BEST BETS Saturday 8/18

5pm

Theater

“Travelin’ Light” is a program of eight, 10-minute plays from members of New Voices Playwrights Workshop, all concerning the thrills and spills of vacationing. In one of the pieces, a young man on holiday in England starts to believe he is Hamlet.* “Travelin’ Light,” co-produced by the Chance Theater and New Voices Playwrights Workshop, Chance Theater, 5576 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills. Saturdays and Sundays, 5 p.m. $10 to $13. (714) 821-6903 or www.chancetheater.com.

11am-4pm

Art

Finding the answers to life’s problems in self-help and guidance materials is a subject artists Stephen Anderson and Michael Diebner explore in “Crutch.” The art exhibition is an interactive, multimedia environment that includes audio, video and sculptural elements. The crutch is used as a symbol of society’s reliance on commercial products to lead normal lives.* “Crutch,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana. Gallery hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Ends Aug. 26. (714) 667-1517.

9pm

Pop Music

Guitarist Mike Eldred has been in front of local audiences for years while working with bassist Lee Rocker’s band, Big Blue. He also displays his guitar hero influences that run from Scotty Moore to Jimi Hendrix with his own Mike Eldred Trio, which features drummer Jerry Angel and former Blasters bassist John Bazz. They’ll play the Rose Terrace outside the House of Blues in Anaheim on Saturday.* The Mike Eldred Trio, House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim. 9 p.m. $5. (714) 778-2583.