‘UPSTARTS’: Student works from the summer programs...

‘UPSTARTS’: Student works from the summer programs at the Armory Center for the Arts and the Art Store Gallery in Pasadena; through Sept. 10; Art Store: 44 S. Raymond Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; Armory: 145 N. Raymond Ave., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays (free).

STREET FAIR: Sunset Junction, from 3600 to 4000 Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today (free).

PRE-COLONIAL DISCOVERY: Group exhibition by 11 artists challenges conventional theories of who “discovered” the Americas; at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Feliz; 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays through Aug. 16 ($1).

HOMELESS: A free slide show about innovative architecture to house the homeless; sponsored by L.A. Build, a nonprofit community based organization, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Los Angeles Room at the Hilton Hotel, Figueroa Street and Wilshire Blvd.

CONCERT ON THE GREEN: The Air Force Spectrum Band entertains at West Covina City Hall Courtyard, 1444 W. Garvey Ave.; 7 p.m. Thursday (free).

FESTIVAL: More than 25 of Los Angeles’ African-American restaurants will participate in the Taste of Black Los Angeles festival at noon on Saturday at the Crossroads Art Academy, 4310 Degnan Blvd. Admission is $5 in advance or $8 at the door. For information call (213) 777-9106.