TODAY’S CALENDAR: OUT AND ABOUT IN ORANGE COUNTY

MAIN ATTRACTIONS

FRESH AIR

Air Supply plays at the Crazy Horse Steak House, 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine. 6:30 and 9:15 p.m. $15-$38. (949) 585-9000.

CHINESE DANCE

Alice Lo performs traditional Chinese dance at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. 10:30 a.m. Free. Presented by the Bowers Docent Guild. (714) 971-8025.

MESMERIZER

Comic hypnotist Flip Orley performs at the Brea Improv, 945 E. Birch St. 8:30 p.m. $10. Also Thursday, 8:30 p.m. $10; Friday, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. $12; Saturday, 8 and 10:30 p.m. $12; Sunday, 8 p.m. $10. (714) 529-7878.

DEEP THOUGHTS

Socrates Cafe, a forum for amateur philosophers to meet and discuss issues, is at Natale Coffee, 27020 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel. 7 p.m. (949) 448-7921.

CLOWNING AROUND

Circus Vargas is at the Anaheim Indoor Marketplace, Anaheim Boulevard and Cerritos Avenue. 5 and 7:30 p.m. $5-$24. Also Thursday-Friday, 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30, 3 and 5:30 p.m. (714) 799-0771.

THEATER

“The Beginning of August,” Tom Donaghy’s exploration of the American family in transition, in which a mother who abandons her husband and baby is replaced by a band of odd but earnest strangers who help the struggling father with the domestic duties, continues through Sunday at South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 7:45 p.m. $26-$45. (714) 708-5555.

Laguna Playhouse offers a preview of “Gun-Shy,” a comedy by Richard Dresser about two couples passing time and barbs while snowbound in a New England home, at the Moulton Theater, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. 8 p.m. $21. Opens Thursday. 8 p.m. $31-$41. Through June 25.(949) 497-2787.

“West Side Story,” the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical of star-crossed lovers and rival gangs in 1950s New York, continues at Elizabeth Howard’s Curtain Call Dinner Theater, 690 El Camino Real, Tustin. 6:15 p.m. $28.95-$38.95. (714) 838-1540.

JAZZ & BLUES

Les Czimber plays at the Orange Hill restaurant, 6410 E. Chapman Ave., Orange. 7 p.m. (714) 997-5163.

Darby sings at the Cedar Creek Inn, 401 Wildcat Way, Brea. 7 p.m. (714) 255-5600.

The James Exchange plays at Bistango, 19100 Von Karman Ave., Irvine. 7:30 p.m. (949) 752-5222.

Mike Le Van, Evan Stone and Jotty Johnson play at the Cat and the Custard Cup, 800 E. Whittier Blvd., La Habra. 7:30 p.m. (562) 694-3812.

2,000 Lbs. of Blues plays at the Renaissance Dana Point, 24701 Del Prado. 8 p.m. (949) 661-6003.

Ivan Marcelo plays at Romeo Cucina, 28241 Crown Valley Parkway, Laguna Niguel. 8 p.m. (949) 831-4131.

The Edmund Velasco Quintet plays at Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. 8 p.m. (714) 871-8800.

POP & ROCK

The Frank Falupe Trio plays at the Lab, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 6 p.m. (714) 960-6660.

Jasso & Garcia play at the Marine Room, 214 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach. 9 p.m. (949) 494-3027.

Bandidos de Amor plays at Carmelo’s Ristorante, 3520 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. 9 p.m. (949) 675-1922.

Phil Shane plays at the Fling Lounge, 2370 N. Tustin Ave., Santa Ana. 9 p.m. (714) 834-9872.

Jay Buchanan and Square play at Linda’s Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim. 9 p.m. $5. (714) 533-1286.

Otis Brown sings at the Newport Marriott View Lounge, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 8:30 p.m. (949) 640-4000.

Derek Bordeaux plays at Spaghettini, 3005 Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach. 7:30 p.m. (562) 596-2199.

Nikki Smart plays at the Studio Cafe, 100 Main St., Newport Beach. 9 p.m. (949) 675-7760.

COUNTRY

Kevin Banford & the Bakersfield Boys play the Swallow’s Inn, 31786 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. 7:30 p.m. (949) 493-3188.

LECTURES & CLASSES

Jane Howard Guernsey presents “The Lady Cornaro: Pride of Venice,” about the first woman to earn a university degree, at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Noon. Free. (949) 717-3801.

David Gabbe leads a two-part cooking class on wraps at Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate School, 21931 Aldea. 6 p.m. $40. Continues Tuesday. Reservations: (949) 768-0981.

Deborah Madison presents a cooking class, “This Can’t Be Tofu (but It Is!),” at Sur la Table, Corona del Mar Plaza, 832 Avocado Ave. 6:30 p.m. $55. Reservations: (949) 640-0200.

Mission San Juan Capistrano coordinator Alana Jolley discusses the Mission’s new Millennium Exhibit, featuring historic artifacts from 1820-1900. 31522 Camino Capistrano. 7 p.m. Free. (949) 248-8121.

Larry Weskrantz of Oxford University’s department of experimental psychology speaks on “Memory Without Remembering and Vision Without Seeing” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. 7:30 p.m. For free tickets, call (949) 824-4275.

EVENTS

The UC Irvine Rachel Long Morgan Women’s Opportunity Center holds its 10th annual Amelia Earhart Awards Luncheon at the Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach. 11 a.m. $100. (949) 824-7128.

The Huntington Beach Christian Women’s Club presents a seminar on “Wedding Fashions” with speakers Jessica McClintock and Reidun Gesswein and music by Gloria Haslam at Los Caballeros Sports Village ballroom, 17272 Newhope St., Fountain Valley. 11:15 a.m. $14, includes lunch. Reservations: (714) 846-8949 or (714) 968-2847.

ART OPENING

“Master’s Pieces,” paintings and photographs by local artists, opens at the Anaheim Museum, 241 S. Anaheim Blvd. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through July 8. (714) 778-3301.

EXHIBIT

“Hadrosaur, Dinosaur of Orange County,” hadrosaur fossils--including the most recently discovered find from the Santa Ana Mountains--as well as other rare dinosaur fossils from Orange County, continues at the Orange County Natural History Museum, 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (949) 831-3287.

FOR CHILDREN

Memorial Day flower workshops for all ages are at the Discovery Museum of Orange County, 3101 W. Harvard St., Santa Ana. 1-5 p.m. Free with museum admission, $4-$5. Through Sunday. (714) 540-0404.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

William A. Gordon will discuss how to get published and sign “The Quotable Writer” at Barnes & Noble in Metro Pointe, 901 S. Coast Drive, Costa Mesa. 7 p.m. (714) 444-0226.

Serita Stevens, author of the Fanny Zindel mystery series, will speak at the Rancho Santa Margarita Library, 30902 La Promesa, Rancho Santa Margarita. 7 p.m.

Young-adult author Michael Cart discusses his work at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. 7 p.m. Free. (949) 717-3801.

GARDENING

John Bishop presents “Plant Your Own Fuchsia Basket” at Sherman Library & Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. 9:30 a.m. $40. Reservations: (949) 673-2261.

SINGLES

49 & Holding holds T.G.I.W. mixers at the Wind and Sea Hotel, 34699 Street of the Golden Lantern, Dana Point and at Applebee’s, 18279 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley. 5 p.m. (714) 730-1115.

Irvine Super Singles sponsors a mixer at 18912 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. 5 p.m. (714) 842-5022.

Join singles from Life Begins at Forty for dinner at El Dorado restaurant, 3014 Studebaker Road, Long Beach. 7 p.m. (714) 638-9146.

SENIORS

A rummage sale takes place at the Orange Senior Center, 170 Olive St., Orange. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Also Thursday and Friday. (714) 538-9633 .

Senior men and women are invited to play volleyball at the Anaheim Downtown Center Youth Gymnasium. 8:30-10:30 a.m. (714) 765-4510.

Golf for those older than 50 is offered at the Brea Golf Center, 501 W. Fir St. 8:30 a.m. $8.75. (949) 588-0917.

Line dancing takes place at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. $3.50. (949) 470-3062.

Line dancing takes place at the San Clemente Senior Center, 242 Avenida del Mar. 9 a.m. $4. (949) 498-3322.

“What Brought You to the Senior Center” is the topic of this week’s discussion group at the Orange Senior Center, 170 S. Olive St. 10:30 a.m. Free. (714) 538-0723.

Pianist Grace Crow performs at the Cypress Senior Center, 9031 Grindlay St. 11:15 a.m. $2-$4. (714) 229-2007.

“The Lone Ranger” (1956), starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, will screen at the Cypress Senior Center, 9031 Grindlay St. 12:45 p.m. Also Friday. Free. (714) 229-2005.

LOOKING AHEAD

THURSDAY

Charlie Daniels plays at the Crazy Horse Steak House, 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine. 6:30 and 9:15 p.m. $15-$42. (949) 585-9000.

FRIDAY

Comedians Bill Maher and Richard Lewis perform at the Sun Theatre, 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. 8:30 p.m. $29.50. (714) 712-2700.

SATURDAY

The South Coast Storytellers Guild holds its annual Memorial Day Camping Concert at O’Neill Regional Park, 30892 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon. There will be storytelling and folk music around the campfire beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the guild will provide skewers and marshmallows for toasting. Admission is free. $4 for parking. $12 for overnight camping. (949) 855-4484.

If you have an event you would like listed here, send information at least 10 days in advance to Ken Williams, Orange County Calendar, Los Angeles Times, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Fax: (714) 966-7790. E-mail: occalendar@latimes.com.