This troupe’s show Alchemia looks like a cross between ballet and Cirque du Soleil, with props, outlandish costumes, dramatic lighting effects, visual dreaminess and glowing items onstage. As you gather from the title, Alchemia is themed after the four main elements: earth, air, fire and water. 7:30p, $19-$69, thesmithcenter.com
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March 16
Justin Favela & Sean SlatteryClark County Government Center Rotunda
Picture the glorious incongruity: the stately bureaucratic precincts of the county government center given riotous life by several piñatas in the shape of Chicano lowriders. Because that’s how Favela and Slattery plan to roll. Through May 8, opening reception 6p March 20
In the panel talk “Crossing the Black Atlantic,” the award-winning writers — both born in the Caribbean — will discuss how they explore themes of race, identity and the heritage of the slave trade in their work. Sponsored by the Black Mountain Institute. 7p, free, blackmountaininstitute.org
March 17
Spying on AntiquityBarrick Museum, UNLV
If you attend just one lecture about the applications of declassified U.S. intelligence-satellite imagery to Near Eastern archaeology this year, make it this one. It’s presented by Jason Ur, a professor at Harvard and director of the Center for Geographic Analysis. 7:30p, free, unlv.edu
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March 21
Bishr Hijazi and the Arab EnsembleWinchester Cultural Center
A quartet of musicians, playing the oud, electric guitar, violin and percussion, and fronted by an Egyptian-style dancer, perform classical Arabian numbers. 7p, $10 advance, $12 door, 702-455-7340
