The Lancaster Performing Arts Center is seeking original performance art such as poetry, scenes and monologues, music, film, dance and comedy for inclusion in EstroFest! *Not for Women Only. Topics may include, but are not limited to, girls, women, adulthood, marriage, childrearing, menopause, divorce or any other topic pertaining to lives of women today or anytime in the past. MORE >>>

The Lancaster Performing Arts Center is also seeking original, one-act play submissions for its 2009 holiday production to be performed December 2-5, 2009 in the Mainstage auditorium. Scripts must be submitted no later than February 10, 2009 and adhere to the submission guidelines. The winning playwright will be announced March 10, 2009 and receive a stipend of $500 after the play is performed. MORE >>>
 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Thursday, November 20, 2008 • 8 PM

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Play the "Word of the Day Game" to win a pair of tickets! For mature audiences.

In this unlikeliest of hit musical comedies, six misfit middle schoolers vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime! Add a perky hostess, a disturbed vice principal, an ex-convict doing community service and four audience volunteers as guest spellers and you have one hilarious, Tony Award-winning evening. www.spellingbeethemusical.com For mature audiences.

Sponsored in part by Fox Sports 610 AM.
 

East Village Opera Company
Sunday, November 23, 2008 • 7 PM

Explore the music Verdi would have made if he grew up with Generation X. East Village Opera Company reinvents classic opera arias as songs distinctly rock and roll in spirit and reminds us why, when these masterpieces were first written, they were on the cutting edge. The group features a three-part string section (two violins, one cello) with two lead singers, keyboard, drums, guitar and bass. www.eastvillageoperacompany.com

Sponsored in part by 88.5 FM KCSN and the Antelope Valley Press.
 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Friday, December 5, 2008 • 7 PM
Saturday, December 6, 2008 • 7 PM

What happens to the story of Christmas when it’s told by kids who’ve never heard it before? In this comedic play, the safe and routine church Christmas pageant is turned on its head as the Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, take over. Based on the book by Barbara Robinson.

This performance is part of the Holiday Series presented by Time Warner Cable. Sponsored in part by Time Warner Cable and Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Palmdale.
 

Los Lobos
Sunday, December 7, 2008 • 7 PM

The pride of East L.A., Los Lobos is one of America's most distinctive and original bands. Their Mexican heritage and diverse musical attitudes merge to become one graceful, gritty sound. Who better to warm a cold winter’s night with inner-city heat? www.loslobos.org

Sponsored in part by 87.7 FM Beto and the Antelope Valley Press.