Performing Arts for March 15, 2002

Friday, March 15, 2002 | 9:11 a.m.

Theater

Plays staged

UNLV's Ten Minute Play Festival, featuring the works of graduate playwriting students, will be presented at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the university's Paul Harris Theatre. Tickets are $3. Call 895-1575.

The Center Stage Inc. presents the contemporary play "Before it Hits Home," about a black, bisexual musician who contracts AIDS, at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at West Las Vegas Library Theater, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Performances continue Thursday through March 24. Tickets are $15; $10 for seniors and students. Call 396-7422.

Nevada Theatre Company presents "The Mineola Twins," about twin sisters who learn that times change more than just your hairstyle, at 8 p.m. Thursday through March 23 and 2 p.m. March 24. Performances continue March 28 through March 31 at 2928 Lake East Drive. (Play contains adult situations.) Tickets are $12 for adults; $10 for students and seniors. Call 873-0191.

Area youngsters

More than 60 young people -- musicians, dancers, singers, comedians and magicians -- will compete in the city of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Division's 23rd Annual Search for Talent Competition, which continues with the Senior Division (ages 15-18) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Reed Whipple Culture Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Contests continue March 23. Admission is free. Call 229-6211.

Music

Brass band

The Las Vegas British Brass Band will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday at Winchester Community Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Tickets are $7; $5 for seniors and children age 12 and younger.

Country crooner

County music star Ricky Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder band will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday at Central Christian Church, 1001 New Beginnings Drive in Henderson. Admission is free. Call 735-4004.

Big-band favorites

The Jerry Blake Orchestra performs big-band standards for dancing at a St. Patrick's Day dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. Admission is $10 in advance; $12 at the door. Call 229-6383.

Workshop scheduled

An African Drum and Dance Workshop, led by Hasani and Kianga Palacio, will be held from noon-4 p.m. Saturday at West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Admission is free. Call 229-4800.

Young players

The Clark County School District's Fine Arts Division presents the Elementary Orff Instrument Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday at UNLV's Artemus Ham Concert Hall.

Also at the concert hall, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, the school district presents the Middle School Honor Bands Concert. For information about these events call 895-2787.

Chorale, choir

The UNLV Chamber Chorale, joined by the University Concert Singers, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway. Admission is free. Call 454-1424.

Placido Domingo

The Las Vegas Philharmonic will perform with tenor Placido Domingo at 8 p.m. Saturday at Mandalay Bay Events Center. Tickets are $100, $150 and $300. Call 632-7580.

Symphony show

UNLV's Symphony Orchestra presents its "Concert V" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Artemus Ham Concert Hall. Call 895-3949.

Guitar Ensemble

The Las Vegas Classical Guitar Ensemble performs a concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd. Tickets are $10. Call 966-1424.

Dance

One-man show

Tap dancer and singer Blaine Senior performs his one-man show "Lengendary Las Vegas," with a performance by entertainment troupe Flashback, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd. Tickets are $12. Call 966-1424.