Dance
UAA Dance in performance
Catch the next generation of Alaska choreographers when they present their innovative ideas in the Harper Studio of UAA's Fine Arts building. Twenty-one dancers will showcase work by choreographers Arlo Davis, Crystal Dosser, Racin Engstrom, Taylor Hicks, Katie O'Loughlin and Carmel Young. Dances by faculty member Brian Jeffery will also be included. Performances take place at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 5-7 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Parking is free, but these annual showcases tend to sell out, so get tickets in advance at uaatix.com or call 786-4849.
Music
Alaska Sound Celebration
Just back from international competition in Las Vegas, where they placed 13th in the world, the Anchorage-based women's chorus Alaska Sound Celebration will present their fall concert in the Discovery Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Peggy Benton directs the award-winning singers and reigning Pacific Northwest champs. The Dan Mac Band will join as guest artists and the audience will get to vote on cash prizes for high school singers in the 11th annual Sing for Scholarships competition. Tickets, $15, are available at centertix.net.
Theater
'Women of Lockerbie'
When Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, it took the lives of 259 people on the plane and more on the ground. Deborah Brevoort's powerful drama of how village women pulled together in an act of kindness, "The Women of Lockerbie" is RKP Production's second staging of a major work, done in collaboration with Anchorage Community Theatre. Robert Pond directs. Linda Benson, who starred in last year's "'night Mother" is in the cast and Brian Saylor has designed the set. Performances will take place 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 22 at Alaska Pacific University's Grant Hall. Tickets are available at actalaska.org.
History
Alaska Veterans Museum gala
A fundraising gala for the Alaska Veterans Museum's "Telling Our Stories" program will feature "gun guru" Philip Schreier as the guest speaker. An expert on military history and the firearms used and senior curator of the NRA's National Firearms Museum, Schreier has written for major magazines and taken part in dozens of film and television documentaries. There'll be a gourmet dinner plus live and silent auctions. The "Telling Our Stories" project records memories of American military veterans. Doors open at the Anchorage museum at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Tickets are available by calling 727-8986 and at tellinghistory.org.