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Brooklyn InFUSION Gallery Address: 557 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Dates: July 14 - September 26, 2014 Hours: by appointment only Closing Reception: Friday, September 12, 2014, 6 - 8 p.m. A Solo Exhibition of Robyn Ellenbogen's Recent Works Site-specific Installation and Interactive Art Premiere at Brooklyn InFUSION Gallery Premiering at Brooklyn InFUSION Gallery's Opening to You - An Exchange Project, a new installation by artist Robyn Ellenbogen. The artist's solo exhibition features meditative bamboo sculptures created to generate creative interaction with viewers. Ellenbogen has filled each stalk of bamboo with a loving kindness meditation and she invites her viewers to each take one if they choose. In return, she invites viewers to write or draw a message in response to the meditation on the selection of colored papers she has provided. Participants can choose to remain anonymous or to disclose their identity. During Ellenbogen's closing reception, these messages will be shared with the audience to further open this creative dialogue. This exhibition is the final installment of Roots: Drawing Connections Through Community, curated by Holly Shen Chaves. Robyn Ellenbogen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College. Ellenbogen is currently an artist-in-residence at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, St. Peter's Hospital, and Robert Wood Johnson Hospital. Robyn Ellenbogen lives and works in Shrewsbury, NJ. For more information on Robyn Ellenbogen, visit robynellenbogen.com

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County is deploying a new program called power2give, a fundraising platform that empowers people to donate any amount of money directly to projects created by arts and cultural organizations in Palm Beach County.

Some people have the obsession to seek spotlight, the urgency to perform renditions of circumstances representative of the human experience. I do not feel that call, though I've stepped closer to understanding its appeal.

This week's MASTERS OF SEX benefited from two stand-out guest stars – Betsy Brandt and Christian Borle. That's not to say that our lead characters gave any less than they usually do, but these two and their storylines really gave punch-you-in-the-gut-fantastic performances.

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County is deploying a new program called power2give, a fundraising platform that empowers people to donate any amount of money directly to projects created by arts and cultural organizations in Palm Beach County.

Keke Palmer will be a guest on ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on Tuesday, September 9th. The actress and singer will discuss her new role in Broadway's 'Cinderella.'

I didn't get into this business to be the first actor, or the only actor. I'm pretty sure some Greek person locked that up a few thousand years ago. So why, after not a whole helluva lot of years out of college, did I greet news of my friends' and acquaintances' successes with little more than fear and self-consciousness? Furthermore: why did I even greet news of their failures and setbacks (real talk, now) with some sub-level of relief? Why don't we like each other's work more often? Why is it easier to watch a stranger's work than someone we know? Why; for that matter, do some of the greatest actors this world has to offer get crapped on via the anonymous internet every day? BWW---I submit to you now---that the response to those questions, and to your impulses to do the same, is that it shouldn't be that way, and it doesn't have to be.

A never-before-seen picture of iconic beauty Marilyn Monroe has been discovered in Los Angeles. The image will be unveiled at intermission of each show during the run of 'Goodbye Marilyn: A Love Letter,' which will enjoy its world premiere and run in Los Angeles today, September 5 through October 12.

The second American Revolution will be a fire lit from an internal spark. The Cause is a dystopian thriller taking many topical issues to the next logical level. Publishing 28 November 2014 by Roundfire Books (imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd), The Cause, by Roderick Vincent.

Stills, a photographic series shown by Sarah Charlesworth (1947-2013) in February 1980, helped to define a photography-driven movement in American art that remains a cornerstone of contemporary art: the Pictures Generation. The series of appropriated newspaper photographs, cropped and blown up to 78 inches tall, depicts people falling or leaping from buildings at life-threatening heights. The very title “Stills” evokes a movie still, or a moment frozen in time. These images are particularly haunting in an era when selfies and social media have partly eclipsed the tabloid press. These over-lifesize images of frozen moments ask us to consider how our most private, existential experiences will play out in the public eye.

An Anonymous Contributor, an original solo show about the shadowy world of academic ghostwriting, will receive its premiere production as part of the 2014 Women at Work Festival at Stage Left Studio (214 W 30th Street, 6th floor). Performance dates are September 22nd at 7:30 pm and September 26th at 9 pm. The show is written and performed by Adriana Jones and directed by Christine Zagrobelny.

The Anonymous People is the groundbreaking independent film about the emerging Addiction Recovery Advocacy Movement released last year. This feature documentary looks for solutions to the problems of addiction. About 23.5 million Americans live in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma and mass participation in widely successful anonymous 12-step groups have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by sensational mass media depictions of addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid public fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Filmmaker/director Greg Williams, along with special guests, will be on hand to show his film and share his own addiction experiences with the audience as he participates in a Q&A at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, September 26. The enlightening evening starts at 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. with a Silent Auction;?7:30 p.m. Live Spoken World Performance from Kinetic Effect of Michigan;?8:00 p.m., Film Screening,?9:00 p.m. Q&A with filmmaker. This event is underwritten by The Ridgefield Prevention Council Family University to benefit the non-profit Mission of Connecticut Turning to Youth and Families and is part of HamletHub's “A Whole New You Series”.

Wide Eyed Productions will be presenting the final performance of their series Wide Eyed Winks with 'Envy.'

Matthew-Lee Erlbach's new reading A NEIGHBOR IN THE AREA is being performed at the end of the month. Featuring Tony nominee Reed Birney, Heather Lind, Nick Westrate, Brad Bellamy, Charlotte Booker, and Devin Norik, the reading is being directed by Wes Grantom.

The Santa Fe Playhouse is the oldest, continuously running community theater west of the Mississippi and summer would not be complete without its production of the FIESTA MELODRAMA. First performed in 1919 and reinvented each year by an anonymous group of local writers, the melodrama has established itself as a good natured, satirical send-up of some of the most noteworthy personalities, eccentricities and scandals in the City Different during the previous twelve months.

Earlier this summer, over 1,200 people lined up in Times Square to be filmed crawling across a green screen. Spanish artist Daniel Canogar captured the footage of their crawls and has edited it to be shown on the Square's spectacular billboards in September. The resulting film, titled Storming Times Square, will have its premiere on Times Square billboards September 1 and screened every night in September at 11:57 p.m. as part of the Midnight Moment, a monthly presentation of The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts. This month's presentation is in partnership with bitforms gallery.

SHE LOVES ME at Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley is a heartfelt love letter to old-fashioned musicals and romance. If you are a fan of classic musicals and are unfamiliar with this show, take a chance on it and you may be rewarded with a new favorite.

An artist and guitarist since the 1970's, Virgil Mandanici set out to make guitars that would be exceptional in tone and playability first and foremost. After 35 years of playing guitar, he decided it was time to craft guitars that would feel, play and look better than anything anyone has ever played before – thus Virgil Guitars was born! As a master craftsman, Virgil has drawn his building career from several luthiers over the past several years to make these incredible guitars. The inlay and appointments on his guitars are simply a testament to his attention to detail.

A never-before-seen picture of iconic beauty Marilyn Monroe has been discovered in Los Angeles. The image will be unveiled at intermission of each show during the run of "Goodbye Marilyn: A Love Letter," which will enjoy its world premiere and run in Los Angeles September 5 through October 12.

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County is deploying a new program called power2give, a fundraising platform that empowers people to donate any amount of money directly to projects created by arts and cultural organizations in Palm Beach County.