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We're looking for all sorts of things for our VFAIR on Sunday, March 2nd at The Holiday Inn Select!

Do you want to be a part of our annual Man Auction? Donate two hours of your time and raise money for charity... plus a lovely lady or gentleman might just be the one to purchase you! :)

We're also scrounging up some raffle prizes, so if you work with a business that is able to donate to charity (or if YOU personally want to donate something), let us know. All types of items are welcome!

Vendor booths are also up for grabs! Want to sell your art, crafts, Avon, or other products? Do you volunteer for an orginization and want to spread the word about it? Do you read tarot cards or palms, draw characatures, or write personalized poems? For only $30 you can have a booth at the VFAIR and raise money and awareness for both you and charity!

If you can't help out with any of these items, we'd still love for you to attend the event and celebrate with us! We have live music, food, fashion shows, raffles, freebies, and lots more!

Any questions or comments about helping out, just leave a comment or shoot an e-mail to emptyspace@peoplepc.com. Thanks!

This event is part of VDAY Community Campaign Bakersfield 2008 presented by The Empty Space raising money and awareness for Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault. This is our fifth year doing VDAY and so far we have raised $14,000.00 to help end violence against women and girls right here in our own community! This year we hope to raise $5,000. Help us make that a reality! V is for Victory and a better Vision for the world. Any donation helps!

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The Empty Space is looking for bands to perform at Rock Fu, a two day rock festival that will take place April 4th & 5th.

We're looking for bands of all rock genres!

If you're interested in performing or you know of a band you'd like to see play, please leave a comment and you will be contacted with further details.

Thank you!

Auditions for Molière's The Bourgeois Gentleman
Directed by Ron Warren & Ryan Watts

Auditions will be held at the Spotlight Theatre on February 16th from 12pm to 4pm.

Monsieur Jourdain is a very wealthy man. He can afford the finest clothing, the most precious jewels, and the most clever tutors Paris has to offer. Unfortunately for Monsieur Jourdain, he is also preposterously out of touch with reality. The son of a middle class cloth merchant, Jourdain will never be a true gentleman, but nothing will stop him from trying. While he spends extravagantly in an attempt to appear cultured and genteel, his long suffering wife tries vainly to beat some sense into him- and protect her family from the greedy Count Dorante while finding her daughter Lucile a good, middle-class husband. Themes of class and wealth are hilariously examined in this uproarious comedy by one of the greatest comic playwrights the world has ever known.

All roles are open for consideration. We are looking for anywhere from 9 to 15 actors to fill the roles:

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN, the bourgeois gentleman. Male, middle aged.
MADAME JOURDAIN, his wife. Female, middle aged.
LUCILE, daughter to the Jourdains. Female, young.
NICOLE, maid to the Jourdain household. Female, young.
CLÉONTE, middle class man in love with Lucile. Male, young
COVIELLE, servant to Cléonte. Male, young.
DORANTE, pennyless Count taking advantage of M. Jourdain. Male, young to middle age.
DORIMÈNE, a marquise. Female, any age.
VARIOUS TUTORS AND SERVANTS, any sex or age.

Auditionees should come prepared to perform cold readings from the script. Rehearsals begin February 25th. Performance dates are April 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and May 2, & 3.