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Well gang we have reached the final week here at Tuacahn. It's kind of surreal to think that in five short days this whole experience will be coming to an end. Now you would think that I have done about everything I could possibly do in this lovely town, after all we have been here for, oh, 7 months. Well that is not the case, you see the Grand Canyon is about 3 hours away so a few of us decided why not take a quick road trip there and back. So my friends Nicole, Michael, Clay, and I hopped in the company van and made our way out to the North Rim for some of the most spectacular sights we have encountered on our stay here. I knew it would be about a three-hour trip so again I had to set my alarm for the lovely hour of 6:45 am so that I could take care of my dog, Sara, before I made the trek to Arizona. As I rode my moped over to the apartments in 45-degree weather all I could think of was sleep and a heater but I finally made it there where my friends suggested we make a quick trip to Starbucks before we set off on adventure. Sounds good to me!!!

Two one-of-a-kind film events are coming to The Ridgefield Playhouse beginning Friday, November 1, at 7:30 p.m. with Hidden Hills?starring Ted Trent and Tim O'Leary, in a Northeast Film Premiere. This is a comedy that turns social conventions on their heads, i.e. being overweight is ideal and being gay is the norm. A post-screening Q&A with actor Tim O'Leary and his sister comedienne Christine O'Leary will allow audience members to learn more about how the film came to be. Then on Friday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m., Casting By, a Ridgefield Playhouse Documentary Film Series event, will shine the spotlight on the casting director and profile the last 50 years of Hollywood history where the old studio system was forsaken and the New Hollywood ushered in movies like Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with?Director Tom Donahue, Executive Producer?John Balis, Producer?Ilan Arboleda, Casting DirectorGretchen Rennell and Film Editor Jill Schweitzer.

Premiering Today, October 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, Good Clean Fun will produce CMT's new hit shot THE UNTITLED CASSADEE POPE PROJECT. The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at up-and-coming artist and winner of Season 3 of "The Voice," Cassadee Pope

Premiering tonight, October 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, Good Clean Fun will produce CMT's new hit show CASSADEE POPE: FRAME BY FRAME.

Premiering this Friday, October 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, Good Clean Fun will produce CMT's new hit show CASSADEE POPE: FRAME BY FRAME.

BroadwayWorld caught up witih Jessica Grove who will be coming home to Ohio to celebrate Columbus Children's Theatre's 50th Birthday on Sunday, September 22, 2013. Jessica is one of the featured alumni who will be performing along with Josh Radnor, Michael Milligan, Jake Borelli and more, including some of CCT's current cast members.

Westport Country Playhouse stages the World Premiere of 'Oblivion,' a provocative new play about parents and teenagers, and the gulf that often exists between them, by Carly Mensch, writer for Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Weeds,' and directed by Mark Brokaw, currently represented on Broadway with 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.' The coming-of-age comedy-drama runs now through September 8. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Premiering Friday, October 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, Good Clean Fun will produce CMT's new hit shot THE UNTITLED CASSADEE POPE PROJECT. The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at up-and-coming artist and winner of Season 3 of "The Voice," Cassadee Pope

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the World Premiere of 'Oblivion,' a provocative new play about parents and teenagers, and the gulf that often exists between them, by Carly Mensch, writer for Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Weeds,' and directed by Mark Brokaw, currently represented on Broadway with 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.' The coming-of-age comedy-drama runs from tonight, August 20 through September 8.

"My Name is Asher Lev" adapted by Aaron Posner from the novel by Chaim Potok is the narrative of a young Jewish boy who lives in Brooklyn with his extremely orthodox family as he travels through time, reliving his journey as a painter and the struggles it presented within his family. A proud co-production with Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor and the Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) in West Bloomfield, "My Name is Asher Lev" received rave reviews from critics at the JET in April. The performances in West Bloomfield were so successful that the JET extended the run through June. "My Name is Asher Lev" is now coming to Performance Network Theatre on August 8 through September 8 starring Naz Edwards, Mitchell Koory, and John Seibert. Tickets can be purchased online at performancenetwork.org or by calling 734-663-0681.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the World Premiere of 'Oblivion,' a provocative new play about parents and teenagers, and the gulf that often exists between them, by Carly Mensch, writer for Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Weeds,' and directed by Mark Brokaw, currently represented on Broadway with 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.' The coming-of-age comedy-drama runs from August 20 through September 8.

BETHESDA, Md., July 30, 2013 - As Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) grows beyond its current global footprint of more than 3,800 hotels in over 70 countries, the company is focusing on development which will provide sustainable economic activity and local employment.  In coming years, more than half of Marriott's new hotels will be located in emerging markets where tourism is a major driver of new jobs and economic development.  In its just-released 2013 Sustainability Report Update, which updates the company's 2011-2012 Sustainability Report, Marriott noted substantial progress in job creation in underserved and emerging markets.

Providing big laughs for audiences who crave adult minded, clean stand-up comedy, NCM Fathom Events and Clean Guys Entertainment present the "Clean Guys of Comedy," a hilarious special event series

NCM Fathom Events and New Wave Entertainment invite you to enjoy a night of laughter as your movie theater turns into a comedy club when "SINBAD: Make Me Wanna Holla"comes to select movie theatres nationwide in a hilarious one night event on Thursday, August 22

Mary Testa, a two-time Tony Award nominee and celebrated veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and film, is coming to Houston this summer for two performances only. In addition to her theatrical and film work, she has done numerous solo cabaret performances, but she has a real treat in store for Houston audiences. For the first time ever, she is doing a cabaret performance comprised of musical numbers she performed in various shows. Both of these evenings are sure to fun-filled treats that audiences simply won't want to miss. In anticipation of these thrilling performances, Mary Testa and I talked about her lauded career in theatre and her upcoming cabaret at Houston's Music Box Theater entitled ON BROADWAY… AND A LITTLE BIT OFF!

Vertical Entertainment announces the release of LEAST AMONG SAINTS on DVD today, July 2, 2013. The film stars Martin Papazian, Tristan Lake Leabu and Laura San Giacomo

The Third Law of Motion: Meg Files's newest novel is set in Michigan in the early 1960s, when domestic violence remained hidden in silent basements and the worst thing a girl could do was to get herself 'in trouble.' It tells the stories of Dulcie White, a bright, confused college girl distracted by sexual discovery and the power of her boyfriend's neediness, and track star Lonnie Saxbe, caught up in his own confusions and compulsions. The Third Law of Motion offers an intimate look at the subtle complexities of the dynamic between a battered wife and a violent husband, where nothing is so simple as a fist punched through a wall. '... the delicious writing, the pitch-perfect and absolutely fresh evocation of these lives of the 1960s immediately dazzled me; and then, the suspense that Files had been oh-so-deftly building into the story would not let me stop reading?or resume breathing?until the last page.' - Elizabeth Evans, Suicide's Girlfriend 'Meg Files unfolds her story gently with clean, lyrical prose, balancing vivid scenes of raw sensuality with heartrending moments that foreshadow disaster. The Third Law of Motion is about love, madness, coming-of-age, and redemption, and it is also a tragedy and a page-turning thriller; in short it is a timeless classic. Meg Files is a deeply insightful and generous writer who allows even her most flawed characters grace and humanity. The Third Law of Motion is a wonderful book that absolutely deserves to be read.' - Laila Halaby, Once in a Promised Land 'I read this novel in one sitting without stopping for sleep or food. The characters climb inside your skin so you feel acutely their desires, their obsessions, and the family secrets that bloom between them. Most of all, you find yourself in love and irreparably tied to them, so that as the novel reaches its final, exhilarating climax it is your own soul on the line, waiting either to be extinguished, or to find redemption.' -Suzanne Kingsbury, The Gospel According to Gracey Meg Files is the author of Meridian 144, a novel; Home Is the Hunter and Other Stories; Write from Life, a book about using personal experience and taking risks in writing; The Love Hunter and Other Poems; and Galapagos Triptych. She edited Lasting: Poems on Aging. She directs the Pima Writers' Workshop and teaches creative writing at Pima College in Tucson. E-mail: orders@ingrambook.com

The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC), one of the most acclaimed new play developmental programs in the country, announces its 16th season with an extraordinary program of playwrights, new play workshops and special performance events from August 7 through 11, in Ojai, California. The OPC Summer New Works Festival will feature eleven events over five days with established and up-and-coming playwrights. Participating in this year's conference with new works are Luis Alfaro, Lucy Alibar, Richard Cabral, Samuel D. Hunter, Sean Lewis, Jiehae Park, Laura Schellhardt and David Wiener.

Vertical Entertainment announces the release of LEAST AMONG SAINTS on DVD on July 2, 2013. The film stars Martin Papazian, Tristan Lake Leabu and Laura San Giacomo

The up-coming Off-Broadway Production of Around the World in 80 Days has announced its designers! Opening on May 30, 2013 at The New Theater at 45th Street, under the direction of Rachel Klein, Around the World in 80 Days is comedic play by Mark Brown based on the novel by Jules Verne.

When you're a cabaret reviewer on the evening show prowl between Monday night and Saturday evening (although not every night, thank goodness), you'd like to think that the God of Cabaret would make Sunday a day of rest. No such luck, since the weekend allows clubs to book shows as early as brunch time. I learned this again early this month when I felt compelled to attend three shows starring charming female singers-Corinna Sowers-Adler at Stage 72 (the Triad), Eva Kantor at the Laurie Beechman, and Lianne Marie Dobbs at the Metropolitan Room. I didn't break my personal Sunday record of four shows in one day set in late January (yes, I should be committed), but there was a two-hour break in this mix so it still turned out to be an 8-hour cabaret extravaganza. (Thank you, oh God of Cabaret, for press comps!) While it would have been sweet for the musical marathon to have been a clean sweep of excellent shows, as Meat Loaf might croon, 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad.'

It's coming to the end of winter, and our nerves are frayed. We look out the window, turn on the TV, or listen to the radio in the hope that the sun will be shining. We long for our flip-flops and wish we didn't have to carry 20lbs of dance gear, warm-ups, and audition garb in our bags. Why do we carry all this stuff? Because we take it with us to our survival jobs and don't have time to drop it off at home. We'd rather go to our dance class, singing lesson or expensive acting course that we've signed up for on the advice of our agent. We stop, take a breath, and wonder: is this worth it?

For the 11th year, we've scoured the country for the funniest, sidesplitting and most outrageous comics you've NEVER heard of, and we found them! No over-hyped stars, no over-sized ticket prices, just hysterical comics and a great night out. Nobodies of Comedy is a hit year after year! This year's line up include up-and-coming comedy stars Pete Lee, Ross Bennett, Tony Deyo, Gina Brillon and Mark Normand.

The producers of In Focus with Martin Sheen are pleased to announce a new series of reports showcasing how industry is working to keep our environment clean.

MTV today announced that Sammy Adams and Timeflies will join previously announced multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Motown Records artist Ne-Yo as performers for the "Spring Fix" benefit concert at Six Flags Great Adventure on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Additionally, the cast of 'Jersey Shore' including Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Jenni "JWOWW" Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Deena Nicole Cortese will reunite to thank the student volunteers with a day of roller coasters, games and giving back, helping to raise funds for United Way.