October 7, 2013 40 FOR FALL Downtown News 17 It’s about time someone gave Cheap Trick the attention they deserve. The Grammy Museum honors the power-pop artistes who have been dishing out hook- heavy tunes for 35 years. Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me! opened last month and offers costumes, photographs, origi- nal lyrics, outfits and more from the band whose can’t-get-that-tune-out-of-your- head hits include “Surrender” and “The Dream Police.” As should be expected, the exhibit is heavy on vocalist Robin Zander, drummer Bun E. Carlos and guitarist Rick Nielsen, and features many K: ME! of the latter’s specially crafted axes. The CHEAP TRIC O WANT show continues through next June. All YOU T together now: Mommy’s all right, daddy’s I WANT all right, they just seem a little weird… At the Grammy Museum At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 photo courtesy Grammy Museum or grammymuseum.org. photo by Paula Court So You Think You Can Dance Nov. 27 at the Nokia Theatre While some scoff at the Fox reality/competition show Oct. 24-27 at REDCAT “So You Think You Can Dance,” it has legions of fans who not only boost the ratings, but come out for Some creative types get inspiration from their friends or hang- annual tours featuring performers from the past ing out in bars. Alpert Award-winning performer Cynthia season. The most recent crop is now on the road, Hopkins found the genesis for her current work by visiting hitting an impressive 42 cities, and they’ll high-step the Arctic for three weeks on a century-old, double-masted into the Nokia Theatre on Nov. 27. Expect impres- Dutch ship. This Clement World addresses the devastation being sive, high-energy and sometimes even sultry wrought by climate change, though it does so with a soulful salsa, foxtrot, hip-hop, modern and more moves. performance propelled by a 15-member chorus and band. Get Season 10 performers on the bill include win- ready for fiction, folk songs, a multimedia approach and plenty ners Amy Yakima and Fik-Shun (probably not his of things you can’t even begin to fathom. real name). photo courtesy FOX At 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org. At 777 Chick Hearn Court or axs.com. This is your lucky day. 710 FWY-FLORENCE EXIT | THEBIKE.COM PLEASE GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY. 1-800-GAMBLER.