Friday, Jan. 9

Ninth annual “Apollo Night,” 8 p.m. Friday, University Theatre, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside. $13. (951) 827-7193; www.theatre.ucr.edu

Dame Edna: My First Last Tour (pictured), 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday, McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert. $45-$85. (866) 889-2787; www.mccallumtheatre.com

Old Riverside Foundation’s Victorian Twelfth Night Celebration features a four-course dinner and horse-drawn carriage rides to benefit historic preservation, 6:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Heritage Square Historic District, 3649 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside. $85. (951) 683-2725; www.oldriverside.org

Trainwreck, 8:45 p.m. Friday, Lake Alice Trading Co., 3616 University Ave., Riverside. $6. (951) 686-7343; www.lakealicetradingco.com

“Beehive: The ’60s Musical,” 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday, Candlelight Pavilion, 455 Foothill Blvd., Claremont. $48-75. (909) 626-1254; www.candlelightpavilion.com

Eleventh annual Academy of Model Aeronautics 2009 Expo featuring radio-controlled model airplanes, helicopters, trains, cars, boats and more, noon- 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Ontario Convention Center, 2000 E. Convention Center Way, Ontario. $13 per day/$11 for AMA members; $23/$20 for two-day pass; $32/$27 three-day pass; ages 18 and younger who attend in their uniforms for Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, Junior ROTC, Navy Sea Cadets or related organizations admitted free. (765) 287-1256 ext. 272; www.modelaircraft.org

Jazz/R&B with Seventh Avenue, 10 p.m. Friday, V26 at Mario’s Place, 3646 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside. No cover. (951) 684-7755; www.mariosplace.com.

Contemporary rock band Firefly, 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Center Bar, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

Copy Katz Celebrity Revue presents celebrity impersonators, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, 49500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon. $29. (800) 252-4499; www.morongocasinoresort.com

Eclipse performs Top 40 hits, 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday, Cabaret Lounge, Pechanga Casino & Resort, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula. Free. (951) 693-1819; www.pechanga.com

Elvis-O-Rama featuring classic-rock band the Kopy Kats, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Riverside Plaza, 3545 Central Ave, Riverside. Free. (951) 683-106; www.shopriversideplaza.com

Acoustic Soul, 11:30 a.m. Friday-Saturday, Center Bar, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

Extreme Bowling at Morongo’s Canyon Lanes, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday-Saturday, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, 49500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon. (800) 252-4499; www.morongocasinoresort.com

The Basix, 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Center Bar, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

Superfreaks performs disco and funk classics at Mystique, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, 49500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon. Free. (800) 252-4499; www.morongocasinoresort.com

Saturday, Jan. 10

Comic Sarah Silverman (pictured), 8 p.m. Saturday, Fantasy Springs Casino, 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $49-$79. www.fantasyspringsresort.com.

Art Garfunkel, 8 p.m. Saturday, Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. $86. (909) 477-2775; lewisfamilyplayhouse.com

Natalie Cole, 8 p.m. Saturday, Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison Place, Coachella. $50-$75; anyone younger than 21 must be accompanied by an adult. (800) 585-3737; www.spotlight29.com

The Joshua Tree (U2 tribute), 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Romano’s, 5225 Canyon Crest Drive #58, Riverside. (951) 781-7662; www.romanosrestaurants.com

“Hotel for Dogs” promotion featuring dog shows, carnival games and pet-adoption events, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Riverside Plaza, 3545 Central Ave, Riverside. Free. (951) 683-106; www.shopriversideplaza.com

Celebrate Elvis Presley’s birthday at “One Night with Elvis,” 8 p.m. Saturday, Pechanga Casino & Resort, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula. $15-30. (951) 693-1819; www.pechanga.com

David Brighton (David Bowie tribute), 8 p.m. Saturday, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

“Debriefing,” a Vietnam War-themed photography exhibition features Michael Burr, Peggy Fontenot, James K. Johnson and Lynn Pedigo, 12 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Museum of History and Art, 225 South Euclid Ave., Ontario. Free. (909) 983-3198.

Jazz with the Henry Franklin Quartet, 10 p.m. Friday, V26 at Mario’s Place, 3646 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside. No cover. (951) 684-7755; www.mariosplace.com.

Little George and the D.U.I.’s, 8:45 p.m. Friday, Lake Alice Trading Co., 3616 University Ave., Riverside. $6. (951) 686-7343. www.lakealicetradingco.com

Sunday, Jan. 11

The Riverside Dickens Festival and Friends of the Library sponsor a book discussion on “Nicholas Nickleby,” 12 p.m. Sunday, second floor auditorium of the Riverside Main Library, 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside. $10. Register at (951) 788-7008; www.dickensfest.com

Country artist Michael Chain performs at the Center Bar, 6 p.m. Sunday, Center Bar, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

Curator of Geology J. Chris Sagebiel will deliver a lecture on “The Tree of Life,” 2 p.m. Sunday, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands. $4-6. (909) 307-2669; www.sbcounty.gov/museum

Live Improv Comedy hosted by the Swinging Johnson Brothers, 7 p.m. Sunday, Coffee Depot (Downtown), 3204 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside. Free. (951) 222-2263; www.myspace.com/coffeedepot, www.coffeedepot.tv

Multi-cultural ensemble Mariachi Divas, 2 p.m. Sunday, Lewis Family Playhouse, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. $18. (909) 477-2775; lewisfamilyplayhouse.com

Rock and roll music by Rip Masters Band, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Center Bar, Pala Casino Resort & Spa, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Free. (760) 510-5100; www.palacasino.com

– compiled by Claudia Park and Cathy Maestri

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