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South Wharf Uptown Heights East Market Riverside Old Town Theater District Tonight All

14 shows

Sat Aug 22

7:30 PM

Macbeth, Reimagined

The Velvet Curtain · Theater District

A stripped-down, candlelit Macbeth with a cast of nine — Shakespeare's tragedy refit for a black-box stage.

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Sat Aug 22

8:00 PM

Comedy Open Mic: New Voices

The Laughing Sprocket · Old Town

Ten comics, five minutes each, zero mercy from the back booth — the city's sharpest open mic.

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Sat Aug 22

9:00 PM

Jazz After Dark: The Ellington Suite

The Spotlight Room · East Market

The house quartet plays Duke Ellington's late suites start to finish, straight through to midnight.

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Sat Aug 22

10:00 PM

Blue Door Late: Improv Jam

The Blue Door Stage · South Wharf

The company's late-night improv troupe takes the stage after curtain — no script, no net, last show of the night.

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Sat Aug 22

10:30 PM

The Attic After Hours: Gallery DJ Night

The Attic Collective · East Market

The Found Objects show stays open late with a DJ in the round — art, bass and the arcade's best people-watching.

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Sun Aug 23

6:00 PM

The Attic Collective: Found Objects

The Attic Collective · East Market

Twelve artists, one warehouse, a season of work made from things the city threw away. Opening night.

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Sun Aug 23

7:00 PM

Romeo & Juliet in the Park

Riverside Amphitheatre · Riverside

The riverside amphitheater opens its summer season with Shakespeare under the open sky — bring a blanket.

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Mon Aug 24

7:30 PM

Swan Lake, Act II

The Blue Door Stage · South Wharf

The company performs the white act in full — the lake scene, the swans, and the pas de deux that stops hearts.

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Tue Aug 25

8:00 PM

Silent Film Night: The General

Frame & Fable Cinema · Old Town

Buster Keaton's great train chase with live organ accompaniment in the city's oldest cinema.

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Fri Aug 28

7:00 PM

Gilded Hall Presents: Strings at Sunset

Gilded Hall · Uptown Heights

A string quartet plays from the hall's west balcony as the light drops over the Heights.

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Sat Aug 29

2:30 PM

The Importance of Being Earnest

Marlowe Playhouse · Theater District

Oscar Wilde's immaculate comedy in a period production with cucumber sandwiches and no survivors.

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Sat Aug 29

6:00 PM

East Market Music Crawl

The Spotlight Room · East Market

Eight stages, one wristband, a whole neighborhood of music — from basement jazz to rooftop brass.

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Sun Aug 30

4:00 PM

Sunday Sonata: Chamber Classics

Gilded Hall · Uptown Heights

Piano, cello and clarinet in an afternoon of Beethoven, Brahms and one world premiere.

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Mon Aug 31

7:30 PM

New Play Reading: The Ferryman's Daughter

The Blue Door Stage · South Wharf

A first look at this season's most talked-about new play, read aloud by the company in one evening.

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