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Celebrating its 9th year in Paducah, a cast of local women will perform The Vagina Monologues on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Cherry Civic Center. This touching and often hilarious series of monologues written by Eve Ensler is aimed to raise awareness and funds for the Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center. The cast is under wraps until Saturday! Doors open for refreshments, photo art exhibit/sale and silent auction at 6 p.m., with the performance at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Loves it!

Men Who Cook

On Saturday, over 50 celebrity chefs from local businesses, community groups and political arenas will don their own decorated apron and put their culinary skills to the test in support of the Purchase Area Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center annual Men Who Cook fundraiser.

Evening, which starts at 6pm at the Convention & Expo Center, includes great food, festive drinks, live broadcasts of NCAA basketball tournaments and PASAC’s famous children’s art auction — all to support PASAC’s work to end sexual violence and child abuse in our community. Tix are $35 each or $60 for two. And be sure to purchase a $10 all-night drink ticket. To purchase, call PASAC, 270.534.4422.

It's a Hard Knock Life...

Mary Hammond will be at the Downtown Coffee Bar, 426 Broadway, on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. to raise money for her attempt to be or not to be an Orphan. She'll serve you coffee and cupcakes for donations to her cause. Loves it!

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Leapin' lizards! We got Annie!

The Market House Theatre plans to hold its third-ever Curtain Call Fundraiser, a live auction, on Friday, March 4. Part of the fundraiser includes local individuals competing for cameo roles in the hit musical Annie for a one-night special presentation to be held June 18, 2011.

Patrick James from Willie 102 and Mitch Meyers from Electric 96.9 will compete for the part of the masked announcer. Each will have a collection jar at the radio station and will also solicit votes from Facebook. Friends and listeners can drop off cash donations at the station.

Additionally, Elaine Spalding, president of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce, and Mary Hammond, executive director at Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau, will raise money to decide who between them will get the role of the Hard Knock Life Orphan in the opening scene.

Tix are $20. Call the box office at (270) 444-6828!



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