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This week's events at Bookworks are below. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event.

This week's events at Bookworks are below. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event.

The Fringe of Marin celebrates its 33rd Season with some of the most innovative work of San Francisco Bay Area playwrights, directors and actors*. One of the oldest Fringe Festivals in the Country and the oldest in the San Francisco Bay Area, it features eleven juried original one act plays and monologues presented in two programs (six in Program One, five in Program Two) that run today, May 23-June 1 at Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican University, 20 Olive Avenue, San Rafael.

The Fringe of Marin celebrates its 33rd Season with some of the most innovative work of San Francisco Bay Area playwrights, directors and actors*. One of the oldest Fringe Festivals in the Country and the oldest in the San Francisco Bay Area, it features eleven juried original one act plays and monologues presented in two programs (six in Program One, five in Program Two) that run May 23-June 1 at Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican University, 20 Olive Avenue, San Rafael.

The schedule for this summer's Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, which runs from July 20 to August 10, was announced today by Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center's Director of Public Programming. Nearly 100 free performances will take place across the plazas of Lincoln Center during three weeks. A special Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger on July 20 will be followed by the official opening concert on July 23 with Larry Harlow's Hommy: A Latin Opera, the landmark work's first performance in 40 years. Complete festival details and a chronological listing of events follow.

This week at Joe's Pub, Sept. 23-29, features ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB: RAY CHARLES BIRTHDAY BASH, SANDRA ST. VICTOR, GRANDMOTHERS OF INVENTION, THEO BLECKMANN: SONGS IN KEY OF D, JOSH ROUSE, REBELLUM CD RELEASE, JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, KENYON PHILLIPS & THE LADIES IN WAITING, and STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON.

Paul Taylor is the last living member of the pantheon that created America's indigenous art of modern dance. At an age when most artists' best work is behind them, Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his recent dances as well as his classics.

Paul Taylor is the last living member of the pantheon that created America's indigenous art of modern dance. At an age when most artists' best work is behind them, Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his recent dances as well as his classics.

"We've held the Awards in San Francisco for years, and the East Bay is past due," said Theatre Critics Circle President Barry Willis. "Award Galas can get tedious, so Vice President Linda Ayres-Frederick came up with the idea of a dance party," Willis said. "If you draw a line from north to south and east to west through the nine Bay Area counties we serve, the nexus falls in Oakland. And we found this true gem of a venue called the California Ballroom in the safe and accessible downtown business district of Oakland a half block from 19th St. BART with lots of street parking around, so everything fell into place!" Willis commented.

The SF/Bay Area THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE 2012 AWARDS will happen on MONDAY MAY 6, at their "Gala Theatre Awards & Dance Party". For the first time in the East Bay, the venue for the Gala will be the California Ballroom, 1736 Franklin St., Oakland.

OBAMARAMA Songs for Justice! fundraiser cabaret, tonight, September 22nd, will present original material from emerging writers, with proceeds going to the Obama 2012 campaign.

OBAMARAMA Songs for Justice! fundraiser cabaret, on September 22nd, will present original material from emerging writers, with proceeds going to the Obama 2012 campaign.

Composer Anthony Davis will host the next event in American Lyric Theater's (ALT) FRESHLY BREWED concert and master class series on Sunday, February 26th, 2012, at 1:00 p.m.

Composer Anthony Davis will host the next event in American Lyric Theater's (ALT) FRESHLY BREWED concert and master class series on Sunday, February 26th, 2012, at 1:00 p.m.

In 2011, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) continues it's long running movie series, Meet Me at the Movies, with two big announcements.

In 2011, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) continues it's long running movie series, Meet Me at the Movies, with two big announcements.

After a sold-out run at the Apollo Theater Salon Series, internationally acclaimed Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Color Purple, Lion King and Unchain My Heart) and Director Patricia McGregor (Fela!) present a one-night only tribute concert of Indomitable: James Brown The Music and The Man on Friday, December 17, 2010.

After a sold-out run at the Apollo Theater Salon Series, internationally acclaimed Burnt Sugar Arkestra, Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Color Purple, Lion King and Unchain My Heart) and Director Patricia McGregor (Fela!) present a one-night only tribute concert of Indomitable: James Brown The Music and The Man on Friday, December 17, 2010.

BROADWAY BARES XX: 'STRIP-OPOLY' featured over 200 of New York's sexiest dancers at Broadway's hottest night in an event produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. BROADWAY BARES was held Sunday, June 20 with two performances only (9:30 PM & Midnight) at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). BROADWAY BARES XX: 'STRIP-OPOLY' is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and WFIU Public Radio announce that there will be two live media events during the dedication concerts of the Jacobs School's Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ this weekend. Both events can be watched or listened to live over the Internet.