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As part of its ongoing series of philanthropic performances, First Lutheran Church presents an evening with the award-winning sketch comedy of Right Between the Ears on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Proceeds from the show, titled 'LOL for SOS,' will benefit the Street Outreach Services (SOS) of Synergy Services.

Starting at 6:00PM tonight, April 6th, the Cornelia Street Cafe presents the White Swallow REading Series and the Travis Sullivan Quartet.

The First National Tour of Legally Blonde: The Musical will begin performances at the Aronoff Center, on May 11, 2010 and run through May 23, 2010 as a Fifth Third Bank Broadway Across America 09/10 Season Presentation.

When most people think of immigrants coming to New York, they think of Ellis Island. But before there was Ellis Island, there was Castle Garden (the site of Castle Clinton National Monument), which opened as an immigrant Landing Depot in 1855. More than 8 million immigrants passed through the Battery's Castle Garden between 1855 and 1890. To celebrate this important part of its history, Castle Clinton is taking part in New York City's annual Immigrant Heritage Week. To this end, the National Park Service is offering two special programs on April 17.

Jazz, once a singularly American invention and one of the United States' greatest exports, has become a truly international phenomenon, with important players from all over the world making valuable contributions to the music's evolution. Europe, previously home to many of the most devoted connoisseurs of the art form, is now also the producer of some of the most innovative voices in jazz. With the inauguration of its European Modernists series Dreyfus Jazz is proud to bring U.S. audiences some of the best creative music being made on the continent today. The first releases in the collection showcase musicians from Belgium, France and Italy, spotlighting two long respected veterans and a pair of important younger voices. Taken together, Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine, French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and Italians, drummer Aldo Romano and saxophonist Rosario Giuliani, these artists represent the continuing trend of noteworthy original music emanating from European environs.

Race to the End of the Earth will recount one of the most stirring tales of Antarctic exploration: the contest to reach the South Pole in 1911-1912. The exhibition will focus on the challenges that the two competing explorers-Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Britain's Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott-had to face as they undertook their 1,800-mile journeys from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Pole and back. As they grappled with the complex logistics of the expedition-preparing equipment, securing nutrition, and estimating human endurance in the face of Antarctica's extreme conditions-each team made crucial decisions that led to both triumph and tragedy. The exhibition also explores the legacy of these early expeditions by linking it with modern science in the Antarctic and the latest research on this unique continent.

The Crowded House, a new children's opera, will be premiered at The Barnstormers theater starting Friday April 9, 2010.

The well known chanteuse Barb Jungr makes her Little Angel debut with a brand new production for children from three years up and their families. Little Angel's Artistic Director Peter Glanville directs. Puppet design is by Roger Lade, scene design by Anne Tilby and lighting design by David Duffy.

Auditions for Carmel Community Players' production of How I Learned to Drive are scheduled for 6:00 p.m., Sunday, April 18th at the Carmel Community Playhouse at Clay Terrace. Roles are available for two men and three women.

The Abbey Pub of Chicago has annouced their music schedule for the next three months. Advance tickets can be purchased on line at www.abbeypub.com or at Abbey's Box Office, 3420 W. Grace St. at Elston, 773-478-4408. Phone orders can be made at 866-777-8932.

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre ensemble now in its 6th season, announces that Armando Nascimento Rosa's 'Mary of Magdala, a Gnositic Fable,' will receive a staged reading on Monday, April 12 at 8:00 pm at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street (Avenue B), NY, NY. The reading will be followed by a talk back with the playwright and cast members.

Rebeca Tomás, an up and coming Flamenco artist and veteran dancer of Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, will make her solo debut with 'A Palo Seco,' an evening of Flamenco music and dance, infused with an innovative and edgy New York feel. The production, performed by Tomás, two dancers, two singers and four musicians, will take stage May 14 to 16, 2010 at Theater 80 Saint Marks.

The critically acclaimed AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY festival returns this year with a line up of five sensational New York premieres. Presented by 59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer), AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY launches on Wednesday, April 28 and runs through Saturday, July 3.

The Pearl Theatre Company will host its exciting and intimate 26th season Gala on Monday, April 26, 2010, honoring award-winning artists Austin Pendleton and Marian Seldes. The evening, which is The Pearl's largest fundraising event of the year, includes a cocktail reception, a three-course dinner, various raffle prizes, and one-of-a-kind live entertainment at The Yale Club of New York.

The 82nd Street Barnes & Noble in New York City will host Extreme Actions: Barbara Hammer and Elizabeth Streb in Conversation as a part of their LGBT series on Monday, April 5th.

Staunen, lernen und Unvergessliches erleben - das Deutsche Theater verwandelt sich imSommer 2010 in eine Dino-Erlebniswelt!

We may just now be getting into springtime but summer is right around the corner and Shadowbox is preparing the best way it knows how: with an entire year's worth of top-notch material compiled into one power-packed show!

The Iridium Jazz Club has announced that the Pee Wee Ellis All-Star Band, featuring Jimmy Cobb, Mulgrew Miller and Ron Carter, will be appearing from April 21st through April 25th.

Town Hall Theater presents a screening of The Sound of Music, the international phenomenon. Watch the classic Julie Andrews film and participate! Costumes encouraged. The hills are alive!!!!

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City closes the 2009-2010 season with Mozart's most famous opera, Don Giovanni, April 24, 28, 30 and May 2 at the Lyric Theatre. This production of Don Giovanni features an incredible cast of singers as well as an exceptional orchestra comprised of members of the Kansas City Symphony conducted by Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist.