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Q Cinema screens the film How To Survive a Plague, which deals with AIDS and is currently nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Oscar. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Four Day Weekend Theater, 312 Houston St., Fort Worth. Free. www.qcinema.org.Pearl of a showDallas actress Liz Mikel, who was on Broadway in 2012 in Lysistrata Jones, returns to Jubilee Theatre for Black Pearl Sings, a Frank Higgins play with music. The final preview is 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31; it opens Feb. 1 and runs through Feb. 24. 506 Main St., Fort Worth. $12-$25. 817-338-4411; www.jubileetheatre.org.-- Mark Lowry, Special to the Star-TelegramHave more to add? News tip? Tell us

