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Barnes & Noble has announced the return of Vinyl Weekend, which will take place July 13 through July 15 at all stores nationwide. To kick off its annual celebration of vinyl records and music, Barnes & Noble has unveiled a huge selection of exclusive vinyl albums, with a special focus on Broadway music throughout the ages, which will be available at all stores, while supplies last.

CLEARWING Productions, a nationally renowned full-service production company, deployed a stunning HARMAN Professional Solutions audio and lighting solution made up of JBL Professional loudspeakers, Crown amplifiers and Martin lighting fixtures this week at Summerfest 2018.

The double BAFTA nominated and Broadcast Award winning comedy game show is set to return for its seventh series with 10 brand new episodes this September. Greg Davies, the almighty Taskmaster, once again makes himself comfy on his majestic throne, painstakingly polished by his sidekick and assistant Little Alex Horne, as he welcomes a new host of brazen contenders for the latest series of the international hit show.

The National Youth Music Theatre is proud to announce their 2018 season, opening with a mini touring production of Super Hero at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds as part of The Bury Festival before going on to Curve, Leicester and, finally, The Rose Theatre, Kingston for the International Youth Arts Festival.

Acclaimed comedian and writer, Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show with John Stewart), hosts a topical docu-series examining hot-button issues in Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, available for Digital Download on July 16th.  Marking the latest addition to HBO®'s impressive late night slate, including Real Time with Bill Maher and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the series is penned as “… a necessary addition to late night” (AV Club).

At what concert can you hear music from both Young the Giant and Olivia Newton-John?  The LM/DC Tour featuring former "Glee" stars Lea Michele and Darren Criss. Michele and Criss kicked off the second leg of their tour this week. This weekend they play both the Durham Performing Arts Center and Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte. A youthful energy erupted when Michele and Criss took the stage at DPAC Friday night. They opened the show with "Broadway Baby," followed by two more Broadway popular showtune duets, "Suddenly, Seymour" and "Falling Slowly." Michele opened her solo set with "Cannonball" and "Battlefield" two songs from her first album "Louder." She continued singing fan favorites from "Glee" and paid homage to Lady Gaga and Pink, but it was "Don't Rain on My Parade," a song most recognizably sung by Barbra Streisand, that brought the audience to a standing ovation.

'Folk Rock Road Trip,' an original revue by Staten-Island based Spotlight Repertory Theatre, is set to etch a milestone as the company's inaugural production. And, according to the show's creators, 'You are guaranteed to sing along.'

Mexico is on the verge of a major election. John Oliver discusses some things we should know about the races and one thing we should not know about Santa Claus on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Check out the clip below!

'Folk Rock Road Trip,' an original revue by Staten-Island based Spotlight Repertory Theatre, is set to etch a milestone as the company's inaugural production. And, according to the show's creators, 'You are guaranteed to sing along.'

Fourth Annual Coltrane Day Music Celebration Returns to Huntington's Heckscher Park 7/21

Patti LuPone has been to Australia a couple of times before, and we can only hope that she will be back soon, and often.

Ballets with a Twist sizzles on the Long Island shore in Cocktail Hour: The Show at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (76 Main Street), on Saturday, August 25, at 8pm. The engagement will feature the company's own B-Twist Orchestra, a collection of internationally acclaimed musicians, performing the production's score live. Throughout the evening, a special selection of cocktails and mocktails complementing the program will be available in the lobby.

Alternative rock artist Magnus Gunnarsson is set to release his new single “If Today Makes Tomorrow All Right,” on iTunes, Spotify and everywhere.

Venice Theatre is once again turning its Pinkerton Theatre into Pinky's Cabaret for the sixth annual Summer Cabaret Festival with 20 different productions featuring some of the best cabaret acts in the state of Florida. Performances are July 13-Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, with some late night performances. Tickets are $20. Venice Theatre is located at 140 W. Tampa Ave. in Venice, FL. For more information you may call the box office at 941-488-1115, or go on line to venicestage.com.

Birdland Jazz Club will present New York, Old Friend-The Songs of Ken Laub, a celebration of the sights, scenes and relationships in New York City, for one night only as part of the "Broadway at Birdland" concert series, on Monday, June 25, 2018 @7pm.

Broadway star Brent Barrett will wow audiences as a special guest emcee in "The Cocktail Cabaret" on Cleopatra's Barge in Caesars Palace June 13-16.

Leading interpreter of the Great American Songbook Michael Feinstein, ukulele virtuosi Jake Shimabukuro, Grammy Award winning singer Sheena Easton, and acrobatic troupe Cirque Mechanics, are just a few of the artists set to appear at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University during its 2018-2019 season.

Presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues, the Emmy®-winning LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER continues its fifth season SUNDAY, JUNE 10 (11:00–11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Topics include the upcoming North Korea summit, insights on Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte's attitude toward gender relations, President Trump's lawyers' techniques to sway public opinion during the ongoing investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the UK's law against using footage from the House of Commons for comedy.

Wild Rivers - the finest purveyors of “Folk 'n Roll and Country Soul” - are announcing the release of theEighty-Eight EP, the highly awaited follow up to their 2016's self-titled debut album. Today, the band is debuting the first hint of the upcoming EP with “Howling”, showing off the seamless layers of slide guitar, steady percussion, and founding members Devan Glover's and Khalid Yassein's vocals. Spotifyusers can find 'Howling' on today's Fresh Folk playlist.

Cortland Repertory Theatre kicks off their 47th annual summer season at the Little York Pavilion in Preble with the hysterical ship-board comedy Rough Crossing, written by Tom Stoppard which he "freely adapted" from Ferenc Molnar's comedy Play At The Castle. Performances will run from June 6th - 16th with evening show times at 7:30 PM.  Matinees are available on June 8th, 10th and 13th at 2:00 PM.  Tickets may be purchased by calling 800-427-6160 or at the CRT Box Office at 24 Port Watson Street in Cortland. Tickets are also available for sale 24 hours a day through the CRT website at www.cortlandrep.org with ETIX. CRT cautions that this is the only approved online ticket service; other online sites charge significantly higher rates for tickets and are NOT approved by CRT. The GPS address for the Little York Pavilion is 6799 Little York Lake Road in Preble.