International piano superstar Lang Lang will perform a recital of keyboard masterpieces on Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Benaroya Hall. The wide-ranging program spans the repertoire, from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major to Enrique Granados’ Goyescas to Six Traditional Chinese Works from Dragon Songs and more.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Laura Penn , announces Thomas J. Armitage, Director of Theatre at North Central High School in Spokane, as the second recipient of its biennial Ruben Van Kempen Arts Educator Award. The award will be presented at Intiman's Annual Meeting on Monday, March 17 at 5:30 pm.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Laura Penn , opens its 2008 season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Diary of Anne Frank, dramatized by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, directed by Sari Ketter. Performances will begin at the Intiman Playhouse, on Friday, March 21 and continue through Saturday, May 17.

2008 Grammy Award–nominated guitarist Manuel Barrueco will perform a solo recital of guitar masterpieces on Wednesday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. The program will include a transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonata in G minor by Barrueco himself, and selections from tango-master Astor Piazzolla's Tango Etudes, Joaquín Turina's Fandanguillo and Sevillana (Fantasia), and Isaac Albéniz's Suite Española. This performance marks the second of three Guitar Recital series concerts in the 2007–2008 season.

A domestic terrorist group known as the Earth Liberation Front, ELF, is believed responsible for a destructive fire just north of Seattle near Woodinville that has gutted at least five homes and caused major damage to the areas landscape

A new exhibit premiering at The Museum of Flight shows that aviation is not just about airport runways, but fashion runways as well. Style in the Aisle is a window into the world of commercial flight attendants—their stories, their roles in aviation and especially: their uniforms. Style in the Aisle draws upon the Museum's extensive collection of airline flight attendant uniforms, airline artifacts, photos and resources donated exclusively for the exhibit.

In one of its most innovative programs of the season, Seattle Symphony presents modern composer Osvaldo Golijov’s visionary song-cycle, Ayre, composed specifically for the incomparable Dawn Upshaw. This cross-cultural masterpiece will be performed by Upshaw and an ensemble of musicians known as Orquesta Los Pelegrinos, on Friday, February 29, at 8 p.m.

Seattle Symphony’s Mainly Mozart series continues with a program featuring Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, C.P.E. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D minor and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major. Seattle Symphony Principal Flutist Scott Goff will serve as soloist for Bach’s concerto, with performances on Thursday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. at Benaroya Hall.

On Friday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. the University of Washington School of Music will mark a first in its history when Seattle Symphony joins the University Symphony in a side-by-side performance of Mahler’s majestic First Symphony, conducted by University Symphony Music Director Peter Erös.

Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's Tosca opens at McCaw Hall on February 23, with two star-studded casts in nine performances running from Feb. 23 through March 9. As the heroine who fights for love, it's no surprise that Tosca is a favorite character for so many sopranos. Written by the composer of La Bohème and Madama Butterfly, this Italian opera features the ultimate triangle of passion: the opera diva Tosca, her lover Cavaradossi, and the villainous Baron Scarpia.

ONCE upon a time in a land not so far, far away a new musical began its journey to Broadway. DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. have announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL will play an exclusive world premiere engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, August 14 to September 21, prior to opening on Broadway in the Fall of 2008.

Everybody's favorite Auntie MAME rings in the New Year in The 5th Avenue Theatre's lavish new production. Producing Artistic Director David Armstrong directs this quintessential Broadway musical, starring three-time Tony nominee Dee Hoty (Footloose, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Will Rogers Follies) in the iconic title role and 5th Avenue favorite Richard White (Kopit and Yeston's Phantom, The Desert Song, voice of Gaston in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast) as her suitor, Beauregard.