L.A. County Venues Set for Arts Open House on Saturday

A second annual L.A. Countywide Arts Open House will take place Saturday in four principal venues, plus 23 other cities and communities throughout Los Angeles County--from Agoura Hills to Whittier, from Culver City to Compton.

Sponsored by the L.A. County Music and Performing Arts Commission, the free events will showcase more than 100 arts organizations, with performances, displays and demonstrations, and will be followed in some communities by monthlong arts celebrations. In 1995, a reported 35,000 people attended the first Arts Open House.

Principal locations are:

* Museum Row, where Wilshire Boulevard will be blocked off between Curson and Fairfax. At that site, five of the city’s museums, including the L.A. County Museum of Art and the Petersen Automotive Museum, will open their doors free for the day.

* Lankershim Arts Center, 2108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Among the arts organizations there will be Actors Alley, Celtic Arts Center and Los Angeles Music Theatre Co.

* Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 54 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. Host groups include Benita Bike’s DanceArt Co., Casa Italiana Opera and Karpatok Hungarian Folk Ensemble.

* 18th St. Arts Complex, at 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. Participating organizations include Collage Dance Theatre, Oasis Theatre Co. and South-Central Chamber Orchestra.

Los Angeles will have 26 additional sites; other communities hosting free arts events Saturday include Long Beach (five sites) Temple City (three sites), as well as Signal Hill, Calabasas, Bellflower, Carson, South El Monte and San Marino.

Information: (213) 688-ARTS or visit the commission’s Web site at https://www.co.la.us/arts.