AROUND TOWN - Jan. 9, 2007

TODAY

Glendale Community College holds a career fair for insurance job seekers from 9 a.m. to noon at the Verdugo Jobs Center, 1255 S. Central Ave., Glendale. Representatives from insurance companies will discuss job opportunities. For more information, call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5484 or Pat Gallagher of the Verdugo Jobs Center at (818) 409-0476, ext. 7314.

Glendale Community College presents a parent education program from 9 a.m. to noon at the Church of Religious Science, 4845 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta. Classes for parents with triplets or more meet Tuesdays. For more information, call (818) 243-5196.

The Glendale Religious Leaders will have their monthly luncheon at noon at the United Methodist Church in Carlson Fellowship hall, 130 N. Kenwood St., Glendale. The Glendale Fire Dept. will speak about community disaster preparedness. For more information, call (818) 207-3490.

The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club presents Art Cobery’s “Flood History of California” at 7:30 p.m. at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga. For more information, call Wayne Fisher at (818) 353-4181.

The Scene Bar presents bands The Front, Fireworks Apart, The Secret Stolen and The She He He’s at 9 p.m. at 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale. For more information, visit www.thescenebar.com.

WEDNESDAY

The MOMS Club of the Foothills meets at 10 a.m. at St. Luke’s Church, 2563 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta. Representatives from local preschools will talk about different philosophies, typical days and enrollment procedures. For more information, call (323) 496-0844.

The Foothill Autism Alliance, Inc. presents a relationship development intervention parent-based clinical treatment with networking from 7 to 7:30 p.m. and featured speakers from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Child Development Associates, 620 N. Lake Ave., second floor, Pasadena. For more information, call (818) 507-4445.

The Scene Bar presents the band Wait Think Fast at 9 p.m. at 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale. For more information, visit www.thescenebar.com.

THURSDAY

The Scene Bar presents Lux & Ruby’s Burlesque a-Go-Go with The New Hotness and Yes Me To Death at 9 p.m. at 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale. The cost is $8 at the door. For more information, visit www.thescenebar.com.

JAN. 12

Glendale Community College presents a class for parents with infants from birth to 6 months old from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. at the Life Skills Building on main campus near Mountain Street, 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale. Parents may bring their infants to learn development, nutrition, sleep patterns, exercise infant CPR and more. For more information, call (818) 243-5196.

“Puccini Live!” featuring soprano Lindsay Feldmeth accompanied on the piano by Franz Moser begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. Tickets are $12. For reservations, call (310) 227-4418.

JAN. 13

An opera talk will take place at 2 p.m. at the Brand Library & Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. Los Angeles Opera Speaker Bureau member Steve Kohn will speak about “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” by Kurt Weill. For more information, call (818) 548-2051.

Author and Glendale/La Crescenta resident Matthew Scott Hansen will read and sign his suspense thriller “The Shadow Killer” from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Mystery & Imagination Bookstore, 238 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. For more information, call (818) 545-0206.

JAN. 14

The Immigrant Genealogical Society will meet at 2 p.m. at 1310 Magnolia Blvd., Burbank. Members and guests are invited to bring documents in old scripts such as Latin, German, Old English or Gothic for help reading them. For more information, call (818) 998-1735.