7 things to do this week in Modesto and surrounding area

 1  Naked ambition

Missed Modesto Performing Arts production of the comic musical "The Full Monty" earlier this month at the Gallo Center for the Arts? You have another chance to see the racy show at Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora. Six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, N.Y., put on a strip show to help one get money for back child support. The show features brief full-frontal nudity.

WHEN: 7 p.m. today, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. Thursday; through July 3

WHERE: Sierra Repertory Theatre, 13891 Mono Way, Sonora

TICKETS: $18-$32

CALL: (209) 532-3120

 2  C.S. Lewis

London native David Payne portrays Christian author C.S. Lewis in a one-man show. Known for his fiction writings including "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Screwtape Letters," Lewis (1898-1963) delivered a message of encouragement, hope and redemption to audiences around the world.

WHEN: 7 p.m. today

WHERE: Foster Theater, Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 I St., Modesto

TICKETS: $15-$35

CALL: (209) 338-2100

 3  Rapper Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan

Raekwon, a rapper from Wu-Tang Clan, comes to Modesto to promote his latest album, "Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang." The album draws on the 41-year-old artist's early days in Staten Island, N.Y. "It's like me just going back to my history of being an emcee first, before I actually became part of Wu-Tang," he told Entertainment Weekly.

WHEN: 10 p.m. today

WHERE: Fat Cat Music House & Lounge, 930 11th St., Modesto

TICKETS: $25

CALL: (209) 524-1400

 4  Art Trails

Visit 26 artists in 16 studios around Tuolumne County at the sixth annual Sonora Art Trails open studio event. There will be painting, photography, ceramics, metalwork, sculpture, mosaic, fiber and jewelry. Visitors can learn about art techniques and watch demonstrations.

WHEN: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Sixteen artist studios around Sonora. Get maps at Central Sierra Arts Council, 193 S. Washington St., or download information from www.sonoraarttrails.org.

ADMISSION: Free

CALL: (209) 532-0042

 5  'Memphis'

You don't have to go to New York City to watch "Memphis," winner of the 2010 Tony Award for best musical. The show will be screened nationwide at movie theaters, including one in Manteca, over the next few days. Set in the segregated 1950s, the show centers on a young white DJ who falls in love with everything he shouldn't: rock 'n' roll and a stunning black female singer.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

WHERE: AMC Showplace Manteca 16, 848 Lifestyle St.

TICKETS: $20

CALL: (209) 239-1147

 6  'Ugly Duckling'

California Theatre Center presents Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Ugly Duckling," about an outcast duckling who becomes a handsome swan. This musical centers on the passage from the awkwardness of adolescence to the grace of maturity.

WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Foster Theater, Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 I St., Modesto

TICKETS: $8-$15

CALL: (209) 338-2100

 7  'Madama Butterfly'

Townsend Opera Players presents Giacomo Puccini's tragedy "Madama Butterfly." The show centers on the doomed marriage between a 15-year-old Japanese geisha and an American Navy lieutenant. While Butterfly (also known as Cio-Cio San) takes the relationship seriously, giving up her ancestral faith and converting to Christianity for her husband, Lt. Pinkerton sees it as a passing fling and leaves the country.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Rogers Theater, Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 I St., Modesto

TICKETS: $10-$52

CALL: (209) 338-2100