AROUND TOWN - Dec. 3, 1999

BEST BET: The “Winter Wonderland Festival of Trees” previews from 3 to

5 p.m. on Sunday at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center, 1509 Wilson

Terrace. This fund-raising event for underprivileged children will

feature ten professionally decorated Christmas trees. A drawing to win

one of the trees will be held. This free celebration will feature

entertainment and refreshments. A book of five tickets for the drawing is

$25. For more information, call 409-8055. Pictured are Monique Maninang,

Grace Carvajal, Joyce Kim and Arpy Gharibian.

TODAY

The Montrose-Verdugo Chamber of Commerce will hold its Holiday Walk

Mixer from 6 to 8 p.m. along Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. Check in at

White’s Art Store & Gallery at 2430 Honolulu Ave. Bring a $10 unwrapped

toy and receive a free raffle ticket. Each toy will be donated to the

Crescenta Valley Briggs Sheriff’s Station. Refreshments will be served.

Donations are $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers.

The Verdugo Hills Art Assn. will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m.

in the Community Room of California Federal Bank, 2350 Honolulu Ave. in

Montrose. Guest artist Karl Dempwolf will give a slide show on the

history of Early California Plein Air Impressionists. Admission is $2.

For more information, call 249-5684.

Glendale Community College will host the “Faculty/Alumni Dance

Performance 99” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at

the Mainstage Auditorium, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. Sponsored by the Glendale

College Dance Department, the program is directed by Lynn McMurrey.

Admission is free. For more information, call 240-1000.

The Jazz Ensemble of Hoover High School will perform at 7 p.m. at

Hoover High Auditorium, 651 Glenwood Road. Six groups will perform,

including the Studio Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Band. The Period Six

Jazz Combo will showcase music from the Brian Setzer Orchestra and The

Squirrel Nut Zippers. Admission is $1. Everyone is welcome. Call 242-6801

for complete program and upcoming events.

The Greater Los Angeles Woodworking Show runs from noon to 7 p.m.

today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The

show will be at buildings 5 and 8 at the Fairplex at White & McKinley

avenues in Pomona. Several area woodworking clubs will be represented,

including the Glendale Woodturners, who will feature everything from

napkin holders to furniture. Eight special woodworking seminars will be

held. The cost of each 3-hour seminar is $55 and advanced registration is

required. Admission for the show is $8 for adults and free for children

12 and under. For more information, call (800) 826-8257.

A free stroke support group is offered from 2 to 3 p.m. the first and

third Friday of each month at Glendale Memorial Hospital, 1420 S. Central

Ave. For more information, call 502-1900, ext. 4787.

SATURDAY

The 23rd Annual Montrose Christmas Parade rolls at 6:30 p.m. on

Honolulu Ave. in Montrose. The parade will include marching bands from

middle, junior and senior high schools, equestrian units, celebrities and

dignitaries. For more information, call 957-1901.

The Kids 4 Kids Toy Drive ’99 will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. at the

Glendale Galleria. Arjay Smith from the Nickelodeon show “The Journey of

Allen Strange” hosts the event, which will benefit Childhelp USA. The

toys and gifts collected at the Galleria will be donated to the Village

of Childhelp West, a residential treatment center for abused children.

Other celebrities include Nicole Saletta from “7th Heaven,” Ashley

Monique Clark from “The Hughleys,” Kyle Gibson from “Get Real” and Vernee

Watson-Johnson from “Sister Sister.” For more information, call 240-9481.

The Glendale Public Library presents “Happy, Happy Kwanzaa” from 2 to

3 p.m. in the Children’s Room, 222 E. Harvard St. Special guest artist

Bunny Hull will host and there will be a selection of holiday music and

crafts. Admission is free and all materials will be provided. For more

information, call 548-2035.

The Glendale Community College Singers will entertain symphony patrons

at 6:45 p.m. in the forecourt of The Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd.

Directed by Dr. Peter Green, the singers will perform traditional holiday

carols accompanied by Chie Nagatani on piano. Admission is free and

everyone is welcome. For more information, call 500-8720.

“Heavenly Music,” the first concert of the Glendale Symphony

Orchestra’s “Music for the Millennium” series, will be held at 8 p.m. at

The Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd. The program includes Handel’s

Sinfonia from “Messiah,” Mozart’s “Concerto for Flute and Harp” and

Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3.” Sheridon Stokes and Marcia Dickstein will

be featured on flute and harp. Tickets are on sale at the Box Office or

by calling Telecharge at (800) 233-3123. For more information, call

500-8720.

Harpist and vocalist Bonnie Mohr is featured at the 9:30 a.m. Women’s

Advent Brunch in the Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church, 4441 La

Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta. All women are welcome. Tickets are $8 and

available through Dec. 1 at the church or by calling 249-5832.

ENCORE, an Institute for Learning in Retirement, will host an open

house from 11 a.m. to noon at Glendale Community College, Life Sills

Building, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. The event will introduce older adults and

retirees to an environment where they can explore ideas and meet new

friends. Residents of Glendale and the surrounding area are welcome.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 243-5196.

The Glendale Loquations Toastmasters meet at 9:30 a.m. on the first

and third Saturday of each month at Egger Hall, 2146 E. Chevy Chase

Drive. For more information, call (800) 9WE-SPEAK or visit the Web site

at www.toastmasters.org.

Aglow International will meet at 9 a.m. at the Heritage House, the

Blue Room, 401 E. Colorado Blvd. A continental breakfast will be served

for $5. The Ladies of the Walter Hoving Home will speak.

The Far East Holistic Health Care Center will host a seminar on the

“Anti-Aging Process: Alternative Medicines and Methods Towards Curing

Health Disorders” from 10 a.m. to noon at 1030 S. Glendale Ave., No. 401.

Seminar is $10 and first-timers are free. Advance reservations are

required. For more information, call 956-0300.

SUNDAY

“A Holiday Cabaret” returns at 3 p.m. Sunday to The Alex Theatre, 216

N. Brand Blvd. Cabaret performers ring in the season to benefit LA’s

BEST, an after-school enrichment program for children with few resources.

Contributing their time and talent will be George Ball, Karen Benjamin,

Bill Hutton, Dale Kristien, Amanda McBroom and many more. Tickets are $20

and can be purchased at The Alex, Hollywood Sheet Music or by calling

Telecharge at (800) 233-3123. Call (323) 651-1049 for a special $50

package which includes a post-show reception with cast members and a

signed CD.

The Story Lady will host a holiday reading at 1 p.m. at Once Upon A

Time, 2284 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose. Kids 4 and up will hear “The

Gingerbread Baby” by Jan Brett and create gingerbread crafts following

the story. For more information, call 248-9668.

The Towne Singers perform traditional Christmas songs at 4:30 p.m. at

the Lanterman Theater, 4490 Cornishon Blvd., La Canada Flintridge. A

survey will be taken of the audience as to the top 20 songs of the 20th

century. Mail your favorites to Towne Singers, 888 Flintridge Ave., La

Canada Flintridge, CA 91011. Tickets are $10 at the door or by calling

(800) 518-7214.

The Glendale Chapter of Aglow International Fellowship will meet at 9

a.m. at the Heritage House, 401 E. Colorado Blvd. A continental breakfast

will be served for $5. Bring a Christmas teddy bear for the Glendale

Police Department. For more information, call 845-3096.

To list an event, send complete information, including any available

photos, to JENNA BORDELON at Around Town, c/o Glendale News--Press, P.O.

Box 991, Glendale, CA 91209, or fax to 241-1975, or by phone at 627-3242.