What to Do: Guidebook for the Season : ART

Through July 5: “Liza Lou: ‘Back Yard’ and ‘Kitchen’ ” and “Beck and Al Hansen: Playing With Matches,” Santa Monica Museum of Art.

Through Aug. 2: “Marsden Hartley: American Modern,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University.

Through Aug. 2: “Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings From the Brooklyn Museum,” Bowers Museum of Cultural Art.

Through Aug. 3: “In Praise of Women: African Sculpture From the Walt Disney-Tishman Art Collection,” California African-American Museum.

Through Aug. 23: “Passages to Asia: Europe and the East in the 16th Century,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.

Through Aug. 23: “The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks,” UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.

Through Aug. 23: “From the Rainbow’s Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines,” UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Through Aug. 31: “On Moral Grounds: President Harry S. Truman and the Birth of the State of Israel,” Skirball Cultural Center.

Through Sept. 13: “Ed Ruscha’s Light,” J. Paul Getty Museum.

Through Sept 20: “The Igal and Diane Silber Collection of International Contemporary Ceramics,” Laguna Art Museum.

Through Jan. 3: “Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Work by Moshe Zabari” and “Israel Through American Eyes: A Century of Photographs,” Skirball Cultural Center.

Today-Aug. 10: “Contemporary Projects: Mariko Mori,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

May 24-July 19: “Sarah Roberts; Physical Fiction,” Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design.

May 24-July 19: “Lewis Baltz,” Museum of Contemporary Art.

June-August: “Caribbean Vision: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture,” Museum of Latin American Art.

June 7-Sept. 7: “Corridos Sin Fronteras: The Art of a Ballad Tradition in Mexico and the U.S.,” UCLA / Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

June 7-July 5: “Inner Workings (Journey of the Goddess),” Watts Towers Arts Center.

June 9-Aug. 23: “Landscape Drawings 1500-1900,” J. Paul Getty Museum.

June 13-Aug. 16: “From the Background to the Foreground: The Photo Backdrop and Cultural Expression,” UCR/California Museum of Photography.

June 20-Jan. 3: “Jim Turrell,” Orange County Museum of Art.

June 27-Sept 27: “George Hurrell: Hollywood and Beyond,” Orange County Museum of Art/South Coast Plaza.

June 27-Aug. 30: “Monet: Paintings of Giverny From the Musee Marmottan,” San Diego Museum of Art.

June 27-Oct. 4: “New California Art: Brett Relchman,” Orange County Museum of Art.

June 27-Dec. 13: “Platemarks,” Norton Simon Museum of Art.

June 27-Sept. 27: “Mexican Masters in California, 1920-1940,” Laguna Art Museum.

June 28-Sept. 13: “A Place in the Sun: Artists and L.A. Public Spaces,” Armory Center for the Arts.

June 28-Sept. 5: “Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art/San Diego, La Jolla.

July 3-Sept. 8: “Robert Capa, Photography,” Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

July 10-Sept. 18: “Pia Pizzo: Artist’s Works,” “For a New Nation: American Decorative Arts From the Gail-Oxford Collection” and “Video Living Room 3,” Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 15-Aug. 23: “All City Open,” William Grant Still Arts Center, Watts Towers Arts Center, Barnsdall Arts Center Gallery, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Junior Arts Center Gallery.

July 19-Oct. 18: “Christopher Wool,” Museum of Contemporary Art.

July 21-Oct 18: “Eternal China: Splendors From the First Dynasties,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

July 21-Oct. 18: “Ten Centuries of Manuscript Illumination in Germany and Central Europe” and “The Stammheim Missal,” J. Paul Getty Museum.

July 24-Sept. 20: “Lee Caruso: ‘through’,” “Andrea Bowers: Spectacular Appearances” and “Pierre Molinier,” Santa Monica Museum of Art.

July 26-Oct. 19: “Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

July 26-Oct. 28: “Raul Guerrero,” Museum of Contemporary Art/San Diego, downtown.

July 28-Oct. 11: “Walker Evans: New York,” J. Paul Getty Museum.

July 30-Oct. 5: “Arthur Dove: A Retrospective,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Aug. 9-Oct. 4: “Archigram 1961-74,” Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design.

Aug. 9-Oct. 25: “Dove Bradshaw/Jan Henle,” Museum of Contemporary Art.

Aug. 19-Jan. 3: “Lillian Miller Woodblock Prints,” Pacific Asia Museum.

Aug. 19-Jan. 3: “Confrontations, Crossings, and Convergence: Photographs of the Philippines and the United States, 1898-1998,” UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Aug. 23-Nov. 1: “Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera, Philippines,” UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Aug. 29-Oct. 25: “Posters American Style,” Norton Simon Museum of Art.

Aug. 29-Nov. 1: “Old Masters Brought to Light: European Paintings From the National Museum of Art of Romania,” San Diego Museum of Art.

Sept. 6-Jan. 4: “Picasso: Masterworks From the Museum of Modern Art,” Los Angeles Count Museum of Art.

COMEDY

Through June 16: “Under Construction,” an evening of Improvisational Sketch Comedy at Masquer’s Cabaret in Los Angeles.

June 21: “The Uncabaret,” summer special, LunaPark , West Hollywood.

June 22-23: “King of Comedy,” with Steve Harvey and others, Universal Amphitheater, Universal City.

June 26-27: “Knott’s Funny Farm,” a park-wide comedy celebration with comedian Paul Rodriquez at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park.

Sunday: Jay Leno is at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach every Sunday.

May 29-31: Bobcat Goldthwait makes them laugh at the Brea Improv in Brea.

May 31: Heidi Joyce hosts “Stand Up Against Domestic Violence,” with an all-female line up at The Bitter Truth and Sweet Lies Theatres, North Hollywood.

June 17-28: Jackie Mason at the Comedy Store.

June 24-28: Craig Shoemaker appears at the Irvine Improv.

July 19: “The Uncabaret,” summer special, LunaPark , West Hollywood.

DANCE

May 29-30: New works by UC Irvine undergraduate choreographers, Little Theatre in Humanities Hall 161.

May 29: Bali and Beyond’s shadow-puppet “Mahabharata,” Thorne Hall patio, Occidental College. Also June 13.

* “Kalo ‘98,” Skirball Cultural Center.

May 30-31: California Ballet’s “Giselle,” California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

* Santa Barbara Irish Festival, Oak Park.

May 30: Yoruba dance and music workshop, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

May 31: Avaz International Dance Theatre, Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles.

June 4-6: Trip Dance Theatre’s “Wanderlust,” La Boca/Sunshine Mission, downtown. Also June 11-13.

June 6-7: “Cinderella,” Goleta Valley Community Center School of Ballet, San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara.

June 7: Ballet Nacional de Colombia, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 9-14: Roland Petit’s “Chaplin Dances,” Ballet National de Marseille, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

June 9: Vodvil Dance Theatre, Hybrid Physical Theatre and others, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

June 11-14: Collage Dance Theatre’s “Most Wanted,” Lincoln Heights Jail.

June 12-13:. Mixed rep, Ballet Pacifica, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Orange County.

June 13: Santa Barbara classical showcase, Ballet Center.

* The Dance Warehouse’s “Dance Sharing,” La Colina Jr. High, Santa Barbara.

June 19-20: Santa Barbara Chamber Ballet, “The Sleeping Beauty,” Lobero Theatre.

June 23-28: “Forever Tango,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.

June 23-28: “Tap Dogs,” Long Beach Terrace Theater.

June 27-28: Louise Reichlin and Alfred Desio, the Little Theatre, L.A. Valley College.

June 30-July 12: “Forever Tango,” Royce Hall, UCLA.

July 3: “Creating Art by the Call and Response of African Culture” (lecture), Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall, Cal State Long Beach.

July 4: Brazilian Summer Festival ‘98, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

July 5: “The International Ramayana Festival,” Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach.

July 9: Doug Elkins Dance Company, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.

July 10-11: Diavolo Dance Theatre, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

July 10: One-hour Dance Kaleidoscope preview, Marina Pavilion, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

July 12: International Youth Folk Arts Festival, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

* Victoria Marks, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

July 14-Aug. 2: “Stomp,” Royce Hall, UCLA.

July 17: “Looking Forward, Looking Back,” Dance Kaleidoscope series, Luckman Theatre, Cal State L.A.

July 18: “Dance Here,” Dance Kaleidoscope series, Luckman Theatre, Cal State L.A.

July 23: Doug Varone, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.

July 24: “Dance There,” Dance Kaleidoscope series, Japan America Theatre.

July 25: “Crazy for Dance” (morning) and “In and Out of Traditions” (evening), Dance Kaleidoscope series, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

* “Puentes Culturales/Cultural Bridges,” Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

July 31-Aug. 1: Premier Cru, Feet Speak series, Keck Theater, Occidental College.

Aug. 1: JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

* Aman Folk Ensemble, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

Aug. 7-8: “Working Women,” Feet Speak series, Keck Theater, Occidental College.

Aug. 7: Jazz Tap Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

Aug. 14-15: “Men,” Feet Speak series, Keck Theater, Occidental College.

Aug. 14: Conjunto Jardin and Ballet Folklorico del Pacifico, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

Aug. 15: KIN Dance Company and others, “Men: Dancing,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

Aug. 21-22: “Percussion Jam,” Feet Speak series, Keck Theater, Occidental College.

Aug. 22: Lula Washington Dance Theatre, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

Aug. 26-28: “Lord of the Dance,” Greek Theatre, Hollywood.

Sept. 4-6: Maria Bermudez’ “Sonidos Gitanos/Gypsy Flamenco,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Saturday-Sunday: Scottish Festival, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa. (714) 509-7710.

Saturday-Monday: Big Bear Spring Air Arts and Crafts Fair, Big Bear Lake Convention Center, Big Bear Lake. (909) 585-3000.

* Greek Festival, St. Nicholas Church, Northridge. (818) 886-4040.

* I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, Old Mission Santa Barbara. (805) 569-3873.

* Pasadena Summer Fest, Central Park, Pasadena. (626) 797-6803.

* Topanga Days County Fair, Topanga Community House. (310) 455-1980.

Sunday and Monday: The 12th Annual UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival, UCLA Intramural Field, UCLA. (310) 859-4646.

May 28-31: Orange Festival, Central Avenue, downtown Fillmore. (805) 524-0351.

May 30 and 31: 12th Annual Cajun and Zydeco Festival, Rainbow Lagoon Park, Long Beach. (562) 427-3713.

May 30-June 7: San Bernardino County Fair, County Fairgrounds, Victorville. (760) 951-2200.

June 6 and 7: Ho’olaule’a Hawaiian Festival of the Valley, Northridge Park. (818) 366-3967.

* Cairo Carnivale, Campus Inn, Rio Hondo College, Whittier. (626) 285-4776.

* The first in a series of Channel Islands Harbor Summer Arts Shows, Harbor Center, Oxnard. (626) 797-6803.

June 7: Los Feliz Village Street Fair, Hillhurst Avenue between Franklin and Finley, Los Feliz. (213) 662-1214.

June 13 and 14: Indian Fair, Balboa Park, San Diego. (619) 239-2001.

* Flower & Garden Festival, Mission San Juan Capistrano. (714) 443-2061.

June 16-July 5: Del Mar Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds. (619) 755-1161.

June 19-21: Juneteenth Festival, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles.

June 19-25: Huck Finn Jubilee, Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Victorville. (909) 780-8810.

June 20 and 21: 24th annual Great American Irish Fair and Festival, Santa Anita Park Racetrack, Arcadia. (626) 503-2511.

June 26 and 27: Taste of Orange County, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. (714) 726-3736.

June 26-28: International Salsa Festival, Hollywood Palladium, (877) TO-SALSA.

June 27 and 28: 7th Annual Aloha Concert Jam, Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach. (888) 386-8497.

* Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration, West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood. (213) 860-0701.

July 2-Aug. 3: Sawdust Festival, Laguna Canyon, Laguna Beach. (714) 494-3030.

July 8-Aug. 30: Festival of the Arts 1998 Pageant of the Masters, Irvine Bowl Park, Laguna Beach. (800) 487-3378.

July 10-16: Orange County Fair, Orange County Fairgrounds. (714) 708-3247.

July 11 and 12: 21st Annual Lotus Festival, Echo Park Lake, Echo Park. (213) 485-1310.

* 19th Annual Uptown Whittier Street Scene and Family Festival, Greenleaf Avenue and Philadelphia Street, Uptown Whittier. (562) 696-2662.

* French Festival, Oak Park, Santa Barbara. (805) 564-7274.

July 19: Sephardic Arts Festival, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. (310) 440-4500.

July 26: Caribbean Seabreeze Festival, Queen Mary Park, Long Beach. (213) 731-2927.

Aug. 15-23: 57th annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival and Tofu Festival, Little Tokyo, downtown. (213) 687-7193.

Aug. 22 and 23: 18th Annual Sunset Junction Street Faire, Silver Lake. (213) 661-7771.

Aug. 22-Sept. 7 (weekends): 13th Annual Los Angeles African Marketplace and Cultural Faire, Rancho Cienega Park, Los Angeles. (213) 734-1164 or (213) 237-1540.

FAMILY

Every Weekend through June: “Wild Weekends,” at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Through May 31: “I Am,” high school student art show at Downey Museum of Art.

Through June 21: “KidsVisions: Bulgaria,” at the Long Beach Museum of Art.

Thursday-Monday: Seventh Annual Hoops by the Beach 5-0-5 Round Robin Basketball Tournament at Venice Beach.

Friday: “Mega 100 Beatle Race,” at Raging Waters, San Dimas.

* Kids perform at the “Backyard Circus,” at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier.

* Disneyland unveils a newly renovated “Tomorrowland.”

* Fern Street Circus’ annual show in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Through May 31.

Saturday: Water themed park Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, open 10 a.m. weekends; open daily from May 26-Sept 7.

* World Frisbee Champion Amy Bekken at ZanyBrainy in Thousand Oaks.

* “Celtic Celebration,” at UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center. May 23-Sept. 7: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Kids 3-11 receive free T-shirt and hot dog.

* “Edison International Electric Nights,” at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park.

May 23-24: Reader’s Theatre Project at Los Angeles Children Museum.

* “The 5th Annual Mad Monster Party,” with collectible dealers, celebrities at Pasadena Center.

May 24: World Frisbee Champion Amy Bekken at ZanyBrainy in Torrance.

May 24: Women’s National Basketball League’s L.A. Sparks show off their skills at CityWalk.

May 26-29: The 1998 Dorothy B. Chandler Children’s Festival at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

May 30: 9th Annual Kid’s Nature Festival & Concert at Temescal Gateway Park, Pacific Palisades.

* “A Smell-ebration,” at Los Angeles Children’s Museum.

* World Frisbee Champion Amy Bekken at ZanyBrainy in San Diego.

* Free cultural program for children at UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.

* Special Dance Workshop at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

May 30-31: Children’s Area at Cajun Zydeco Festival at the Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach.

May 30-Sept. 7: SeaWorld’s new Rockin’ Summer Nights with extended park hours, new shows, more animals and more.

June 1: “Stand for Children’s Day,” at Los Angeles Children Museum.

June 6: Free cultural program for children at UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.

* Presentation for young inventors and adventurers at Children’s Book World in Los Angeles.

* “Tennis Festival Days,” at San Joaquin Hills Tennis Courts, Corona del Mar.

* 17th Annual Corona del Mar Scenic 5K Race and 2-Mile Fun Walk, Corona del Mar.

June 7: Musical festivities and opening day reception for Corridos Sin Fronteras at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

* “Just for Kids Halibut Tournament,” at Santa Catalina Island, Avalon.

* “Tennis Festival Days,” at Mariners Park Tennis Courts, Newport Beach.

June 10-Aug. 9: “Class Quilts, L.A., 1997-1998,” at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

June 12: “Wacky Bathing Cap and Belly Flop Contest,” at Raging Waters, San Dimas.

June 13: “A World of Art” Family Workshop: “To Dye For!” at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

* Children’s rhythm class on “Juneteenth” at Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

* “International Peace Choir,” and “Disney Tales,” at UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.

June 13, July 11 and Aug. 1: Children 8 and up go on “archeology digs,” Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

June 22-Aug. 21: “Summer Educational Journey,” for kids K-12 at Crossroads School in Santa Monica.

June 22-Aug. 28: 1998 Summer Camp for Children, Pre-Teens and Teens at AAF Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, Pasadena.

June 25: “Double the Fun,” at Raging Waters on a day for twins.

June 27: “Cowboy Campout,” for ages 5 and up with an adult at William S. Hart Park in Newhall.

* Cartoon Film Festival at the City of Brea Gallery, Brea.

* Cartoon Mania--The Art of Comic Books on display at the City of Brea Gallery, Brea. Through July 31.

June 28: “Discovery Concert,” for families and friends held in conjunction with “Corridos Sin Fronteras,” the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

June 29: “Small Soldiers--Behind the Scenes Experience,” opens at Universal Studios Hollywood.

* Summer fun for kids at the Jewish Community Center Camp Haverim at Mason Park in Irvine. Through Aug. 21.

* ‘Games People Play,” exhibit fully involving children in board, table and world games at Children’s Museum at La Habra. Through Sept. 6.

July 4: Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park introduces its newest thrill ride “Supreme Scream.”

July 10: Universal CityWalk provide free dance lessons Friday evenings and Saturday nights. Through Aug. 29.

July 11-12: Asian Pacific Tales at Los Angeles Children Museum.

July 11-17: Krazy Kazoos making at Los Angeles Children Museum.

July 15-19: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center.

July 20-Aug. 6: Theater Arts Camp at the Jewish Community Center in Costa Mesa.

July 21: Kids will be crowned King and Queen for a day at Raging Waters, San Dimas.

July 22-26: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey at Los Angeles Sports Arena.

July 26: Special afternoon events held in conjunction with “Corridos Sin Fronteras”: Something for everyone at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

July 28-Aug. 4: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

Aug. 1-2: Meet “The Reptile Family,” at Los Angeles Children Museum.

Aug. 2: Children 4-7 take a family tour of the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles in search of animals.

Aug. 6: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Great Western Forum, Inglewood.

Aug. 8-14: Storytelling workshops at Los Angeles Children Museum.

Aug. 23: “Kids in the Courtyard,” Series: “Festive Flags,” where visitors help design a community flag to commemorate the day’s festivities at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Aug. 25: Raging Waters holds a Dance Marathon.

Sept 22-Jan. 25. “Forces of Nature,” exhibit where children learn about earthquakes, floods and other violent acts of nature at Children’s Museum at La Habra.

JAZZ

May 22: Orange County Art & Jazz Festival with the Cabana Boys, Greg Vail, others, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana.

* Bobby Bradford Mo’tet, LACMA.

May 23: Playboy Jazz at the Old Pasadena Summerfest, Central Park, Pasadena.

May 24-25: UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival, UCLA Intramural Field.

* Orange County Art & Jazz Festival with Conte Candoli, Les Czimber, Rob Mullins, Eric Marienthal, others, Santa Ana Zoo.

May 26: Valerie King, Santa Monica College.

May 26-May 31: Steve Allen Big Band, Catalina Bar & Grill.

May 29: Bill Henderson, Mike Melvoin Trio, LACMA.

* David Benoit, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

May 30: Anthony Wilson Nonet, Todd Cochran, Thelonious Monk Institute Student Band, Playboy Jazz at The Music Center.

June 2: Joe Henderson, Catalina Bar & Grill.

June 4: Art Davis, Horace Tapscott, Billy Higgins, MOCA.

* Milt Jackson, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchetra, the Jazz Bakery.

June 5: Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, LACMA.

* George Duke, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

June 7: John Slais Quartet, Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks.

June 9-13: Terence Blanchard, Jazz Bakery.

June 10: Ozomatli, California Plaza.

June 11: Buddy Collette Ensemble, MOCA.

June 11-14: “California Cool: Celebrating Jazz on the West Coast,” Crowne Plaza Hotel, Redondo Beach.

June 12: Peter Erskine Trio, LACMA.

* John Scofield, Coach House, San Juan Capistrano.

* Chuck Mangione, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

* Mariachi Sol De America, California Plaza.

June 13-14: Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl.

June 16-18: Michael Brecker, Catalina Bar & Grill.

June 16-21: Yellowjackets, Jazz Bakery.

June 17: John Scofield, Key Club.

* Billy Higgins Quintet, California Plaza.

June 18: Ernie Andrews, Teddy Edwards, MOCA.

* Salif Keita, the Wanda Band, California Plaza.

June 19: Tito Puente, House of Blues.

* Zen Tsuba with Glenn Horiuchi, California Plaza.

* Jane Getz Quartet, LACMA.

* Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancler, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

* Scott Hamilton Quartet, Catalina Bar & Grill.

June 20: Guitars, Saxes & More, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Acoustic Alchemy, Coach House, San Juan Capistrano.

June 21: Henry Franklin Quintet, Jazz Celebrations, First Lutheran Church, Glendale.

June 25: Barbara Morrison, MOCA.

June 26: Clayton Brothers, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

* Cathy Segal-Garcia Quartet, LACMA.

* Guitars, Saxes and More, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

July 1: Jazz Tap Ensemble, California Plaza.

July 2: Susie Hansen Band, MOCA.

July 3-5: Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with Gary Foster, Jazz Bakery.

July 3: Rick Braun, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

July 4: Najee, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

July 8: Eddie Reed Big Band, Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 9: Bobby Matos Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble, MOCA.

July 9-12: Michael Wolff Quartet, Catalina Bar & Grill.

July 10: Cecilia Coleman Quintet, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

* Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Irvine-Barclay Theatre.

July 12: Will Downing, Club Caprice, Redondo Beach.

July 15: Charanga Cubana, Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 16: Joe Bonner-Michael White Quartet, MOCA.

July 17: Gerald Wiggins Trio, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

* Craig Chaquico, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

July 18: Quetzal, Yeska, California Plaza.

July 22: Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie Orchestra, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the Dirty Dozen, Hollywood Bowl.

* Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham and the Sweet Baby Blues Band, Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 23: KLON-FM Blues Caravan, various locations.

* Buddy Collette Quintet, Skirball Cultural Center.

* Sandra Booker, MOCA.

July 24: Marcus Shelby Band, California Plaza.

* Larry Carlton, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

* Velas, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

July 26: “Jazz Bakery’s Be-Bop Heaven” with Joe Williams, Annie Ross, Gerald Wiggins, Conte Candoli, others, John Anson Ford Theatre.

July 28-Aug. 2: James Carter, Catalina Bar & Grill.

July 30: Anthony Wilson Nonet, Skirball Cultural Center.

* Ronald Muldrow, MOCA.

July 31: Phil Upchurch, Westwood Jazz at the Hammer.

* Oleta Adams, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

Aug. 1: Jazz Antiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, John Anson Ford Theatre.

Aug. 5: Night in Brazil with Flora Purim, Airto Moriea, Oscar Castro Neves, Hollywood Bowl.

* Michael Franks, Ventura Concert Theatre.

Aug. 6: Robert Stewart-Marcus Printup, MOCA.

* Mancini Institute Jazz Ensembles with Billy Childs, Skirball Cultural Center.

Aug. 7: Baaba Maal, California Plaza.

* Air Supply, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

Aug. 7-9: Long Beach Jazz Festival with Nancy Wilson, Arturo Sandoval, Michael Franks, David Benoit, Rainbow Park Lagoon, Long Beach.

Aug. 8: Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Dave Grusin, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

Aug. 9: Omar Faruk Tekbilek, California Plaza.

Aug. 11-16: Stanley Jordan, Catalina Bar & Grill.

Aug. 12: A Tribute to Stephane Grappelli with Mark O’Connor, the Rosenberg Trio, Hollywood Bowl.

* Scarnella with Carla Bozulich, and Nels Cline, others, Long Beach Museum of Art.

Aug. 13: Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Ernie Watts, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

* Frank Capp Juggernaut, MOCA.

Aug. 14: Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Turtle Island String Quartet, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

* Conjunto Jardin and Ballet Folklorico Del Pacifico, California Plaza.

* Tuck & Patti, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

Aug. 15: Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Turtle Island String Quartet, Ernie Watts, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

* Jazz Classics with Patrice Rushen and Ndugu Chancler, California Plaza.

Aug. 16: B.B. King, Dr. John, others, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Perla Batalla and Los Murcielagos, California Plaza.

Aug. 19: Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 20: KLON-FM Long Beach Blues Caravan, various Long Beach locations.

* Poncho Sanchez, MOCA.

* Lionel Cole Quintet, Skirball Cultrual Center.

Aug. 21: Lee Ritenour, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

Aug. 23: Grover Washington Jr., Lee Ritenour, Joe Sample, Greyboy All-Stars, JVC Jazz at the Bowl.

* The Rippingtons, Spyro Gyra, Greek Theatre.

* Yinn Ponn, Frances Awe, Francisco Aguabella, Big Jay McNeely, Lakshmi Shankar, California Plaza.

Aug. 27: Bobby Bryant Collective, MOCA.

* Diaspora World Jazz Qaurtet, Skirball Cultural Center.

Aug. 28: Earl Klugh, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

* Estrada Brothers, California Plaza.

Sept. 1-6: Arturo Sandoval, Catalina Bar & Grill.

Sept. 2: Ray Charles, Nnenna Freelon, Hollywood Bowl.

Sept. 3: Dave Pike Quartet, MOCA.

Sept. 4: Leslie Baker and Askew, California Plaza.

* Bobby Caldwell, Hyatt Newporter Hotel.

Sept. 4-6: West Coast Jazz Party, Irvine Marriott Hotel.

Sept. 4-7: Sweet & Hot Music Festival, Los Angeles Airport Marriott.

Sept. 5-7: KLON-FM Long Beach Blues Festival, Cal State Long Beach Athletic Field.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Today: City of Birmingham Symphony, conducted by Simon Rattle, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Knussen: Symphony No. 3. Mahler: Symphony No. 7.

* American violinist Leila Josefowicz in recital at Royce Hall, UCLA.

* Southwest Chamber Music at Museum of Tolerance: music by Krenek and Poulenc. Also May 23 at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.

* UCLA Opera performs Verdi’s “Falstaff” in Royce Hall. Wm. Vendice conducts; stage director is Vincent Liotta. John Del Carlo is Falstaff, rest are students.

Friday: L.A. Philharmonic, with Leonard Slatkin conducting, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Pierre Laurent Aimard is soloist in the Ligeti Piano Concerto.

* Musica Angelica in “Handel in Italy” at All Saints, Pasadena.

Friday-Sunday: Ojai Festival in Festival Bowl, Ojai. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida is music director; David Zinman conducts; the L.A. Philharmonic appears. Seven outdoor concerts.

Friday-June 14: Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego and environs, including venues in Baja, Mexico.

* William Hall Master Chorale presents the Three Divas--Brenda Harris, Robin Follman, Carol Neblett--at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. 8 p.m.

Sunday: Sitarist Ravi Shankar at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* Juilliard Quartet and clarinetist Charles Neidich at Caltech in Pasadena.

* Symphony in the Glen and Cantori Domino perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Griffith Park.

May 30: Long Beach Symphony Pops, conducted by Michael Krajewski, at the Long Beach Arena.

USC Piano Trio (Julia I; Yi Hwan Zhao; Yao Zhao) at the Beverly Hills Library.

June 2: Contralto Mira Zakai, and ensembles, at the Skirball: New Music From Israel.

June 2-7: Resistance/Fluctuations Festival at L.A.C.E. and L.A. County Museum of Art, sponsored by WIRES.

June 3: Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor, Thomas Hampson, baritone, in a Mahler program at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Also, June 4.

June 6: Long Beach Symphony, conducted by JoAnn Falletta, with pianist Dickran Atamian, in Terrace Theater, Long Beach.

June 13: Long Beach Opera June Festival at Carpenter Center: On June 13: Manfred Gurlitt’s “Wozzeck,” repeated June 17 and June 20 (matinee). On June 14: Purcell’s “The Indian Queen,” repeated June 20 (evening).

June 17-20: UC Santa Barbara’s New Music Festival, founded by William Kraft, this year is named “Film Composers: The Whole Picture,” and hosts Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, Lawrence Rosenthal, Stephen Endelman, Leonard Rosenman and Cliff Eidelman.

June 21-28: Corona del Mar: Baroque Music Festival of Corona del Mar (Newport Beach).

June 24: Tribute to Ernest Fleischmann at Hollywood Bowl. Among the celebrants: Kathleen Battle, Itzhak Perlman, Harry Connick Jr.

June 25: Itzhak Perlman at Hollywood Bowl: “In the Fiddler’s House.”

June 28: Bel Canto Opera Co. at the Ford Amphitheatre: Verdi’s “Aida.”

* Baritone William Stone sings a recital of American music on the Cal State University Summer Arts series in Carpenter Center at Cal State Long Beach.

July 1: L.A. Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl: Bugs Bunny night, cond. by George Daugherty.

July 2: Nieuw Ensemble in Daniel Recital Hall at CS Long Beach. Another program on July 9.

* Family Concert at Hollywood Bowl.

July 4: L.A. Doctors’ Symphony at Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza: Salute to All Americans.

* Pacific Symphony summer series opening at Irvine Meadows. Richard Kaufman conducts.

July 3-5: Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular at Hollywood Bowl.

July 4: Pasadena Pops Orchestra opening its summer season at Descanso Gardens, La Can~ada.

July 5: California E.A.R. Unit plays an afternoon kids’ program at the Ford Amphitheatre.

July 12 * Nieuw Ensemble on Cal State Summer Arts series at Cal State Long Beach. 2 p.m.

July 7: Opening night of the summer subscription series at Hollywood Bowl. Roger Norrington conducts the L.A. Philharmonic, the L.A. Master Chorale and contralto soloist Anna Larsson in Mahler’s Second Symphony.

* Music Academy of the West faculty chamber concert at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara. Subsequent faculty chamber events on July 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 11.

July 9: Roger Norrington leads the L.A. Philharmonic in a Beethoven program at Hollywood Bowl. Soloist is violinist Martin Chalifour.

July 10-11: “A Gershwin Celebration” at Hollywood Bowl, conducted by John Mauceri, with soloists Leon Bates, Marvis Martin, Gregg Baker, Peabo Bryson and Camilla Johnson.

July 10: L.A. Mozart Orchestra presents Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” at the Ford Amphitheatre, conducted by Lucinda Carver.

* Opening of Huntington Library summer series by Southwest Chamber Music: Music by Falla, Debussy, Ravel, Granados. Also July 11.

July 11: Music Academy of the West Symphony at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara: Haydn and Mahler.

July 12: Takacs Quartet opens the Ford Amphitheatre’s’ Brunch series. 10:30 a.m.

* Vocal concert by the Western Wind at Cal State Long Beach. 8 p.m.

July 14: Jeffrey Tate conducts the L.A. Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl, with violin soloist Pamela Frank.

* Guitarists Ricardo Cobo, John Schneiderman, Marc Teicholz and Randy Pile at Cal State Long Beach.

July 15: American pianist Garrick Ohlsson plays a Chopin recital at Hollywood Bowl.

July 16: Pianist Helen Huang makes her debut with L.A. Philharmonic in Hollywood Bowl; Jeffrey Tate conducts.

* Guitarists and lutenists in concert at Cal State Long Beach: Nigel North, Alexander Dunn, Pearl & Grey Duo, David Taylor.

July 17-18: John Williams conducts John Williams’ Night at the Movies at Hollywood Bowl.

July 18: L.A. Baroque Orchestra plays three “Brandenburg” Concertos at the Ford Amphitheatre.

July 19: The vocal quartet, Diva Complex, performs on the Cal State Summer series at Cal State Long Beach. 3 p.m.

* Beverly Hills Symphony at the Greystone Mansion, B.H.

* John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the L.A. Master Chorale in the L.A. premiere of Paul McCartney’s oratorio, “Standing Stone.”

July 21: Conductor Lawrence Foster returns to Hollywood Bowl and the L.A. Philharmonic, Igor Zhukov plays the Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev.

* More guitarists on CS Summer Arts series at Long Beach: Benjamin Verdery, Fraklin Lei, Steven Robinson and Adam Holzam.

July 23: Lawrence Foster conducts Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony at Hollywood Bowl, and accompanies soloists Anne Diener Zentner (flute) and Jerry Folsom (horn).

* The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and other soloists at Cal State Summer arts at Long Beach.

July 24-25: “Beethoven Spectacular” at Hollywood Bowl: Lawrence Foster leads the L.A. Philharmonic in a program closing with “Wellington’s Victory” and fireworks.

* Southwest Chamber Music at the Huntington Library, San Marino.

July 25: Lucinda Carver conducts the Pacific Symphony at Irvine Meadows. Aviram Reichert is piano soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23.

* Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra plays Wagner, Lutoslawski and Mendelssohn in the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.

July 26: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and conductor John Mauceri host the Flying Karamazov Brothers.

* Eric Ekstrand Ensemble at Roxbury Park, Beverly Hills. Salute to Senior Adults.

July 28: Pianist Jon Nakamatsu plays Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto with the L.A. Philharmonic in Hollywood Bowl; Marin Alsop conducts Shostakovich Fifth.

July 29: Gidon Kremer brings his chamber ensemble, Kremerata Baltica, to Hollywood Bowl.

* Opening, International Institute of Music Los Angeles 1998 Summer Festival, at the Luckman Complex, CSLA: Ensemble Oriol of Berlin & Ren Jian Shan Hai Dance Theatre.

July 30: Marin Alsop conducts the L.A. Philharmonic in a program by American composers at Hollywood Bowl.

* Young Artists International inaugurates its summer festival with a concert at the Clark Library.

July 31: “Tchaikovsky Spectacular” at Hollywood Bowl: Eri Klas conducts; soloist is pianist Natalia Troull. Also: Aug. 1.

* Los Angeles Symphonic Camerata, David Buck, conductor, at the Luckman Complex at Cal State L.A.; soloist is violinist Wen-Chun Lin.

Aug. 1-2: Conductor Jorge Mester, vocal soloists and members of the Pasadena Symphony on chamber series at Getty Center. Music by Debussy, Satie, Stravinsky, Britten.

Aug. 1: Pasadena Pops Orchestra at Descanso Gardens. 7:30 p.m.

* Jazzantiqua Dance and Music Ensemble at Ford Amphitheatre.

* International Laureates Chamber Music Festival continues: Raitt Hall at Pepperdine, Malibu.

Aug. 2: Internatonal Institute of Music festival at Luckman Complex, Cal State L.A.: L.A. Symphonic Camerata, David Buck, conductor.

Aug. 4: Stefan Sanderling conducts the L.A. Philharmonic in Hollywood bowl. Alexander Treger is violin soloist in Wieniawski’s Concerto No. 2.

* Young Artists International continues its fest, at the Luckman Complex, CSLA.

Aug. 6: Pianist Helene Grimaud plays Ravel’s Concerto in G at Hollywood Bowl; Stefan Sanderling leads the Philharmonic in Rossini’s “William Tell” Overture.

Aug. 7-8: On the Beckman Lawn at Caltech, the Pasadena Symphony, led by Jorge Mester, plays a Tchaikovsky program; Dmitri Ratser plays the Piano Concerto No. 1.

* Southwest Chamber Music offers music by the Mendelssohns (brother and sister) and the Schumanns (wife and husband) at the Huntington Library in San Marino.

Aug. 7: At the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West presents Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” Also: Aug. 9 at 2 p.m.

Aug. 8: Cliburn medalist Yakov Kasman plays Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the Pacific Symphony at Irvine Meadows.

Aug. 9: The piano trio of Christopher O’Riley, Andrew Dawes and Paul Katz appear on the Brunch series at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 11: Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Hollywood Bowl, leading the L.A. Philharmonic in a Strauss/Bruckner program, with soprano Gundula Janowitz the soloist.

Aug. 13: At Hollywood Bowl: the Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen and violinist Cho-Liang Lin give a program including works by John Adams, Brahms and Beethoven.

Aug. 14-16: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and John Mauceri present “Tango Magic” with ensembles from Argentina and fireworks.

Aug. 15: Concerto Night by the Music Academy of the West Festival Symphony at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.

Aug. 16: American String Quartet on the Brunch series at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 18: American violinist Joshua Bell plays the Sibelius Concerto with the L.A. Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen at Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 20: Salonen closes his Hollywood Bowl engagement with music by himself, Mahler and Stravinsky, played by the Philharmonic, with mezzo Lorraine Hunt the soloist.

Aug. 21-22: “The Great American Concert,” and fireworks, at Hollywood Bowl. Joining the HB Orchestra and John Mauceri are soprano Sylvia McNair and tenor Tracy Welborn.

Aug. 21: Music by Benjamin Franklin, William Grant Still, Amy Beach and Dvorak, by Southwest Chamber Music at the Huntington Library. Also: Aug. 22.

Aug. 22-23: On the Chamber Series at the Getty Center, a recital of vocal works by Henze, Ravel, Terzakis, Hawley and Debussy.

Aug. 23: “Amorous Music” by Dittersdorf and Tchaikovsky, played by the Beverly Hills Symphony at Greystone Park in Beverly Hills. 4:30 p.m.

Aug. 25: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer, at Hollywood Bowl. A Beethoven program, with piano soloist Peter Frankl.

Aug. 26: “Orchestral Virtuosity” by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, at Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 27: Jean-Yves Thibaudet is piano soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra at the Bowl. The program lists music by Dvorak, Liszt, Bartok and Kodaly.

Aug. 28: L.A. Pilgrim Men’s Chorus at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 28-29: “A Night in Old Vienna” at Hollywood Bowl. Ivan Fischer leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra; soloist is soprano Andrea Rost.

Aug. 29: Second chance: Jon Nakamatsu plays Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto, this time with the Pacific Symphony, conducted by Carl St.Clair, at Irvine Meadows.

Aug. 30: A Mozart program by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with vocal soloists, including the Requiem and the Symphony No. 34.

Sept. 1: The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri, with pianist Peter Donohoe, baritone Nathan Gunn and the L.A. Master Chorale. Excerpts from Bernstein’s “Mass,” plus “Chichester” Psalms and Gershwin’s Concerto in F.

Sept. 3: L.A. Chamber Orchestra, with conductor/pianist Jeffrey Kahane, in a Beethoven program at Hollywood Bowl.

Sept. 4-5: Lynn Redgrave and Patrick Stewart appear with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri, in “Broadway ‘98,” with fireworks.

Sept. 5: Pasadena Pops Orchestra at Descanso Gardens.

Sept. 6: Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han at the Ford Amphitheatre 10:30 a.m.

* Wagnerian soprano Jane Eaglen sings operatic arias from Hollywood films, with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, at Hollywood Bowl.

POP MUSIC

Today: Garbage, Palace.

* Billy Ray Cyrus, Charlie Daniels, others, “Amerifest Big Gig,” Empire Polo Grounds, Indio.

Today-Friday: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Pauley Pavilion.

Friday: Chris LeDoux, Peter, Paul & Mary, Mark Chestnutt, others, “Amerifest Big Gig,” Empire Polo Grounds, Indio.

* Tony Gilkyson, Cowboy Nation, McCabe’s.

* John Taylor, Coach House.

* Young Dubliners, Galaxy Theatre.

Saturday: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

* Bjork, Hollywood Palladium.

* Smash Mouth, the Posies, John Easdale, My Super Hero, Gary Busey, others, Mission Springs Park, Desert Hot Springs.

* Steve Poltz, McCabe’s.

* Randy Travis, Bryan White, others “Amerifest Big Gig,” Empire Polo Grounds, Indio.

* Third World, Gregory Isaacs, Marcia Griffiths, Shinehead, Chevelle Franklin, others, “Reggae Sunsplash World Peace Tour,” Greek Theatre.

* Untouchables, Ventura Theatre.

* The Romantics, House of Blues.

* Mayfield, Galaxy Theatre.

Sunday: LeAnn Rimes, Marty Stuart, others, “Amerifest Big Gig,” Empire Polo Grounds, Indio.

* The Mr. T Experience, Angry Samoans, Teen Idols, Lucky Strike, Troubadour.

Tuesday: Dio, Galaxy Theatre.

Wednesday: Eric Clapton, Great Western Forum.

* Cameo, Ventura Theatre.

May 28: Richard Thompson, Coach House.

* John Taylor, Club Caprice.

May 28-30: Sonic Youth, El Rey Theatre.

May 29: Eric Clapton, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

* Michael Crawford, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

* Suicidal Tendencies, Troubadour.

* Robin Trower, House of Blues.

* Digital Underground, Key Club.

* Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi, Ventura Theatre.

May 29-30: Moody Blues, Greek Theatre.

May 30: Jose Luis Rodriguez, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Slayer, Palace.

May 31: Widespread Panic, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Michael Crawford, Hollywood Bowl.

* Robin Trower, Coach House.

June 1: Robin Trower, Galaxy Theatre.

June 3: Rocket From the Crypt, El Rey Theatre.

June 5: Temptations, Four Tops, Thelma Houston, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Freddy Fender, Commander Cody, House of Blues.

* Doug Sahm, Ventura Theatre.

* Martha Davis, Key Club.

June 6: Gipsy Kings, Hollywood Bowl.

* Buckwheat Zydeco, Flaco Jimenez, House of Blues.

* Sebastian Bach, Galaxy Theatre.

June 7: Marvin Hamlisch, Theodore Bikel, others, “Tribute To Israel’s 50th Birthday,” Greek Theatre.

* Todos Tus Muertos, House of Blues.

June 8: Kraftwerk, Hollywood Palladium.

* Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh and Friends, Hootie & the Blowfish, Babyface, “Tiger Jam I,” Universal Amphitheatre.

June 10: Nick Lowe, El Rey Theatre.

* Buckwheat Zydeco, Galaxy Theatre.

June 11: Megadeth, Sevendust, Monster Magnet, Orange Pavilion.

June 12: Stylistics, Dramatics, Chi-Lites, Cuba Gooding & the Main Ingredient, Delfonics with Major Harris, Greek Theatre.

* Peter Case, McCabe’s.

* Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Galaxy Theatre.

June 12-14: Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Pantages Theatre.

June 13: Albina, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Alejandro Fernandez, Arrowhead Pond.

* Jerry Jeff Walker, House of Blues.

* John Stewart, McCabe’s.

* Sebastian Bach, Club Caprice.

June 14: War, Tierra, El Chicano, Malo, Greek Theatre.

* Air Supply, Rick Springfield, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 15: Cornershop, John Anson Ford Theatre.

* Phil Collins Big Band, Greek Theatre.

June 16: King Sunny Ade, Coach House.

* Acoustic Alchemy, Ventura Theatre.

June 19: Vonda Shepard, John Anson Ford Theatre.

* Lee Rocker, Galaxy Theatre.

June 20-21: “Mariachi USA Festival,” Hollywood Bowl.

* Acoustic Alchemy, Coach House.

June 21: Shania Twain, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

June 23: Hal Ketchum, Dale Watson, House of Blues.

June 24: Chieftains, Sinead O’Connor, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 25: Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ventura Theatre.

June 26: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Greek Theatre.

* Johnnie Taylor, Fabulous Thunderbirds, House of Blues.

* Morris Day & the Time, Ventura Theatre.

June 27: Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu, Indgo Girls, Shawn Colvin, others, “Lilith Fair,” Rose Bowl.

* Marc Anthony, Greek Theatre.

June 28: Morris Day & the Time, House of Blues.

July 1: Michael Bolton, Wynonna, Greek Theatre.

* David Lindley, David Grisman Quintet, House of Blues.

July 2: Rancid, Bad Religion, Save Ferris, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, NOFX, Specials, others, “Warped Tour,” Safari Field, Irvine.

* Tom Jones, Little Richard, Greek Theatre.

July 3: Michael Bolton, Wynonna, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

* Ani DiFranco, Bren Events Center, UC Irvine.

* Jaguares, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Ohio Players, House of Blues.

July 4: Van Halen, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.

* X, Social Distortion, Reverend Horton Heat, Cramps, Lee Rocker, Supersuckers, Big Sandy, Blasters, Paladins, others, Oak Canyon Ranch.

July 9: Leon Russell, Coach House.

July 10: Run-DMC, House of Blues.

July 10-11: Vince Gill, Restless Heart, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 11: Leon Russell, Bobby (Blue) Bland, House of Blues.

* Jeffrey Osborne, Club Caprice.

July 13-14: Pearl Jam, Great Western Forum.

July 17: Young Dubliners, House of Blues.

July 18: Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Greek Theatre.

July 22: The Other Ones, Rusted Root, Hot Tuna, “Furthur 1998,” Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

July 22-23: Chicago, Hall & Oates, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 24: Yes, Alan Parsons Live Project, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 26: Front 242, Project Pitchfork, Ventura Theatre.

July 27: Stevie Nicks, Boz Scaggs, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 31: Stevie Nicks, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

July 31-Aug. 1: “The Super Slow Jam Concert,” Greek Theatre.

Aug. 1: Freddy Fender, Ventura Theatre.

Aug. 2: The B-52’s, Pretenders, Irvine Meadows Ampitheatre.

* The Dells, the Impressions, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, Ted Mills, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 4-5: The B-52s, Pretenders, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 6: Ted Nugent, House of Blues.

Aug. 7: Julio Sabala, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Mercyful Fate, Ventura Theatre.

Aug. 8: Brian Setzer Orchestra, Greek Theatre.

* Backstreet Boys, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 11-12: James Taylor, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 13: The Doobie Brothers, House of Blues.

Aug. 13.-16: Santana, Los Lobos, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 14: The Verve, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

Aug. 15: Spice Girls, Great Western Forum.

* James Taylor, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

* Marco Antonio Solis, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 16: B.B. King, Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 17: James Taylor, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 20: Janet Jackson, Usher, Great Western Forum.

* Steve Miller, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 21: Grand Funk Railroad, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 22: Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 23: Janet Jackson, Usher, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

Aug. 27: Blues Traveler, Ben Harper, Barenaked Ladies, Alana Davis, Fastball, “H.O.R.D.E. Tour,” Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

* Jethro Tull, Galaxy Theatre.

Aug. 28: Metallica, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Jethro Tull, House of Blues.

THEATER

Through May 24: “Phantom,” Alex Theatre.

* “The Seagull,” A Noise Within.

* “What the Butler Saw,” South Coast Repertory.

Through May 31: “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” Tiffany Theatre.

* “The Thousandth Night (Monsieur Shaherazad), Stages Theatre Center.

* “Dealer’s Choice,” Mark Taper Forum.

Through June 7: “Hello Again,” Blank Theatre Co., 2nd Stage Theatre.

* “White People,” Road Theatre Co., Lankershim Arts Center.

* “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” Laguna Playhouse.

Through June 27: “The Stuff,” Hudson Theatre.

Through June 28: “Melody Jones (A Striptease in Two Acts), Theatre/Theater.

Through July 5: “Chicago, the Musical,” Ahmanson Theatre and Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Through July 12: “The Water Children,” Matrix Theatre.

Through July 17: “Yield of the Long Bond,” Matrix Theatre.

Through Aug. 26: “Backstreet,” Santa Monica Playhouse.

May 17-June 21: “The Old Settler,” Pasadena Playhouse.

May 19-31: “The King and I,” Pantages Theatre.

May 22-24: “A Piece of My Heart,” Venture West Theatre Company, on the grounds of the National Cemetery of West Los Angeles.

* “Engendered Species,” MLM Productions, Glaxa Studios.

May 22-31: “Beauty,” Highways Performance Space.

May 22-June 27: “Easy Laughter,” Theatre of Note, Peter Peter Pumpkin Theater.

May 22-June 28: “Boy Meets Girl,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

May 23: “In Between the Heartbeat,” Japan America Theatre. 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 680-3700.

May 23-June 28: “Neville’s Island,” Old Globe, Cassius Carter Centre Stage.

* “Bearing Witness,” Stella Adler Theater.

May 24-June 21: “Nora,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre.

May 26-July 11: “Eleemosynary,” Colony Studio Theatre.

May 27-30: “Additional Dialogue: An Evening With Dalton Trumbo,” L.A. Theatre Works, Doubletree Guest Suites.

May 28-June 28: “Tintypes,” Old Globe Theatre.

May 29: “An Evening With Michael Crawford in Concert,” Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre; also May 31, Hollywood Bowl.

May 29-30: Joan Ryan, Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

May 29-June 7: “Heading East,” East West Players.

May 29-June 20: “Mysteries in a Silver Box,” Indecent Exposure Theatre Co., Los Angeles Theatre Center.

May 29-June 21: “Camelot,” Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Granada Theatre.

May 29-June 27: “The Water Closet,” Zeitgeist Theatre Company, Rose Alley Theatre.

May 29-June 28: “Bordertown,” Culture Clash at San Diego Repertory.

* “Hurrah at Last,” South Coast Repertory.

May 29-July 15: “Coyote Woman,” Cast Theatre.

May 30-July 12: “Commedia,” Theatre 40.

May 31-June 28: “Guitar Lessons: The Springhill Singing Disaster,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Forum.

June 1: “Falsettos,” Musical Theatre Guild, Pasadena Playhouse.

* “A Tribute to Paul Robeson,” Robey Theatre Co., Actors’ Gang Theatre.

June 1-Aug. 3: “Writer’s Ink,” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

June 1-Sept. 28: “L.A. Connection Sitcom,” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

June 3-28: “All in the Timing,” Geffen Playhouse.

June 4-21: “A Beautiful Country,” Cornerstone Theater Co., Castelar Elementary School. 840 Yale St., Chinatown, (310) 449-1700.

June 4-July 19: “24 Hours to Midnight,” MET Theatre.

* “Adam and the Experts,” Sanford Meisner Theatre.

June 5-8: “Lorca: El Viaje,” Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

June 5-14: “Man of La Mancha,” Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

June 5-21: “Oil City Symphony,” La Mirada Theatre.

June 5-26: “The Prison Project,” Wolfskill Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center.

June 5-July 11: “A Raisin in the Sun,” Long Beach Playhouse, Studio Theatre.

June 5-July 19: “Good,” Theatre West.

June 5-Indefinitely: “Groundlings the Ride,” Groundling Theatre.

June 6-28: “Don’t Buck With Me!,” Tiffany Theater.

June 6: Andrea Marcovicci, California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

* ‘Don Juan in Hell,” Probst Center, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

* “Indiscretions,” Pacific Resident Theatre.

June 6-July 12: “I Never Sang for My Father,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

June 6-July 17: “The Good Woman of Setzuan,” Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.

June 7-July 26: “My Client’s A Lunatic,” Bitter Truth Theatre.

June 7-Sept. 20: “Romeo and Juliet,” Theatricum Botanicum.

June 8-July 8: “Evil Legacy,” Theatre 40.

June 10, 17 & 24: “Mad Chad Taylor and His Chainsaws of Death,” Acme Theatre.

June 11-14: “Most Wanted,” Collage Dance Theatre, Lincoln Heights Jail.

June 11-July 12: “Interactivity ‘98,” Interact Theatre Company.

June 12-July 4: “Once Upon a Mattress,” PCPA Theaterfest, Festival Theatre.

June 12-July 18: “Chain Of Desire,” Attic Theatre Centre.

June 12-July 18: “Skin,” Los Angeles Playhouse.

June 12-July 19: “The Next Step,” Playwrights’ Arena, Lee Strasberg Theatre.

June 13-14: “Hollywood is a State of Mind,” California Artists Radio Theatre, Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

* “6th Annual NoHo Theatre & Arts Festival,” NoHo Arts District.

June 13-June 28: “Memory Rites,” 2100 Square Feet Theater.

June 13-July 19: “The Runner Stumbles,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

June 14-Nov. 1: “I Know What You Did Last Sunday Show,” Bravo Company, Acme Comedy Theatre.

June 15-July 13: Reader’s Theatre, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

June 15-Oct. 26: “L.A. Connection’s Dramatic Improv,” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

June 16-July 23: “Steel Town,” Actors’ Gang.

June 17-June 20: “Thank You, Jeeves,” Doubletree Guest Suites.

June 18-28: Pacific Playwrights Festival, South Coast Repertory.

June 18-July 26: “Slide,” The Wilton Project, 24th Street Theatre.

June 19-21: “Call For Peace: Let the Killing Cease,” Vision Theater.

June 19-Aug. 2: “Tennessee In the Summer,” Egyptian Arena Theatre.

June 20: “Will Power!” Morgan Wixson Theater.

June 20-July 19: “Refugees,” Bitter Truth Theatre.

June 22-July 27: “The Woman in Green,” L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre.

June 23-28: “Tap Dogs,” Long Beach Terrace Theater.

* “Common Ground Festival ‘98,” A.S.K. Theater Projects, Macgowan Hall, UCLA.

June 26-July 12: “Our Town,” Hillside Theater, Occidental College.

June 26-July 18: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Kingsmen Park, California Lutheran University.

June 26-July 19: “Talley’s Folly,” International City Theater.

June 26-July 25: “Cheese,” Actors’ Gang.

June 26-July 26: “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” Alhecama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Co.

June 26-Aug. 1: “Clarice Cohen’s Tribal Tales of Love,” Eclectic Theatre Company.

June 26-Aug. 30: “Red Hat & Tales,” Playwrights’ Arena, Lee Strasberg Theatre.

June 27-Aug. 16: “The Perfect Ganesh,” Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.

July 1-Indefinitely: “ISM,” Hudson Theatre.

July 2-July 26: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” Laguna Playhouse, Moulton Theatre.

July 3-31: “Love Stories,” Wolfskill Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center.

July 3-Aug. 8: “Shame On the Moon,” Ivy Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center.

July 3-Aug. 9: “A Comedy of Errors,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

July 5-Sept. 19: “Lettice & Lovage,” Theatricum Botanicum.

July 7-12: “Chicago,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.

July 7-Aug. 2: “Chicago,” Shubert Theatre.

July 8-July 12: “Black Water, A New American Opera,” Skirball Cultural Center.

July 9-26: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Kingsmen Park, California Lutheran University.

July 10-26: “Fiddler On the Roof,” Musical Theatre West, La Mirada Theatre.

July 10-25: “Ten Little Indians,” PCPA Theaterfest, Festival Theatre. Also Marian Theatre: Aug. 1-Aug. 10.

July 10-Aug. 16: “Children of Shame,” Blue Sphere Alliance, Lex Theatre.

July 10-Aug. 23: “Wherever You Go There I Am,” Santa Monica Playhouse.

July 11-12: “The Story of Edwin Booth,” California Artists Radio Theatre, Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

July 11-19: “Julius Caesar,” Shakespeare Festival/LA, steps of Los Angeles City Hall; also July 23-Aug. 2 at South Coast Botanical Garden.

July 11-Aug. 15: “As You Like It,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

* July 11-Sept. 27: “The Cider House Rules,” Mark Taper Forum.

July 12-Aug. 9: “The Captain’s Tiger,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre.

July 11-July 25: “The King and I,” PCPA Theaterfest, Marian Theatre. Also Festival Theatre: July 31-Aug. 15.

July 14-Aug. 2: “Stomp,” Royce Hall, UCLA.

July 15-18: “Blithe Spirit,” Doubletree Guest Suites.

July 15-Aug. 2: “Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love,” East West Players.

July 16-Aug. 8: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Shakespeare Orange County, Waltmar Theatre, Chapman College.

July 16-Sept. 6: “Rattus Rattus,” Blue Sphere Alliance, Lex Theatre.

July 17-Aug. 22: “Close to Glenn,” Studio Theatre, Long Beach Playhouse.

July 19-Aug. 23: “Present Laughter,” Pasadena Playhouse.

July 22-Sept. 6: “An Enemy of the People,” Ahmanson Theatre.

July 23-Aug. 1: “The Pirates of Penzance,” Civic Auditorium, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

July 23-Aug. 2: “Julius Caesar,” Shakespeare Festival/LA, South Coast Botanical Garden.

July 23-Aug. 9: “Everyman in the Mall,” Cornerstone Theater Co. at three malls to be scheduled.

July 23-Aug. 30: “Guys and Dolls,” At the Grove.

July 24-Aug. 2: “Bye Bye Birdie,” Civic Auditorium, Probst Center, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

July 24-Aug. 8: “Hay Fever,” Hillside Theater, Occidental College.

July 25-Aug. 29: “Nixon’s Nixon,” Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Centre Stage.

July 25-Sept. 6: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

July 25-Nov. 28: “Acme Senseless,” the Acme Players, Acme Comedy Theatre.

July 26-Aug. 23: “Improbable Theatre’s 70 Hill Lane,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Forum.

July 30-Aug. 2: “Wonderful Town,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.

July 31-Sept. 6: “Curtains,” International City Theater, Long Beach City College.

Aug. 1: “Getting and Spending,” Old Globe Theatre.

Aug. 2-Sept. 20: “The Crucible,” Theatricum Botanicum.

Aug. 4-16: “Peter Pan,” Pantages Theatre.

Aug. 5-16: “Rent,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Aug. 13: “King Bob’s New Clothes & Tales From the Net,” Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

Aug. 14-Sept. 5: “Dear Liar,” Shakespeare Orange County, Waltmar Theatre, Chapman College.

Aug. 14-Sept. 19: “Twelfth Night,” Hudson Guild Theatre.

Aug. 14-Sept. 20: “Hay Fever,” Knightsbridge Theatre.

Aug. 15-30: “Much Ado About Nothing,” Grove Theater, Festival Amphitheatre.

Aug. 18-23: “Cats,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Aug. 21-Sept. 20: “The Comedy of Errors,” Pasadena Shakespeare Co., Plaza Pasadena Mall.

Aug. 21-Sept. 5: “Twelfth Night,” PCPA Theaterfest, Festival Theatre. Also Marian Theatre: Sept. 12-26.

* “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” PCPA Theaterfest, Marian Theatre. Also Sept. 12-26: Festival Theatre.

Aug. 28-Oct. 3: “Later Life,” Studio Theatre, Long Beach Playhouse.

Aug. 30-Sept. 27: “Light Up the Sky,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre.

Aug. 30-Nov. 1: “The Phantom of the Opera,” Pantages Theatre.

Sept. 4-Sept. 25: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Theatricum Botanicum.

Sept. 4-25: “The Two-Character Play,” Wolfskill Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Sept. 4-Sept. 27: “Corpse!” International City Theater, Center Theatre.

Sept. 5-Oct. 10: “Romeo and Juliet,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

Sept. 5-Oct. 25: “Gila,” Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.

CHILDREN

Through May 31: “Elmo’s Coloring Book,” Pasadena Civic Auditorium and Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

* Through May 31: “Little Red Riding Hood,” Santa Monica Playhouse.

Through June 7: “Hansel and Gretel,” Imagination Station, Morgan-Wixson Theatre, (310) 828-7519.

Through June 7: “Reader’s Theatre Project,” Los Angeles Children’s Museum.

Through June 13: “Three Tales by Hans Christian Andersen,” Encino Community Center.

Through June 14: “Pocahontas,” Riverboat Players, Newport Harbor Nautical Museum.

Through June 27: “The Little Mermaid,” Glendale Centre Theatre.

Through November: “The Enchanted Toyshop,” Bob Baker Marionette Theatre.

* “Puppetolio,” Santa Monica Puppet and Magic Center.

May 22-30: “Li’l Abner,” Musical Youth Artist Repertory Theatre, Robert A. Millikan High School Auditorium.

May 22-31: “Cafe Cornelius,” Fern Street Circus.

May 23: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Kidspace Museum, Young Shakespeareans.

May 23-June 12: “Willie Wonka,” Serendipity Theatre Co., Burbank Little Theatre.

May 29-June 14: “Pinocchio,” Lit Moon Theatre Company, Center Stage Theater.

May 29-June 7: “The Wizard of Oz,” Biola University, Sutherland Auditorium.

May 29-June 28: “The Wizard of Oz,” At the Grove.

May 30: “Kids Nature Festival,” Children’s Nature Institute, Temescal Canyon, Pacific Palisades.

May 30-31: “Phoebe’s Closet,” South Coast Repertory.

June 6: “The Nutty Detective,” Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

June 6-7: “Get on the Bus,” South Coast Repertory.

June 6-Sept. 27: “Cinderella,” Santa Monica Playhouse.

June 6-27: “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” Kelrick Productions, Jewel Box Theatre.

June 12: Bev Bos, Tom Hunter, Michael Leeman, Forum Theatre, Probst Center, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

June 12-13: “In the Village of Liver-and-Onions,” We Tell Stories, Robert Frost Auditorium.

June 13: “Celebrate Juneteenth,” Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

June 19-20: “Coppelia: The Girl With the Enamel Eyes,” Southern California Dance Theatre, Wilson High School Auditorium.

July 5: “My Hair Dryer Sings!,” California E.A.R. Unit, Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

July 6-Aug. 14: “A Festival of Arts for Children,” Hollywood Bowl.

July 9-Aug. 22: “Sleeping Beauty & the 7 Samurai,” Children’s Theater Project, Hillside Theater, Occidental College.

July 11-17: “Asian Pacific Tales,” Los Angeles Children’s Museum, East West Players.

July 11-Aug. 1: “The Legend of Pocahontas,” Kelrick Productions, Jewel Box Theatre.

July 11-Sept. 5: “The Vela Storyteller: Nailah Malik,” Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

July 12: “International Youth Folk Arts Festival,” Kultura Philippine Folk Arts, Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

July 12-Sept. 20: Peter Alsop’s 1998 Kids Koncerts, Theatricum Botanicum.

July 25: “Crazy for Dance,” Dance Kaleidoscope, Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

Aug. 1-Sept. 26: “Imagination-in-Residency,” Encino Community Center.

Aug. 8-29: “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Kelrick Productions, Jewel Box Theatre.

Aug. 9: “J.P. Nightingale’s World Tour,” Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

Aug. 22-23, 29-30: “Twelfth Night,” East L.A. Classic Theatre, Summer Nights at the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre.

Aug. 27-31: “Discord on a Silent Afternoon,” Santa Monica Playhouse.