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organization, ensuring that future generations will pass on this vital cultural legacy. This year’s social starts at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Croatian Church Hall (2112 South Twelfth Street; www.facebook.com/CroatianJrTamburitzansStLouisMo). Admission is $12, and children younger than twelve are free. — ROB LEVY [THEATER]
24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL
8 p.m. at Webster Groves High School (100 Selma Avenue, Webster Groves; 24hourplayfest4.brownpapertickets.com), those seven new plays are performed for the first time. The show is a fundraiser for Theatre Lab’s next production, but it’s also an opportunity to see local actors and actresses work in a more off-the-cuff show than is typical. But don’t worry about mistakes — these folks are pros. Tickets are $15. — PAUL FRISWOLD [COMEDY]
In this, the Reality Age, it’s surprising that there isn’t an ongoing reality competition on TV about making theater. But once again, real life steps up when TV lets you down. Theatre Lab and Players Project Theater Company have joined forces to present 24-Hour Play Festival. Last week seven playwrights randomly selected cast sizes, genres and settings for a new play. Each of the seven then had one week to write a play using those elements. Then seven directors pulled those scripts from a hat (it’s a big hat) and had just 24 hours to rehearse their play with a cast. Tonight at
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BIANCA DEL RIO: ROLODEX OF HATE
Sharp-dressed and sharper-tongued drag comic Bianca Del Rio is currently doing a residency in Provincetown, but she’ll tear herself away long enough to light up the Sheldon (3648 Washington Boulevard; 314533-9900 or www.thesheldon.org) at 8 p.m. tonight with her Rolodex of Hate show. Del Rio achieved wider fame when she triumphed on RuPaul’s Drag Race, but she earned her fearsome reputation as a performer in the clubs of New Orleans. Some wits are described as “rapier-like,” or better yet
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CLAIRE MCCASKILL
Claire McCaskill won her first election in high school. After fulfilling her duties as homecoming queen, she set her sights on public service. McCaskill worked as a waitress while earning her law degree and went on to serve as Jackson County Prosecutor, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and the state’s auditor. When she defeated Republican incumbent Jim Talent in 2006, she made history as the first woman Missouri elected to the U.S. Senate. Tonight at 5 p.m., St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard, Frontenac; 314-9943300 or www.left-bank.com) and Left Bank Books welcome the senator for a book signing and onstage interview to discuss her newly released memoir, Plenty Ladylike. Individual tickets cost $35 and include a copy of Plenty
Ladylike. The $45 package ticket admits two and also includes one copy of the book. Proceeds benefit the Library Foundation’s literacy programs. — MARK FISCHER
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GREASE SING-ALONG
The film adaptation of the musical Grease bowdlerized the original’s racy songs and then compounded that error in judgment by throwing in a disco theme song written by Barry Gibb. However, all those sins are forgiven (or at least forgotten) when Teen Angel (Frankie Avalon) shows up to sing “Beauty School Dropout.” Turner Classic Movies challenges you to give the iconic song a shot at a screening of Grease Sing-Along. The film screens locally at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday (August 16 and 19) at Wehrenberg Des Peres 14 Cine (12701 Manchester Road, Des Peres; www.fathomevents.com). Tickets are $12.50. — PAUL FRISWOLD