SOCIAL CIRCUITS

Charity fund-raising events this weekend include:

* Artopia 2001, the Pasadena Art Alliance benefit, is set for tonight at 7 at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc) in Los Angeles. Tickets are $225. Call (626) 795-9276.

* Hispanics for L.A. Opera hosts its annual Tardeada Saturday at the San Marino home of Maggie and Gilbert Moret. Tickets are $65. Call (323) 723-3654.

* UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation presents Epicurean Evening 2001 on Saturday at the Pacific Palisades estate of Dennis Tito. Tickets are $1,250 per person. Call (310) 794-7643.

* The Artists’ Gala Reception to open the California Art Club’s 91st annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition at the Pasadena Historical Museum is to be held Saturday. Tickets are $85. Call (626) 577-1660, Ext. 10. The exhibition will continue through July 29.

* The San Gabriel Council of Boy Scouts of America sponsors “Wind Under Their Wings,” a celebration honoring Women of Eagle Scouts, on Saturday at the San Gabriel Country Club. Tickets are $35. Call (626) 351-8815, Ext. 248.

* The Seventh Annual Venice Garden Tour to benefit the Neighborhood Youth Assn.’s Las Doradas Children’s Center happens on Saturday. Tickets are $50. Call (310) 390-6641.

* Marna and Michael Sharpe’s gardens in the San Rafael area of Pasadena will be the setting for a garden tea and boutique to benefit Elizabeth House, a refuge for pregnant women and their children. Tickets are $50. Call (626) 792-2790.

* Lawrence C. Barth, Pamela Pilcher and Lawrence P. Wilson will be honored at this year’s “Big Night Out,” an evening of dining and entertainment in 20 unique venues to benefit AIDS Service Center, on Saturday. Tickets are $150 and $200. Call (626) 441-8495, Ext. 244.

* Para Los Ninos Los Amigos Council hosts its fifth annual Cinco de Mayo celebration at Cava in West Hollywood on Saturday to benefit Para Los Nin os, an inner-city family service agency. Tickets are $250. Call (213) 623-8446, Ext. 573.

* The 11th annual “Divas: Simply Divas” to support Project Angel Food and Caring for Babies With AIDS will be staged at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Saturday. Tickets range from $35 to $250. Call (213) 673-7127.