Around The Arts

Beyond the Pale presents evening of puppet theater\nBeyond the Pale Productions will present and evening of puppet theater, including "The Puppet Show of Don Cristobal," "Buster Keaton and the Buddha" and "The Third Pythia of Flin Flon" 8 p.m. Saturday in the Rose Firebay of the John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St. Tickets are $9 in advance at TD's CDs & LPs or $10 at the door. For more information, visit www.beyondthepale.org.\nBuddhist monks to give performance at cultural center\nThe Tibetan Cultural Center, in conjunction with the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and Students for Free Tibet, will present a performance by 10 Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery 7 p.m. Saturday in Fine Arts Room 015. Suggested donation is $12 for adults, $6 for students, seniors and children, but no one will be turned away. Free parking is available at the Fee Lane and Jordan Avenue parking garages. \nPlaywrights Project to perform 'Outrage' this weekend\nThe Bloomington Playwrights Projects will perform "Outrage," the winner of the 2000 Reva Shiner Full-Length Play Award. The play opens at 8 p.m. today and runs at 8 p.m. Saturday, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday, as well as Feb. 15-18 and Feb. 22-25. All performances are at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 308 S. Washington St. Tickets are $10 general admission and $7 for students and seniors. For more information, call 334-1188 or e-mail bppwrite@newplays.org.\nAlma Azul to play Spirit of Sport, Second Story\nLatin rock and salsa band Alma Azul will perform at La Carnival Saturday at Second Story Nightclub, 201 S. College Ave. Music starts at 10 p.m. with Creatrix, and the evening will feature Spanish gypsy dancers, vocals by Melissa Benavente and vocals and percussion by Nythia Rivera. Cover charge is $4. Alma Azul will also perform midnight Saturday during Spirit of Sport.