Things to do in Centennial

Walt Aldridge and Brad Crisler are set to be featured at Nashville Unplugged, an evening with songwriters explaining their hits, at 8 p.m. Saturday at Santa Fe Station, 4949 N. Rancho Drive. Doors are scheduled to open at 7:15. Admission is $5 and limited to adults 21 or older. Visit santafestationlas
vegas.com or call 658-4900.

Gilcrease Orchard is reaching the end of its picking season. The 7800 N. Tenaya Way pick-your-own produce farm is set to be open the first three Saturdays in November from 7 a.m. to noon. Admission is free. Produce charges are per pound. Visit thegilcreaseorchard.org or call 409-0655.

Worth a Drive

Sin City Opera plans to present
"Ba-Ta-Clan," directed and adapted by Skip Galla from the opera by Jacques Offenbach, at 8 p.m. Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., No. 16. Visit onyxtheatre.com or call 732-7225.

The Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater plans its Fall Concert Series from Friday through Sunday at the West Las Vegas Library Theatre, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. The series features "Vespers" from choreographer Ulysses Dove and "Brethren," choreographed by the company's founding artistic director, Bernard H. Gaddis. Visit lvdance.org or call 366-9436.

"The Scoop on Poop! The Science of What Animals Leave Behind," a visiting exhibit at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., invites science lovers to test their No. 2 IQ with interactive activities through Jan. 8. The Springs Preserve is also planning a Día de Muertos Day of the Dead celebration from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. And while you're there, check out the new Nevada State Museum now open at the preserve. Visit springspreserve.org.

The 14th annual fall ArtWalk is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Trails Village Center, 1970 Village Center Circle. Local art guilds such as the Fiber Arts Guild and Nevada Clay Guild plan to demonstrate their crafts and display works. Admission is free. Call 595-8255.

Clark County Parks & Recreation's Strut Your Mutt canine competition is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Dog Fanciers Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. Admission is $2 or free with dog food donation. Contest entry is $2. Visit strutyourmuttlv.com.

Life in Death: Day of the Dead, a two-day festival featuring craft sales, food vendors and displays is scheduled today and Wednesday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3150 S. McLeod Drive. The juried Day of the Dead Art Exhibit is scheduled to be on display through Nov. 11. Poets Maile Chapman, Alejandro Mozqueda and Jairo García are winners in the festival's calavera competition. The calavera, a Day of the Dead tradition, usually satirizes the prominent by reminding us that no matter how grand humans become, everyone dies. The winners are scheduled to read their pieces at 8 p.m. Wednesday . Finalist poets Rigoberto Cárdenas, Ofelia Zamorano Ruelas, Hugo Rios, Laura Serrano García and Leo Zamorano Ruelas are invited to read their work at times throughout the festival. Visit clarkcountynv.gov or call 455-7340.

An American Vaulting Association horse show is scheduled 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Horseman's Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. Vaulting has been described as gymnastics on horseback. Admission is free for spectators. Call 455-8206.

George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Friday through Nov. 20 on the Las Vegas Little Theatre's mainstage, 3920 Schiff Drive. Tickets start at $21. Visit lvlt.org.

George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "You Can't Take it With You" is scheduled to run Friday through Nov.19 in the Nicholas Horn Theatre at the College of Southern Nevada Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Visit csn.edu/pac or call 651-5483.

Plan ahead

An introduction to raku-style Japanese pottery is planned for 6 p.m. Nov. 10 and noon Nov. 12 at Pottery West, 5026 N. Pioneer Way.

Members can raku glaze their pieces during the event. Premade pottery is to be available for public purchase and glaze. The workshop could extend to 10 p.m. The fee to participate is $10. Pieces must be previously bisque-fired to be included in the raku pit fire. Staff members plan to donate work to be included in the pit fire for raffle.

A potluck and a raffle to benefit the Christmas sale and party are planned for Nov. 12. Visit potterywest.com or email amy@potterywest.com.

The Las Vegas Academy Theater Department plans to present the musical "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" at 7 p.m. Nov. 10-12 and 17-19 in the school's Lowden Theatre, 315 S. Seventh St.

n Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1753's Veterans Day parade is set for 10 a.m. Nov. 11. The parade is expected to start at South Fourth Street and Gass Avenue. For entry forms, call 218-4231 or 384-4161 or email vfwpost1753@gmail.com.

The Spring Mountain Free Trappers have planned their 2011 rendezvous for Nov. 11-13 at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The public is welcome to attend, and traditional shooting competitions will be held. Visit smft.org or call Buffalo Rump at 645-2658 or Atasi at 586-7317.

The Musical Arts Chorus plans to peform Felix Mendelssohn's St. Paul Oratorio at 3 p.m. Nov. 13 at Artemis W. Ham Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Guest soloists are to include Amy Cofield Williamson, soprano; Valeria Ore, contralto; Scott Williamson, tenor; and Neil Wilson, bass-baritone, in the role of Paul. Visit pac.unlv.edu or call 455-7340.

Discounts for Locals

Las Vegas residents can buy one ticket and get one free to Blue Man Group at The Venetian through Jan. 31. Use the code LOC241. Visit blueman.com/offers/vegaslocal or call 414-9001.

Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis" at Aria has a locals' offer with two tickets starting at $75. Call 877-274-0438 and use the code word "locals."

Disney's "The Lion King" at Mandalay Bay is offering two-for-one tickets for orchestra and front mezzanine seats. Call 632-7580 and use the code word "pride."