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Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America announce a brand-new, national touring production of The Backyardigans Live! Tale of the Mighty Knights. The Backyardigans Live! Tale of the Mighty Knights, based on the prime time Nickelodeon special which premiered Jan. 14, 2008, follows Nickelodeon’s backyard friends, Uniqua and Tyrone, as they become Knights and embark on a quest to protect King Pablo’s unpredictable egg. Along the way, Grabbing Goblin Austin and Flighty Fairy Tasha join the medieval mayhem as the runaway egg hatches feet and makes an unexpected dash all the way up to Dragon Mountain. The Backyardigans will need the audience’s help to face a mighty dragon and return the egg to the king. The Backyardigans Live! will have the entire family singing, dancing and laughing along to songs of courage, friendship and the power of imagination.

Buffalo State College’s International Center for Studies in Creativity presents th Conference on Creativity and Innovation Management. The conference, which was first held in Oxford, England, in 2001, will feature keynote speakers from Taiwan, England, France and the United States. The purpose of the conference is to bring together both academic thought leaders and business experts, including representatives from IBM and Fisher-Price, to discuss the latest, cutting-edge thinking in regard to creativity and innovation management. For more information, call 716.878.4861. To register online please click here.

Born and raised on the East side of Buffalo which has always been an untapped source of musical; Edreys emerges as a prominent player in the vast world of Hip Hop music and culture. Edreys may be a newcomer with a strange name, but he is no rookie. With styles ranging from cocky emcee swagger to thought provoking commentary and gripping street tales, his convincing voice and delivery often draw a likeness to many classic and noted Hip Hop artists.