DIVERSIONS
CONCERTS/EVENTS
Metallica: Saturday at Sasktel Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets from $79 to $165; available at 306938-7800, ticketmaster.ca.
Take Back the Night Rally and March: Featuring slam poet Elise Pallagi, Sept. 13, starting at the YWCA, 510 25th St. East, 7 p.m. Great Lake Swimmers: Friday at Broadway Theatre, 715 Broadway Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $29; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
Mistral 5 Wind Quartet: Friday and Saturday at James Hopper Furniture, 401 Ave. M South, at 8 p.m. Tickets $20; available at 306-653-5191, ontheboards.ca.
A Tribute to The Ed Sullivan Show: Friday at the Western Development Museum at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $22 to $25; available at 306-931-1910 or Sobeys 306-477-5800.
Menagerie Burlesque Show: Friday and Saturday at Studio 914, 914 20th St. West, at 8 p.m. Tickets from $20 to $25; available at menagerieburlesque.com. This is a 19+ event. Greatest Albums Live: Saturday at TCU Place at 8 p.m. Tickets from $39.50 to $49.50; available at 306-975-7799, tcutickets.ca. Violinist/violist Sarah ter Velde: Saturday at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 436 Spadina Cres. East, at 7 p.m. Admission is by freewill offering.
33rd Street Fair: Saturday along 33rd Street from Avenue C to Avenue G, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo: Saturday and Sunday at Prairieland Park. Tickets $25$75; available at saskexpo.com.
Live Five Season Launch Cabaret: With music by Philip & Kate, Saturday at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave., at 8 p.m. Admission is by donation at the door.
Live at The Bassment: Piano Friday: David Fong, Friday at 4:30 p.m. No cover. Big Dave Mclean, Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets: From $20 to $25. Denise Valle, Saturday at 8 p.m. From $18 to $23. Zaki Ibrahim, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. $23-$28. Tickets available at thebassment.ca or at the door. The Word on the Street Festival: Sunday along Broadway Avenue, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information at thewordonthestreet.ca.
Terry Fox Run: Sunday starting at Bessborough Gardens at 11 a.m. Registration and information at terryfox.org.
Devotional Music Concert: Sunday at Shri Lakshmi Narayan Temple, 107 La Ronge Rd., at 5 p.m. Admission is from $10 to $20 at the door. Information is available by calling 306-3807737, or 306-242-0637, or 306222-3825, or 306-241-7755. Songs, Stories and Spoken Word by Ins Choi: Sunday at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are from $20 to $25; available by calling 306-653-5191, or visiting ontheboards.ca.
Six-acre Corn Maze: Runs to Oct. 31, Friday-sunday and holiday Mondays, 1-8 p.m., at the Saskatoon Italian Cultural & Recreation Centre on the corner of Highway 7 and Cedar Villa Road. Information at saskatoonicc.com.
DRAMA
Mom’s the Word; Nest 1/2 Empty: A Vancouver Arts Club production. A new chapter in the Mom’s the Word series of family and fracas, as the moms adapt to life now that the kids are grown and their bodies are backfiring. Sept. 19- Oct. 3 at Persephone Theatre. Tickets $15.10 to $54; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org.
The Aliens: Jasper and KJ are two misfit souls who have made the out-back patio of a coffee shop their private sanctuary and refuge from the real world. Runs to Sept. 23 at Persephone Theatre’s Backstage Stage. Tickets from $30.85 to $34.05; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers: A dinner-theatre show presented by Mini Fridge Theatre. Middleaged Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it’s too late and arranges three seductions. Wednesday to Sept. 28 at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. East. Tickets $40 to $50; available at 306-244-6869 ext. 203. Information at minifridgetheatre.com.