Performance magazine has named the Cerritos Center...

Performance magazine has named the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts the third-highest-grossing theater under 3,000 seats. According to the trade publication, the Cerritos Center, which opened Jan. 13, 1993, is the highest-grossing theater in the California category, finishing ahead of Los Angeles’ Pantages Theater, which ranked fifth. Among last year’s presentations at the Cerritos Center were a Frank Sinatra performance and a concert by dance stars Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

The President’s Club, a support group of the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, will initiate a three-month membership campaign at a free reception Thursday at 6 p.m. at Warren Imports Far East Fine Arts, 1910 S. Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. Other upcoming club events include a Feb. 24 lunch and a March 25 breakfast. Club members’ minimum donation is $1,000 annually; the money becomes part of the institute’s general operating fund. Since its inception in 1982, the club has contributed more than $475,000 to the institute, Orange County’s only four-year college of art and design. For more information, call the development office at (714) 497-3309.

Art-a-Fair, the annual July and August art festival in Laguna Beach, has announced two deadlines for artists. Slides must be submitted to the fair (P.O. Box 547, Laguna Beach, 92651) by Feb. 1. Artworks must be hand-delivered to the Laguna Beach Boys and Girls Club, 1085 Laguna Canyon Frontage Road, on Feb. 6 between 8 and 11 a.m. The jurying fee is $25 per piece. For an application to be a member of the jury, or for more information, write to the address above or call (714) 494-4514.