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Music

* Organist Ladd Thomas plays music by Bach, Scheidt and Richard Arnell at St. Michael & All Angels Church, 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. 8 tonight. $10. Part of the Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar. (949) 760-7887.

Pop/Rock

* X Used, Switch and the Rattlesnakes play at Linda’s Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim. 9 tonight. Free. (714) 533-1286.

Jazz/Blues

* The Arlene & the Guys Big Band plays at Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. 8 tonight. Two-item minimum. (714) 871-8800.

* Brian Barrett plays at Sid’s, 445 N. Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. 9 tonight. Free. (949) 650-7427.

* The Hotheads play at the Sandpiper, 1183 S. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. 9:30 tonight. Free. (949) 494-4694.

Country/Folk

* Jeff Pearson sings at the Crazy Horse Steak House, 1580 Brookhollow Drive, Santa Ana. 8 tonight. $15. (714) 549-1512.

Theater

* Fullerton College’s Resident Theatre Company presents its fourth annual Director’s Festival, one-act plays by Christopher Durang, Tina Howe, David Ives, Edward Mast, Angela Akins and William Steedman, at the Bronwyn Dodson Theatre, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton. 8 tonight. $10. Through Saturday. (714) 992-7433.

Art

* “Family,” photography by Denise DiSalvo, continues through July 14, and paintings by Herbert Brill are on view through Dec. 15, at the UC Irvine Student Center galleries, Campus Drive and Pereira Road, UCI. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. today. Free. (949) 824-5588.

* “Pursuing New Frontiers: California Volunteers in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines,” photographs, documents, newspaper clips, maps and artifacts, continues through July 17 at the Old Courthouse Museum, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today. Free. (714) 834-3703.

* “The Fascination of Photography,” work by members of the Vietnamese Artistic Photography Assn., is on view through Aug. 10 at the Cal State Fullerton Library Atrium Gallery, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. today. Free. (714) 278-4851.

Children

* Children 4 to 6 go on a Reptile Search at the Oak Canyon Nature Center, 6700 E. Walnut Canyon Road, Anaheim Hills. 1 p.m. $3. (714) 998-8380.

* The Wonder World Puppets present “Dragons, Ogres and Beasts, Oh My!” at the Mary Wilson Library, 707 Electric Ave., Seal Beach. 3:30 p.m. Free. (714) 840-6759.

Looking Ahead

* Kirk Whalum, Peter White, Marc Antoine, Everett Harp and the Scott Wilkie Band play Wednesday at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. 8 p.m. $29.50-$31.50. (949) 496-8930.

* Performances of “Mary, Mary,” by Jean Kerr, begin Thursday at the Vanguard Theatre, 699 S. State College Blvd., Fullerton. 8 p.m. $7 for Thursday preview. Opens Friday. Through July 24. (714) 526-8007.

* Katia Maraes & the Samba Guru Brazil Band plays Saturday at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 31522 Camino Capistrano. 6:30 p.m. $8-$10. (949) 248-2048.

Nibbles and Bits

* Laguna Playhouse will record an original cast album of its production of the Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler musical “Gunmetal Blues” during performances Thursday through Sunday at the Moulton Theater in Laguna Beach. The comedy homage to film-noir detective stories features Andrew Barnicle, Tracy Lore and Jeffrey Rockwell in the story of a has-been piano player, a down-on-his-luck gumshoe and a troublesome blond bombshell in a murder mystery musical in the style of Raymond Chandler. The CD will be produced by Ronda and Kim Espy of Bob-a-Lew Music. For ticket information, call (949) 497-2787.

* The William Hall Master Chorale will open its 1999-2000 season with a program of “Twentieth Century Romantics” on Oct. 24 in Newport Beach.

The program will include Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor and Maurice Durufle’s Requiem. Soloists will include mezzo-soprano Debbie Cree-Smith and baritone Robin Buck. Ladd Thomas will play the organ.

The performance will begin at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach.

The season will continue Dec. 12 with a holiday program at 7:30 p.m. at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

It will be followed in the new year by “Voices of the Millennium” on March 26 at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s, and a Broadway program with Carol Burnett and Frederica von Stade on June 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. at the Costa Mesa center.

Season tickets: $51 to $137. Prices for single tickets will be announced. (714) 556-6262.

--Compiled by Ken Williams