DIVERSIONS
CONCERTS/EVENTS
Gerry Dee: Friday at TCU Place at 8 p.m. Tickets $39.50 to $89.50; available at 306-975-7799, tcutickets.ca.
Lighthouse: Friday at Broadway Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets $48; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
SCMA Country: Friday at Capitol Music Club, 244 First Ave. North, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets $10; available at showpass.com or at the door. Information on Facebook. Saskatchewan Blue Cross Gardenscape: Friday to Sunday at Prairieland Park, 503 Ruth St. East. Tickets $12.50 to $26; available at tickets.saskatoonex.com or at the door. Information at gardenscapeshow.ca.
Music for the Gut Artist Showcase: Saturday at Grace-westminster United Church, 505 10th St. East, at 7 p.m. Tickets $20 to $25; available at Mcnally Robinson, Saskatoon Academy of Music, or at the door. Information at musicforthegut.com or Facebook. Live at the Bassment: Piano Friday: Grant Currie, Friday at 4:30 p.m. Twangfest, Friday at 9 p.m. $20 to $25. The Pianomen: Fong, Griffith, Salkeld, and Stephanson, Saturday at 8 p.m. $23 to $28. Tim Williamson, April 4 at 8 p.m. $20 to $25. Tickets available at thebassment.ca or at the door.
Tonight It’s Poetry: Back Room SLAM!, Sunday at Amigos Cantina, 806 Dufferin Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Admission $5 at the door.
Lyell Gustin Recital Series: Rolston String Quartet: Wednesday at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 436 Spadina Cres. East, at 7:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. Tickets $30 to $40; available at Mcnally Robinson, Yamaha Piano Centre, Saskatoon Academy of Music, Gustin Committee members, or at the door.
DRAMA
Kinky Boots: A musical scored by Cyndi Lauper. The uplifting story of Charlie Price, a young man reluctantly taking over his family’s struggling shoe factory and looking for a fresh idea. Saturday and Sunday at TCU Place. Tickets $59.50 to $119.50; available at 306-975-7799, tcutickets.ca. Empire of the Son: A Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre production. A biographical story of two generations of broadcasters and the radio silence between them. Runs to April 10 at Persephone Theatre. Tickets $16 to $54; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org.
True Crime: Presented by Crow’s Theatre. A true story filled with lies. An iconic musician wishes to impersonate an imprisoned con man. Tuesday to April 14 at Persephone Theatre’s Backstage Stage. Tickets $34; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org.
Elise Fights Total Extinction: For children ages five to 11. In her science class, Elise learns that the Earth’s atmosphere is warming up at an alarming rate, with icebergs melting and 16,306 species at risk of becoming extinct. What can she do to protect the environment? Saturday at Studio 914, 914 20th St. West, at 2 p.m. Tickets $9; information on Facebook. Link: https://www.facebook. com/events/558775937928144 Machinal: To what lengths will a young woman who feels disposable in a patriarchal society go to survive? Runs to Saturday at Greystone Theatre in the U of S John Mitchell Building. Tickets at 306-966-5188, John Mitchell Building box office.