BEST BETS Saturday 6/10
FULLERTON
Noon-11:30pm
Dancing
Can you shake that moneymaker on the dance floor? Maybe, but if you want to see some real dancing, the Titan Student Union at Cal Sate Fullerton is the place to be. Members of the Orange County Chapter’s United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Assn. will compete in the Western Regional DanceSport Championships. Dancers of all skill levels and ages will compete in a variety of styles, including salsa. You can also catch the professional showcase, featuring International Latin Dancers Chris Beroiz and Kristy Rivers.
* Western Regional DanceSport Championships, Cal State Fullerton, Titan Student Union, 800 N. State College Blvd. Noon-11:30 p.m. Day session admission $15; evening session, $25. (714) 898-1773.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
All day
Family
The fifth annual Flower and Garden Festival at Mission San Juan Capistrano has more to offer than the sweet scent of flowers. The festival features garden lecturers, plant vendors and activities for the kids. Children can pan for gold, get their faces painted and paint flowers. If that is not enough to occupy them, balloon artists, snow cones and a children’s garden should keep them busy. Some nonflower festivities planned for the weekend include a live presentation of birds of prey, a historical fashion show and demonstrations of weaving, spinning and basket making.
* Flower and Garden Festival, Mission San Juan Capistrano, 31522 Camino Capistrano. Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-$6. (949) 248-2048.
IRVINE
7pm
Film
Two very different expressions of human longing conclude the Latin American Film Festival at UC Irvine. The feature presentation, Marisa Sistach and Jose Buil’s “El cometa” (“The Comet”), concerns a young woman in revolution-era Mexico who joins the cause of rebel Francisco Madero after her father is arrested for printing articles against current dictator Porfirio Diaz. Preceding it is Carlos Salces’ short film, “En el espejo del cielo” (“In the Mirror of the Sky”), about a peasant boy who sees an airplane reflected in a small pool of water and fantasizes about catching it with his hands.
* “El cometa” (“The Comet”), “En el espejo del cielo” (“In the Mirror of the Sky”), UC Irvine, Humanities Instructional Building 100. 7 p.m. $5. (949) 824-7418.
IRVINE
8pm
Pop Music
Texas alt-country singer-songwriter Jack Ingram has followed his critically acclaimed 1997 major-label debut album “Livin’ or Dyin’ ” with “Hey You,” for which the good notices have continued. Ingram brings his Beat Up Ford Band to the Crazy Horse.
* Jack Ingram, Crazy Horse Steak House, 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine. 8 p.m. $6. (949) 585-9000.