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TODAY

Norman Krasna’s romantic comedy “John Loves Mary” opens at 8 p.m.

today at the Glendale Centre Theatre, 324 N. Orange St., Glendale.

Tickets range from $16 to $19. For reservations, call (818) 244-8481.

THURSDAY

Renaissance Academy’s Talent Show is at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30

p.m., at the Lanterman Auditorium, 4491 Cornishon Ave., La Canada

Flintridge. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. For information, call

(818) 952-3055.

SUNDAY

The Glendale Community Concert Assn. presents the Towne Singers,

La Canada Flintridge’s 100-voice theatrical chorus, at 2:30 p.m. at

the Glendale High School Auditorium, 1440 E. Broadway, Glendale.

Tickets are $10 at the door. Titled “Our Towne,” the program

selections were chosen in preparation for the group’s upcoming

performance tour of the British Isles. Songs to be performed include

Manhattan Transfer’s arrangement of “Java Jive” and a jazz-tinged

version of “I’m Beginning to See the Light” performed by the group’s

Chamber Ensemble. Sean Boulware is the conductor. For more

information, visit www.townesingers.com or call Doug Morseburg at

(626) 797-1023.

Guitarist and vocalist Kathryn Grimm hosts an all-star jam from 6

to 10 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the Big Fish Bar, 5230

San Fernando Road, Glendale. Artists wishing to sit in should contact

Grimm at grimmmusic@yahoo.com. For information, call (818) 244-6442.