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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

8pm

Pop Music

So Shawn Colvin’s contributions to “The Simpsons” and to Sting’s song in “The Emperor’s New Groove” aren’t enough to tide you over until the March 27 release of her first album of new material since 1996? Well, there’s a good chance you can get a taste of that music when the singer-songwriter comes to the Coach House.

* Shawn Colvin, Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. With Brooke Ramel. 8 p.m. $26.50 to $28.50. (949) 496-8927.

SANTA ANA

4pm

Family

Guest lecturer Chuck Donaldson, a former member of the crew that worked around the world tracking the Apollo rocket missions to the moon, will present a multimedia presentation at the Discovery Science Center that includes a candid look at a day-in-the-life of the tracking crew.

* “Tracking the Space Race,” Discovery Science Center, 2500 N. Main St., Santa Ana. With Chuck Donaldson, 4 p.m. Daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50 to $9.50. (714) 542-CUBE (2823).