BIRTHDAY CANDLES Area Premiere Comedy The ingredients for the cake are simple:eggs, butter, sugar, salt. Look closer, though, and you’ll see the essence of life itself. Everyyear, Ernestine bakes a cake and celebrates with her family on her birthday — a deliciousritual that unfolds onstage across 90 years of birthdays. We meet Ernestine and the peoplewho sweeten her life every year on this day as she grows from 17 to 107 years old. Throughglimpses of Ernestine’s life as the years go by, Birthday Candles tenderly exploresmotherhood, family, love, loss and finding your place in the universe. Wednesday, April 299:50 a.m. Pizza Ranch, Le Sueur10:30 a.m. Clancy’s Bar & Pizza, Jordan $120Registration deadline is April 15 The lunch menu is:Creamy Chicken Breast, served with Roasted Red Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Coleslaw, DinnerRolls, Assorted Dessert - Chef’s Choice, Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Hot Tea.

Nobody's Perfect at The Howard Conn Theatre. (Minneapolis) A Romantic comedy with a twist that has belly laughs galore. If you liked Mrs. Doubtfire, Some Like it Hot or Tootsie you'll love this play. The women's publishing house called Love Is All Around is inviting new writers to submit a manuscript into a competition. Leonard is thrilled when he hears his manuscript has won the top prize, but equally disappointed to hear it can only be awarded in person to a female. To avoid forfeiting the prize, Leonard's alter ego, Lulabelle Latifa is born -and the real craziness begins! Wednesday June 3 Pickup: 10:30 a.m. Coborns, 1010 Enterprise Dr., Belle Plaine 56011| Return: 4:30 p.m. $125 per person, includes coach bus and ticket to show. Registration Deadline: May 20 NOBODY'S PERFECT by Simon Williams Buffet menu Sliced smoked turkey with gravy Sliced country ham with bourbon sauce Roasted red baby potatoes with rosemary garlic Tuscan vegetable medley Raspberry vinaigrette salad with blueberries, strawberries and mandarin oranges Homemade dinner rolls with butter Assorted dessert bars Coffee, tea and water