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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.