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(Special thanks to the Sudbury Arts Council for supplying calendar information.) Calendar March 23 The Sudbury & District Home Builders’ Association presents Change is Good Spring Home Show at Sudbury Arena, March 23-25. Thursday, March 22 7:30 pm. Celebrate Women to present Dr. Samantha Nutt, author of Damned Nations, Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid will be the guest speaker at Celebrate Women 2012. Nutt is a co- founder and executive director War Child Canada. Celebrate Women is a fundraising event for CFUW Sudbury, YWCA Sudbury and LEAF. The event will take place at Fraser Auditorium at 7:30 pm. A reception and book signing will follow. Tickets are $10. They are available at Black Cat, Chapters, Laurentian University book store and Gloria's Convenience, as well as at the door. March 29 at 7:30pm: RIVERDANCE, Sudbury Arena, tickets $65-$75, 705-671-3000, www.greatersudbury.ca, March 31 at 8pm: Sudbury Symphony Orchestra Presents – The Best of the West. Strap on your spurs, get your horse to ‘giddy up’ and take a musical journey through the Wild West as the SSO presents music from well known Western movies and TV shows, as well as some popular Western-themed classical works. This memorable night includes themes from The Lone Ranger, Bonanza, High Noon, Oklahoma! The Alamo, and Copland’s Rodeo. Get in to the spirit by dressing in your favourite western attire, cowboy hats welcome! Glad Tidings Auditorium. Contact: 705-673-1280, info@sudburysymphony.com , www.sudburysymphony.com March 31 at 2pm or 7pm and April 1 at 2pm: Charlotte’s Web: Theatre for Young(ish) Audiences. Wilbur, Charlotte, Templeton, Fern and the gang are here. Charlotte the spider reminds us that you don’t have to be big to solve big problems. School matinees are sold out, but you can still get tickets for March 31 at 2pm or 7pm and April 1 at 2pm. This is a great show for families with children in grades JK and up. Adult $23.00 Senior $23.00 Student $ 15.00 Family (4) $50.50. Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy Street, Sudbury 705-674-8381 x 21, www.sudburytheatre.on.ca The Harlem Globetrotters bring their hirewire basketball magic to Sudbury Arena. Ticket prices range from $22.50 to $126.50. (705.671.3000) April 14 Wild at Heart Wildlife Refuge Centre presents Wild About Comedy at the Radisson Hotel. Tickets for dinner and show are $50 each. (705.692.4478.) April 19 Country music star Alan Jackson appears at Sudbury Arena. (705.671.3000) April 28 Body Worlds, Vital opens at Science North. Exhibit runs until Labour Day. May 1 Canadian country music star Johnny Reid is returns to Sudbury Arena. Tickets are $27, $50 and $64 at the arena box office (705.671.3000) or visiting greatersudbury.ca. May 10 Salon du livre de Grand Sudbury, the French-language book fair, will be held in 2012 at the Radisson Centre, May 10-13. May 24 Steve Martin, actor, comedian and Grammy Award-winning musician will perform alongside Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers at Sudbury Arena. Tickets are $65. (705.671.3000)
