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• Dreams

It's the eighth annual presentation of the live interpretive soundtrack of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams at The Sanctuary this evening at 7 p.m. One of the master's last films will be shown with eight different bands interpreting the sounds for the eight principle vignettes for a show which is guaranteed to be worth a gander. Featured groups include Die Geister Beschwören, The Tweeners, Medicine Baul, SamVega and mister moonbeam. Tickets are $12 or $10 advance and worth every penny, while having to remove one's shoes for the venue is a personal price weighed by the general public.

Later at The Alibi, Opossum Sun Trail interprets the songs of Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard at 11 p.m. and $3 buys entry into the live songbook of a troubled country troubadour.