Summer Splash : Diving Into the Best of the Summer : TODAY

Los Angeles Music Center Opera’s new production of Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” opens at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with stage direction by Jonathan Miller, and conducted by Jiri Kout. Ends June 12.

Choose between four dance events: Ballet Pacifica pairs “The Shoemaker and the Elves” with “Something’s Fishy” at the Festival Forum Theater, Laguna Beach. Jazzantiqua, Ballet de Kouman Kele, Winifred R. Harris and Phylise Smith join forces for “Htheru,” an event at the Dance Collective, near Leimert Park, named after the Egyptian goddess of love, fortune, music and dance. The Brockus Project Dance Company performs five jazz dance pieces at Los Alamitos High School and the Well-Tempered Ballet Company appears in “Will Dance for Food” at Lancaster Performing Arts Center.

MONDAY, MAY 30

Viji Prakash plays the title role in the Bharata Natyam dance drama “Shyama” at the James R. Armstrong Theater in Torrance.

TUESDAY, MAY 31

“Imagining Peace,” five days of short plays by and with members of Kids on Stage, ages 3 to 12, opens at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West L.A.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

The Redlands Bowl opens its summer season with the Redlands Festival Orchestra conducted by Frank Fetta, with actress-soprano Cybill Shepherd as soloist. Season ends Aug. 26.

Malibu’s J. Paul Getty Museum opens “16th Century Ornamental Designs,” a survey of Renaissance drawings made as designs for stained glass windows and other ornamental objects by German, Swiss, Dutch and Italian artists. Through Aug. 14.

Santana, classic rock band, plays at Embarcadero Marina Park South in San Diego. Also June 2. Beausoleil, noted Cajun band, plays at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano.

Carl St.Clair will conduct the Pacific Symphony in music by Berlioz, Mendelssohn and Michael Daugherty at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Kyoko Takezawa will be the soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Also June 2.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2

John Baldessari, Mike Kelley, Ed Moses, Ed Ruscha, Betye Saar and David Hockney are among more than 50 important Southern California artists captured in “Studio Visits: Photographs of California Artists by Jim McHugh.” The show will be on view at the Santa Monica Museum of Art through June 26.

Canadian pop-rock singer-guitarist Bryan Adams performs his repertoire of hit singles at the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. (Also June 3.) And Reggae Sunsplash, a reggae music festival, takes place at the Open Air Theatre at San Diego State University. The reggae revue plays Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre June 4.

Harold Gould and Alan Rosenberg headline in Joe Cacaci’s drama “Old Business,” at the Court Theatre, through July 3. And “New Dyke City,” works by L.A. artists presented by the African American Lesbian and Gay performance series “Signifyin’ ” takes place at Highways in Santa Monica. Through June 4.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3

The reunited Eagles conclude their Southern California stand at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore.

Opening of annual Ojai Festival, at Festival Bowl in downtown Ojai. Michael Tilson Thomas is the 1994 music director. Ends June 5.

Area premiere of Brian Friel’s play, “Dancing at Lughnasa,” at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Ends July 3. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company premieres its all-female “Othello,” directed by Lisa Wolpe at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles. Ends June 26.

Comedian Bernie Mac paints the Universal Amphitheatre blue. The host of last summer’s Def Comedy Jam tour, Mac is known for his take-no-prisoners stand-up style. And Dennis Wolfberg, twice voted America’s Top Comic by a national poll of comedy club owners, appears at the Ventura Theatre.

Henry Mancini will lead the Pacific Symphony in a pops program that includes some of his own works at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Also June 4.

Harold Land could be considered one of the grandfathers of the modern jazz tenor sax. The reliable, viable elder leads a quartet at the Club Brasserie. Through June 4.

“Subject(s): Prints and Multiples by Jonathan Borofsky, 1982-1991,” a comprehensive survey exhibition, goes on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art. The show will be accompanied by “State of the Art: Prints From the Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art,” including works by Paul Landacre, Ron Davis, Larry Rivers and Isabel Bishop. Ends Aug. 21. The history of video’s early development and the significant role women played in its creation and definition are examined in “The First Generation: Women and Video, 1970-75.” The traveling exhibition can be seen at the Long Beach Museum of Art through Aug. 21.

Javanese music, dance and shadow puppets are featured in “A Night in the Kraton,” a simulation of royal court entertainments to be staged in Griffin Commons, Sunset Village, UCLA. The late-night “Move to Groove Ball” showcases seven choreographers at the Glam Slam restaurant, downtown. The Catalyst Dance Group performs at the Tower Arts Center, downtown Pomona Mall. Repeats June 4. The Riverside Community College Dancers appear on campus in Landis Auditorium. Repeats June 4. Loretta Livingston and Dancers perform at Angelus Plaza, Seniors Services Center, downtown. Repeats June 4. The American Dance Guild and the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance join forces for a weekend conference on California dance that includes a public performance at UC Santa Barbara tonight, one at Santa Barbara City College on June 4 and several at Los Positas Friendship Park on June 5.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

The Mehmet Sander Dance Company combines some of its most popular recent works with revivals of earlier pieces on a program at the Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro. Ramaa and Swetha Bharadvaj lead the Angahara Dancers in the ecological dance drama “Panchatantra” at the Long Beach Convention Center. Silayan Philippine-American Dance Company performs both traditional dances and contemporary works at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Repeats June 5. Ramya Harishankar appears in the devotional Bharata Natyam epic “Shivanjali” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

ArtWalk ‘94, a two-day juried fine art and designer craft show, will be presented by the Conejo Valley Art Museum today and June 5, outdoors at the Exxon Company lawn, Hillcrest Drive and Wilbur Road, Thousand Oaks.

The annual two-day NoHo Arts Festival, featuring theatrical performances, music and dance, runs through June 5 in and around the Academy Plaza, corner of Magnolia and Lankershim boulevards, North Hollywood.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

Hollywood Bowl season opening, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under guest conductor Andrew Litton, with pianist Yefim Bronfman as soloist. Season ends Sept. 18.

Boney James, the B Sharp Jazz Quartet, Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams and Ernestine Anderson strut their musical stuff for free, outdoors under the sun at Santa Monica College’s Corsair Field.

“Tonight Show” host Jay Leno will appear at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. He’ll return June 12 and 19. Comedian Phyllis Diller brings her inimitable and irrepressible laugh to the Academy Plaza Theatre in North Hollywood.

The Martin Dancers/Dancnicians present “An Inside View” at Victor Dru’s Hollywood Dance Studio on North Highland.

The veteran R&B; group the Isley Bros. appears at the Wiltern Theatre.

MONDAY, JUNE 6

Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi lead a reunion of the ‘60s rock band Traffic in a series of Southern California dates beginning tonight at Embarcadero Marina Park South and continuing June 7 at Anaheim Pond, June 9-11 at Universal Amphitheatre and June 16 at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore. Also today, Otis Rush, veteran blues guitarist, plays at the Coach House.

World premiere of Guillermo Reyes’ “Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown,” a solo work with Felix E. Pire, at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood.

Slowly, inexorably, pianist Mulgrew Miller is leaving his mark on the jazz mainstream with his telling improvisations and his always-thought-out compositions. The artist’s Los Angeles debut as a leader will be this trio showcase at Catalina Bar & Grill. Through June 11.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7

An array of 1980s American art is showcased in “The Assertive Image: Artists of the Eighties From the Eli Broad Family Foundation,” one of the first major Broad Collection exhibitions to be shown in a Los Angeles museum. It will be on view at the UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center through Oct. 9. “Rogier van der Weyden’s ‘Madonna and Child,’ ” an important 15th-Century masterpiece, goes on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu. Through Oct. 23.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri, hosts “A Night Out at the Movies” at the Bowl. At Redlands Bowl, Suzanna Guzman sings the title role in Bizet’s “Carmen,” with Eduardo Villa as Don Jose; Frank Fetta conducts.

Samantha Eggar, Roddy McDowell, William Windom and Norman Lloyd are among the all-star cast of the California Artists Radio Theatre’s dramatization of “Alice in Wonderland,” at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, for a later broadcast by National Public Radio and KPCC-FM. And the popular children’s trio Parachute Express performs three concerts at North County Fair Mall in Escondido. Also at the Ventura College Theatre June 18.

THURSDAY, JUNE 9

World premiere of “Bandido!,” Luis Valdez’s musical at the Mark Taper Forum, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela, with music by Lalo Schifrin and co-produced with El Teatro Campesino. Ends July 24.

Ray Charles, R&B; legend, plays at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Batman Nights: A Laser & Fireworks Extravaganza and the Batman Stunt Show runs until June 18 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Magic Mountain Parkway, Golden State Freeway near Valencia.

“The Daly News,” a WWII-era musical play by Jonathan Gillard Daly, at the Festival Theatre in Solvang, kicks off the PCPA Theaterfest performance repertory series. Ends June 25.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

Counting Crows and Sam Phillips, contemporary rock acts, play at Montezuma Hall, San Diego State University. The Crows also play at the KROQ “Weenie Roast” at Irvine Meadows on June 11.

Pianist David Benoit and guitarist Russ Freeman bolster their Benoit/Freeman Project show at the Greek Theatre with such special guests as singers Diane Schuur and Phil Perry and saxman Tom Scott. At the Strand, Urbanator features drummer Lenny White, violinist Michael Urbaniak and saxman Kenny Garrett and others, who will no doubt roar through the club’s confines.

The revue “Forever Tango: The Eternal Dance” brings Argentine heat to the Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills. Ends July 17. “Charlemagne,” a seriocomic odyssey through sexual identity by British actress Sarah Miles, directed by Ted Weiant, opens at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood. Performance artist Donald Krieger premieres “BEAUTY &replication;”, a multimedia quest to identify fears and myths about the future at the Otis Gallery. Ends June 11.

The Oakleaf Music Festival opens today at Conejo Community Park in Thousand Oaks. Featured performers include the Northwind Quintet, Lainie Kazan, Conejo Symphony Orchestra, Kilauea Jazz Group and more. Through June 12.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11

Colin Thomas’ sensitive play “One Thousand Cranes,” about a young Hiroshima survivor and a contemporary boy, is presented by the Young Conservatory Players at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Ends June 19.

American tenor Jerry Hadley sings with the Opera Orchestra of Los Angeles at the Alex Theatre, Glendale.

The East L.A. band Los Lobos plays its eclectic rock music at the Greek Theatre and Milton Nascimento sings Brazilian music at the Wiltern Theatre.

Los Angeles artists Christel Dillbohner and Manfred Muller collaborate on “Transformer,” an art project incorporating used machine parts, tools and other remnants of the aerospace industry. The show runs through Aug. 6 at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.

Benita Bike’s DanceArt performs her new “Reflections on Being American” and four other works at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. Repeats June 12.

Buklod Ng Pagkakaisa, a celebration of Filipino culture, is scheduled at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, Lancaster.

Puppeteer Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop perform at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Magic Mountain Parkway, Golden State Freeway near Valencia.

SUNDAY, JUNE 12

New York artist Robert Morris follows his recent retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with “Terra Moto: The Fallen and the Saved,” a site-specific installation at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College of Design. Through Aug. 21.

Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” opens in the rustic outdoor setting of Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. Ends Sept. 18.

Richard Perlmutter & the Shining Pearls present a children’s program at Warner Center Park, corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Califa Street, Woodland Hills. “The Other Side of the Voice,” one-act plays and poetry written and performed by deaf and hearing-impaired junior high students in American Sign Language with voice interpretation, plays today and June 13 at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14

Susan Anton joins the Rockettes for “The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular” at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Ends June 17.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

James Taylor, folk-pop icon, appears at Embarcadero Marina Park South, with a second show June 17, then plays June 18 at Irvine Meadows and June 21-26 at Universal Amphitheatre.

Melissa Etheridge, who’s often called the best female rock singer, performs at San Diego’s Open Air Theatre. She moves north to the Greek Theatre for shows June 17 and 18.

Some 120 paintings, ceramics, furniture, textiles and imperial regalia drawn from public and private Korean collections as well as from the former royal palace are featured in “Korean Arts of the Eighteenth Century: Splendor & Simplicity,” opening at the L.A. County Museum of Art. The show is part of the Asia Society’s Festival of Korea, a yearlong slate of nationwide programming. Through Aug. 28.

“Nor Her Neither There,” the first exhibition at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions’ new Hollywood space, features works by 13 artists, curated by critic Charles Gaines, artists Paul McCarthy and Stephen Prina, and curator Fran Seegull. Ends July 21. Two doors down from LACE, the relocated Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, which will now be known as Re:Solution, opens its new space with its “Annual Photo Arts Exhibition,” curated by Denise Miller-Clark, director of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Photography. Other innaugural shows at Re:Solution are “El Palacio del Amor” by Bob de Bris and “Don’t I Know You?” by Marlo Marrero. Through July 23.

The Academy of Dance presents the children’s ballet “Enchanted Forest” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

“Bibles & Bulldaggers,” a new work by Gay Colette Jackson and the Rev. Nancy Wilson, is presented by the African American Lesbian and Gay series “Signifyin’, “ at Highways in Santa Monica. Ends June 18.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

Michael Bolton, who croons romantic pop-soul tunes, teams with ballad-belter Celine Dion at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion. Also June 20, 22, 24, 25 at the Greek Theatre.

Shakespeare Orange County presents “Alms for Oblivion,” Gregory Bell’s solo performance based on the life and work of William Shakespeare at the Waltmar Theatre in Orange. Ends June 25.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

It’s Day One of the 16th annual Playboy Jazz Festival. The eight-plus-hour extravaganza at the Hollywood Bowl features Lionel Hampton & the Golden Men of Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Spyro Gyra, Joshua Redman, Ramsey Lewis, Earl Klugh, Fourth World with Airto and Flora Purim, Cassandra Wilson and the Family Laws, with Eloise, Hubert and Ronnie Laws.

Salt-n-Pepa, the most popular female rap group in the business, plays the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore.

“Moon Over Madness,” directed by Stefan Haves, with Denis Lacombe of Cirque du Soleil and Daniel Stein, takes the stage at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. Also June 19.

Gallagher, the wild man of prop comedy, performs in “Gallagher Going Ballistic” at the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

“Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters From Central and Eastern Europe,” a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service show featuring posters from recent revolutions in and around the former Soviet bloc, goes on view at UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum. Through July 31. “Mask of Zorro,” an exhibition examining Mexican American stereotypes as portrayed in Western fiction, art, theater, advertising, film and television, opens at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in Griffith Park. Through Sept. 5.

Lisa Adams, Laddie John Dill, George Herms, Michael C. McMillen, Gifford Myers, John Outterbridge, Adrian Saxe and Peter Shire are among the artists whose interpretations of cups, the sport of soccer and trophies will be featured in “The World of Cups,” at Pasadena’s Armory Center for the Arts. The World Cup exhibition ends July 15 with an auction benefiting the Armory. Children’s sports-related artwork created in honor of World Cup USA’s accompanying arts festival is showcased at Barnsdall Art Park in the Junior Arts Center’s exhibition “Play Ball.” Ends July 24.

The Lori Hanson Dance Studio presents a variety show titled “Dancin’ ‘94” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Repeats June 19. TerpsiCorps performs a jazz dance program at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, downtown. Repeats June 19.

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

Foot-tapping, dance-in-the-aisles brand of jazz is on tap for the concluding day of the Playboy Jazz Fest at Hollywood Bowl. The lineup looks like this: David Sanborn, Tito Puente’s Golden Latin All-Stars, Joe Williams, Pete Fountain, King Sunny Ade, the Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Frank Foster, Marcus Roberts and Russell Malone.

“The Triumph of Love,” by Marivaux, in a new translation by James Magruder, opens at La Jolla Playhouse. Lisa Peterson directs. Ends Aug. 14

The AMAN Folk Ensemble presents the local premiere of Laura Dean’s “Light” on a program at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Choreographers Nan Friedman, Irene Feigenheimer, Christine Sang and Dawn Stoppiello share a “4 x Four” program of chamber dance at the Fountain Theatre, Hollywood.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

Susan Anton joins the Rockettes for “The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Ends June 26.

Tom Harrell, a man of consummate musicality and improvisatory grace, makes his L.A. leader debut, fronting a quintet at Catalina Bar & Grill. Through June 26.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical “Jesus Christ Superstar,” with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, opens at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Ends June 26. Company moves July 5 to the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, where it ends July 10.

“East Meets West: The Oriental and the Occidental,” a decorative arts show exploring the use of imported objects in American homes of the 19th Century, opens at the Decorative Arts Study Center in San Juan Capistrano. Through Sept. 17.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23

Comedian/social commentator Sandra Bernhard in her new, musical one-woman show opens at the La Jolla Playhouse’s Mandell Weiss Theatre. Ends June 25.

The Irvine Academy of Performing Arts presents its annual student performance, “Dance Festival 1994,” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Repeats June 24, 25 and 27.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24

The dark comedy “Flight to Arkadelphia,” which explores media proliferation of society and its effect on the American psyche, opens June 24 at NoHo Studios, North Hollywood. Ends July 17.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Latin pop superstar Juan Gabriel performs at Anaheim Pond.

“Miroslaw Balka: 37.1 (cont.)” features an important group of large-scale sculptures created for the 1993 Venice Biennale by the highly regarded Polish sculptor. The works will be on view at Marina del Rey’s Lannan Foundation through Sept. 22.

“Labyrinth of Exile: Recent Works by Ali Reza Dadgar, Payam Farrahi, Taraneh Hemami and Shirin Neshat” features contemporary mixed-media works by four Iranian-born artists. The show will be on view at UCLA’s Fowler Museum of Cultural History through Sept. 18.

Only a handful of years ago guitarist Ottmar Leibert was a complete unknown, now he’s Mr. New Age Guitar. He’s at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano tonight, then he hops up to the Strand for June 28-29.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

Silly songster Dan Crow kicks off “Peter Alsop’s Kids Koncert Series” at Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. The summerlong series will feature Alsop, Dave Kinnoin, J.P. Nightingale and other artists. Ends Sept. 11.

Fred Penner, Parachute Express and Craig ‘n Company, big names in children’s music, perform at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

MONDAY, JUNE 27

Louise Reichlin and Dancers appear at the Central Library downtown.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

The Joffrey Ballet returns to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in “Les Presages,” “The Garden of Villandry” and “Light Rain.”

“Andre Kertesz: A Centennial Tribute” celebrates the centenary of the master photographer’s birth in 1894. Some of the artist’s most memorable images are featured in the exhibition at Malibu’s J. Paul Getty Museum. Through Sept. 4.

Fast-rising pop-country star Mark Chestnutt will be singing his hits at the Universal Amphitheatre.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

The Joffrey Ballet dances its full evening rock extravaganza “Billboards” (music by Prince) at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Repeats June 30, July 2 (evening only) and July 3.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30

The artistic development of internationally acclaimed Los Angeles artist Mike Kelley is examined through nearly 200 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and installations. The show runs through Sept. 11 at the L.A. County Museum of Art.

FRIDAY, JULY 1

The Joffrey Ballet dances “Les Patineurs,” “Return to a Strange Land,” “A Tri-Fling” and “Les Presages” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Repeats July 2 (afternoon only).

Pop-country queen Reba McEntire and country music’s latest sex symbol John Michael Montgomery play at Irvine Meadows. Also at Universal Amphitheatre July 2-3. Meanwhile, Roger Daltrey, the Who’s former lead vocalist, sings the music of the group’s composer Pete Townshend at the Greek Theatre. Also at Irvine Meadows on July 9 and the Open Air Theatre of San Diego State University on July 10.

About 20 large sculptures, 15 major drawings and a number of related photographs are included in “David Nash: A Survey,” an exhibition examining the evolution of the prominent British artist. The show is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego’s Downtown location through Sept. 8.

A production of “The Chisholm Trail Went Through Here,” a drama about an American family living off the land in the Old West and examining the poisoning of our soil at the Road Theatre, Van Nuys. Ends Aug. 7.

PCPA Theatrefest presents “Man of La Mancha,” at the Festival Theatre in Solvang through July 23; also, the musical “Barnum,” at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria through July 23 and at the Festival Theatre through Aug. 13.

SATURDAY, JULY 2

“Twelfth Night” opens at Shakespeare Festival/LA’s new “Stratford-on-VAvon” site, on the grounds of the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration’s Japanese Garden. Ends July 17. Moliere’s satire “Educated Women,” in a new translation by Philip Littell, opens at Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. Ends Aug. 21.

“Within This Garden: Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen,” the first retrospective of works by the American photographer, comes to Riverside’s California Museum of Photography. Ends Aug. 14.

SUNDAY, JULY 3

Danza Floricanto U.S.A. offers the premiere of Gemma Sandoval’s “Los Californios” on its “Summer Nights” program at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood.

MONDAY, JULY 4

“Open House at the Hollywood Bowl,” the summer children’s performance/workshop festival hosted by J.P. Nightingale for the 20th year, kicks off with singers from the L.A. Master Chorale and a workshop in American folk dance with the South Bay Ballet. Series ends Aug. 12.

TUESDAY, JULY 5

Faye Dunaway and Rex Smith take over the lead roles of Norma Desmond and Joe Gillis in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Sunset Boulevard” at the Shubert Theatre in Century City.

Professional storytellers Izzi Tooinsky, Angela Lloyd, Bobby Norfolk and Olga Loya are featured in the “1994 Family Storytelling Festival” kicking off at the Beverly Hills Public Library.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

“Wonderful Tennessee,” Brian Friel’s play about three couples awaiting a boatman who never comes, opens at the Old Globe Theatre’s Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in San Diego. Ends Aug. 7.

Veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, sometimes called “the country singer’s singer,” is at the Palace in Hollywood. She also appears July 8 with the San Diego Symphony at Embarcadero Marina Park South and July 11 at the Crazy Horse Steak House in Santa Ana.

THURSDAY, JULY 7

Dave Koz prances, poses, slithers across the stage like Elvis, then plays his sax and brings forth swirls of funk-driven notes. At the Coach House, San Juan Capistrano.

The premiere of playwright/performance artist Denise Uyehara’s “Hiro,” about a woman who can fly and her earthbound sister, opens at East West Players. Ends Aug. 14.

FRIDAY, JULY 8

An evening of romantic standards from singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, backed by a swing orchestra, at the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. The Pointer Sisters, R&B; singing group, play the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.

“Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, is directed by Carl Reggiardo for Shakespeare Orange County at the Waltmar Theatre, Orange. Ends Aug. 6.

“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,” an exhibition of collaborative drawings by internationally known and emerging contemporary artists based on the Surrealist parlor game cadavre exquis, goes on view at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Also opening at the museum is “Altered Egos,” a group show of works by contemporary artists who work under assumed names or double identities. Through Sept. 4.

Frank Strazzeri, appearing with his Woodwinds West gang, shows off his classy three-horn originals at Club Brasserie; also July 9.

SATURDAY, JULY 9

The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, brings his funky revue to the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. An evening of old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll with veterans Jerry Lee Lewis and Bo Diddley at the Palace, Hollywood.

Nanette Fabray headlines in the Long Beach Civic Light Opera production of “No, No, Nanette” at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center’s Terrace Theatre. Ends July 24.

“Revisiting Ammi Phillips: 50 Years of American Portraiture,” the first major exhibition of the important American folk artist’s works since 1968, goes on view at the San Diego Museum of Art. Through Sept. 4. The Japanese National Museum in Little Tokyo hosts “Obata’s Yosemite, Obata’s Designs: The Art and Architecture of Chiura and Gyo Obata.” Architect Gyo Obata’s designs include the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. Chiura Obata’s works include both watercolors and woodblock prints. Through Oct. 9. The Jazz Tap Ensemble appears on the “Summer Nights” program at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Special family program July 10.

SUNDAY, JULY 10

Pop-rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx plays the Greek Theatre.

Is it jazz or a misnomer? Decide for yourself. The night’s “JVC Jazz at the Bowl” features such pop and blues stars as Lou Rawls, Chaka Khan and Buddy Guy at the Hollywood Bowl.

“Fuego Flamenco” brings Spanish music and dance to the Fountain Theatre, Hollywood. Repeats July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 28.

“Therese Raquin,” Neal Bell’s new adaptation of the Zola novel, opens at La Jolla Playhouse. Ends Aug. 21.

MONDAY, JULY 11

The celebrated American pianist Van Cliburn returns to Hollywood Bowl, opening a weeklong musical series in connection with the World Cup soccer tournament. The Moscow Philharmonic accompanies.

TUESDAY, JULY 12

“Ask the Angels,” a performance series featuring Marga Gomez, Ron Athey, Elia Arce, Denise Uyehara, the Hittite Empire, Mehmet Sander and Tim Miller, opens at Highways in Santa Monica. Ends July 31.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13

“Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” Frank McGuinness’ play about hostages in a Beirut basement, opens at the Old Globe Theatre’s Cassius Carter Centre Stage. Ends Aug. 21.

THURSDAY, JULY 14

Country singer Garth Brooks performs in a special acoustic concert, partly accompanied by an orchestra, at the Hollywood Bowl.

The touring company of Wendy Wasserstein’s comedy “The Sisters Rosensweig,” with Mariette Hartley, Caroline Aaron and Charles Cioffi, opens at the Doolittle Theatre in Hollywood. Ends Sept. 18.

“A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker,” the first comprehensive study of the artist’s work in the media of printmaking, goes on view at the L.A. County Museum of Art. Ends Sept. 11.

Frank Guevara’s Dance Theatre of East L.A. presents five new works on a program at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica. Luis Alfaro appears as special guest. Ends July 17.

FRIDAY, JULY 15

L.A. gets its first look at “The Who’s Tommy,” the La Jolla to Broadway success story that arrives at the Universal Amphitheatre. Ends July 31.

Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias will be singing romantic tunes to his legion of female followers at the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. Also July 16. Singer Jose Luis Rodriguez, who’s known as El Puma, and the pop-flamenco group Gipsy Kings star in a world beat show at the Hollywood Bowl. The Neville Brothers, New Orleans R&B; band, play at the Orange County Fair. “Kimchee and Chitlins,” a satire about race relations by Elizabeth Wong, opens at the West Coast Ensemble Theatre. Runs indefinitely.

SATURDAY, JULY 16

One of the summer’s most stellar events is “The Three Tenors” concert at Dodger Stadium. Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti sing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Whitney Houston, pop-R&B; diva, sings at Anaheim Pond.

The Old Globe Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” is directed by Laird Williamson in San Diego. Ends Aug. 28.

“Printed Pop,” an exhibition of graphic art by the forerunners and leaders of the Pop Art movement, including Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, goes on view at Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Through Nov. 27. Also, “Hopi Celebration of Color,” the first solo museum exhibition for Hopi painter David Dawangyumtewa, goes on view at the Southwest Museum in Highland Park. Ends Sept. 18.

The Actors’ Gang Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of “Mein Kampf,” a “theological farce” by George Tabori. Indefinite run.

SUNDAY, JULY 17

A nationally touring overview of work by important conceptual artist Bruce Nauman features some 60 works--including early sculptures, film and video, holograms, neon sculptures, mixed-media installations, photographs, drawings and models. At the Museum of Contemporary Art through Sept. 25. “Lun*nah Menoh: Boutique Mystique,” a sculpture show by the contemporary artist, goes on view at the Laguna Art Museum Satellite at South Coast Plaza. Through Nov. 6.

“Heartbeats,” Amanda McBroom’s musical revue, with McBroom and George Ball, opens at the Pasadena Playhouse. Ends Aug. 21.

Punk-metal bands Pantera, Sepultura and Prong play at Irvine Meadows. Also at the San Diego Sports Arena on July 19.

TUESDAY, JULY 19

Italian pianist Maria Tipo at Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic and conductor Matthias Bamert.

“Underexposed,” a juried exhibition of artwork in “under-represented” media including photography, video, digital imagery and performance, opens at Barnsdall Art Park’s Municipal Art Gallery. Through Aug. 21. The Newport Harbor Art Museum in Newport Beach opens its first large-scale “Permanent Collection Presentation” in more than two years. Included are works by such noted artists as John Baldessari, Vija Celmins, Richard Diebenkorn, Edward Kienholz, Charles Garabedian and Ed Ruscha. Through Oct. 23.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

In a program of cabaret classics at Hollywood Bowl, chanteuse Ute Lemper, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and conductor John Mauceri celebrate decadence.

Artists from “Dance Kaleidoscope ‘94” present a free, noontime preview program, “Los Angeles Dances,” at the Spiral Court, California Plaza, downtown.

Robert Goulet returns as King Arthur in “Camelot” at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Ends July 24.

THURSDAY, JULY 21

Original members of the progressive-rock band Yes return for a concert at the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. Also on July 22, and appearing at Embarcadero Marina Park South in San Diego on July 26.

“The Padua Hills Playwrights Festival,” L.A.’s most famous new play festival, begins, using outdoor sites on the campus of Woodbury University in Burbank. Ends Aug. 14.

San Fernando Valley Fair runs through July 24 at Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Burbank.

FRIDAY, JULY 22

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conductor John Mauceri and a slew of soloists salute George Gershwin with his “Rhapsody in Blue” and excerpts from “Porgy and Bess.” Also July 23-24.

The opening program of “Dance Kaleidoscope ‘94” at Cal State L.A. features works by Lisa Lock, Pat Sandback, Heidi Duckler, Bridge Dance Theatre, Chameleon, Mehmet Sander, Troika Ranch, Stephanie Gilliland, Blue Palm and Isaacs/McCaleb and Dancers. Repeats July 23.

The Orange County premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extravaganza “The Phantom of the Opera” opens at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

SATURDAY, JULY 23

Pop-country singer Dwight Yoakam performs at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore. Yoakam also appears at Embarcadero Marina Park South on July 24.

The Duke Ellington musical “Sophisticated Ladies,” with Harold Nicholas and Freda Payne, opens at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Ends Aug. 7.

“Raices,” a celebration of indigenous cultures of the Americas by Una Noche del Teatro ‘94, plays at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.

Carl St.Clair will lead the Pacific Symphony in Beethoven’s “Wellington’s Victory” and Symphony No. 8 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Meng-Chieh Liu at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. Also July 24 at Pearson Park Amphitheatre, Harbor Boulevard and Cypress Avenue, Anaheim.

SUNDAY, JULY 24

Metallica, one of the most popular hard-rock groups, headlines a show that also features Alice in Chains at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.

The second program in the annual “Dance Kaleidoscope” series at Cal State L.A. includes work by Ballet Pacifica, Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet, Katja Biesanz, Pasadena Dance Theatre, Winifred R. Harris, Mojalet Dance Collective and Susan Rose. Repeats July 29.

Vikki Carr, pop singer, performs at the Orange County Fair.

TUESDAY, JULY 26

Ivan Fischer conducts the touring Budapest Festival Orchestra in three separate musical programs at the Hollywood Bowl through July 28.

Two exhibitions open at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu. “Ars et Ingenium: The Illuminator’s Craft and Genius” features 20 manuscripts that reveal the variety of materials and techniques used in medieval and Renaissance illuminated books. “The Making of a Medieval Book” shows the entire process of how medieval manuscript books were made and illuminated. “Ars et Ingenium” ends Oct. 9; “The Making of a Medieval Book” ends Feb. 12.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

The Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynryd and hard-rocker Ted Nugent take no prisoners at the Greek Theatre.

Blue Palm presents a free, noontime performance piece about pregnancy, “Tell Me About It,” at the Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

THURSDAY, JULY 28

Jazz piano giant Kenny Barron makes his first L.A. date in ages, leading a trio at the Jazz Bakery. Through July 30.

FRIDAY, JULY 29

Several artists, scientists, engineers, architects and environmentalists collaborated to create proposals and solutions to environmental problems. Their results, in a traveling show called “Fragile Ecologies: Artist’s Interpretations and Solutions,” go on view at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach. Through Oct. 9.

American soprano June Anderson joins the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a Viennese program at the Hollywood Bowl conducted by Ivan Fischer.

SATURDAY, JULY 30

The third program in the annual “Dance Kaleidoscope” series at Cal State L.A. offers work by California Ballet, Russell Scott, Mizerany/Soglin, KaRon Lehman, Shakti, Bambi Anderson, Rose Polsky and Ferne Ackerman. Repeats July 31.

It’s Miller Time once again as comedian Dennis Miller takes the stage at the Ventura Theatre in Ventura for two shows.

Basia, the Polish pop vocalist who sings in a Brazilian style, performs at the Greek Theatre, Hollywood. Also July 31.

SUNDAY, JULY 31

“The Good Person of Setzuan,” Tony Kushner’s new version of the Brecht classic, directed by Lisa Peterson with original music by David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos and the Latin Playboys, opens at La Jolla Playhouse. Ends Aug. 28.

Country boys Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie and Lee Roy Parnell team up at Anaheim Pond. Also Aug. 4 at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore.

Metallica, Alice in Chains, Suicidal Tendencies and Candlebox play a hard-rock fest at Brown Field, San Diego.

Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers perform in the Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Dances of Peru and the Philippines share the stage at the Spiral Court, California Plaza, downtown, when the Inca and Silayan companies perform a free trans-Pacific folk program.

The Southwest Museum in Highland Park has added more than 300 works to its collection over the past three years. About 40 highlights are showcased in “Treasured Gifts: Recent Donations to the Southwest Museum Collection.” Ends Oct. 9.

Veteran children’s performer Dan Crow performs in concert at Sierra Madre Park. Also at Warner Park in Woodland Hills on Aug. 14.

MONDAY, AUG. 1

Pianist-crooner Harry Connick Jr., who performs songs big-band-era style, takes over the Hollywood Bowl. Also at the Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University, on Aug. 3.

TUESDAY, AUG. 2

Basia and Spyro Gyra, pop-jazz performers, play at Embarcadero Marina Park South.

Stalwarts of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, the Doobie Brothers and Foreigner star in a classic-rock show at the Greek Theatre.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3

Tonight’s rhythmic Brazilian affair at the Hollywood Bowl boasts singers Gal Costa and Leny Andrade, guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves and guitarist-songwriter Ivan Lins.

Singer-songwriter Alan Jackson performs “Chattahootchie” and more of his pop-country hits at the Greek Theatre.

THURSDAY, AUG. 4

An exhibition of installations by video pioneers Steina and Woody Vasulka opens at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions’ new Hollywood space. Through Sept. 15.

FRIDAY, AUG. 5

Film composer and conductor John Williams returns to Hollywood Bowl to lead the L.A. Philharmonic in an entire program of his own music, with Burgess Meredith as narrator. Also Aug. 6

In from New York City for a pair of dates at the Jazz Bakery, Fred Hersch demonstrates his acumen through Aug. 6.

Miguel Delgado surveys Latino contributions to movies in the free, noontime music/dance revue “Hollywood Olvidado!” at the Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

The ninth annual Hispanic Playwrights Program features staged readings of works-in-progress today and Aug. 6 at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.

SATURDAY, AUG. 6

A special morning family program brings the annual “Dance Kaleidoscope” series to the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Works by Carla Lubow, TerpsiCorps, Bre Dance Theatre, Roger Laccia, Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble, Annee Albritton and Afred Desio are scheduled. The final evening program in the series features eight world dance groups.

With saxman Joe Henderson and pianist Benny Green hitting cleanup, and organist Jimmy Smith, singers Nnenna Freelon and Marlena Shaw and guitarist Earl Klugh leading off, this year’s Fourth Annual Pasadena Jazz Festival is really coming of age. Also on tap at the event held at Ambassador Auditorium: Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham’s Sweet Baby Blues band and saxmen Hank Crawford and Rickey Woodard. Through Aug. 7.

Never one to sit on one stylistic base, singer Al Jarreau embraces jazz, pop and R&B; genres. Also on hand at the Greek Theatre show is Roberta Flack.

SUNDAY, AUG. 7

“Alighiero Boetti” and “Hirokazu Kosaka: In the Mood,” two Focus Series exhibitions, open at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Boetti, an Italian conceptual artist, designed a project in which 50 kilim rugs were manufactured by Afghan refugees living in Pakistan; Kosaka’s single-gallery installation incorporates large numbers of vintage pre-World War II objects, including suitcases, sewing machines and colored streamers. Boetti ends Sept. 4; Kosaka ends Sept. 25.

MONDAY, AUG. 8

Singer-songwriter Phil Collins will perform his long list of pop-rock hits at the Forum. Also Aug. 9.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9

The Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen in four programs previewing their imminent European tour. Soloists are violinist Gidon Kremer, and pianists Alexander Toradze, Emanuel Ax and Olli Mustonen. Also Aug. 11, 16 and 18.

“The Sound of Music,” with Marie Osmond and Laurence Guittard, opens at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Runs indefinitely.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10

Rosemary Clooney heads up a Hollywood Bowl gala, with such stellar company as the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band led by Jon Faddis, harmonica player Toots Thielemans and bassist Charlie Haden’s Quartet West.

Meat Loaf, grandiose rock singer, plays at Irvine Meadows.

THURSDAY, AUG. 11

The L.A. County Museum of Art premieres the United States’ single most significant collection of photographic self-portriature in “the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits From the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection.” Through Oct. 23.

The world premiere of Lisa Loomer’s dark comedy “The Waiting Room,” dissecting sexual politics over a span of three centuries. David Schweizer directs at the Mark Taper Forum. Ends Sept. 25.

Joey Calderazzo, a keyboardist in from New York, makes outrageous tempos his speciality. To buoy his trio for a Club Brasserie bash, he’s bringing along bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl. Through Aug. 13.

FRIDAY, AUG. 12

Alan Mandell headlines in the Shakespeare tragedy “King Lear,” presented by Shakespeare Orange County at the Waltmar Theatre in Orange. Ends Sept 10.

SATURDAY, AUG. 13

Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Theatre performs “Funk Town U.S.A.” and other works on a “Summer Nights” program at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. A special children’s program is scheduled in the morning.

The Tennessee Williams classic “The Glass Menagerie” opens at Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. Ends Sept. 18.

Klaus Donath will lead the Pacific Symphony in a Mozart program at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. Anne-Marie McDermott will be the soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 21.

TUESDAY, AUG. 16

Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacques de Gheyn II and Hendrick Goltzius are among the artists featured in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s “16th- and 17th-Century Dutch Drawings.” Through Oct. 23.

He’s had enough of it, but they keep calling Wallace Roney the next Miles Davis. At Catalina Bar & Grill. Through Aug. 21.

Long Beach Opera’s pastiche “Death by Opera” at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Ends Aug 20.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17

Ray Charles, accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra, and Etta James, backed by her Roots Band, in a concert themed “Moonlight and the Blues” at the Hollywood Bowl.

Another big progressive-rock band of the ‘70s, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, perform their old and new music at the Greek Theatre.

Mix classic Benny Goodman material with guys who were influenced by Charlie Parker and you have, among other things, Swing Meets Bop. Vibist Terry Gibbs and clarinetist Buddy DeFranco lead this quintet at the Jazz Bakery. Through Aug. 20.

THURSDAY, AUG. 18

PCPA Theatrefest presents Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at the Festival Theatre in Solvang until Sept. 3 and at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria through Sept. 25, plus the Duke Ellington musical “Sophisticated Ladies” at the Marian Theatre through Sept. 3 and at the Festival Theatre Sept. 8-25.

Performance troupe Pomo Afro Homos presents a new work, “More Fabulous Fun Stories,” at Highways in Santa Monica. Ends Aug. 21.

The Opera Orchestra of Los Angeles, led by Gualtiero Negrini, ventures Verdi’s “Aida,” with a cast headed by Leona Mitchell, Gianfranco Cecchele and Leo Nucci. At Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Also Aug. 20.

FRIDAY, AUG. 19

Steve Miller, a old blues master who’s now into pop rock, plays at the Greek Theatre.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

Back for its second annual summer tour is the Jazz Explosion Superband, composed of four big contemporary jazz names: bassist Stanley Clarke, saxophonist Najee, guitarist Larry Carlton and drummer Billy Cobham. At the Greek Theatre.

“In the Spirit of Fluxus” features some 1,000 objects and documentary materials by 40 artists associated with the movement, including Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Yoko Ono and Claes Oldenburg. It will be on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art through Oct. 16.

Los Angeles Chamber Ballet presents two premieres on its annual program at Japan America Theatre. Repeats Aug. 21.

TUESDAY, AUG. 23

Catch Roy Hargrove and his sidemen--saxman Ron Blake, bassist Rodney Whitaker and drummer Gregory Hutchison--at Catalina Bar & Grill. Through Aug. 28.

The Detroit Symphony, conducted by its music director, Neeme Jarvi, offers three classical evenings in Hollywood Bowl before a jazz weekend. Among the soloists are trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger, pianist Peter Donohoe and soprano Irina Lekhtman. Also Aug. 24-25.

THURSDAY, AUG. 25

A former member of Fleetwood Mac, singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks performs at the Greek Theatre.

FRIDAY, AUG. 26

Pop singer Mel Torme and flutist Hubert Laws, backed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, perform songs from movie soundtracks at the Hollywood Bowl. Also Aug. 27.

The harmonies of the pop-rock-folk singing duo Indigo Girls invade the Universal Amphitheatre. Also Aug. 27 and at Embarcadero Marina Park South on Aug. 28.

SATURDAY, AUG. 27

More than 70 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele goes on view at the San Diego Museum of Art. The show is the first major Schiele exhibition to tour the United States since 1960. Ends Oct. 30.

The Spin Doctors play music from their new album in a show that also includes Gin Blossoms and Cracker at the Greek Theatre.

SUNDAY, AUG. 28

Danza Floricanto U.S.A. performs regional Mexican suites in a free program at the Spiral Court, California Plaza, downtown.

TUESDAY, AUG. 30

Jackson Browne and John Hiatt, rock singer-songwriters, play at Embarcadero Marina Park South.

Herbert Blomstedt leads his San Francisco Symphony in three programs at Hollywood Bowl. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Helene Grimaud are the soloists. Also Aug. 31, Sept. 1.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31

Jack O’Brien directs William Congreve’s 18th-Century comedy of manners “The Way of the World,” at the Old Globe Theatre’s outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in San Diego. Ends Oct. 2.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2

John Mauceri conducts the annual “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” at Hollywood Bowl, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko, in his L.A. debut, playing the B-flat-minor Concerto. With fireworks, of course. Also Sept. 3.

The bands have names like South Frisco and the Nightblooming Jazzmen, they’re coming from as far away as Japan and Guatemala and they’ll be performing at the 11th annual Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival. Held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott and Westin Hotels, the event is headlined by pianists Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton, trumpeter Warren Vache and bassist Bob Haggart. Through Sept. 5.

The Long Beach Museum of Art shows off its holdings in “Independent Visions: The Collection in Context,” a pair of joint exhibitions. The two shows are “California Modernism From the Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art” and “Lost and Found: 20 Years of Video Art at the Long Beach Museum of Art.” Ends Nov. 20.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3

Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet presents Naomi Goldberg’s “Three Tales” on a “Summer Nights” program at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s exhibition “Gifts of the Earth: Pre-Columbian Art and Creativity” features objects of beauty and utility created from materials including clay, stone, gold, wood, shell and plant fibers. Ends Jan. 8.

Carl St.Clair will conduct the Pacific Symphony in works by Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. Also Sept. 4 at Pearson Park Amphitheatre, Harbor Boulevard and Cypress Avenue, Anaheim.

MONDAY, SEPT. 4

A show with new vaudevillians, “Mump and Smoot in Ferno,” opens at the La Jolla Playhouse. Ends Oct. 2.*