Haird Conservatory, Dec 15th-17^th 

At the Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater in Boca Raton will be featuring The Haird Conservatory Holiday Performance.  Performances are Friday, December 15^th through Sunday, December 17^th and tickets start at $16 and can be purchased at www.olympicheightstheater.com or at 561*998-8038.  The Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater is located at 20101 Lyons Road in Boca Raton. 

On Display

Uncommon Stock presents Monthly Gallery Night

On Friday, December 8^th, from 6pm to 11pm, The Uncommon Stock Gallery will be having their Monthly Gallery Night:  Meet the Artists, Show & Sale.  This will be their third event at their new location so get your holiday shopping done now.  The Uncommon Gallery is located at 2713 East Commercial Blvd in Fort Lauderdale and can be reached at http://www.uncommonstock.net.  There will be a ton of artists showing, with performances, exhibits, and Special Guests. 

ArtCenter We’ll Make a Lover Out of You, Thru Jan 21^st  

On December 8^th, from 7pm to 10pm, the ArtCenter of South Florida will be having an Opening Reception for We’ll Make a Lover Out of You, which is curated by Francesco Locastro.  The ArtCenter/South Florida Gallery is located at 800 Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach. 305*538-7887.   

Art Basel Pop Queen Found At GOTUA 

December 9^th through December 16^th, The Gallery of the Unknown Artists will present The Teepop Experience, a collection of original works by TEE.  There will be an Artist Reception from 7pm to 10pm where you enjoy cocktails and Hors d’oeurves.  The GOTUA is located at 116 S 20^th Street in Downtown Hollywood.  For further information, go to www.gotua.com,  www.teepop.com or call Ceci at  954*921-5551. 

Cradle of Christianity 

This week marked the opening of The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale’s latest exhibit, Cradle of Christianity:  Jewish and Christian Treasures from the Holy Land.  This exhibit provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to learn about aspects of early Jewish life, the concurrent birth of Christianity, and how the two faiths influence each other by presenting archeological treasures excavated in Israel during the last century.  This exhibition will travel two only two other venues in the US has extraordinary biblical artifacts from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.  You can go to www.moafl.com for more information and to purchase tickets, and the museum is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.  For any questions, you can call them at 954*525-5500

Chihuly is Back! Until May 31^st 

Right now, at the Fairchild Gardens, you can get a second chance this year to see the amazing blown-glass objects mixed in with the natural flowers and botanicals in Chihuly at Fairchild Part II.  On Sunday, December 10^th, Dale Chihuly will be visiting the garden from 11am to noon for a book signing.  The Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables and you can go to www.fairchildgarden.org or call them at305*667-1651. 

Equilibrium Found at Art Futures 

Equilibrium, a new collection of digital video works by Troy Abbott is on display now through December 10^th at the Art Futures Gallery at 2300 Studio Gallery at 2300 North Miami Avenue in Miami.  Call 305*438-1140 for further information and/or directions.

Bass Museum Shows Variety

Currently, at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, they are featuring three exhibits: Constructing New Berlin, Austrian Art, and Five Fridas.  Contructing is the first major survey of contemporary art made in Europe’s emerging art capital and features about 18 Berlin-based artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, and performance art.  Five Fridas is an intimate showing of five works by famed Mexican artist and icon Frida Kahlo and are small-scale works that range from 1928 to 1951 and offer a glimpse into the various stages of her life.  Austrian Art: The Golden Age of Emperor Franz Joseph contains: paintings, sculptures, textiles, and decorative arts from their permanent collection of Austrian art.  The Bass Museum is located at 2121 Park Avenue in Miami Beach and can be found at www.bassmuseum.org or by calling them at 305*673-7530.     

Native America Thru Dec 31^st

Right now, at the Seminole Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum you can see the exhibit titled, A Photographic Journey Through Native America until December 31^st.  This features Ben Marra as he became an insider among the Sioux, Lemhi Shoshone, and Nez Perce and their mystical ceremonies called Pow Wows.  With his amazing photos are detailed descriptions so you can feel like you were there with them and see the things that average people do not see.  The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located at 6300 Stirling Road in Hollywood, FL.  If you would like more information, you can go to www.seminoletribe.com/museum or call them at 863*902-1113.  You can also check out Ben’s website which is www.benmarra.com. 

100 New Paintings 

On Saturday, December 2^nd, at 7pm will be the opening party for The New Light Gallery and the featured exhibit is 100 New Paintings.  This show’s mission is to bring back the post-modernist standards of technique to the art world and should appeal to anybody who values brilliance.  The collection is of nearly 100 eye-popping miniature oil paintings from Wendy White, Roland Ruocco, Keith Smith, Catherine Tcherassi, Mary Diddle, Gina Olson, Joan Keenan, and Vee.  The New Light Gallery has a new location that is at 4747 North Ocean Blvd, Suite 230 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and can be found at www.leche-vitrines-art.com. 

Art Expressions Has Small Wonders through Dec 26^th 

Currently, at the Art Expressions gallery, they are featuring an exhibit entitled, Small Wonders, which is a special open-theme exhibit of small works created by established and emerging artists and are on 16 X 16inch canvases or smaller.  Art Expressions Gallery is located at 1212 NE 4^th Ave in Fort Lauderdale and can be found at www.artexpressions.tk or at 954*523-7700. 

Mike Smarro is at Java Boys

Right now, at Java Boys, you will notice the fantastic photography of one of Wilton Manor’s newest up and coming photographers, Mike Smarro.  Many locals know him from his work at Main Street Gym and for him to be carrying a camera wherever he goes, but you HAVE to stop in and check out his work.  While you are there, be sure to sign his Guest Book and take a card and check out his site, www.mikesmarro.com. 

Chicano Visions:  American Painters on the Verge is a nationally touring collection of more than 80 works, mostly oils and acrylics that date from 1963 to 2003 that depict life from the Mexican-American artists viewpoint.  Cheech Marin, known from the Cheech and Chong movies, donates most of his personal collection that illustrate urban life and the Latino culture.  The collection, which has been traveling for the past five years, can be found at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale at 1 East Las Olas Blvd or for further information and gallery times, go to www.moafl.org or call them at 954*525-5500. 

Blemish 

Imagine nine international artists who embrace the beauty of human imperfections and individuality.  Blemish does just that at the Luis Adelantado Miami which is located at 98 NW 29^th Street in Miami.  You can contact them at www.luisadelantadomiami.com or at 305*438-0069. 

Red Colors of Disillusion

On a recent trip back to her native Russia, Irina Dakhnovskaia-Lawton brings us images of the disenchanted, bringing the Communist Red into black and white photos.  There are people minimalized against Communist flags and statues of Stalin, Communist iconography throughout landscapes and city streets and no one notices.  Within the collection Irina includes objects from her won girlhood and personal collection, with such things as propaganda and movie posters, newsreels, and actual photos of Lenin as a child.  This collection depicts the power of the visual culture, past and present, abroad and at home.  This exhibit runs through December 13^th and can be found at the Fine Arts Gallery on Broward Community College’s Davie Campus at 3501 SW Davie Road in Davie.  Hours are from 9am-2pm Monday through Friday.  Admission is free.  For more information, go to www.geocities.com/bccfineartsgallery or call 954*201-6984. 

Graphic Noise at Atlantic University through Jan 27^th  

Next Thursday, November 9^th, Atlantic University is proud to host, Graphic Noise:  Art at 1,000 Decibels.  Graphic Noise is a big and bountiful exhibition of contemporary concert posters that is currently touring the country.  With nearly 500 posters by over 100 artists representing eight countries, this exhibition provides an exhilarating visual culmination of work from skilled screen printers, illustrators, and graphic designers. Graphic Noise is organized by the Museum of Design in Atlanta and will be at the Schmidt Center Gallery at Atlantic University located at 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton, FL.  .  There will be an Opening Reception Thursday, November 9^th at 7pm and the show will run through January 27^th, 2007.    

Alfred Phillips is Never Gone, thru Nov 27^th

ArtExpressions, local gallery on Wilton Drive, will be featuring artist Alfred Phillips collection Never Gone from Saturday, November 4^th thru Monday, November 27^th.  After having his studio destroyed from Hurricane Wilma, he unsuccessfully attempted to leave Southern Florida, but turned his misfortune to success.  All of the paintings have been done within the past twelve months with items depicted in the paintings contain items such as:  shattered glass, rusted metal, sharp angles, chaos, and degeneration.   There will be an Artist Gala Reception on Saturday, November 4^th at 7pm at the gallery located at 1212 NE 4^th Avenue/Wilton Drive in Fort Lauderdale.  For further information, you can go to www.artexpressions.tk or 954*527-7700.  Admission is free.   

Bodies Found in South Miami

The controversial and gruesome exhibit displaying the human body from the perspective of the bones and muscle tissue titled Bodies…The Exhibition, which I reported was in Tampa and then New York City, is now in the area at the Shops at Sunset Place.  Bodies will be on display until March 25^th and tickets cost between $16-$22.50.  The Shops at Sunset Place is located at 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 105 in South Miami.

For further information call 866*866-8265, 305*663-0873 or see them on the web at www.bodiestheexhibition.com. 

Funney / Strange

Through January 28^th, the Norton Museum of Art is featuring William Wegman’s collection of photographs that are, for a lack of a better word, Funney/Strange (yes, I spelled funney, the way they spelled funney).  Within the collection are more than 200 works, among them the signature 24 X 20 Polaroids, early black and white altered photographs, paintings, drawings, collages, art books, videos, and film. 

They also have Before The Camera: Remaking Reality and the Make-Believe until January 7^th.   This is a collection comprising works from local and national collections that looks at the distinction between “taking” and “making” photographs.  Historically, photographers “took” them while artists “make” an artwork.  Within the past couple of decades, creativity has merged.  See what they have found.    

The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1451 South Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach.  You can find them at www.norton.org or at 561*832-5198. 

Local Theatre Buzz

I Want My Tee Shirt! Dec 30^th thru Feb 11^th 

The Caldwell Theatre Company is proud to announce that they will be performing Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias!  Yes, I want to find a way of getting printed up, I Smacked Ouiser Boudreaux! (Yes, I checked with IMDB.com).  The Caldwell Theatre Company is located at 7873 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton and you can call them at 877*245-7432 or at www.caldwelltheatre.com. 

Pilbus, Dec 13^th 

On Wednesday, December 13^th, Plibus will be performing at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.  While blending dance and acrobatics this astonishing troupe invites you into another dimension, redefining gravity and sprouting intricate geometric patterns as their bodies merge and split like moving sculptures.  Ticket range from $15 to $55.  The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd in West Palm Beach and tickets can be purchased at www.kravis.org or at 800*572-8471.

Alter Boyz, Thru December 10th

Could you imagine an off-Broadway musical that mixes N’Sync and Nunsense?  The longest-running new NYC musical with sidesplitting songs also won big in the 2006 Audience Awards.  Alter Boyz tells the holy inspiring story of five small town boys, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham—trying to save the world one screaming fan at a time.  Their songs include such hits as, “Girl You Make Me Wanna Wait” and “Jesus Called Me on My Cell Phone” worked well in their small community, but what will happen when they get to The Big Apple?  Alter Boyz will be appearing at The Parker Playhouse and is located on US1 in Fort Lauderdale.  For further information or tickets, go to www.parkerplayhouse.com or call 954*462-0222.

Burning Blue thru Dec 23^rd 

The Rising Action Theatre Company, the ones that have brought us Southern Baptist Sissies and The Last Hairdresser will be performing Burning Blue at Cinema Paradiso from November 18^th through December 23^rd.  Burning Blue is the Award Winning play about a witch-hunt for gays in the military that has sold out houses in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London.  As the story goes, two servicemen go into a gay disco in Hong Kong and it gets reported back and triggers an investigation into their personal lives.   

Cinema Paradiso is located at 503 SE 6^th Street in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Tickets are $30 and are available at 954*567-8550.  Tickets are also available, cash only, at GayMart in Alibi Plaza in Wilton Manors.  Warning (or Incentive):  The show contains nudity. 

BINGO Comes to Stage Door Theatre

Held over thru Jan 28^th!

The Stage Door Theatre is presenting their latest musical, BINGO.  This is a splashy, zippy, outrageously funny new musical about three pals that have driven through a terrible storm in the name of their weekly obsession.  In between the number calling, strange rituals, and fierce competitions—love blossoms and long lost friends reunite!  If you would like more information or to purchase tickets online, go to www.stagedoortheatre.com or call them at 954*344-7765.  The Stage Door Theatre is located in 26^th Street Theatre in Wilton Manors.  Check out my last review of Hairspray.  

Unidentified Human Remains

Read Stephen's review of Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love

Art Basel

Friday, December 7^th marks the opening of this year’s Art Basel in Miami.  This 5^th Annual festival will bring more than 100,000 art lovers, dealers, and critics all in to town checking out the local art scene.  Artists not represented by major galleries will be all over the place showing their work to everyone and anyone.  There will be major events all over town, with the traditional wall art, to performance art, as well as moving sculptures as well.  The International Art Show at The Miami Beach Convention Center is the center of Art Basel with vendors and gallery owners all over.  Across the street is the Art Video Lounge where over two-dozen video works will be shown on nine-free-floating screens.  Also in the gardens is the Art Sound Lounge where audio pieces by noted emerging artists and musicians can be sampled   At Collins Park you can catch Art Positions, which is twenty-two shipping containers make an encampment where visitors can check out the trailers of the artists up-close and personal. 

On December 8^th, from 11pm to 4am, www.Dolce10Cane.com is featuring Art, Wake Up, & Dance Dolce10Cance at Twilo.

Wynwood will be the setting for a number of Miami’s guerrilla art projects.  Evo Love, will go with about 15 other artists and take to the streets in a show called Under the Bridge on Saturday night, just as thousands of local residents will be partying in the annual Design District party.  This year the celebration will house about 200 American and international galleries, which in turn represent more than 2,000 artists who will be exhibiting their work through paintings, sculptures, videos, mixed media, and other various avenues.  This festival is a representative of over 32 countries worldwide. 

Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show on the American continent and a cultural and social highlight of the Americas.  The Miami Beach Convention Center is located at 1901 Convention Center Drive, just east of Meridian Avenue at 17^th Street and can be found at www.miamibeachconvention.com or at 305*673-7311.  The Art Video and Art Sound Lounges will be at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens and that is at 200 Convention Center Drive and is at www.mbgarden.org or 305*673-7256.  Art Positions will be at Collins Park Beach, between 21^st and 22^nd Streets on Collins Avenue.  If you would like tickets, you can go to www.artbaselmiamibeach.com or call Ticketmaster at 305*358-5885.   

Gap Gets REDder

Right now, at www.gap.com/red, you can check out the wide variety of clothing choices now offered by Gap to help with the Global Fund.  They have expanded their line using materials such as African cotton, to create:  jeans, long-sleeved shirts, jean jackets, parks, and hoodies.  All of these RED products help out the Global Fund and, as a product partner; they contribute HALF of their profits from RED items to this fund that helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.  For more information, you can go to www.TheGlobalFund.org or www.JoinRED.com. 

Bette is Cool 

Holiday Festival of Lights, Thru Jan 1^st

Right now, through January 1^st, you can travel by car through a winter wonderland of more than two miles of illuminated lights and animated displays.  This takes place nightly, from 6-10pm at Tradewinds Park, which is located at 3600 West Sample Road in Coconut Creek.  You can call 954*968-3885 for more information.  The cost is $7-$10 for vehicles with 19 passengers or less. 

Tickets Get Wicked, Sunday, Dec 10^th 

On Sunday, December 10^th, The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts will begin selling tickets to the March 14^th thru 25^th performances of Broadway’s Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz.  For tickets, you can go the Box Office, or go to www.carnivalcenter.org or www.broadwayacrossamerica.com or call 305*949-6722. 

Holiday Concert

Holly Jolly Holidays, Tues Dec 19^th 

On Tuesday, December 19^th, the fabulous Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus will have their annual holiday season ending concert, this year’s titled Holly Jolly Holidays. They would like us to make merry with the elves of the Chorus during the gayest time of the year!  This performance will be at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts Amaturo Theatre and is located at 201 SW 5^th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.  Tickets are available at www.browardcenter.org. 

If you happen to be in Chicago anytime soon, why not check out the Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park?  While you are there, why not go ice skating until Mark 16^th and there will be caroling at the sculpture until December 22^nd.  The sculpture, the first outdoor work in the United States by British artist Anish Kapoor, is 110-tons and is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates that reflect the city’s famous skyline and the clouds above.  This is inspired by liquid mercury and measures 66-feet long and 33-feet high and is at the At&T Plaza.  For more information about it go to www.millenniumpark.org. 

Cell Phones Encouraged at Norton

Right now, at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, you are actually encouraged to use your cell phones, not for calls—but as your own personal Tour Guide!  The Norton Museum is now helping you use cellular technology to enhance your enjoyment of art exhibits and is the first museum in Florida to utilize San Francisco based Guide by Cell LLC.  It helps you use your existing cell phone to take audio tours by giving you history, explainations, and narratives of the works you are viewing.  There are no additional costs (except normal usage) and is a Guided Tour without the Guide!  The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1451 South Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach and can be reached at 561*832-5196 or at www.norton.org.   

Book Club, Thrs. Dec 14^th

On Thursday, December 14^th, the Stonewall Library will be discussing Florida resident Andrew Holleran’s new novel, Grief.  It has been almost 30 years since “Dancer From the Dance” and gay writer offers us a wonderful way to work on love and loss.  The discussion will be led by Jesse Monteagudo and will be at the Stonewall Library and Archives, which is located at 1717 North Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

Movie Night

On Friday, December 15^th, the OutBoys Movie Night & BlackOut Fest present “Holiday Heart” which features Ving Rhames as a HUGE Drag Queen who, after a loss right before a long-awaited trip to Paris, decided to adopt a struggling almost-on-the-streets mother/daughter duo, who, has a LOT of baggage.  Ving plays the title character, Holiday, who is an openly gay church choir director, who opens his heart and home.  Suggested donation $5.  

Blue Days, Black Nights

This past week I went back home to upstate New York and sought out and interviewed on of the most fascinating and brutally honest authors of our time.  Ron Nyswaner is very comfortable talking about this life, his journey of two years with an escort named Johann and his battle with coke, crack, and crystal meth.  Now in reflection, he can tell the story that is not his, but Johann’s.  With funny lines and adventures, this is a whirlwind adventure that needs to be taken.  Read my review and interview with Ron Nyswaner here.

If You’re in That Part of Town…

Art Theft Suspect Dies

Last month, one of the men believed to be a masked gunman who broke into the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway two years ago, died at age 27 of a heroin overdose.  They group stole two paintings, The Scream and Madonna (not Madge), and were later recovered in August, and the police have not disclosed how they were found.  Police had infiltrated their circles and secretly recorded their conversations, with him admitting that he had been one of the robbers.  Sadly, he never realized he was a suspect. 

Home Fragrances are Envious

Right now, at Wilton Manor’s own Items 2 Envy, they are now featuring, for the holiday gift-giving season, an air fragrance diffuser that will fill the air like a forest of Fraiser Fir Pines!  These items are part of the Let It Snow Collection, and you had better hurry while supplies last!  Items 2 Envy is located at 2219 Wilton Drive in the heart of Wilton Manors.  You can call Keith at 954*565-ENVY for further information.   

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Dec 8^th-11^th

At the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, starting December 8^th, they will feature the double bill melodrama of both Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.  Cavalleria Rusticana deals with a duel over a faithless woman that ends tragically as Easter Mass is celebrated nearby while Pagliacci deals with murderous revenge of the sins of the wife.  For tickets or more information go to www.pbopera.org or call 561*833-7888.

Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Saturday, Dec 9^th & Tuesday, Dec 12^th

On Saturday, December 9^th, Verdi’s Il Trovatore will be performed at The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts Knight Concert Hall as well as Tuesday, December 12^th, at 8pm The Broward Center for the Performing Arts.  This will feature the Concert Version and stars from the Metropolitan Opera, Festival Symphony Orchestra, and Master Chorale of South Florida.  Tickets are available at www.carnivalcenter.org, www.browardcenter.org, www.ticketmaster.com, or www.concertfla.org. 

Seraglio Abducted December 7^th

Starting Thursday, December 7^th, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts will host The Abduction from the Seraglio, in conjunction with The Florida Grand Opera.  The Abduction helped to establish Mozart’s reputation well beyond Vienna, and this charming production will be a ride you will never forget.  The storyline:  two lovely young women are held hostage on the Orient Express and suffer greatly from the advances of their Turkish captors.  This is performed in German with English translations and helps celebrate Mozart’s 250^th birthday!  Ticket start at 21 and are available online at www.browardcenter.org.  

Coming to Town

Shakira Dec 6, 7, and 9^th 

Shakira, who performed two sold-out September dates in Miami while on her Oral Fixation Tour, has added more dates to her South Florida appearances at the American Airline Arena.  She will be performing December 6^th, 7^th, and 9^th and tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.

Kevin Nealon, Saturday, December 16^th 

On Saturday, December 16^th, former Saturday Night Live cast member and current cast member of Showtime’s hit series Weeds, will be live on stage at The Parker Playhouse of Fort Lauderdale.  As a former Anchor of “Weekend Update” and half of the “Hans and Franz” team that helped make him famous, funnyman Kevin Nealon is sure to entertain.  For tickets go to www.parkerplayhouse.com or call them at 954*462-0222.

Chris Botti, January 11^th 

Tickets are now on sale for Chris Botti, the amazing trumpeter will be live in concert at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts.  Tickets are available at the Box Office, at 305*949-6722 or at www.ticketmaster.com.  For additional information about Chris Botti, you can also go to his Official Website, www.chrisbotti.com. 

Do You Think I’m Sexy? 

Yes, the incomparable Rod Stewart will be in town on January 12^th at the Bank United Center and tickets are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets start at $55. 

John Mayer, January 26^th 

On January 26, 2007, John Mayer will be live in concert at the UM BankUnited Center at 8pm.  John will be playing selections off his latest album, Continuum.  Tickets are now on sale through www.ticketmaster.com or you can charge by phone at 954*523-3309, 561*966-3309, or 305*358-5885.  This is a Fantasma Productions Concert Event and for further information, go to www.fantasma.com or www.johnmayer.com.

Red Hot Nights  

On Wednesday, January 31^st the Bank Atlantic Center will be hosting The Red Hot Chili Peppers and have special guest Gnarls Barkley.  For tickets you can go to www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 954*523-3309.  This is a Fantasma Production Concert event and can be found at www.fantasma.com and if you would like more information about the boys, go to www.redhotchilipeppers.com or www.gnarlesbarkley.com.  The Bank Atlantic Center is located at 1 Panther Parkway in Fort Lauderdale. 

Bring Us Hippie Chic 

Justin & Pink, Feb 24^th & 25^th 

As of Saturday, the Justin Timberlake and Pink In The Round Tour will be at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday, February 24^th and the Bank Atlantic Center on Sunday, February 25^th.  Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com or at www.aeglive.com.  For further information you can also call 954*523-3309 or 305*358-5885.  Don’t forget to also check out www.justintimberlakefanclub.com! 

Vienna Choir Boys, Saturday, Dec 16^th

On Saturday, December 16^th, the Vienna Choir Boys will be performing their Holiday Program at 8pm in the Concert Hall at Purchase College Performing Arts Center.  Come out and check out the 500-year-old Austrian youth choir that has a rich history and impeccably trained voices.  Having worked with such artists as:  Madonna, Celine Dion, and Robbie Williams, this highly trained choir can mix it up between medieval to contemporary all while still being the choir for Sunday Mass at Vienna’s Imperial Chapel.  The boys will be joined by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Vienna State Opera Chorus.  Tickets range from $30- $50 and can be found at www.artscenter.org or at their Box Office at 914*251-6200. 

Chenoweth Be Thine Name

Fans of Wicked will be glad to know that their angel Kristen Chenoweth, is back on Broadway with Bock and Harnick’s The Apple Tree.  This musical is about men, women, and the love that grows between them and is a charming new production that celebrates the irresistible temptation of forbidden fruit.  This is a limited time engagement, running through March 11, 2007.  Studio 54 is located at 254 West 54^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenues, and tickets can be purchased at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at 212*719-1300. 

The Vertical Hour, Until April 1^st

Right now, at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, Julianne Moore is performing in David Hare’s The Vertical Hour.  This is the story of Nadia Blye (Julianne Moore) who is a young American war correspondent turned academic who now teaches Political Studies at Yale.  A brief holiday with her boyfriend in the Welsh borders brings her into contact with a kind of Englishman whose culture and beliefs are a surprise and a challenge, both to her and to her relationship.  The Music Box Theatre is located at 239* West 45^th Street and times and tickets you can go to www.newyorkcitytheatre.com or call them at 212*239-6200 for additional information.