San Carlos Chickens' Ball 2012: Six skits vie for "pokes of gold" as they perform mini-melodrames or song-and-dance variety umbers in "Belles of the Barbary Coast," a unique San Carlos event that has carried on the Chickens' Ball traditions of the Barbary Coast since 1940.
Shows are April 15, 21, 22 at 2 pm, and April 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28 at 8 pm at Central Middle School Multi-Use Room 826 Chestnut Street, San Carlos. Tickets are $35 balcony, $25 center floor, $20 side floor, except for the Preview Matinee on April 15th which are $25 balcony, $20 center floor, $15 side floor. (650) 207-6301 and chickensball.org