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Valentine's Day may be the original day of love, but this year, the love will continue three days later at the Union County Performing Arts Center.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Symphony Soiree - Onstage with the Orchestra on April 10, 2015. The black tie event, presented in partnership with Forte - MSO Volunteer League, offers a musical adventure in celebration and support of the MSO. Guests will have the unique opportunity to sit onstage with MSO musicians and experience a performance up close, followed by an evening of dinner and dancing at the InterContinental Hotel. The event is chaired by Matthew Pamperin of QuadMed and Amy Sloane of Deloitte.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Symphony Soiree – Onstage with the Orchestra on April 10, 2015. The black tie event, presented in partnership with Forte – MSO Volunteer League, offers a musical adventure in celebration and support of the MSO. Guests will have the unique opportunity to sit onstage with MSO musicians and experience a performance up close, followed by an evening of dinner and dancing at the InterContinental Hotel. The event is chaired by Matthew Pamperin of QuadMed and Amy Sloane of Deloitte.

Things are heating up for the inaugural Emerge Film Festival, opening on June 13! The Festival board of directors has released the final film schedule, including more than 40 short, documentary and feature films from Maine, the U.S. and the world. Details for the two-day Lewiston/Auburn, Maine event are outlined on the newly developed website: emergefilmfestival.org.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the visual art exhibitions and events that are part of the twentieth anniversary celebration of Highmark First Night Pittsburgh in the heart of downtown's Cultural District. Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014 is produced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust with generous support from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, the event's long time supporter and returning presenting sponsor. Highmark First Night Pittsburgh provides the city with a chance to ring in the new year while celebrating the arts: dance, music, theater, comedy, magic, visual art, and film, plus hands-on activities for children and adults.

Six-year-old Channelle Koroglu from South Croydon, a Michael Jackson super fan, discovered she was the one millionth customer to see the show in the West End.

Thriller - Live, the concert show that celebrates the music of the world's greatest entertainer and undisputed King of Pop, Michael and the Jackson 5, is celebrating selling 1,000,000 tickets in the West End and starting its fifth amazing year at the Lyric Theatre.

First Stage's 18thannual Make Believe Ball was held Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at Hilton Milwaukee City Center, located at 509 W. Wisconsin Ave in downtown Milwaukee.