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The Split Squad is headed to their second annual appearance at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX, later this month. The Split Squad will kick off their Spring tour in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on March 7th and wrap up on April 28th in Longbranch, New Jersey, sharing bills with legendary NYC-based rockers The Fleshtones. Confirmed dates and venues for the Spring 2014 tour are: 3/07/14 Dogfish Head Brewery, Rehoboth Beach DE - with The Fleshtones 3/08/14 Stage on Herr, Harrisburg PA - with The Fleshtones 3/13/14 Yard Dog Art Gallery, Austin TX 3/14/14 The Gingerman, Austin TX - Blurt Magazine/Dogfish Head SXSW Showcase 4/24/14 IOTA, Arlington VA 4/25/14 The Bowery Electric, New York NY 4/26/14 Cafe Nine, New Haven CT 4/28/14 Brighton Bar, Longbranch NJ Formed in 2011, The Split Squad is the the brainchild of bassist/singer Michael Giblin, of the PA-based powerpop band Parallax Project, who assembled a team of veteran musicians he had worked with over the years on tours and various recording projects. The other members of The Split Squad are: Drummer Clem Burke, a founding member of Blondie, and a 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Burke is also a highly sought-after session musician who has worked with Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and Joan Jett, among many others. Guitarist Eddie Mun?oz of L.A.'s legendary powerpop outfit The Plimsouls (whose single 'A Million Miles Away' charted on the Billboard Hot 100) and more recently Magic Christian and Parallax Project, with Giblin. Guitarist Keith Streng, founding member of seminal rockers The Fleshtones, longtime fixtures of the New York garage-rock scene that grew from the famed Manhattan music club CBGB. Keyboardist Josh Kantor, of The Baseball Project, and Boston-based folk-rock band Jim's Big Ego, who also serves as the organist for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Featuring 12 original tracks plus a cover of The Small Faces' 'Sorry She's Mine,' Now Hear This is the unmistakeable product of its members common roots in the classic powerpop, punk, glam and garage rock of the '70s and '80s. The album was produced by Seattle music icon Scott McCaughey, best known as a founding member of cult faves The Young Fresh Fellows and the Minus 5. Adding to the star power on The Split Squad's debut are guest appearances by McCaughey, Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Hugo Burnham (Gang of Four), and Mike Gent (The Figgs). Now Hear This was recorded in the summer of 2012, at Woolly Mammoth Studios in Waltham, MA. For more information, please visit the band's official website at www.thesplitsquad.com and their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheSplitSquad.

HOUSTON, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Hunting PLC announced today that 115 artists have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2014 Hunting Art Prize.

Virginia's Signature Theatre presents the world premiere musical Beaches, opening tonight, March 4, 2014, and playing through March 30. Adapted from the beloved 1985 novel by Iris Rainer Dart, Beaches is directed by Signature Theatre's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Million Dollar Quartet). This heartfelt chronicle of a decades-long friendship between two unforgettable women stars Mara Davi (Broadway's A Chorus Line and The Drowsy Chaperone) as Bertie and Alysha Umphress (Broadway's American Idiot and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) as Cee Cee Bloom.

Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) presents the new musical ARLINGTON by Victor Lodato and Polly Pen, directed by Carolyn Cantor (THE GREAT GOD PAN, AFTER THE REVOLUTION). ARLINGTON stars Alexandra Silber(MASTER CLASS on Broadway with Tyne Daly, THE WOMAN IN WHITE) as Sara Jane, a young wife who valiantly tries to remain hopeful while her husband is away at war, despite a growing concern that something is not quite right. This new music-theatre piece is a stirring and powerful work that explores complex questions about history, identity and power as it takes us deeper into the storm stirring beneath Sara Jan's sunny exterior.

The pleasures of WSC Avant-Bard's production are many, beginning with Sara Barker's brilliant embodiment of Virginia Woolf's hero/heroine. One of English literature's most enduring labors of love, the stage version of 'Orlando' also gives us a glimpse of Sarah Ruhl early in her career, adapting Woolf's classic novel at a time when she was too young to be intimidated by an iconic feminist work. Director Amber Jackson has assembled a truly talented ensemble who give audiences a no-holds-barred performance not to be missed.

The Barn Theatre of Montville, New Jersey will be presenting the British comedy 'Run For Your Wife'. Performances will be on March 14, 21, 22, 28, 29 and April 4th and 5th 2014 at 8pm; and on March 15, 16, 23 and 30th at 2pm. Tickets are $18 (senior/student tickets are $16 on matinees only). 'Run For Your Wife' is written by Ray Cooney and is directed by Chris Mortenson.

The American Century Theater is excited to present the Arthur Kopit farce, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, March 21 - April 12 at Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two, in Arlington.

Other items of note in the auction are two tickets to Broadway's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH including a meet & greet with director Michael Mayer, packages that include two seats to CHICAGO and CABARET, tickets to BEAUTIFUL and a backstage visit with the musical's book writer, Doug McGrath, and a lifetime membership to the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) in NYC.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Professional artist Alison Sigethy's (http://www.alisonsigethy.com/) first New York City showcase is shaping up to be a memorable event; the Architectural Digest Home Design Show will set the stage for the presentation of her newly redesigned signature works, Sea Core Bubble Tubes.

The Dallas Opera and Dallas Holocaust Museum are the proud partners of what promises to be an extraordinary panel discussion on the life, the work and the legacy of exiled twentieth-century composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who went from Viennese 'wunderkind' to one of the founding fathers of the 'Great American Film Score,' when the Nazi conquest of Europe made it impossible for him to return home.

Sick of the never-ending winter? Find your leg warmers, grab your roller skates, and travel back in time with the Reston Players to sunny California in the 1980s for their upcoming production of the irreverent frothy musical Xanadu.

Direct from its triumphant 2012 Broadway run, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is coming to Riverdale! Riverdale Repertory Company presents the daffy Tony Award-winning musical comedy for six performances only, from today, February 22 to March 2, 2014.

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2013-2014 season with the east coast premiere of the new American opera Moby-Dick, today, February 22 to March 8 in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Direct from its triumphant 2012 Broadway run, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is coming to Riverdale! Riverdale Repertory Company presents the daffy Tony Award-winning musical comedy for six performances only, from February 22 to March 2, 2014.

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's largest children's literacy nonprofit, released this morning its latest collection of 40 highly recommended children's books featuring diverse characters and stories with themes that promote STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). The 2014 Multicultural Book Collection includes books for readers in grades K-5, as well as free activity guides for educators, community coordinators and families to use with each book.

The Dallas Opera and Dallas Holocaust Museum are the proud partners of what promises to be an extraordinary panel discussion on the life, the work and the legacy of exiled twentieth-century composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who went from Viennese "wunderkind" to one of the founding fathers of the "Great American Film Score," when the Nazi conquest of Europe made it impossible for him to return home.

The Dallas Opera and Dallas Holocaust Museum are the proud partners of what promises to be an extraordinary panel discussion on the life, the work and the legacy of exiled twentieth-century composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who went from Viennese 'wunderkind' to one of the founding fathers of the 'Great American Film Score,' when the Nazi conquest of Europe made it impossible for him to return home.

Audiences were forewarned when Carolyn Cole stepped onto the stage and announced that her Farewell Tour was, "Not yo momma's cabaret" and that it was going to be a unique evening. Aside from the brief tease of Gypsy's "Let Me Entertain You," Cole's performance was an unexpected departure from the musical standards one might except from a Signature Theatre production and was a passionate tribute to the rock standards which greatly influenced her life.

The new book 'Faith Worth Finding: A Discussion of Covenants Fifteen Short Stories' (published by Trafford Publishing), by John Adam, presents 15 short stories designed to make readers ponder many of things they might believe but not understand.

Due to popular demand Virginia's Signature Theatre announces that the world premiere musical Beaches is now extended through March 30, 2014. Adapted from the beloved 1985 novel by Iris Rainer Dart, Beaches is directed by Signature Theatre's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Million Dollar Quartet). This heartfelt chronicle of a decades-long friendship between two unforgettable women stars Mara Davi (Broadway's A Chorus Line and The Drowsy Chaperone) as Bertie and Alysha Umphress (Broadway's American Idiot and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) as Cee Cee Bloom.