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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">There’s lots of fun things to see and do at Beck Center this holiday season!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Beck Center for the Arts invites you to stop by and enjoy our annual
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">Holiday Art Show</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"> in the Jean Bulicek Galleria through January 1, featuring
 the extraordinary artwork of five talented local artists: Ann Caywood Brown (pastels and photo transfers), Bonnie Gordon (pottery), Joseph Gregg (photography), Mardel Sanzotta (painting), and Debra Sue Solecki (drawing).
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">This exhibit is free and open to the public. For gallery hours, call 216.521.2540 x10.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Start a new family tradition this holiday season! Tickets are selling fast for Beck Center’s encore production of last season’s holiday hit musical,
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"> on the Mackey Main Stage
 through December 31. Don’t wait and miss seeing this </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">entertainment extravaganza!<span style="color:black"> Order tickets
<a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">
online</a> or call 216.521.2540 x10.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">SOLD OUT!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">  All performances are sold out for Beck Youth Theater’s
 production of <i>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</i> in the Studio Theater through December 18. Kudos to Director Rachel Spence and the cast of 31 talented students from Beck’s arts education programs.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Looking for a unique gift to give that special someone this holiday season? Give the gift of the arts!
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">Beck Center gift cards</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"> make great stocking stuffers. They may be purchased
 in any amount and used to buy tickets for professional or youth theater productions and to register for classes and lessons. This holiday season, give a gift that won’t end up at the bottom of the toy box or at the returns counter. A gift of the arts lasts
 a lifetime. Stop in today or call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Make a New Year’s resolution for you and your family to do something<span style="color:black"> creative and challenging at the Beck Center. Avoid cabin fever, get
 out of the house, and join us at the Beck Center for some creative fun.  </span><b><span style="color:#C00000">Our winter/spring semester begins the week of January 30.</span></b><span style="color:#C00000">
</span><span style="color:black">We offer over 200 classes, lessons and programs for all ages and abilities in dance, early childhood, music, theater, and visual arts. View our complete winter/spring schedule and class descriptions
<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/arts-education/">here</a> and <a href="http://activenet6.active.com/beckcenter/">
register online</a> 24/7. </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">Private music lessons</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"> are offered in all band and orchestral
 instruments. Registration is ongoing throughout the year. To register for lessons or for more information, call Kris Morron, associate director of Music Education, at 216.521.2540 x37.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just minutes from downtown Cleveland. Free, onsite parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Coming next on Beck stages…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">Spring Awakening<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Feb 3 – Mar 4, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Directed by Victoria Bussert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">With Baldwin-Wallace College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Music Theatre Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/brochure_inside_14july11-FINAL.pdf">Beck Center’s 2010/2011 Professional Theater Season</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Beck Teen Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#C00000">RECKLESS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">by Craig Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Feb 24 – Mar 4, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black">Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011-12-Youth-Theater-Season-Flyer-FINAL.pdf">Beck Center’s 2010/2011 Youth Theater Season</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">BUY TICKETS!</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, the Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts
 education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies, and gallery exhibits featuring regional artists. For more information about the Beck Center, visit
<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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