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Through Allstate's support, the world's largest youth empowerment event of its kind, We Day, comes to Illinois for the first time today.

At this year's Patriotic Pops concert, the Buffalo Philharmonic will honor the military not only onstage, but at the box office.

With a strong storyline revolving around Mark Haldane, Craig Windt and their rangers, 'Anti-Poaching' is sure to be not only an excellent documentary but an authoritative how-to guide for anti-poaching efforts.  That's because the efforts made and results achieved will be shown to be truly effective with an easy path to follow to replicate their proven anti-poaching success anywhere in the world.

The Nora Theatre Company will present Saving Kitty by Marisa Smith, featuring film and television star Jennifer Coolidge, and is directed by Artistic Director Lee Mikeska Gardner. Saving Kitty runs from July 9 through August 2, 2015. The press performance is Monday, July 13 at 7:30PM.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) presents the highly anticipated world premiere of Sense and Sensibility, a musical adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel, with book, music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated composer Paul Gordon. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Dallas Theater Center will close its 2014-2015 season with Kate Hamill's fresh and witty adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's classic romantic novel. Sense and Sensibility is directed by Sarah Rasmussen and begins with previews on Thursday, April 23 with a Pay-What-You-Can performance and runs through Sunday, May 24. Tickets to Sense and Sensibility are on sale now at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org.

Lexington, KY—University Press of Kentucky author Douglas V. Mastriano has been named the recipient of the 2015 Crader Family Book Prize in American Values for his book Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne. This award recognizes a first book that best exemplifies the values of the Crader Family Endowment for American Values: individual liberty, constitutional principles and civic virtue. The award is presented to a book in the area of US, European or Latin American history that explores the historical development of the political, religious, and economic heritage of Western Civilization, or events directly related to them. An honorarium of $1,000 comes with this achievement. 

PCPA will present a sparkling new production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady this spring and summer season. It will play in the Marian Theatre tonight, April 23 through May 10, then in the Solvang Festival Theater June 11 through July 12.

Celebrating three decades as Canada's foremost, groundbreaking independent artist, Loreena McKennitt is set to bring a rare and intimate tour to select venues across the U.S. and Canada this fall. Normally performing with her band in large concert halls around the world, this unique series will feature McKennitt in the trio formation which garnered her a 2012 Grammy nomination for Troubadours on the Rhine.

University Press of Kentucky author David J. Bettez has been named the recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's 2015 Colonel Joseph Alexander Award for his book Kentucky Marine: Major General Logan Feland and the Making of the Modern USMC. The Marine Corps Heritage Awards are presented by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation annually to both marines and civilians in recognition of the outstanding work that these men and women have accomplished, which aids in the expansion and preservation of Marine Corps history.

The Young Marines, a national youth organization, announces a new partnership with Madison Rising, America's most patriotic rock band. The partnership will kick off as Madison Rising embarks on the Concerned Veterans for America's (CVA) 23-city Defend Freedom tour, beginning Friday, April 17, in New York City on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel.

On the next episode of ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. titled "Melinda", the story of Melinda May's transformation into "The Cavalry" is revealed as she finds herself at a crossroads in the war between Coulson and Gonzales.

As part of its Southern Exposure Series, which features new and classic literature by Southern writers, Tennessee Shakespeare Company this April returns to its popular Tuesday Literary Salon spotlighting the early poetry and short stories of William Faulkner.

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, concludes its 50th anniversary season with the world premiere of The Second Mrs. Wilson by Joe DiPietro. The show runs from May 6 through May 31, 2015 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage. The press opening is Wednesday, May 13 at 7:30 pm.

There have been many movies and documentaries produced about the war in Vietnam, but none as inspiring and heart-wrenching as Rory Kennedy's Oscar-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam, airing on Detroit Public Television/Ch. 56 on April 28 at 9 p.m. Presented by American Experience, the film tells the story of the final evacuation -- those who escaped and those who were left behind.

There have been many movies and documentaries produced about the war in Vietnam, but none as inspiring and heart-wrenching as Rory Kennedy's Oscar-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam, airing on Detroit Public Television/Ch. 56 on April 28 at 9 p.m. Presented by American Experience, the film tells the story of the final evacuation -- those who escaped and those who were left behind.

Referred to in a recent Relix feature as 'The Jamband Velvet Underground,' the influential dada-jam trailblazers Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit will return to rattle the landscape this summer with a series of live performances - than band's first since a much-talked-about 2011 reunion at the Georgia Theatre in Athens.

WGN America announced today that William Petersen ('CSI: Crime Scene Investigation') has joined the cast of its critically acclaimed drama 'Manhattan,' marking his return to television after his celebrated Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated 10-year run as Dr. Gilbert 'Gil' Grissom in the hit series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.' Produced by Lionsgate Television, Skydance Television and Tribune Studios, 'Manhattan' will begin production on its second season in New Mexico in April for a 2015 debut on WGN America.