Don’t Miss It

Only a month after collapsing its big top outside the Rio, the animal-free extravaganza reappears in the parking lot of the Galleria at Sunset mall, 1300 W. Sunset Road in Henderson, for shows at 7:30 p.m. today; 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday; and 6:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets are $25-$60 for adults and $15-$50 for ages 2-10; call (877) 468-3861.

SOCIAL DISTORTION

The Orange County punks support their new album, "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes," at 6 p.m. today and 7 p.m. Saturday in the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $35-$39; call 632-7600.

DAVID SPADE

The comic proves once again that he is standing up at 9 p.m. today and Saturday in the Showroom at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $65.75-$105.75; call 414-9000.

PAULA POUNDSTONE

Rita Rudner’s top challenger before being plagued by a mysterious arrest 10 years ago, the stand-up begins a new decade with new material at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Showroom at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. Tickets are $22-$44; call 365-7075.

GLADYS KNIGHT

She’s always a pip at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill’s, Interstate 15 South at Primm. Tickets are $38.45-$54.95; call (800) 386-7867.

— By COREY LEVITAN