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TODAY

The Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show will be from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. at the Hilton Burbank Airport & Convention Center, 2500

Hollywood Way, Burbank. The show will continue on Sunday. Admission

is $15 daily and $25 for a two-day admission. For more information,

call (818) 683-4203 or visit www.burbankairporthilton.com.

A Summer Music Series continues with Hoover High School Jazz Combo

from 2 to 5 p.m. and Marc Bosserman from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Glendale

Marketplace shopping center on Brand Boulevard between Colorado

Street and Broadway. Admission is free. The series will continue

through Sept. 25.

Pasadena Junior Theatre presents Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” at

7 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Sunday in Scott Hall on the Holliston Church

grounds, 1305 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. The company is a nonprofit

children’s theater. Local residents performing are Robert Lewis and

Christine Lyon, both of La Crescenta. Additional performances are 7

p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Aug. 6 and 4 p.m. Aug. 7. Tickets range from $8

to $14. For more information, call (626) 577-5922.

The Music at the Pacific concert series, sponsored by the city of

Glendale, has planned a free children’s concert featuring “Slouch in

the Couch” beginning at 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pacific Park Community

Center, 501 S. Pacific Ave., Glendale. The event will offer carnival

games, face-painting, balloon sculpting for a small fee. Jamba Juice

will be providing free smoothies. Pat and Oscar’s will be handing out

breadsticks, beach balls and Frisbees. Spectators are encouraged to

bring picnic dinner and lawn chairs or blankets for seating. For more

information, call (818) 548-4098.

Foothill Summer Theatre presents the Stephen Sondheim musical

“Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at 8 p.m. tonight

and 2 p.m. Sunday at La Canada High School, 4463 Oak Grove Drive, La

Canada Flintridge. Unjust treatment at the hands of the law leads a

barber to murder in this musical thriller. Additional performances

are at 8 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5 and 2 p.m. Aug. 6. Tickets range from $15

to $20 with a special $7 ticket price available at the box office for

the Aug. 4 performance with a student identification. For more

information, call (818) 790-6515.

Jax Bar & Grill has live entertainment every night of the week.

Tonight it’s LA Jones. The schedule for the week is Mason Casey,

Sunday; Alexandra Caselli, Monday; J.C. Spire, Tuesday, Bill Wysaske,

Wednesday; Jack Sheldon, Thursday; and Karen Hernandez, Friday. Hours

are 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 8 p.m. to midnight Sundays. Jax is at 339

N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. For more information, call 500-1604.

SUNDAY

“Revolutions,” a free exhibit that features the artists behind the

images synonymous with identifying the pop culture of the 1960s and

into the new millennium, opens at Forest Lawn Museum, 1712 S.

Glendale Ave., Glendale. More than 20 artists have loaned more than

100 Items in the collection, which includes Michael Doret’s Kiss CD

covers, Robert Grossman’s Angel Elvis, and Guy Webster’s prolific

works of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin. For more information, call (800)

204-3131 or log on to www.ForestLawn.com.

The Summer Music Series continues with Brooke Ramel from 1 to 4

p.m. at the Glendale Marketplace shopping center, on Brand Boulevard

between Colorado Street and Broadway. Admission is free. The series

will continue through Sept. 25.

TUESDAY

Glendale resident Kanya Bugreyev’s art exhibit, “White Magnolias &

Other Forms of Beauty,” opens today at Whites Gallery, 2414 Honolulu

Ave., Montrose. She paints impressionistic oil paintings. Her work

has earned her three gold medals from the California Art Club. A

reception for the artist is from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 12. The show ends

Aug. 31. For more information, call (818) 957-4071.

Jimmy Spencer and Karen Hernandez of Burbank celebrate the release

of their new CD, “Shades of Blue,” a compilation of jazz and blues,

from 8 p.m. to midnight at Charlie O’s Jazz Club, 13725 Victory

Blvd., Van Nuys. For reservations, call (818) 994-3058.

WEDNESDAY

Dance Under the Stars, a weekly dance set to swing and big band

music played by the Verdugo Swing Society, continues from 6:30 to 9

p.m. each Wednesday at the south end of Verdugo Park, 1621 Canada

Blvd., Glendale. Bring a dinner and eat at the outdoor picnic

pavilion. Admission if free. For more information, call (818)

548-3798. The series ends Aug. 17.

THURSDAY

Downtown Burbank “Swingin’ Sounds from Downtown” continues with

The Jazz on the Latin Side All-Stars. Dance lessons begin at 6 p.m.

followed by the concert from 7 to 9 p.m. in the AMC Plaza at San

Fernando Boulevard and Palm Avenue. Other Latin groups scheduled are

Aug. 11, Johnny Polanco Y Su Conjunto Amistad; Aug. 18, The Jumpin’

Joz Band; and Aug. 25, Rickey Woodard. For information, check the

website at www.downtown-burbank.org.

FRIDAY

Watercolor, ceramics and collage are blended in this month’s

exhibit at the Burbank Creative Arts Center Gallery, 1100 W. Clark

Ave., Burbank. Lynn Gadal is showing her watercolors while Roger

Cupples exhibits his sculptural ceramics and Nancy Goodman Lawrence

displays her collages. The artists’ reception is from 7 to 9 p.m.

tonight. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday,

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and for Saturday hours, call the gallery at

(818) 238-5397. The show ends Aug. 25.

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