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May 04 Saturday
Classic and contemporary jazz will be performed by the CSN Jazz Combos, under the direction of Dr. David Phy and Dr. Lindsey O'Connor.
Tickets can be purchased online or starting at 6:00 from the PAC Box Office.
The return of one of ballet's classics, and the return of this production, first seen in 2019 and featuring Ben Stevenson's elegant choreography. It's a love story that is both symbolic and intimate, filled with emotion and humanity.
A young prince is desperate to break the spell that causes his new true love (in her human form) to spend her days as a swan. Will he be successful? Or, put another way, will this production be loyal to the original ballet -- or will it (spoiler alert!) go with the “happy ending” version?
Only one way to find out.
On Saturday the 4th there is also a performance at 2:00.
It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent something called “television.” Each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge.
Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?
The answer comes to compelling life in this new play by Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, The Newsroom and The Social Network.
May 05 Sunday
Las Vegas loves a second-chance story. Apparently TikTok does, too. This social media sensation begins at an amusement park where a handful of kids die on a roller coaster called the Cyclone (likely because the real Cyclone at Coney Island feels like it may actually kill you).
Once in purgatory, they’re greeted by the park’s mechanical fortune-telling machine, which initiates a singing contest that awards the winner a trip back to the living world. What ensues is a competition that alternates between morbidity and life affirmation -- and hopefully bears no resemblance to the reality TV singing shows your mother still watches.
Chalk up another staged celebration of cult pop culture and viral theater by Majestic Repertory.
El Santo Golpe honors different cultures, history, and traditions by using instruments like eight-string Jaranas, Tarima (a wooden platform), Djembe, Primera, and Accordion. Their music, and dancers, are influenced by Mexican Folklore, Bomba from Puerto Rico, West African Dance, and more.
On the plaza, enjoy Mexican cuisine and drinks from local food truck favorites. Mariachi Oro de Rancho (from Rancho High School) will get the festivities started!
Andrew Van Slee as Tony Bennett, with some of the great singer's solo hits and duets with performers in the roles of Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder and Michael Bublé.
In the OYO casino.
May 06 Monday
The evening of mariachi music features CSN's student ensemble Mariachi Plata, the 2021, 2022 and 2023 first place winners at the Mariachi Extravaganza in San Antonio, Texas. The show will also include performances by other students from CSN’s Mariachi program and performers from area schools.
May 09 Thursday
Wendy Chen's debut novel, Their Divine Fires, is an intimate story interwoven with folktale and myth, shaped by the love affairs of three generations of Chinese women across one hundred years of revolutions, both political and personal.
Drawing on the lives of her great-grandmother and her great-uncles, who fought on the side of the Communists, and her mother’s experiences during the Cultural Revolution, she infuses Their Divine Fires with a passion that will transport the reader back to powerful moments in history while bringing them close to women who persisted despite the forces all around them.
Wendy Chen is the author of a poetry collection and her writing has appeared in some pretty prestigious publications and has even been adapted into musical compositions. Dr. Chen is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at UNLV.