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That May Well be True, a comedy by Jay Reiss, the Ruskin Group, 3000 Airport Dr. at Santa Monica Airport. 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm Sundays. Sundays are Pay-What-You-Can performances. Extended through June 24, 310.397.3244 or www.ruskingrouptheatre.com.

Friday, May 26

Memorial Laughter, features “drop-ins” from Comedy Central and other TV shows, “3rd Street Comedy,” 8pm, Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd Street Promenade, $15, 310.656.8070, x17.

The Santa Monica College Concert Chorale joins other Los Angeles choirs, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Joana Carneiro to perform operatic selections and Stravinsky at the West Angeles Cathedral, 3600 Crenshaw Blvd., 8pm, free, 323.731.3012.

Saturday, May 27

Casablanca and Christmas in Connecticut, to screen at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, James Bridges Theatre, 7:30pm, 310.206.FILM.

Chalet Mirabel, an original children’s musical that takes place during the 1950’s in a Swiss Boarding School. Thursdays through Sundays until June 11, all shows 8pm except 4pm Sunday matinees, Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd, 310.202.9229 or ETCorg@sbcglobal.net.

Em/bedded, a multi-media installation by Alan Sondheim, through June 24, Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, opening reception, 6-9pm, 310.264.4678.

Sunday, May 28

Free screening of Barbara & Tibby: A Love Story in the Face of Hate, 12:30pm, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, 1260 18th St., 310.445.0874, x325

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., 7:30pm, $8, 310.996.3260.

Tuesday, May 30

Arthur Lipsett Revival, to screen legendary Canadian avant-gardist Arthur Lipsett’s Free Fall, A Trip Down Memory Lane, Fluxes and Very Nice, Very Nice, Sponto Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, 8pm, 310.306.7330, free admission.

June 1

An Evening with Sufi Saint Maulana Zainulabedin Kazmi, lecture and healing, 7pm, free, New Age Bible and Philosophy Center, 1139 Lincoln Blvd., 310.284.3610.

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