In January 2009, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will unveil a pair of 17th-century six-paneled screens from its permanent collection newly restored by conservation experts in Japan.

Celebrate the holiday season in “green” style at Berkshire Museum’s 24th Annual Festival of Trees through January 4, 2009. Delight in an eco-savvy and eco-fabulous enchanted forest of more than 200 trees, creatively decorated with natural materials and reused, recycled, repurposed, and reclaimed objects.

KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen is a major Stockhausen festival that Southbank Centre shaped with the composer before his death in December 2007. The festival, one of the highlights of Southbank Centre's 2008/09 classical music season, is curated by Southbank Centre Associate Artist Oliver Knussen and runs from Saturday 1 to Sunday 9 November.

The 11th Annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival at the McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts, scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, November 15th & 16th, 2008 has announced finalists.

The weekend of October 4th & 5th sees the launch of an exciting new event, the Festival of Models at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Featuring a variety of the very best models on show, models to make and buy, as well as competitions with prizes for children.

Southbank Centre has announced today the full line-up of concerts for the major Stockhausen festival as a centrepiece of its 2008/09 classical music season. KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen will run from 1 to 9 November 2008 and will include UK premieres of several major Stockhausen works and the world premiere of Urantia.

This years newest addition to the Bloomsburg Fair is the NEW Stage at the Grandstand. The stage will replace the original stage and will afford us the luxury of booking more TOP QUALITY entertainment.

The Berkshire Museum in downtown Pittsfield will present its 24th Annual Festival of Trees from November 15, 2008-January 4, 2009. Approximately 200 trees decorated by local individuals, businesses, organizations, and schools will reflect this year’s eco-friendly theme of “Green Christmas.” Tree designers are encouraged to create trees with the environment in mind.

Southbank Centre announced a major Stockhausen festival as a centrepiece of its 2008/09 classical music season. KLANG: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen, a weeklong festival including UK premieres of several major Stockhausen works, starts November 1st and will be curated by Southbank Centre Associate Artist Oliver Knussen.

The 10th anniversary season of KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl kicks-off on Sunday, June 22, at 7pm, with Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles and Federico Aubele. Thievery Corporation performs with a full live band, and Seu Jorge makes a special guest appearance. KCRW DJ Jason Bentley hosts.

Over the festival's seventy-nine days there will be over one hundred and twenty operas, ballets and concerts. In its 225th year, the theatre will pay tribute to great composers and performers of the Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad, all those illustrious, talented artists whose names are firmly fixed in the history of the Mariinsky Theatre and world music.

McCallum Theatre Institute's Summer Session Festival 2008 presents four performances to educate, entertain and enthrall audiences of all ages during the week of June 16-20 at McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts in Palm Desert.