Theater
      thurs. 28 . Baby - The musical features music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., with a book by Sybille Pearson.
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Family Activities
      thurs. 28 . Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up - Do you know what rubber duckies, trash can lids and cookie jars have in common? They can also be musical instruments.
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Auditions
      • SUBVERSIVE THEATRE - The Subversive Theatre Collective will hold auditions for "Nickel and Dimed" by Joan Holden from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 1 at Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen St., Buffalo. No appointment is necessar y. Actors will be asked to read from sides, no monologues necessary...
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Announcements
      • BUFFALO BLUES FESTIVAL - Tickets are now on sale for The Buffalo Blues Festival, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, HSBC Arena. Performers include Latimore, Mel Waiters, Bobby Blue Band, Marvin, Sease, Sir Charles Jones, Floyd Taylor, Shirley Brown and Clarence Carter. Tickets are $45, $49 and $5...
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Film/Video
      thurs. 28 .Li Yu's feature film, Dam Street (Hong Yan), centers on Xiao Yun, a 16-year-old girl living in small riverside town in China in the early '80s who discovers she is pregnant.
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Art
      thurs. 28 . Douglas Repetto - Feb. 28-May 17, with opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus, Amherst. 645-6912 . First-Year MFA Show - Feb.
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Special Events
      thurs. 28 . Sumptuous Saturday Cabaret at the Alt - "Wind Trials and Wall Gum," with Amy Taravella, Gerry Trentham, Kathleen Ashwill and Paul Kozlowski, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Alt Theatre, 255 Great Arrow Ave., third floor, Buffalo; $.
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Live Local in WNY
      thurs. 28 . Mick Hayes Band, 8:30 p.m., Lafayette Tap Room, 391 Washington St., Buffalo; $. 854-2466, www.lafayettetaproombbq.com . Fortified, 10 p.m., Merlin's, 727 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $. 886-9270, www.merlinsbuffalo.
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Speakers
      fri. 29 . Kabba E. Colley - Goddard College dean and academic vice president will present a lecture on "Stories of Africa through the Lens of Secular Humanism," 7 p.m., Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst; $, 636-4869, Ext.
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Concerts
      fri. 29 .Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center presents jazz cornetist Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris with the Buffalo Improvisors Orchestra at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29 at Asbury Hall at Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $.
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Symphonic/Classical
      thurs. 28 . Voice Studio Recital - Students of Tony Arnold and Alex Hurd, noon Thursday, Feb. 28, Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus, Amherst. www.slee.buffalo.edu fri. 29 . Jeremy Burns - Organist, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
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Performance
      thurs. 28 . Cat Venom improv comedy troupe will present a witty collection of skits focusing on a wide range of social and political issues, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst; $.
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Dance
      thurs. 28 . Zodiaque Dance Company - "Zodiaque 34 - Celebration Rising," featuring new works by guest choreographers Mark Santilliano and Terri Filips under the direction of Tressa Gorman Crehan, 8 p.m. Feb.
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