DATES* An All Hallow’s Eve Carnival will...

DATES

* An All Hallow’s Eve Carnival will be offered to children and parents by Long Beach Alliance Church as a safe alternative to trick or treating. More than 400 children from preschool through fifth grade are expected to take part from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Free games, balloons and face-painting will be offered; for 25 cents children can play in the bouncing booth and for $1 be photographed in their costumes--no scary ones, please. Costumed biblical characters will make dramatic presentations, and children will get a bag of goodies afterward. 3331 Palo Verde Ave., Long Beach. (310) 420-1478.

* All Souls’ Day Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westwood for those who have lost a loved one during the past year. 10750 Ohio Ave. For information about a memorial book inscription, phone Father Jim DiLuzio at (310) 474-1527.

* Author and lecturer Rabbi Joseph Telushkin speaks on his new book, “Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews,” at the Long Beach Jewish Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. He will examine insightful jokes about parent-child relations, anti-Semitism, assimilation and other topics. Tickets are $12, with discounts for center members. 3801 E. Willow St. (310) 426-7601.

* A free Support Group for Writers meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Crescent Heights United Methodist Church in West Hollywood. Anyone seeking to become a novelist, screenwriter, essayist or poet is welcome. 1296 N. Fairfax Ave. (213) 656-5336.

* Representatives of gubernatorial candidates Gov. Pete Wilson and state Treasurer Kathleen Brown will answer questions at a free forum presented jointly by Temple Akiba and Culver Palms Methodist Church from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the temple, 5249 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. (310) 398-5783.

* Father Henri Nouwen, a theologian, educator and prolific author, will speak on his new book, “The Return of the Prodigal Son,” at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at All Saints Church in Beverly Hills. Admission is $10, to benefit L’Arche Daybreak, a community for the mentally and physically handicapped in Toronto. A book-signing and reception follow the talk. 504 N. Camden Dr. (310) 275-0123.

HOLIDAY BAZAARS

* Festive sales of goods including bakery items, handicrafts, plants, jewelry, clothing and gifts will be held at the following sites. Call for details about merchandise. Admission is free, unless indicated:

Bethel Lutheran Church, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 17500 Burbank Blvd., Encino. (818) 788-2653.

Temple Beth Ohr, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. 15721 E. Rosecrans Ave., La Mirada. Admission is $2, seniors and children $1. (714) 521-6765 or (310) 691-2551.

Temple Israel of Hollywood, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. 7300 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 876-8330.

Long Beach Jewish Community Center’s annual gift and craft show, Nov. 2 to Dec. 14. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Saturdays, and 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. 3801 E. Willow St., Long Beach (310) 426-7601.

MUSIC

* The Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Society celebrates its return to the Gindi Auditorium of the University of Judaism--just restored after incurring severe damage in January’s earthquake--with a special benefit performance at 8 p.m. Monday to benefit the university’s Lee College. Among the performers will be pianist Mona Golabek. Tickets are $90. (310) 476-9777.

* El Coro de la Ciudad de Los Angeles, the choir of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, will perform in a benefit at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Martyr Church in Redondo Beach. Gospel, Latino and jazz selections will be played by the group, whose members represent more than 40 parishes. Liturgical dancers Earthen Vessels will also perform. Proceeds benefit Serra Project, which provides homes and spiritual, psychological and physical care for adults and children living with AIDS. Tickets are $10. 1900 S. Prospect Ave. (310) 540-0329.

* St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Mar Vista presents a “Classical Blitz” featuring music of Telemann, Corelli, Vivaldi and others at 4 p.m. Sunday. Soprano Pamela Hall will be guest soloist. Admission is $7, seniors $5. 3590 Grandview Blvd. (310) 391-5522.

* The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, under the baton of Noreen Green, will premiere Michael Isaacson’s “Ezkerah-Sukkot 1994--In Memory of My Mother,” scored for string orchestra and solo violin, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at Temple Adat Ariel in North Hollywood. Concertmaster Mark Kashper will play. The orchestra and four vocalists will also perform a piece by Shostakovich based on folk poetry. Tickets are $18, $10 for seniors and students. 12020 Burbank Blvd. (818) 753-6681.

* The Sacred Heart Chapel at Loyola Marymount University will inaugurate its organ with a concert by Frederick Swann at 8 p.m. today on the Westchester campus. Swann is the organist for the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove. The organ, purchased from St. Ignatius Church in New York, has been rebuilt over the past two years. Tickets are $10 and $12, $7 for students and staff. (310) 338-7588.

* Village Lutheran Church of Westwood presents composer Michael Robinson in a concert of his electronic music at 8 p.m. Wednesday. A lecture precedes at 7 p.m. Admission is $7. 343 Church Lane, Los Angeles. (310) 472-7510.

HONORS

* Los Angeles City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky and philanthropist Eugene Rogolsky, the physician who founded Pacific Oaks Medical Group, will be honored at a fund-raising dinner Saturday, Nov. 5, for Los Angeles Jewish AIDS Services. (213) 653-8313.

* The School of Theology at Claremont awarded the Kilgore Creative Ministry Award on Oct. 25 to the Rev. George Regas for the second time in his tenure at All Saints Church in Pasadena.

* Beth Chayim Chadashim in Los Angeles will install Rabbi Lisa Edwards at Sabbath eve services Friday evening.

* Eddie L. and Linda Marshall of Los Angeles were among 39 people named missionaries by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board on Oct. 11 in Richmond, Va. The free-lance filmmaker and his wife, a bilingual teacher with the Montebello Unified School District, are members of The Church on Brady in Los Angeles.

* The director of the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Alan Kalinsky, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, in which the 21-year military veteran serves as a chaplain at Los Angeles Air Force Base.

* San Gabriel Union Church installed the Rev. Steven R. Johnson as its senior pastor on Oct. 16.