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The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced its March 2014 events. Details below!

Epiphany Press of Sausalito announced today that "Rama Gaze in My Direction," a page-turning biography of Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz (1950 - 1998), is now available on Amazon. When visiting Nepal at age 19, Rama was told he was destined to help millions of people. Over the years, Rama taught tens of thousands of people to meditate. While he effortlessly displayed miracles, which he termed "Buddhist magic," his teachings were radical, grounded and practical. All of this and more is described in the biography of his early teaching years. Reviewers have described the book as "clear and compelling" Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and many other books. "Born Frederick P. Lenz, this elusive young man leaps off the pages of Liz Lewinson's book." Judith Simmer-Brown, Professor of Religious Studies, Naropa University. "'Rama: Gaze in My Direction' is unique: part travelogue, part spiritual reader, and part biography, it's a celebration of Rama's life and perspectives as much as it is an account of how American Buddhism spread across the nation" - Diane Donovan, Midwest Review of Books. "I spent 15 years writing this biography," author Liz Lewinson states. "In January of 1998, Rama came up to me at a small student gathering and said, 'You will be my biographer.' At the time, I thought he was referring to something I might do in the distant future. Three months later, he was gone. Over the next decade, I interviewed many people. I did not know Rama's life before I started, so the journey of discovery has been as transformative for me as it is for the readers of the biography." Lewinson observes that the biography appeals to a wide range of audiences. "The book contains powerful teachings on feminism, career success and the need for a balanced life with fun, humor and adventure. Everyone is looking for some deeper understanding in their life, and this biography offers that wisdom. The bio reflects a 24/7 holiday spirit."

American Stage Theatre Company kicks off the new year with August Wilson's 2 TRAINS RUNNING. They are excited to present their seventh installment of their August Wilson Century Cycle. Previews are January 22 and 23. Opening Night is January 24 and the production runs through February 23, 2014.

SAUSALITO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Rama Gaze in My Direction is a page-turning biography of Rama Dr. Frederick Lenz (1950 1998). When visiting Nepal at age 19, Rama was told he was destined to help millions of people. Over the years, Rama taught tens of thousands of people to meditate. While he effortlessly displayed miracles, which he termed 'Buddhist magic,' his teachings were radical, grounded and practical. All of this and more is described in the biography of his early teaching years, available now for purchase on Amazon.com.

Bergen Performance Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey will welcome Rusted Root and Donna The Buffalo on Tuesday January 21st, 2014 at 8 PM. Tickets are $30 and available at www.ticketmaster.com or www.bergenpac.org or Box Office (201) 227 1030.

Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) and the Sundance Film Festival will present the 16th annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 12th annual Snowball during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on January 22, in Park City, Utah.

Performance Riverside and RCC Fine and Performing Arts to present Monty Python's SPAMALOT.

On Monday December 16 Adam Wylie and Carly Bracco presented their cabaret evening Holiday Our Way at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal billed as A Night of Music, Magic and Madness....and literally turned the place upside down.

It's delightful. It's delicious. It's de-lovely! International City Theatre opens its 29th season with the California premiere of Let's Misbehave: The Music and Lyrics of Cole Porter, conceived by Karin Bowersock (book) and Patrick Young (musical arrangements) and directed and choreographed by Todd Nielsen. With musical direction by Darryl Archibald and starring triple-threats Lindsey Alley, Marc Ginsburg and Jennifer Shelton, Let's Misbehave opens Jan. 24 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Two low-priced previews take place on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23.

This February Company of Fools (COF) will present the critically acclaimed and award-winning play, Good People, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. As part of The Center's multi-disciplinary project Creativity and Work, COF will present 13 public performances running from February 12 through March 1.

Rx, a new comedy by Kate Fodor, has been set for its Los Angeles premiere January 10 through March 2 at the Lost Studio on La Brea. Directed by John Pleshette, there will be one preview performance on Friday, January 10 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, January 11 at 8pm. Rx will play a limited engagement through March 2 only.

Canongate has acquired The Book of Strange New Things, a new novel from Michel Faber. It is his first in more than a decade, since the publication of the hugely-acclaimed international bestseller, The Crimson Petal and the White international bestseller The Crimson Petal and the White. Francis Bickmore, Canongate's Publishing Director acquired world rights direct from the author.

The Daily Mail reports that Downton Abbey's Samantha Bond will join Robert Lindsay, Rufus Hound and Katherine Kingsley in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, directed by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell at the Savoy Theatre.

SHOWTIME was honored with six Golden Globe nominations this morning, where the network's freshman series were resoundingly embraced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with nominations in major categories.

CBS Corporation divisions this morning garnered 14 Golden Globe Awards nominations, bridging three divisions - SHOWTIME, CBS Television and CBS Films

Among this year's Golden Globe nominations were Tom Hanks for 'Captain Phillips,' Judi Dench, 'Philomena', Amy Adams, 'American Hustle', Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts for the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts' 'August: Osage County', Idina Menzel's 'Let It Go' from Disney's 'Frozen.'

This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards 2014 ceremony. The awards honor the year's best in film and television, and are divided into the genres of comedy (or musical) and drama.

This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards 2014 ceremony.

Author Joshua C. Fuller's novel, 'Curse of the Holidays: Volume 1: Dead Snow' (published by iUniverse), which will be featured at the 2014 Florida Library Association Conference, explodes with excitement and adventure as one boy battles to save the world and family he loves from the all-consuming powers of darkness.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, composed by Mel Mercier, with lighting design by Jean Kalman and Mike Gunning, set design by Chloe Obolensky and choreography by Kim Brandstrup, will play the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St), tonight, December 10 - 22, 2013 as part of the Next Wave Festival.