Sun Life datebook

Friday, June 18, 1999 | 9:35 a.m.

Camera ready

Director and producer Jeff Lester of Big Picture Studios will lead a class on acting for the camera from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at UNLV's Alta Ham Fine Arts Building, Room 206. The fee is $40. Call 226-5620.

Gospel grooves

The Fantastic Goldenaires, the Gospel Tornadoes and Gospel Keylites of Las Vegas will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 2736 Chamberlain Lane. Admission is $5. Call 399-7461.

Revelations

"Judgment: The Trial of Commander Kellie," a new movie by Eagle Mountain Films about the modern Christian view, will debut at Wellspring Church, 1401 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 14, at 7 p.m. today and Saturday. Call 631-5027.

Divas detailed

"Sang Sista' Sang," a musical which follows the stories of music divas -- Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker and Mahalia Jackson -- will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena in Primm. The show was created by Motown legends Smokey Robinson and Mickey Stevenson. Tickets are $18.50 and $28.50. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Women's Information Network Against Breast Cancer. Call (800) FUNSTOP.

Sounds of freedom

Lied Discovery Children's Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, celebrates the spirit of freedom with exhibit "Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Music Traditions." The museum features gospel and other music groups and related activities at 2 p.m. Sunday. Museum admission is $5 for adults; $4 for seniors, military and children. Call 382-3445.

Ribbon of Life

More than 270 Las Vegas performers will come together on stage for the 13th annual "Golden Rainbow -- Ribbon of Life," a fund-raiser performance for AIDS in Nevada, at the Luxor hotel-casino. It begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $25-$100. Call 384-2899.

Concert broadcast

KNPR 89.5-FM continues its Community Concert Series at noon Sunday with a performance of the Community College of Southern Nevada Woodwind Quintet. The program will feature the works of Shostakovitch, Ravel, Muczynski and Persichetti.

New member night

The local chapter of the Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America invites new voices to join. The group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Sue Morrow Elementary School, 1070 Featherwood Ave.

Wrestling star

World Championship Wrestling star Vincent will greet fans and sign autographs from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday at the WCW Nitro Gill at Excalibur hotel-casino. On June 30, Lex Lugar and Miss Elizabeth will appear.

Facing patriarchy

Las Vegas' Department of Leisure Services presents "Gabbeh," a story of a woman's self-assertion in a patriarchal society, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. The 1997 film is set in Iran. (English subtitles will be available.) Tickets are $2. Call 229-6383.

Music needed

Local TV talk show host Dominick Brascia (KCNG Channel 15) is looking for songwriters and bands with CDs to work on his new movie, tentatively titled "My Life As A Troll," which begins post-production work next week. The music must be original and recorded on a CD, Dat or tape format. There is no compensation, and bands or songwriters must own the rights to the music. Call 440-1614.

Valued verse

Entries are being accepted for the 16th annual National Nevada Poetry Contest for Nevada poets 18 or older. For more information on category, deadline, rules and prizes, write to the Nevada Poetry Society, c/o Sam Wood, contest chairman, P.O. 7014, Reno, NV 89510.

Various shows

The painted porcelain works of Maria Veronica Mendoza are on exhibit at the Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, through Aug. 22. An opening reception will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday.

The works of artist Gene Redden will be on display Monday through July 30 at the Jesse Metcalf Gallery in UNLV's Richard Tam Alumni Center. A reception will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Call 895-0893.

The art of Nathaniel Blanchard is on display from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Mondays at Art Encounter, 3979 Spring Mountain Road. Call 227-0220.

Nature shots

Photographer Simon Bergman presents his color photographs of nature Thursday through July 19 at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd.

Coins displayed

Nine historic gold coins recovered from a 19th-century shipwreck are on display at the Treasures of Mandalay Bay Museum at Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. The rare gold coins were purchased at an auction and are valued at more than a $250,000.