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The All Stars Project has signed a lease to create the country's first Center for Afterschool Development, which will be located in the heart of downtown Newark, NJ at 33 Washington Street. The center will be named for the late Scott Flamm, a dedicated volunteer with the All Stars inner-city youth development programs and a resident of Short Hills, NJ. The establishment of the center, a prime 9,000 square foot ground floor space on Washington Park, is the centerpiece of the All Stars Project's $9.2 million expansion campaign and will enable the All Stars to expand its world class, innovative programming in Newark and throughout NJ. 

To get involved with the ASP of NJ, please contact Jim Horton at jhorton@allstars.org.

The Castillo Theatre is hosting a special tribute celebrating the life and work of the late Fred Newman (1935-2011), its artistic director and playwright-in-residence from 1989 until 2005.  The 26-hour marathon of readings of Fred Newman's plays will take place from 7:00 p.m. on Friday January 27 through 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42^nd Street. Join in the performance of the Newman repertoire, bring and eat potluck snacks, and watch videos. The readings are free.

A schedule of readings will be posted on our website by January 15. For more information - including how to participate as a reader - please visit www.castillo.org, or call our box office at 212-941-1234.

The All Stars Project of Chicago hosted their final talent show of 2011 at Harper High School in the Englewood neighborhood.  Eighty-Eight enthusiastic performers from all over Chicago and from cities in neighboring Indiana came out for a One Day Event which includes; an audition, a performance workshop and a talent show! All Stars donors and their families also came out to see the show through our Back to School program and presented ten youth volunteers and performer with All Stars Community Spirit Awards. "Each time our donors come out it is an inspiration to the entire community and helps people see that we have a plan, we have committed supporters and we are here to stay." says All Stars Project of Chicago Director, David Cherry.

UX, the All Stars' free school of continuing development for people of all ages, is kicking off a new semester with Opening Day on Monday, January 16, at 11:00 a.m. What better way to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday than to come and explore the development opportunities available at UX? This semester will include UX favorites like, Improv for Everyone and Public Speaking and lots of new offerings, including Discovering New York's Art, Our Lives in Poetry, Singing Songs from Broadway, and lots more! At Opening Day, you can pick up a semester catalogue, visit sample classes, and meet teachers and other students. For more information, or to register, contact Lisa Linnen at llinnen@allstars.org.

The All Stars hosted its annual benefit luncheon on Friday, December 2, at the New York Hilton and raised $450,000 for the Development School for Youth. FTI Consulting and Edward Reilly, Global CEO - Strategic Communications were honored for their commitment to community and youth development and were presented with the All Stars Learning from Leaders Award. The luncheon was attended by 250 executives from corporations across the New York region, including Barclays Capital, CBRE, DirecTV, Ernst & Young, JPMorgan, Latham & Watkins, and MetLife. Bill Weir, co-anchor of ABC News "Nightline"  hosted the event.

Photo left to right: Phil Stern, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting; Edward Reilly, Global CEO – Strategic Communications; and All Stars youth leaders Janay Bilal and Allan Joseph.

The All Stars hosted their fall talent show at Everett Middle School in the Mission District in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, September 24. Thirty-five enthusiastic performers from all over the Bay Area were in attendance for a fun filled developmental day. The acts ranged from dance to spoken word to African drumming. The eclectic mix of entertainment and the energy of the performers were contagious and had the crowd on their feet.

As part of the Back to School program, All Stars donors and their families came to the stage and presented the All Stars Community Spirit Awards to eleven youth volunteers and performers who are making a difference bringing development to their communities.

The Castillo Theatre is reviving the Fred Newman-Annie Roboff musical, Sally and Tom (The American Way) for a six-week run from February 17 through March 25. The musical, about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, explores love and compromise. The production is being directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander, whose production Playing With Heiner Müller received a 2011 Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Award For Excellence in Black Theatre for outstanding ensemble performance. Musical direction is by David Belmont, choreography by Lonné Moretton.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. February 17 through March 25. For more information or to purchase tickets Tickets can be purchased through the Castillo Box Office at 212-941-1234 or go to www.castillo.org.

The All Stars Talent Show Network in New Jersey is expanding and growing.  On July 29^th, we produced a successful event for the first time at the Montclair Art Museum.  Young people from Newark, East Orange, Montclair, Irvington, and Jersey City came out to participate and presented with a show of 18 acts where they performed Rap, Dance, Vocal, Poetry, and Instrumental creations. In addition to the youth who performed on stage, there were 25 youth producers volunteering in various roles sharing their performance skills in registration, box office, sound engineering, and so much more.  For more information about our next talent show cycle, please call Nichelle Brown at 973-622-5506 Ext. 302 or nbrown@allstars.org.