a concert showcasing the new Amateur Musicians Project (AMP). Four AMP ensembles will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Bruch and Schumann, and OSL musicians will provide a brief overview of their coaching work.

A lot has gone down in the year and a half since the men of Caveman released their debut album CoCo Beware, much of it out on the road. They played through a blackout in Dallas as a tornado tore the power lines down, hunted for crop circles in middle America, and saw first-hand the place where aliens landed in New Mexico. They visited the castles of seaside France and got lost in London more than once.

Casting has been announced for the Austin engagement of DISNEY'S THE LION KING. The production features Derek Smith as "Scar", Dionne Randolph as "Mufasa", Buyi Zama as "Rafiki", Mark David Kaplan as "Zazu", Ben Lipitz as "Pumbaa", Nick Cordileone as "Timon", Jelani Remy as "Simba", Syndee Winters as "Nala", Keith Bennett as "Banzai", Rashada Dawan as "Shenzi" and Robbie Swift as "Ed."

Continuing its popular tradition, The Jewish Museum will be open on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25 from 11 am to 4:30 pm. When many families are looking for something special to do, The Jewish Museum offers an eagerly anticipated, fun-filled way to spend the day. A highlight this year is three ticketed concerts for families starring The Macaroons at 11:30 am, 1:15 pm and 3 pm. Concert tickets are $20 per adult, $15 per child.

Forum Theatre presents a special engagement of Stephen Spotswood's We Tiresias ('Best Drama' at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival) January 3 - 13, 2013. Shows are Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $15 for all performances. To purchase, visit www.forum-theatre.org or call the Round House box office at 240-644-1100.

Songwriter, singer, actor, and Tonight show favorite, Paul Williams was a cultural icon throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His remarkable career, including his recent comeback, will be showcased in a weekend retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, January 25 through 27, 2013. Williams will be present for all screenings, including a new digital restoration of Ishtar (which was filmed across the street from the Museum at the Kaufman Astoria Studios), Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, The Muppet Movie, and the acclaimed new documentary Paul Williams: Still Alive.

Eye Rhymes is a collection of 47 humorous verses based on words that look as if they should rhyme but don't, and words that rhyme but don't look like they should.

InFusion Theatre Company is proud to announce the world premiere of Mark Mason's Allotment Annie, directed by InFusion Company Member Bridgette Harney, January 3 - February 3, 2013, at Strawdog Theater, 3829 N. Broadway, Ave. Preview performances are Thursday, Jan. 3 and Friday, Jan. 4 at 8:00 p.m. with the opening night performance Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Preview tickets are $10. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased by calling 773.528.9696 or by visiting infusiontheatre.com.

The original cast recording of the acclaimed TRIASSIC PARQ The Musical is now available through iTunes, CD Baby, Google Play, Xbox Music, Rhapsody, Spotify, Omnifone, Rdio, eMusic, Muve Music, Bloom.fm, MediaNet, GreatIndieMusic, Last.fm, Myspace Music, Simfy, iHeartRadio, and Tradebit.

Pumpkin Theatre continues our 45th Anniversary Season, "A Celebration of Imagination" with Quest of the ZIZ Bird. A NEW PLAY with book and lyrics by Pumpkin Theatre Producing Artistic Director, Jimi Kinstle and music by Ryan Michael Haase (Artistic Director, Stillpointe Theatre Initiative) based on the children's book The Hardest Word, by Jacqueline Jules. Quest of the Ziz Bird has been adapted to the stage by Pumpkin Theatre in collaboration with the Louise D & Morton J Macks Center for Jewish Education (CJE) (www.cjebaltimore.org) and the PJ Library as part of an outreach project for both organizations.

T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen, Co-Artistic Directors) announced today that the studio will launch the TSS Young Adult Conservatory for Theatre and Film in January 2013.

Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2CELLOS, are back with a brand new music video and a new album. Entitled IN2ITION (pronounced Intuition) and produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS), the album is set for release on January 15, 2013 through Sony MASTERWORKS and is currently available for preorder at Amazon and iTunes.

STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to Houston for four performances on Friday, Jan. 25 (8 p.m.), Saturday, Jan. 26 (2 & 8 p.m.) and Sunday, Jan. 27 (2 p.m.) in Jones Hall.