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BET Networks announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the Leading Women Defined Summit (LWD).

Join the National Jazz Museum in Harlem All Stars, led by long time Harlemite Jason Marshall, this Friday for an interactive concert as they perform to a selection of photographs from the GorDon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 exhibition. Come see if you can identify the sound of a sleeping child, a busy Harlem street corner, a family at their kitchen table, and more! The special event will take place tonight, June 28th, 2013 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Join the National Jazz Museum in Harlem All Stars, led by long time Harlemite Jason Marshall, this Friday for an interactive concert as they perform to a selection of photographs from the Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 exhibition. Come see if you can identify the sound of a sleeping child, a busy Harlem street corner, a family at their kitchen table, and more! The special event will take place on Friday, June 28th, 2013 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

On June 12, 2013, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the world's most popular dance companies, kicked off its seven performance engagement at the David H. Koch Theater. The performance marked the Company's historic return to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in over a decade and its first engagement there led by Artistic Director Robert Battle. Scroll down for photos from the opening festivities!

Lincoln Center has commissioned fourteen monumental, site-specific sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Curry, it was announced today by Reynold Levy, President of Lincoln Center. This major exhibition, Lincoln Center's second post-redevelopment free public art initiative, will be installed on Josie Robertson Plaza from October, 2013 through January, 2014.

For over 100 years, glamour and celebrity have been used to promote film in countless fan magazines around the world. Singular among them was Pour Vous, published weekly in France from the arrival of sound film in 1928 to the start of the Second World War. An offshoot of the conservative daily newspaper L'Intransigeant (1880-1940), its tabloid size, bold use of photography, and broad-ranging editorial content significantly distinguished it from counterparts in the United States. While Pour Vous aggressively embraced the American star system, it also offered alternative images of race and gender, glimpses of a developing world cinema, and considerations of film history and aesthetics that anticipated ways of thinking about the moving image that later blossomed in postwar France of the 1940s and 1950s. This exhibition includes over 100 star-studded Pour Vous covers and spreads, all drawn from the Department of Film collection, that document an overlooked chapter of cinema history.

HAA under the theme 'Harlem at the Crossroads: Sustaining Our Arts and Cultural Resources,'the seven-day series of free events kicked off on October 1 with presentations to actor and activist Danny Glover, legendary theatrical producer Vy Higginsen and pioneering arts producer and consultant Mikki Shepard at Aaron Davis Hall (The City College of New York).

The Jewish Museum will present Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel, from March 9 through July 29, 2012.

The Jewish Museum will present Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel, from March 9 through July 29, 2012.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that the Shine the Light Project, the educational outreach program seeking donations to underwrite student tickets to Off-Broadway's Through the Night, has raised over $37,000 since its launch in mid-September.

Daniel Beaty's acclaimed solo show Through the Night has received a slew of honors throughout the month of October. The production has been nominated for the 2010 Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Recognition Award for Best Solo Performance.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Through the Night, the acclaimed solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty and currently playing at the Union Square Theatre, has launched Shine the Light Project.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Through the Night, the acclaimed solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty and currently playing at the Union Square Theatre, has launched Shine the Light Project.

On March 13, REDCAT hosts its 2010 REDCAT Gala in celebration of its 6th anniversary as one of the most vibrant cultural centers in Los Angeles. The evening honors New York-based conceptual artist Glenn Ligon, with a tribute by actor, director, and artist James Franco, and L.A. philanthropist Tim Disney, with a tribute by friend and actor Alfre Woodard.

On March 13, REDCAT hosts its 2010 REDCAT Gala in celebration of its 6th anniversary as one of the most vibrant cultural centers in Los Angeles. The evening honors New York-based conceptual artist Glenn Ligon, with a tribute by actor, director, and artist James Franco, and L.A. philanthropist Tim Disney, with a tribute by friend and actor Alfre Woodard.

The 2008 National Arts Awards were held in New York City on October 6th, 2008. The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Dame Julie Andrews.

Dame Andrews is being honored for her profound contributions to both music and acting and for serving as a great role model and mentor for all aspiring artist

Richard Parsons, Chairman, Time Warner; Timothy Greenfield-Sanders director and portrait photographer; Elvis Mitchell, award-winning journalist and producer; Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films, special guests including Rev. Al Sharpton, Martha Stewart, Graydon Carter, Gayle King, Bill T. Jones, Faye Wattleton, Alan Cumming and Phylicia Rashad amongst many others.

John Lithgow and Cynthia Nixon will join luminaries from other arts fields in The Book That Changed My Life, an October 22nd 12-hour marathon at Symphony Space