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Work Light Productions and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced casting for the highly-anticipated Las Vegas engagement of RENT Jan. 30 Feb. 3, 2018.

Ovation Brands' portfolio of restaurants - Old Country Buffet , Ryan's , HomeTown Buffet and Country Buffet - and Furr's Fresh Buffet are helping you take the stress out of Thanksgiving Day. Let them do the cooking and the dishes this year by visiting any of their 125 restaurants that will all be open on Thursday, November 23, 2017. All restaurants will feature special holiday menus. The menu selections vary by location.

Something is still missing from the highest ranks of food-related businesses across the U.S. women. At a time when only 21 percent of all chefs and executive chefs are female, 1 Stacy's Snacks launched the Stacy's Rise Project with the goal of advancing women in the culinary industry.

A hilarious musical told through Billboards hottest hits of the 50's and 60's. From the co-author and the Tony Award nominated arranger of MOTOWN.

Comedian, storyteller and hoop-dancer Mimi Fischer (The Chris Gethard Show, Broad City) is 64 years young and all about comedy, improv and hoop dance. She announces her first solo show, A Late Bloomer, with SoloCom, the Peoples Improv Theater's annual solo show festival. The show's title is a nod to her starting her career in comedy at an age that most think should relegate her to knitting but she doesn't do that.

Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, continues its 2017/18 Season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Michael Cumpsty. Performances play Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, through Sunday, December 3. The opening night performance is tonight, November 17 at 7pm.

L.A. ZOO LIGHTS, awarded USA Today's '10 Best Zoo Lights' honors in 2015 and 2016, returns for its fourth spectacular year to shimmer for seven weeks of wonder, awe and 'wow!' from Today, November 17, 2017, through Sunday, January 7, 2018 (except November 23 and December 24/25) at the L.A. Zoo.

The Orlando Magic announced today a first-of-its kind sports partnership with Olive Garden featuring several innovative elements bringing food, families and sports together. Through the agreement, Olive Garden becomes the official family dining option of the Orlando Magic. Highlights of the partnership include in-game promotions, youth basketball integration and Magic Kids Club activation.

Trinity Repertory Company announces its 2017 Project Discovery Gala Flights of Fancy, which celebrates and supports education programs at Trinity Rep. The event will be held in Warwick's Textron Airplane Hangar and will feature cocktails, light dinner, fun and laughter, plus a live auction and a Shakespeare cabaret performed by Trinity Rep resident actors. Flights of Fancy is co-chaired by Alison & Larry Eichler and Suzanne & Ira Magaziner. The event committee includes Richard Beretta, Martha Douglas-Osmundson, Rebecca Gibel & Charlie Thurston, Laura Harris, Sally Herreid, Heidi Keller Moon, Kibbe & Tom Reilly, and Barbara & Larry Schoenfeld.

Gourmia, a designer and manufacturer of innovative electric kitchen appliances, is thrilled to announce that its Automatic Healthy Frozen Dessert Maker (GSI180) has been selected for Oprah's Favorite Things List 2017. The unit quickly and easily turns out delicious frozen fruity treats in customized flavors with a texture similar to ice cream, but without the worry of fats, sugar, additives, or preservatives. The highly popular annual listing of Ms.Winfrey's holiday gift suggestions is featured in the December issue ofO, The Oprah Magazine on newsstands today.

Baskin-Robbins, the world's largest chain of specialty ice cream shops, is excited to kick off the holiday season with a product lineup stuffed with all the trimmings needed for the perfect holiday treats, including the return of its popular Ice Cream Turkey Cake. No matter how you carve it, this unique all-ice cream cake made with sugar cone "legs" is sure to be quickly gobbled up. It can be customized with any Baskin-Robbins ice cream flavor, including seasonal favorites like Egg Nog or Peppermint, and is available for pre-order both in-store or online at www.baskinrobbins.com/onlineordering.

Join Ariel, Flounder, Ursula and the gang for a production that will bring families together for the Holiday season.

Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine - inspired by James Beard Award-winning Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne, and operated by Sodexo Sports & Leisure - is transforming all of the Hollywood Bowl's food venues to offer vegetarian fare during Morrissey's two-night stand on November 10 and 11. Morrissey, a vegan, has been a longtime animal rights advocate and a proponent of a non-meat eating lifestyle.

American Stage continues its 2017-18 Season 'WE THE PEOPLE' with the original romantic comedy, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare and directed by Benjamin T. Ismail.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will stage the Tony Award-nominated and Olivier Award-winning play, Our Country's Good , by Timberlake Wertenbaker. CRT Artistic Director Michael Bradford will direct. Performances will be held in the Nafe Katter Theatre from November 30th through December 10th, 2017. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the American Artist Award to Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Linden who is currently performing in Arthur Miller's The Price in Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle.

The BMO Harris Bank Magnificent Mile Lights Festival invites visitors to two days of free, family fun to celebrate the start of the holiday season November 17 & 18 culminating in an unforgettable tree-lighting parade.

Coffee lovers are set to be full of joy this holiday season as Nespresso reveals its Limited Edition Festive Collection, in collaboration with renowned artists Craig & Karl. To bring to life the color and fun of the season, this exclusive collection has been inspired by traditional candies that evoke nostalgic childhood memories.

The Dio Dining & Entertainment, Livingston County's professional, award winning dinner theatre, is excited to present a twist on the classic story of Ebeneezer Scrooge this holiday season with Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol by Tom Mula, directed by Sonja Marquis.

A hilarious musical told through Billboards hottest hits of the 50's and 60's. From the co-author and the Tony Award nominated arranger of MOTOWN.

Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine - inspired by James Beard Award-winning Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne, and operated by Sodexo Sports & Leisure - is transforming all of the Hollywood Bowl's food venues to offer vegetarian fare during Morrissey's two-night stand on November 10 and 11. Morrissey, a vegan, has been a longtime animal rights advocate and a proponent of a non-meat eating lifestyle.

Simona Genga of Woodbridge, Ont. took home First Prize (the Chair's Prize) at the Canadian Opera Company's annual Ensemble Studio Competition on November 1, 2017 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) hosted the second annual Hope Rising benefit at The Pierre Hotel on Thursday, October 12. The evening's program concluded with a four-song set from Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, who most recently starred in The Color Purple on Broadway. Ms. Erivo's first song, 'If You Knew Susie,' was dedicated to the memory of Susan Newhouse. Ms. Erivo capped her performance with 'Let It Be' by the Beatles, dedicated to Si and Victoria Newhouse. Watch her perform both songs below!

Trinity Repertory Company announces its 2017 Project Discovery Gala Flights of Fancy, which celebrates and supports education programs at Trinity Rep. The event will be held in Warwick's Textron Airplane Hangar and will feature cocktails, light dinner, fun and laughter, plus a live auction and a Shakespeare cabaret performed by Trinity Rep resident actors. Flights of Fancy is co-chaired by Alison & Larry Eichler and Suzanne & Ira Magaziner. The event committee includes Richard Beretta, Martha Douglas-Osmundson, Rebecca Gibel & Charlie Thurston, Laura Harris, Sally Herreid, Heidi Keller Moon, Kibbe & Tom Reilly, and Barbara & Larry Schoenfeld.