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A wonderland of sparkling lights, child-sized diversions and spirited entertainment brightens the twilight of the year at Seattle Center Winterfest, Nov. 29 - Dec. 31. Visit Seattle Center Armory, all dressed for the season, and you'll discover new viewing points for Winter Train & Village, fresh food and drink offered at local Armory merchants and inspiring student showcases. The Winterfest Ice Rink returns, along with Saturday ice sculpting and lively weekend performances.

Brenda Knight, publisher and founder of Viva Editions, an imprint of Cleis Press, will be appearing on the national radio show Coast to Coast AM with George Noory on Thanksgiving night at 10pm PST to discuss her new book The Grateful Table: Blessings, Prayers and Graces for the Daily Meal. She will also discuss legends from the town she grew up in, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, which was where the mythical Native America figure of the Mothman was first spotted. Shelf Awareness also featured the interview.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature global music superstar Pitbull performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com and VEVO, tonight, Nov. 26 (9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT).

In the New York Philharmonic's concerts this week celebrating the centennial of English composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, tenors Dominic Armstrong, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Michael Slattery will replace Paul Appleby, who has withdrawn due to illness. On November 21-22, 2013, Michael Slattery will make his Philharmonic debut in Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, and tenor Dominic Armstrong will make his Philharmonic debut in Britten's Spring Symphony. The concert on November 23 will feature tenor Anthony Dean Griffey in both works, and he will sing the Serenade on November 26 on a program that also includes Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 39 and 41, Jupiter.

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer has announced that he will take part in a Tumblr “Dashboard Confessions” Q&A on Friday November 22 at 7pm ET. Mayer is the first artist to take part in the new Tumblr series, with the live interview taking place on his Tumblr blog (Jhnmyr.tumblr.com) and also reblogged on music.tumblr.com. Users can ask questions starting today and watch the interview unfold through their dashboards on Friday when John logs in and posts answers to submitted questions. Each piece of the Q&A is rebloggable and can travel through the dashboards of the 150M+ blogs on Tumblr.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in a celebration of the centennial of English composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten. The program will include Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, featuring tenor Paul Appleby and Philharmonic Principal Horn Philip Myers, and Britten's Spring Symphony, with soprano Kate Royal (in her Philharmonic debut), mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke (Philharmonic subscription debut), tenor Paul Appleby, New York Choral Artists directed by Joseph Flummerfelt, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus directed by Dianne Berkun-Menaker. The concerts, which include a performance on the composer's 100th birthday, November 22, will take place tonight, November 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m.

It was announced today that the Broadway production of Shakespeare's timeless love story ROMEO AND JULIET, starring international film star Orlando Bloom in his Broadway debut opposite two-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad, will play two weeks past its originally announced 14-week limited Broadway engagement - with a final performance set for Sunday, December 8, 2013, after 27 previews and 93 regular performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street).

GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist Maroon 5 will ring in 2014 in Las Vegas with two special New Year's shows at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Monday, Dec. 30 and Tuesday, Dec. 31.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature rock quintet The Neighbourhood performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com and VEVO, tonight, Nov. 19 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT).

As part of its ongoing 15th anniversary season celebrating the best in live music and performance nightly, Joe's Pub at The Public is hosting an open-call for visual artists to submit their sketchbook samples on Tumblr and receive an invitation to draw a live concert tonight, November 19, 7:00 PM featuring indie-rock band Balthrop, Alabama and EMEFE.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature global music superstar Pitbull performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com and VEVO, Tuesday, Nov. 26 (9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT).

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature rock quintet The Neighbourhood performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com

Boulder Weekly Film Series and Z2 Entertainment are proud to present the screening of Muscle Shoals to the Boulder Theater on January 6th, 2014. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, November 15th at 10:00 am for $10.00 general admission.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature seven-time GRAMMY Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com and VEVO, tonight, Nov. 14 (9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT).

Singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark Jr. will headline the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem tonight, November 14th. Clark's show at Terminal 5, set for Nov 16th, has completely sold out. Every other date on his recently-announced national tour, including the Sep 26th opening night at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles will follow suit.

Music's hottest artists will take the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Monday, Dec. 2 at 9 p.m. for the inaugural Live 4 The Give Holiday Benefit Concert to raise money for family-focused nonprofit organizations.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature Lorde performing live from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and webcast on CBS.com and VEVO, tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 12 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT).

Jordin Sparks has unveiled new cut '11.11 (Wish)' online while she continues to prepare her third studio album.

Two songs covered by Gary Clark Jr. are featured on the just-released soundtrack to the critically acclaimed motion picture 12 Years A Slave. T