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Brett Gorvy and Dominque Levy are delighted to be ending 2016 by launching an exciting new venture for the future.

This festive season, Galleria, a bustling city corner of shops and eateries in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, is celebrating Christmas in a uniquely thoughtful and sustainable way.

Last night, on Tuesday, November 29th, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) kicked off its Miami Art Week programming with the debut of two visual arts exhibitions: When We Were Young, which features rarely seen contemporary masterworks from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection paired with newly created works by YoungArts Visual Arts alumni; and Roots, an immersive, site-specific installation of new work by Cuban-American artist Jose Parla. 

Victory Gardens Theater, Art AIDS America Chicago and Center on Halsted announce the two-day World AIDS Day Celebration We're Still Here: HIV/AIDS Then & Now, an HIV/AIDS Arts and Cultural Impact Panel and Performance is scheduled to take place today, November 30 at 7:30pmat Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Street.

Victory Gardens Theater, Art AIDS America Chicago and Center on Halsted announce the two-day World AIDS Day Celebration We're Still Here: HIV/AIDS Then & Now, an HIV/AIDS Arts and Cultural Impact Panel and Performance is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30pmat Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Street.

On December 3, 2016, The Arts Company, a small business visual arts gallery in Downtown Nashville on 5th Avenue of the Arts, and founded and owned by longtime arts leader Anne Brown, will beat the drums visually proclaiming a Happy 20th Birthday.

The Arts Company exhibit Bill Steber: Southern Blues Photography + Music, will be closing at the end of October; and as a final chance to view the photos and interact with artist Bill Steber, there will be a special artist meet and greet during after work hours on Thursday, October 27, from 4pm to 6pm. RSVP at art@theartscompany.com. The exhibit is open to the public during regular gallery hours, 11-5:00 pm, Tuesday-Saturday at 215 5th Avenue of the Arts, North. For more information, visit www.theartscompany.com.

In celebration of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven, Schola Antiqua of Chicago will perform a program of sacred music that is inspired by the diverse religions existing within the city of Jerusalem. On Sunday, October 23, at 1:00 and 3:00 pm, The Suspended Harp: Sounds of Faith in Medieval Jerusalem will be staged in the Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters, as part of the 2016-17 MetLiveArts season.

The Arts Company presents two exhibitions in November --- New Work: Paintings and Drawings by Denise Stewart-Sanabria; and Musical Sculpture by Philippe Guillerm. Both artists create works that celebrate the energy of Nashville's fascination for food and music. Tennessee-based Stewart-Sanabria is returning with a new series of large-scale oil-on-canvas paintings of food in a photorealistic style.

The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) today announced the appointment of Stephanie Smith as its Chief Curator. The new, non-collecting contemporary art institution will open in Richmond in fall 2017. The Chief Curator is a new position in which Smith will manage the expanding curatorial team and work closely with ICA Director Lisa Freiman and the Curator of Education, Johanna Plummer, to realize and demonstrate the ICA's artistic vision. Smith is currently the Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and will assume her position at the ICA this November.

American Writers Museum (AWM), the first and only museum of its kind opening in March 2017 at 180 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, has announced the appointment of its inaugural president, Carey Cranston, effective October 3, 2016.

Broadway Records today released the star-studded studio cast recording of LIKE YOU LIKE IT. Scroll down for a first listen to 'Gotta Get Out,' featuring Alison Luff, Patti Murin, Robin de Jesus, Sam Underwood, Derek Klena, Kate Rockwell, Aaron Riesebeck and the ensemble!

The star-studded studio cast recording of LIKE YOU LIKE IT is out digitally and in stores today, September 23, 2016, via Broadway Records.

'The play's the thing' at Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory as the attraction joins the citywide celebration welcoming William Shakespeare's First Folio to Louisville later this year. On September 17 and 18, LSMF teams up with Kentucky Shakespeare to present Wayne & Shuster's hilarious sketch, The Shakespearean Baseball Game: A Comedy of Errors, Hits, and Runs.

'The play's the thing' at Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory as the attraction joins the citywide celebration welcoming William Shakespeare's First Folio to Louisville later this year. On September 17 and 18, LSMF teams up with Kentucky Shakespeare to present Wayne & Shuster's hilarious sketch, The Shakespearean Baseball Game: A Comedy of Errors, Hits, and Runs.

It makes sense that Strawberry Theater Workshop would put on a production of Eugene Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros' right now. Ionesco's allegorical post-WWII production was far from ambiguous when it came to political stance. Directed by Jess K. Smith, this modern adaptation both soared and, at times stumbled from its approach to cultural relevancy.

The United States' rich cultural landscape will expand early next year when the American Writers Museum (AWM) opens its doors in March 2017.

Broadway Records will soon release the star-studded studio cast recording of Like You Like It, on September 23, 2016. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.BroadwayRecords.com and Amazon.com.

The United States' rich cultural landscape will expand early next year when the American Writers Museum (AWM) opens its doors in March 2017.

ice&fire today announces the world premiere of THE ISLAND NATION, written by its Artistic Director Christine Bacon and directed by Ria Parry, which opens at the Arcola Theatre on 28 October, with previews from the 26 October, and runs until 19 November 2016.