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A kaleidoscope of Caribbean cultures under one umbrella will celebrate one of Miami's premier cultural festivals that captures the spirit, passion, and essence of the Caribbean-American community. This rich tradition, in its 33rd year, will take place on Sunday, October 8, 2017, from 11am-11pm at the Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds (10901 SW 24 St, Miami, FL 33165).

J.L. Lynn Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce that Navigant Credit Union is the sponsor of the 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, KINKY BOOTS. The dazzling (Daily News) musical returns to PPAC December 8 10, 2017. In Providence, KINKY BOOTS is part of the Encore Series. Cox Media is the media sponsor of PPAC's 2017/2018 Encore Series.

Casting for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES, has been announced. 

Casting for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES, has been announced. 

Single tickets for Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s 2017/2018 Broadway Season will go on sale Monday, July 24 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office (220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787), and online at www.ppacri.org.

Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES, will go on sale at ppacri.org on Sunday, June 11 at 10A for its much anticipated National Tour Launch at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), direct from a celebrated two-and-a-half year Broadway engagement. Phone and window sales begin Monday, June 12 at 10A. To purchase tickets, visit ppacri.org, call (401) 421-ARTS (2787), or visit the PPAC Box Office at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Summer Box Office Hours are Monday - Thursday, 10A - 3P and two hours prior to curtain times on performance days.

The 7th Annual Season of Blast Friday comes to a close with free, live Home Cookin' music from local favorites The Greg Billings Band and The Black Honkeys on Friday, May 26 from 5:30 to 10 pm on the Tampa Bay Times Stage, which will be located on Osceola in downtown Clearwater facing the Capitol Theatre. Food trucks and vendors will be serving a wide variety of freshly prepared specialty food and beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages that will be available for purchase. Concert goers are welcome to bring their lawn chairs to watch the concert. For more information, please visit: blastfridayclearwater.com.

Blast Friday returns to the Cleveland Street District in Downtown Clearwater for its 7th season. This free food and craft festival will feature a live concert starring The Fabulous Thunderbirds on Friday, April 28 from 5:30 to 10 pm on the Tampa Bay Times Cleveland Street Stage. Special guest Mama's Batch will be opening the show. Concert goers are welcome to bring their lawn chairs to watch the concert. Food trucks and vendors will be serving a wide variety of freshly prepared specialty food and beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. For more information, please visit: blastfridayclearwater.com.

NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has sold DATELINE in 80% of the country for its debut in national syndication in September 2017, it was announced today by Sean O'Boyle, Executive Vice President of Syndication Sales, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

 The Las Vegas Philharmonic and Cox Las Vegas congratulated the winners of the 2016-17 season Cox Communications Young Artists' Concerto Competition on Saturday, March 4, 2017 on Reynolds Hall stage at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts before the orchestra's Cabrera Conducts The Music of John Williams concert.  The winners, Erika Dalton (age 16), violin, and Jordan Farber (age 15), bassoon, were acknowledged by Michael Bolognini, Cox Communications' Vice President and Market Leader for Las Vegas and by Jeri Crawford, Las Vegas Philharmonic's President & CEO.   Each winner received a cash prize of $2,000 from Cox Communications and the opportunity to perform with the Las Vegas Philharmonic as soloists during the Youth Concert Series. The competition was held on October 15, 2016 at the College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne Campus.    Dalton performed the 1st movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in the November youth performances and Farber performed the 1st movement of Weber's Bassoon Concerto in the January youth performances.  Both students had the opportunity to perform again for 300 guests at the Philharmonic's Annual Gala on February 9, 2017.

J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce PPAC's 2017/2018 Broadway Season, featuring the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series and the Encore Series. The National Tour Launch of LES MISERABLES opens PPAC's 40th Anniversary Broadway Season in September and is part of the Encore Series.

The iconic game show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE and viral videos show “RightThisMinute” have been renewed for 2017-2018 on the ABC Owned Stations that currently carry the programs.

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol and Yesterday and Today, the interactive Beatles show featuring Billy McGuigan and his brothers, return to the Omaha Community Playhouse this holiday season.

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol and Yesterday and Today, the interactive Beatles show featuring Billy McGuigan and his brothers, return to the Omaha Community Playhouse this holiday season.

 The Las Vegas Philharmonic will host its annual Cox Communications Young Artists' Concerto Competition for Nevada students through senior year in high school on Saturday, October 15th at the College of Southern Nevada, Cheyenne campus.  Students who enroll in the competition are required to memorize one movement from a standard concerto to perform in front of a panel of four judges including Music Director Donato Cabrera and members of the Las Vegas Philharmonic orchestra. 

getTV will air THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW'S CHRISTMAS episode today, December 24th at 5PM and tomorrow, December 25 at 3:00AM and 1:00PM.

Before he was known to millions of viewers worldwide as an Emmy Award-winning television personality and half of the globe-trotting, space rock-hunting duo 'Meteorite Men,' Geoffrey Notkin was a cartoonist. A comic book fan from childhood, Notkin pursued his passion professionally as a young adult in New York in the 1980s. After graduating from the acclaimed School of Visual Arts, he remained in Manhattan and found employment in the global epicenter of the comics and publishing industries. 'My Incredibly Strange and Amazing Real-Life Adventures in the World of Comic Books' is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes profound memoir of Notkin's life and times during the Bronze Age of Comics. Through an astonishing and almost unbelievable series of coincidences, he befriended and worked with some of the greatest comic book creators of the last hundred years, including Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Art Spiegelman, and many others. Notkin's first job after college was at RAW Books and Graphics, where he worked for owners Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly. He was a production assistant on the graphic novel 'Maus,' for which Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize. Spiegelman was also the co-creator of the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, and based the now iconic 'Deaf Geoff' card on Geoff Notkin himself. 'From childhood, during my New York City publishing career, and all the way through 'Meteorite Men,' comics have been a driving force in my life,' said Notkin. 'The friendships I formed with these Titans of the comic book world had a profound effect on my professional life, and the episodes recounted in this new book number among my strangest and most amusing adventures.' An initial print run of 'My Incredibly Strange and Amazing Real-Life Adventures in the World of Comic Books' will consist of just 250 personally signed and numbered copies, with an exclusive tipped-in color panel. This special limited handcrafted edition will be published on October 31, 2015. Orders are now being accepted at http://www.geoffnotkin.com/books or by calling 888 SKY ROXX. The #1/250 signed copy of the book will be up for auction on eBay. Visit http://stores.ebay.com/Aerolite-Meteorites on October 31, when the auction will begin. In addition, a launch party for the book will be held at TusCon 42, Tucson's annual sci-fi, fantasy and horror convention, where Notkin is appearing as a Special Guest. The book launch will be held during an autograph session on Saturday, October 31, at 4 pm local time, at Hotel Tucson City Center, 475 N Granada Avenue, Tucson, Arizona. Just released on YouTube is a short video featuring Geoff Notkin entitled, 'The Making of My Incredibly Strange Life.' See the video now at: https://youtu.be/O_qifuZ0LaQ Advance copies of the book are available for reviewers and media outlets. Media wishing to request a review copy, schedule an interview with Geoff Notkin, or book him as a speaker, are asked to contact Becca Gladden, Director of Public Relations, at pr@aerolite.org or (623) 210-6554. Source: Aerolite Meteorite Public Relations About Geoffrey Notkin: A television host, professional meteorite hunter, science writer, and photographer, Notkin is President of Aerolite Meteorites, Inc., the world's largest commercial meteorite company. He starred for three seasons on Science Channel's award-winning TV show 'Meteorite Men' and hosted the Emmy-winning educational TV series 'STEM Journals' for Cox Media. He has also made documentaries for National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, BBC, History Channel, A&E, and Travel Channel. Notkin has written more than 150 published articles on meteoritics, paleontology, adventure travel, history, and the arts, and is the author of three books. The minor planet 132904, discovered at Mount Palomar, was named 'Notkin' and approved by the Minor Planet Center in recognition of Geoff's contributions to science and education.

Expanding on its commitment to add classic TV series to its vintage movie lineup, Sony Pictures Television Networks' digital broadcast channel getTV has acquired all 26 episodes of 1963's 'The Judy Garland Show,' from World Nation Live Entertainment