THEATRICAL NUPTIALS: If you wandered by the California Theatre in downtown San Jose, you might have noticed “Nicholas & Shannon” on the marquee. There wasn’t an opera or symphony playing in the historic venue but the latest chapter in a romance — the wedding of public relations guy Nicholas Adams and former Ballet San Jose dancer Shannon Bynum. It was truly a San Jose wedding — Mayor Sam Liccardo performed the ceremony — and the couple both had ties to the venue: Shannon had danced on the California Theatre’s stage, and Nicholas’ late grandmother was an usherette there in the 1940s when it was the Fox movie theater.

Get Down with some serious stand-up talent: How much laughter can you handle? Find out when the Comedy Get Down tour hits the Bay Area on Aug, 19, The lineup features Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L, Hughley and George Lopez, four comedians who have made us laugh on stage as well as the big and small screen, Sounds like a can’t-miss evening for toe warmer ballet slippers - adult sizes stand-up fans, Details: 8 p.m.; Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View; $25-$99.50; www.livenation.com.— Jim Harrington, Staff, Merola, they roll along: This year’s crop of Merolini — members of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola Opera training program — will be trotting their stars-of-the-future stuff on the War Memorial stage Aug, 19 night for the annual Grand Finale concert that winds up their 12-week program with a bang, Expect arias, duets and ensembles performing glorious music by Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Britten and Handel and more, all artfully staged by an apprentice stage director who is among the 23 members of the class, Antony Walker conducts the orchestra, Details: 7:30 p.m.; $25-$50; 415-864-3330, merola.org or sfopera.com.— Sue Gilmore, Correspondent..

Piedmonter Cindy Fritschi Fleming is honoring her late sister Jill Fritschi Reese by exhibiting her stunning photographs of nature, travel and people. Molly Milligan’s grandfather, Roy Milligan, was mayor of Piedmont from 1955-60. Milligan, who lives and paints in Ben Lomond, likes to create with different media from watercolor to found objects, vintage fabrics, metals, wood and oils. “The brush dances, the paint splatters, the pen swirls, found objects find their way across my studio,” Milligan said.

13 Minutes: In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, but after his arrest he recalls the events leading up to his plot, A Ghost Story: A recently deceased man returns to his suburban home in spectral form to try to reconnect with his bereft wife, With Casey Affleck and Rooney toe warmer ballet slippers - adult sizes Mara, The Little Hour: Comedy adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century bawdy tale “The Decameron.” It tells of a young servant who hides from his master at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns, Starring Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie and Dave Franco..

Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?: Through March 24, The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. Weaving history and comedic insights into stories about names, this hit solo show sheds light and throws shade on societal prejudices and assumptions. $20-$35 sliding scale. www.themarsh.org. Black Music Through the Ages with The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol:  7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 6 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, The SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin St., San Francisco. $20. https://bit.ly/2DdCY3J.