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American Games, a new play written by Kevin Slack and directed by Phil Blechman, opens tonight, September 3, 2013 at The American Theater of Actors (314 West 54th Street, New York). Produced by Five Point Productions, a production company made up of recent Syracuse University graduates, American Games opens the 2013 Araca Project.

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Elisa Contemporary Art presents Becoming, the first New York City solo exhibit of Connecticut Figurative artist, Daryl Zang. The exhibit will be held in the public art space at Saint Peter's Church in New York 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street). The exhibit will open today, August 27th and run through October 10th. An artist reception will take place on Thursday, September 12 from 6-8pm.

The distinguished American pianist Ursula Oppens will perform Faure's Piano Quintet No. 1 in D Minor with the Cassatt Quartet at Music Mountain this afternoon, August 25th, at 3:00 p.m. at Gordon Hall, 225 Music Mountain Rd., Falls Village, CT. The program will also include works by Shostakovich and Beethoven.

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, continues its 84th season with an extra special weekend of chamber and folk music. The weekend begins today, August 24th (12noon - 9PM) with Music Mountain's first annual Folk Music Jamboree - a full day of music, crafts, and food! The chamber music continues on Sunday, August 25th when Cassatt String Quartet performs Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Faure with Ursula Oppens, piano. This weekend is an example of the continued commitment Music Mountain strives for to bring new music to the Falls Village community. The summer season has featured never before performed works and new collaborations. Concerts at Gordon Hall are scheduled through September 8.

Five Point Productions, a production company made up of recent Syracuse University graduates, has announced the cast and creative team for the off-Broadway world premiere of American Games, a new play written by Kevin Slack and directed by Phil Blechman. The production, which opens the 2013 Araca Project, will play at The American Theater of Actors (314 West 54th Street, New York) September 3-8, 2013.

Mark Casey has been arrested for crimes he did not commit. Now the battle begins between Mark and the good 'ol boys of Kentucky. The odyssey that began for Mark in the book Pinned - A Kentucky True Crime, continues now in Stains on the Gavel. This is the second novel of the 'Blue Grass' Series, and details what some might call, Kentucky Injustice.

League of American Orchestras President and CEOJesse Rosen has announced the appointment of Stacy Wilson Margolis as vice president for development, effective September 3.

Evelyn La Quaif, General Manager of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, announces Brooke Feldman has been named the company's stage manager for the 2013-2014 season. Feldman will work in the company's double bill of Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey on October 20, 2013 and the 2014 productions of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata in April and Puccini's La Boheme in October.

Before Marv Albert and Bob Costas, there was Marty Glickman. A gifted Jewish-American athlete who was denied the chance to represent the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he went on to become one of the most revered and influential sportscasters in history, pioneering many of the techniques, phrases and programming innovations that are commonplace in sports reporting today. Chronicling his remarkable life and career, GLICKMAN debuts MONDAY, AUG. 26 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The evening was hosted by Andrew Kober and Danielle Wade. Andrew Kober made his Broadway debut in the 2009 Tony Award winning revival of Hair after originating the roles of Father and Margaret Mead in the Shakespeare in the Park production. He also played the roles in the West End revival in 2010. He has also appeared on television in 'Boardwalk Empire,' 'Pan Am' and 'House of Cards.'

Esteemed pornographer Dave Pounder has released a new book, Obscene Thoughts: A Pornographer's Perspective on Sex, Love and Dating,which examines progressive, intellectual and academic constructs regarding mate selection, sexual behavior and the reasons why people cheat.Obscene Thoughtsinvestigates and deconstructs core socioeconomic and biological values and the sexual behaviors of men and women, in a fresh, distinct manner. The book has been endorsed by many leading academics in the fields of public health, evolutionary psychology, and cultural anthropology, including a foreword by anthropologist Dr. John Marshall Townsend of Syracuse University.

Tonight, August 5th at 8pm, Sam Carner and Derek Gregor's Barely Legal Showtune Extravaganza V will play (le) Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street). This marks the fifth installment of the four-­?time sold-­?out concert series by the Richard Rodgers Award winning composers.

Carner and Gregor have announced the winners of the BARELY LEGAL SHOWTUNE EXTRAVAGANZA V casting contest. Eight winners were selected from over 100 submissions received from college students around the country. Winners were selected by a four-person judging panel comprised of Casting Directors Michael Cassara and Jason Najjoum, Concert Director Marlo Hunter, and Concert Producer Alina Gutierrez. Carner and Gregor were not involved in the judging process. After four sold-out editions, Carner & Gregor's BARELY LEGAL SHOWTUNE EXTRAVAGANZA is back for its fifth year. The concert will take place Today, August 5th at (le) Poisson Rouge. Showtime is 8PM. Doors open at 7PM.

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, continues its 84th season with an extra special weekend of chamber and folk music. The weekend begins on Saturday, August 24th (12noon - 9PM) with Music Mountain's first annual Folk Music Jamboree - a full day of music, crafts, and food! The chamber music continues on Sunday, August 25th when Cassatt String Quartet performs Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Faure with Ursula Oppens, piano. This weekend is an example of the continued commitment Music Mountain strives for to bring new music to the Falls Village community. The summer season has featured never before performed works and new collaborations. Concerts at Gordon Hall are scheduled through September 8.

Tickets are now on sale for The Araca Group's third annual Araca Project featuring six original productions including three plays, a research based theatrical event and a sketch/variety show. Performances begin September 3rd, 2013 at The American Theatre for Actors in New York City (314 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019).

Officials of New Castle Hotels and Resorts, a leading hotel owner, operator and developer, and RHS Holdings, LLC, a prominent, Syracuse-based real estate development firm, today unveiled the first new-build hotels in downtown Syracuse in more than five decades with the official ribbon cutting of the new Courtyard by Marriott/ Residence Inn Syracuse Downtown at Armory Square.

The distinguished American pianist Ursula Oppens will perform Faure's Piano Quintet No. 1 in D Minor with the Cassatt Quartet at Music Mountain on Sunday afternoon, August 25th, at 3:00 p.m. at Gordon Hall, 225 Music Mountain Rd., Falls Village, CT. The program will also include works by Shostakovich and Beethoven.

According to her official website, Tony winner Sutton Foster has announced a slew of upcoming concert performances through spring of next year. Her upcoming tour stops are as follows: