Concerts & Performances: Raising Bakersfield

Kids Discover Music

Barnes & Noble, 11 AM.

Bakersfield Symphony musicians introduce children to music. Storytime included!

Chinese Cultural Show

2 pm, Beale Library, Beale Auditorium.

Chinese music performed with traditional instruments, folk dance, and constume show of 5,000 years of Chinese women's fashion.

October is Chinese Cultural Month at Beale Memorial Library!

Check out more events at www.kerncountylibrary.org.

Del Taco Monstertruck Spectacular in Bakersfield

Featuring: Big Blown Bad Boy Monster trucks just like you see on TV plus Mud Boggs, Tuff Trucks and quad races for the locals. Enter at the Pit Gate

LOCATION: KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS - BAKERSFIELD

DATE: Saturday, November 1st; Gates at 6pm show at 7:30pm, Rain or Shine, No refunds. Covered Grandstands

The World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater

Fox Theatre, 7:00 PM.

The World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater is a family-oriented blend of the unique comedy and juggling skills of international award winner Gregory Popovich, and the extraordinary talents of his performing pets. Each of the show's 16 cats and 10 dogs were once strays, rescued from animal shelters. Gregory teaches the animals to perform by allowing each animal to show off his/her individual personality and talents. he believes that each animal has natural abilities to perform certain tricks, and audiences will be amazed to see the animals perform a variety of stunts and skits in a show that both adults and kids of all ages enjoy!

Adult tickets are $43.50, $38.50, $33.50, $23.50. Children ages 3-12 are $33.50, $28.50, $22.50 & $13.50.

For more information call Majestic Fox Theater at 661-324-1369

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood’s headline tour, the “Carnival Ride Tour,” will roll into town on November 14 at 7:30pm and will feature opening act Little Big Town.

Underwood’s current album Carnival Ride, which contains her #1 co-written smash hits “So Small” and “All-American Girl,” was certified double-platinum within 2 months of its release. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was recently certified 7x-Platinum, becoming the best-selling solo female country debut in RIAA history. With this certification, Some Hearts now also surpasses all other releases as the all-time U.S. top-selling album by any American Idol contestant.

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"How big? How far?" Planetarium Show

2 - 3 pm, BC Planetarium.

The one-hour show will begin with a short tour of the evening sky using the planetarium's Goto Chronos star projector followed by the 27-minute all-dome presentation created by Nick Strobel on the Spitz SciDome that takes you on a tour of the solar system and beyond. The planets (and dwarf planet Pluto) and the Sun are compared with each other and you will learn the great distances between the objects in our solar system as you fly from object to object. You will also see the night sky as seen from the nearest star system and then fly out of the Milky Way galaxy.

Tickets are available for $5/adults and $3/children+seniors from the Bakersfield College Ticket Office only (tickets will NOT be sold at the door). The BC Ticket Office is in Business Services (395-4326) and the William M Thomas Planetarium is on the second floor, northwest end of the Math-Science Building, Room 112. The map below shows you where the ticket office and the planetarium are. No food, drink, or gum/candy is allowed in the planetarium. Children must be 5 years or older.

"Season of Light" Planetarium Show

December 5th & 6th, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm, BC Planetarium.

Each show will begin with a short tour of the evening sky using the planetarium's Goto Chronos star projector followed by the 37-minute all-dome presentation from Loch Ness Productions called "Season of Light" using our Spitz SciDome projector.

"This presentation traces the history and development of many of the world's most endearing holiday customs, all of which involve lighting up the winter season — from the burning Yule log, sparkling Christmas tree lights and candles in windows, to the lighting of luminarias in the American Southwest and the traditional ritual of the Hanukkah Menorah.

'Season of Light' also recounts the historical religious and cultural rituals practiced during the time of winter solstice — not only Christian and Jewish, but also Celtic, Nordic, Roman, Irish, Mexican and Hopi. It also takes a look at some of our more light-hearted seasonal traditions: from gift-giving and kissing under the mistletoe, to songs about lords a-leaping and ladies dancing, and the custom of decking the halls with greenery and candles. St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, and Santa Claus all drop by as well.

Naturally, there is some astronomy in 'Season of Light'. Audiences learn a selection of Northern hemisphere winter constellations, and find out why we even have seasons, as we demonstrate the Sun's path across the sky throughout the year, and the Earth's tilt and orbit around the Sun. And of course, the program explores the possible astronomical explanations for a 'Star over Bethlehem' in the last quarter of the show: comets, meteors, novae and supernovae, and planetary conjunctions." (Loch Ness Productions) Tickets are available for $5/adults and $3/children+seniors from the Bakersfield College Ticket Office only (tickets will NOT be sold at the door). The BC Ticket Office is in Business Services (395-4326) and the William M Thomas Planetarium is on the second floor, northwest end of the Math-Science Building, Room 112. The map below shows you where the ticket office and the planetarium are. No food, drink, or gum/candy are allowed in the planetarium. Children must be 5 years or older.

"Season of Light" Planetarium Show

December 12th & 13th, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm, BC Planetarium.