Imagine All the Workshops

The seventh annual Imagination Celebration of Orange County, designed to promote creativity in children and teens, will run Saturday through May 3. Some 30 local arts and education organizations will offer activities and performances. Many events are free; none costs more than $10 per person. The local celebration is one component of a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., staged in several cities. It is presented here by the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the Orange County Department of Education. Here are some highlights. Call or visit each venue for tickets to events at that venue.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25: Sixteenth Annual “Very Special Arts Festival,” demonstrations and workshops in art, music, dance and drama for children in preschool through 12th grade. Also, a showcase of visual and performance art by students with disabilities. MainPlace/Santa Ana, 2800 N. Main St., Santa Ana, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Information: (714) 547-7000.

“Doors and Other Doors,” one-act plays by Suzan Zeder performed by the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre. Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $4 to $6. Information: (714) 494-8022.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26: “Just Imagine Yourself in the Past,” turn-of-the-century activities such as puppet- and doll-making, shell painting, silhouette cutting and feather work. Discovery Museum of Orange County, 3103 W. Harvard St., Santa Ana, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission: $1 to $2. Information: (714) 540-0404.

“Imagining With Clay,” clay sculpting for the family. Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Ave., Irvine, 2 to 4 p.m. Admission: $9 for one parent and one child; $4 each additional child. Information: (714) 552-1018.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28: “Postcard Workshop: Wish You Were Here!” children’s postcard-making workshop. Laguna Art Museum, South Coast Plaza Satellite, 3333 Bristol St., Suite 1000, Costa Mesa, 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Information: (714) 494-8971.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29: Lewitzky Dance Company, works by Bella Lewitzky and other choreographers: “Pas de Bach,” “Kinaesonata,” “Walking/Falling,” and “Game Plan.” Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 7 p.m. Admission, $3. Information: (714) 740-2000.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30: “The Windigo,” a play with an American Indian theme. Founders Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Also Friday, May 1, same times. Free. Information: (714) 556-ARTS.