Sunday Calendar

Upcoming

Flowertown Festival: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 4-6. Main Street and Azalea Park. More than 200 craft vendors and artists set up booths surrounded by azalea blooms in the park in downtown Summerville. Food vendors, live entertainment, tennis tournament and children's activities all weekend. Call 871-9622 or visit www.summervilleymca.org.

Today

String Quartet Recital: 2:30 p.m. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St., Charleston. $10 adults, $5 students. Presented by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Gibbes Museum of Art, this is a musical response to the "Pleasant Journeys" exhibit. Call 723-7528.

Circular Blues Unplugged: 7 p.m. The Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St., Charleston. $10. The church and Lowcountry Blues Bash present master country bluesman Paul Geremia. Call 762-9125.

Tuesday

Women's Networking Event: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunfire Grill and Bistro, 1090 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Charleston. $5. Presented by the Marshlands Chapter of the American Business Women's Association, the event will feature wine and appetizers. Open to business professionals. Call 870-7238 or visit www.marshlandsabwa.info.

Wine Dinner: 6 p.m. The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island. $135. Landmark Winery from Kenwood, Calif., will host in collaboration with the Jasmine Porch Restaurant. The wine tasting will be on the lawn surrounding the Sanctuary's Infinity Pool. Following the reception, a four-course meal will be served starting at about 6:30 p.m. Call 768-6253 for reservations.

Wednesday

Radiohead-Inspired Concert: 8 p.m. Sottile Theatre, 44 George St., Charleston. $5. The College of Charleston's School of the Arts presents a concert by music students Andrew Walker and Lee Marchbanks, featuring musicians playing grand piano, electric piano, cellos, violin, double bass, flute and percussionists, with a choir. Proceeds benefit Charleston Breast Center. Call Chelsea Jordan at 314-606-7686.

Thursday

Imagine Gala: 6:30 p.m. 28 Bridgeside, Mount Pleasant. $125 per ticket. This black-tie affair honors local cancer survivors and features heavy hors d'oeuvres, juice bar, silent auction and live music. Call 225-4055 or e-mail info@ascendfoundation.org for tickets.

Bridge Run Show: 8 p.m. Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., Charleston. The 10th annual Bridge Run Show features a new story by Jonathan Sanchez, bookstore owner and author of "Bandit." Call 722-2666.

Friday

Sundown on the Wando Riverfront Music Series: 6-9 p.m. Daniel Island. Parking available in fields adjacent to the Daniel Island Sales & Information Center, 101 River Landing Drive. Free. This month, come hear Quiana Parler and Friends featuring Dudley Birch at the Children's Park along the Wando River. Daniel Island's Hip-Hop Dance Troupe also will perform. Food and drinks provided by Dog & Duck Food & Spirits. Visit www.dicommunity.org.

Saturday

31st annual Cooper River Bridge Run: One of the most popular races in the Southeast. Last year, more than 38,000 participated. Visit www.bridgerun.com for more information and to register.

Pet Expo: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Night Heron Park, Kiawah Island. Free. Open to all pet lovers in the Charleston area, the expo will feature meet-and-greets with local dog- and cat-rescue groups; training, nutrition and health presentations and demonstrations; adoption applications and prescreening; games and live entertainment. Ask for a pass at the gate. Call 768-3875.

Next Sunday

Lowcountry Cajun Festival: Noon-6 p.m. James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive, Charleston. $8 in advance, $10 at gate, free for children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult. Free for Gold Pass holders. The festival will include Zydeco music, Cajun and Creole food, a crawfish-eating contest, activities for children and more. For tickets, call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com/cajun.

Theater/dance

"Greater Tuna": April 2-26. American Theater, 446 King St., Charleston. Veteran actors Victor Clark and Brian Bogstad play all 21 roles in Charleston Stage's production of "Greater Tuna," the off-Broadway comedy set in the fictitious Tuna, Texas, that tells the story of Arles Struvie and Thurston Wheelis, local cowboy radio hosts who bring audiences the news of what's happening in Tuna ... and there's a lot happening. Call 577-7183 or visit www.charlestonstage.com for tickets.

New York City Ballet: April 3. Sottile Theatre, 44 George St., Charleston. $50-$150, $25 students. Members of the New York City Ballet will perform in Charleston for the first time: Charles Askegard, Albert Evans, Benjamin Millepied, Megan Fairchild, Abi Stafford and Teresa Reichlen. They will perform three major pieces: the "Donizetti Variations," the "Barber Violin Concerto" and "Western Symphony." Call 577-7188, ext. 20, for tickets.

"Rounding Third": 3 p.m. today; 8 p.m. April 4-5. The Village Playhouse, 730 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. $24 adults, $22 seniors, $20 students. See this comedy about baseball, parenting and what it means to win, by Richard Dresser. www.villageplayhouse.com.

"Songs for a New World": 8 p.m. today and April 4-6. South of Broadway Company Studios, 1030 East Montague Ave., in North Charleston. $22.50 for general admission and $15 for senior citizens, members of the military and students. This musical is about "hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back." Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at www.littlecitymusicaltheatre.com.

"This War is Live": 9 p.m. April 3-5, 10-12. Footlight Players, 20 Queen St., Charleston. $10 Thursdays, $15 Fridays and Saturdays. "This War is Live" follows the story of a group of journalists embedded with the troops during the first year of the Iraq War as things go from a quick "mission accomplished" to a brutal insurgent struggle for power. For ticket information, call 722- 7521 or visit www.footlightplayers.net.

"The wizard of OZ ": 7:30 p.m. April 3-5; 3 p.m. April 6. Lightsey Chapel at Charleston Southern University, 9200 University Blvd., Charleston. $15 adults, $10 seniors/students/children. The university's Lyric Theater will perform the musical "The Wizard of Oz." For tickets, call 574-5821 or visit www.csutickets.com.