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 Today Cornershop, the alternative-rock-pop band will perform at Trees in Deep Ellum at 8 p.m. Call 888-597-STAR for reservations.

Continuing I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, one of Theatre Three’s biggest hits ever, has moved to Theatre Too and has been extended indefinitely. The romantic comedy features original cast members. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Call 214-871-3300.

Today-May 2 The USA Film Festival continues in Dallas with premieres of Our America, The Search for John Gissing, All the Queen’s Men and several others. The festival will honor actor Debra Winger and directors Michael Apted and Ken Russell. Tickets are $10. Call 214-821-FILM for schedule and other information.

Today-May 5 Dallas Theatre Center presents a different approach to Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. In this version of the 1938 classic, life begins in a present-day rehearsal hall with a diverse cast in contemporary clothing. Performances are Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

Today-May 12 Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, will be performed at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary Theatre. Kitchen Dog Theatre is giving Dallas the story of a proud Roman general who so despises the common people that he won’t take honors from their hands. Performances are Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $8-$18 and pay-what-you can May 2 and 9. Call 214-953-1055.

May 2-4 The Directing Class at NE Campus presents 12 student directed one-act plays in Excerpts … from a Director’s Showcase. Admission is free. Donations to the Stacy Schronk Theatre Scholarship are welcomed. Six plays will be performed Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; six will be performed Friday at 7:30 p.m., and all 12 plays will be performed Saturday at 2 p.m. Call 817-515-6684 for information and reservations.
May 3-17 Dallas Children’s Theatre presents And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, a multimedia event about children of the Holocaust. Ticket prices are $14 general and $12 for children. Call 214-978-0110 for information.

May 4 Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss and Union Station will perform several songs including her works from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack at Will Rogers Memorial Center. Ticket prices are $32-$50. Call 214-373-8000 for tickets.

May 4 Music legend Charley Pride will perform at Canyon Lake Ranch 36 years after the release of his debut single, Just Between You and Me. Performance is at 7 p.m. Ticket prices, which include dinner, are $50. Call 214-748-7212 for reservations.

May 4 Buddy Guy, The Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers will perform in the House of Blues Music Festival at Smirnoff Music Center. Performance is at 4 p.m. Ticket prices are $19.50-$69. Call Ticketmaster at 214-373-8000 or 972-647-5700 for reservations.

May 7-10 NE Playhouse and Music Theatre Workshop presents I’ve Got Rhythm: A Musical Revue. The show highlights songs and skits from popular musicals and stage productions with a rhythmic theme including Stomp, The Music Man and Chicago. Performance times are at 8 p.m. for ticket information and reservations, call the NE Playhouse Box Office at 817-515-6687.

May 11-12 The 2002 Rastaman Vibration Bob Marley Festival Tour is preparing to make its third annual stop in Fort Worth on their yearly tour of approximately 20 cities throughout the United States. The Festival is a tribute to spread Marley’s message of peace, unity and “one love.” The festival will be held at the Trinity Park Shelter House located on 7th Street, near University and I-30, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 presale, $10 day of show or $8 in nonperishable food items from noon to 3 p.m. each day. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, Planet Utopia at 817-810-0166 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.