818 Hot Tips: Free swing lessons, campground discussion and Shakespeare

Free dance lessons begin at 6 p.m., and The High Street Band performs swing and jazz at 7 p.m. on the AMC Walkway at San Fernando Boulevard and Palm Avenue. Admission is free. Call (818) 238-5180.

Glendale Trails and Open Spaces hosts a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss three potential sites for youth campgrounds. The meeting will take place in the Naturalist Building at Deukmejian Wilderness Park, 3429 Markridge Road, Glendale. Call (818) 548-2000.

Vanguard Repertory Company presents the La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival, with all performances at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday through July 31 at the outdoor Byrnes Amphitheater at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 440 Saint Katherine Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. The company will perform “After the Autumn,” an original adaptation of the effects of post-traumatic stress on the psyche and soul, and a short avant-garde piece, “Tragic Women,” combining text, movement and song. The company will also perform its original adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Tickets range from $12 to $38 and can be purchased at www.vanguardrep.com. Call (818) 745-3327.