Ryan Matthieu Smith, Marti Etheridge and Shawn Gann star in Shakespeare Dallas’ production of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), an irreverent and fast-paced romp through William Shakespeare’s 37 plays. The show — written by Daniel Singer, Adam Long and Jess Winfield, founding members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and directed by Raphael Parry, Shakespeare Dallas’ executive and artistic director — is onstage at The Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre, 6000 E. Grand Ave., each weekend through July 24. Visit ShakespeareDallas.org for information and tickets.

 

Drag this
The United Court of the Lone Star Empire present “Christmas in July: Tis the Season,” a special show benefitting AIN (Access and Information Network), Sunday, July 11, at TMC: The Mining Company, 3903 Cedar Springs Road. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the show, with Wayne Davis and Danielle Starr hosting, begins at 4:30 p.m. You can donate in person of course with cash or credit, and you can donate digitally via CashApp at $DallasCourt or Venmo @Dallas-Court. For information visit DallasCourt.org.

Watch this
Dallas Heritage Village, 1515 S. Harwood St., offers a series of outdoor films July 9-15, beginning with Raya and the Last Dragon and including A Nightmare on Elm Street, 10 Things I Hate About You, Step Brothers, Jurassic Park, a Grease sing-along, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Beetlejuice and Judas and the Black Messiah. Adult tickets start at $15.50 ($14.50 for the Grease sing-along), and kids’ tickets start at $12; tickets are available online at RooftopCinemaClub.com/heritagevillage.

Learn here
CBD products are big business these days, and the Lucky Leaf Cannabis Hemp CBD Expo gives you the chance to find what you need to know, whether you are considering venturing into the CBD/Cannabis/Hemp business world or are just looking for info for personal use. The expo runs July 9-10 at the Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving. There will be more than 100 CBD and hemp exhibitors, live cooking demos, a networking happy hour, the Hemp Museum, and more. Tickets start at $50, and are available at c.

Buy here
Dan and Valerie, dowager monarchs of the United Court of the Lone Star Empire, host the UCLSE Auction Bonanza online from 8 a.m. Friday, July 9, through midnight Friday, July 25. The auction will include “a little bit of everything,” and proceeds benefit the court and its chosen beneficiary organizations. Visit Facebook.com/events/1063492017451337 for details.