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8pm Theater

It’s a marching, spinning, pounding, music-in-motion, synchronized, explosive “Blast!” The theatrical spectacular, inspired by the showmanship of athletic field pageantry, returns to the Southland on a national tour stop.

“Blast!,” Royce Hall, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave., L.A., today, 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Ends Sept. 1. $42 to $67. (310) 825-2101, (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878.

8pm Music

Making their Hollywood Bowl debuts, Russian singers Galina Gorchakova and Sergei Leiferkus join conductor Alexander Vedernikov and the Russian National Orchestra in an opera gala at the outdoor amphitheater. Excerpts from Verdi’s “Luisa Miller,” “Otello,” “Macbeth,” “Un Ballo in Maschera” and “Il Trovatore” will be performed, as well as portions of Puccini’s “Tosca” and “Manon Lescaut,” Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and Rachmaninoff’s “Aleko.”

Russian National Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, 8 p.m. $1 to $76. (323) 850-2000.

7:30pm Performance Art

The new arts festival TeAda Works presents performance artists Robert Karimi in “Self (The Remix),” Pat Payne in “Blutoh,” Ova Saopeng in “Welcome to LSL! Lao as a Second Language” and Kristina Sheryl Wong in “Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up.”

TeAda Works, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, today to Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Also on Saturday and Sunday, 4:30 p.m., free Community Artist Lab presentations by 10 L.A.-based artists. $10 to $15, except today, pay what you can. (310) 998-8765.

8pm Pop Music

Oppression, be it racial, sexual or cultural, is something Ursula Rucker can’t abide, and the Philadelphia poet and singer’s crusade--conducted through her collaborations with such artists as the Roots and King Britt as well as on her own acclaimed album, “Supa Sista”--has drawn a devoted following. The soulful, musically diverse performer is likely to skewer everyone from macho assailants to musical sellouts when she makes her L.A. appearance.

Ursula Rucker, with George Sarah and String Section, Knitting Factory Hollywood, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 8 p.m. $15. (323) 463-0204.