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If these stories sound tantalizing, it’s because each flapper’s early rebellion and rise to prominence reads as swiftly, and juicily, as the best celebrity gossip, punctuated with lusty affairs (with men and women alike), casual drug use, and the jubilant pleasures of youth. Relying (perhaps a bit too heavily) on previously published biographies and memoirs, Mackrell tells these women’s stories as if they were her intimates, referring to them exclusively by their first names. It’s no coincidence these narratives resemble today’s celebrity gossip, as these women — socialites, actresses, and artists — were celebrities par excellence, with images that were an uneven accumulation of their own (often progressive) intentions and actions and the ways the press chose to frame them: usually a mix of the superficial and the titillating, with little room for context or nuance. Once these images were formed, they could become paralyzing: Mackrell describes the Fitzgeralds as “captive to their own image” of excess, frivolity, and Jazz Age living, leading to perpetual problems with money and, by extension, their relationship and Zelda’s mental health.

An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, 8 p.m, April 26, Show tunes by Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more, Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford University, $100- $250, $35 for current Stanford students, live.stanford.edu or 650-724-2464, Petty Theft: tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 9 p.m, April 26, Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City, $15, 877-435-9849 or www.clubfoxrwc.com, Paly Choirs, With guest artist Janet Campbell, Spring Concert of Opera and Art Song, 4 p.m, dancing gift - display your medals awards & ribbons from competition - dance hanger holder - wall mounted rack - ballet - pointe April 27, Music of Bizet, Rossini, Bernstein and more, Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto, Free-$10, palychoirs.com..

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Diablo Actor’s Ensemble presents the provocative comedy “Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight” by Peter Ackerman from Oct, 27 through Nov, 12 at the company’s intimate theater on Locust Street in Walnut Creek, Directed by Vince Faso, this racy comedy questions sex and the proper balance between intellectual and physical attraction as the couples search for love and lust in New York City, Call 866-811-411 or go to www.diabloactors.com, Center Repertory melds the visual and performing arts together with its current production of dancing gift - display your medals awards & ribbons from competition - dance hanger holder - wall mounted rack - ballet - pointe “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso.”..

Story Hour featuring Fred Vogelstein. Reading and signing with Fred Vogelstein, author of “Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution,” contributing editor at Wired magazine, and staff writer for Fortune, the Wall St. Journal, Newsday and US News and World Report. 7 p.m. Feb. 13. Morrison Library, 101 Doe Library, Berkeley. Free. 510-643-0397, storyhour.berkeley.edu. World Affairs/Politics Group. Weekly meeting open to all folks 55 and older who want to discuss the week’s events and what we want to do about any of them. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays. Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic Ave. $3 Albany residents. $4 nonresidents. 510-524-9122, www.albanyca.org.