What to Do: Guidebook for the Season
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Following is a more complete listing of summer events, organized by category.
THEATER
Friday-May 30: “Glamorous Assassin,” Theater 150.
Friday-June 27: “The Marrieds,” Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center.
*”Something Green,” Whitmore-Lindley Theatre.
Friday-July 3: “On the Verge,” 24th Street Theatre.
Saturday: “Michael Feinstein Sings 100 Years of Gershwin,” Norris Theatre.
Saturday-July 4: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
Saturday-July 4: “Once in Doubt,” Odyssey Theatre.
Saturday-Aug. 15: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Colony Studio Theatre.
Sunday-June 20: “Oo-Bla-Dee,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre.
Sunday: “Charles Darwin, Live & In Concert,” University of Judaism, Gindi Auditorium.
* “The Tamburitzans,” Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge.
Sunday-July 4: “My One Good Nerve: A Visit With Ruby Dee,” Canon Theatre.
May 27-June 20: “Gunmetal Blues,” Laguna Playhouse.
May 27-July 3: “Three Queens,” Grupo de Teatro Sinergia, Unity Arts Center, Frida Kahlo Theater.
May 27-July 11: “Who Wants Fame?,” Court Theatre.
May 28-June 19: “A.K.A.: A Beverly Hills Morality Tale,” Cornerstone Theatre, Salter Theatre, Beverly Hills High School.
May 28-June 27: “On the Jump,” South Coast Repertory.
May 28: “Josh Kornbluth: Mathematics of Change,” Irvine Barclay Theatre.
May 28-July 11: “Shut Your Eyes and Think of England,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
May 29-July 3: “Three Days of Rain,” Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Center Stage.
* “Romeo and Juliet, Pinoy & Pinay Style,” Edison Center, East Los Angeles College.
May 29-July 11: “The Stronger” and “Playing With Fire,” Pacific Resident Theatre.
June 1-July 13: “Rebeck Revisited: One Acts,” Hudson Avenue Theatre.
June 2-July 28: “Where Did Vincent Van Gogh?,” Acme Comedy Theatre.
June 3-6: “Radio Mambo: Culture Clash Invades Miami,” Grand Performances, Watercourt, California Plaza.
June 3-13: “Another Part of the Forest,” A Noise Within.
June 3-26: “Bob Funk,” Tamarind Theatre.
June 3-July 3: “The Magic Fire,” Old Globe Theatre.
June 3-July 10: “Finder’s Fee,” Fred Zollo and the Echo Theatre Company at Zephyr Theatre.
June 4-July 3: “Godspell,” Toluca Lake Players, Taber Theatre.
June 4-12: “Don’t Say a Word,” Gardner Stages.
June 4-13: “Norman Rockwell is Bleeding,” Theater 150.
June 4-20: “Guys and Dolls,” La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
June 4-27: “Performance Anxiety,” San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre, Sweetooth Theatre.
June 4-July 4: “The Devil Inside,” Whitefire Theatre.
June 4-July 11: “Independence,” Actors Circle Theatre.
June 4-July 18: “Noises,” City Garage.
June 4-July 24: “Lips, Inc.,” Bitter Truth Theatre.
June 5-13: “The Little Foxes,” A Noise Within.
June 5-13: “L.A. Theatre Festival ‘99,” venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
June 5-July 10: “Avocados,” Playwrights’ Arena.
June 5-Aug. 14: “Other People’s Money,” Colony Studio Theatre.
June 6 and 13: “Unmasking the Soul,” Bitter Truth Theatre.
June 6-Sept. 19: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Theatricum Botanicum.
June 7: “Passion,” Musical Theatre Guild at Pasadena Playhouse.
June 8-July 7: “Running With Scissors,” Court Theatre.
June 9-13: “Pretty Fire,” L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center.
June 10-20: “2nd Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival,” South Coast Repertory.
June 10-July 18: “Interactivity ‘99,” Interact Theatre Company.
June 11-July 3: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre.
June 11-July 11: “Culture Clash in Bordertown,” Mark Taper Forum’s Latino Theatre Initiative at the Actors’ Gang.
June 12-13: “Felix and Fanny,” California Artists Radio Theatre at the Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt.
June 12-27: “A Chorus Line,” Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.
June 13-20: “Moonlight Madness,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Other Space.
June 13-July 11: “Loot,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Forum.
June 16-July 4: “The Wizard of Oz,” Pantages Theatre. Also at Orange County Performing Arts Center, July 7-18.
June 17-27: “Steel Magnolias,” Grove Theatre, Festival Amphitheatre.
June 18-27: “Twice the Child,” Theater 150.
June 18-July 11: “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” International City Theatre at Center Theater.
June 18-Aug. 1: “Wet Weather Cover,” Tiffany Theatre.
June 20-July 24: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Ahmanson Theatre.
June 20-Aug. 1: “Measure for Measure,” Ahmanson Theatre.
June 23-27: “Common Ground Festival 5,” A.S.K. Theater Projects at UCLA’s North Campus.
June 24: “Hard Traveling: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie,” Autry Museum of Western Heritage.
June 24-Aug. 1: “Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee?,” Glaxa Studios. 3707 Sunset Blvd. (323) 663-5295.
June 25-July 10: “Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare Orange County at Waltmar Theatre, Chapman College.
June 25-July 25: “Private Lives,” Ensemble Theatre Company.
* “Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival,” Santa Susana Repertory Company, California Lutheran University.
* “The Libertine,” Pasadena Shakespeare Company, Plaza Pasadena Mall.
June 26-Aug. 1: “Fighting the Gorilla,” Two Roads Theatre.
June 26-Sept. 5: “The Servant of Two Masters,” Matrix Theatre.
June 27-July 25: “Hughie,” Mark Taper Forum.
June 27-Sept. 5: “When Pigs Fly,” Coronet Theatre.
July 2-3: “As You Like It,” Shakespeare Festival/LA, Union Station. Also July 8-18 at Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey; July 22-Aug. 1 at South Coast Botanical Garden.
July 2-11: “Bother!,” Theater 150.
July 2-27: “Show Boat,” Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera at Granada Theatre.
July 2-Indefinitely: “Medea: The Musical,” Hudson Theatre
July 4-Sept. 19: “Saint Joan,” Theatricum Botanicum.
July 6-11: “South Pacific,” Pasadena Civic Musical Series, Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
July 7-11: “Arturo Ui,” Berliner Ensemble at UCLA’s Freud Theatre.
* “Denial,” L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center.
July 7-Aug. 1: “Merton of the Movies,” Geffen Theatre.
July 8-18: “Suburbia,” Center Stage Theatre.
July 9-25: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre. Also at Marian Theatre, Allan Hancock College July 31-Aug. 14.
July 9-Aug. 29: “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” Actors Alley at the El Portal Center, Studio Theatre.
* “The Balkan Women,” West Coast Ensemble.
July 9-25: “Forever Plaid,” Music Theatre of Southern California at San Gabriel Civic Auditorium. Also July 30-Aug. 1, Alex Theatre.
July 10-11: “The World and His Wife,” California Artists Radio Theatre at the Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt.
July 10-25: “Carousel,” PCPA Theatrefest, Marian Theatre. Also at Festival Theatre, July 30-Aug. 14.
July 10-Aug. 1: “Riffs & Credos” and “The Whale Watchers,” Playwrights’ Arena.
July 10-Aug. 14: “Thunder Knocking on the Door,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.
July 10-Aug. 15: “Play It Again, Sam,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
July 10-Aug. 22: “Mornings at Seven,” Theatre 40 at Beverly Hills High School Auditorium.
July 10-Aug. 22: “Time Flies When You’re Alive” and “Life After Time,”
Pacific Resident Theatre.
July 10-Aug. 29: “The Memorandum,” Odyssey Theatre.
July 16-July 24: “Twelfth Dog Night,” Grove Theatre, Festival Amphitheatre.
July 16-Aug. 21: “A Heart of Flesh,” Alliance Repertory Company.
* “Waddles and Wonk,” Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center.
July 16-Aug. 27: “The Vanishing Point,” West Coast Ensemble.
July 17-Aug. 29: “The White Devil,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
July 18-Aug. 22: “Play On!,” Pasadena Playhouse.
July 19-Aug. 18: “Fences,” Theatre 40 at Beverly Hills High School Auditorium.
July 20-25: “Sunset Boulevard,” Orange County Performing Arts Center. Also at Pantages Theatre, beginning Oct. 5.
July 21-25: “Spread Eagle,” L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center.
July 23-Aug. 7: “Measure for Measure,” Shakespeare Orange County at Waltmar Theatre, Chapman College.
July 23-Aug. 22: “Ancient History,” Fountain Theatre.
July 24-Sept. 4: “Missing Footage,” Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Centre Stage.
July 24-Oct. 17: “The Greeks (Part I, The Cursed and Part II, The Blessed),” Odyssey Theatre.
July 25-Aug. 29: “Jane Eyre,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre.
July 27-Aug. 25: “Somewhere in Between,” West Coast Ensemble.
July 28-Aug. 22: “A Chorus Line,” Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera at Granada Theatre.
July 28-Aug. 29: “Pretty Fire,” La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Forum.
July 30-Sept. 4: “Eden,” Theatre of Note.
July 30-Sept. 5: “Orphans,” International City Theatre at Long Beach City College.
July 31-Sept. 4: “Cymbeline,” Old Globe Theatre.
July 31-Sept. 26: “Scapin,” Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.
July 31-Oct. 16: “The Seagull,” Theatricum Botanicum.
Aug. 6-Sept. 5: “Wait Until Dark,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Other Space.
* “Tapestry . . . The Music of Carole King,” Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
Aug. 7-8: “Four Last Songs,” California Artists Radio Theatre at the Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt.
Aug. 12-15: “Division Street,” San Francisco Mime Troupe at Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Aug. 12-Sept. 19: “The First Picture Show,” Mark Taper Forum.
Aug. 13-22: “Cow Pattern Clothes,” Saddleback College, Mission Viejo.
Aug. 17-22: “Footloose,” Orange County Performing Arts Center. Also at the Pantages Theatre, Aug. 24-Sept. 5.
Aug. 19-29: “As You Like It,” Grove Theatre, Festival Amphitheatre.
Aug. 20-Sept. 26: “Pre-Paradise, Sorry Now,” City Garage.
* “Pearls and Marlowe,” Pasadena Shakespeare Company, Plaza Pasadena Mall.
Aug. 21-Sept. 26: “Doctor Faustus,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
Aug. 27-Oct. 3: “Love’s Labours Lost,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
Aug. 28-Sept. 26: “Tonight at 8:30,” Pacific Resident Theatre.
Aug. 28-Oct. 7: “Charley’s Aunt,” Theatricum Botanicum.
Sept. 2-25: “Miss Saigon,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.
Sept. 3-26: “Lend Me a Tenor,” International City Theatre at Center Theatre.
Sept. 4-Oct. 9: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.
Sept. 4-Oct. 31: “Equus,” Knightsbridge Theatre.
CHILDREN
Friday-Saturday: “First Los Angeles International Performing Arts Festival for Youth,” USC.
Saturday: “10th Annual Kids’ Nature Festival,” Temescal Gateway Park.
Saturday-May-30: “My Bed is a Boat,” Theater 150.
June 4-27: “Puss in Boots,” Gene Bua Acting for Life.
June 5: “Alguien Dijo Dragon,” Grupo de Teatro Sinergia, Unity Arts Center, Frida Kahlo Theater.
* “Simon and Son,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.
June 5-6: “Generation Why?,” South Coast Repertory, SecondStage.
June 19: “Celebrating Juneteenth, The African-American Emancipation Proclamation,” Autry Museum of Western Heritage.
June 19-July 25: “Waiting for the Show,” Raven Playhouse.
June 21: “The Silver Key--A Search for the Way Out,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Other Space.
June 23: “American Hiro,” We Tell Stories, Culver City Library. Also June 26: Ivy Substation.
July 5-Aug. 13: “Open House at the Hollywood Bowl.”
July 10: “The Teddy Bear Picnic Parade,” J.P. Nightingale at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
July 10-Sept. 26: “Barnyard Madness With the Three Little Pigs,” Santa Monica Playhouse.
July 11: “Viva Klezmer Family Show,” Yiddishkayt and Mariachi USA Foundation, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
July 11-Aug. 29: “Kids’ Koncert Series,” Theatricum Botanicum.
July 15-Aug. 1: “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” Saddleback College Outdoor Childrens’ Theater.
July 18: “Sunday Funday,” Craig ‘n Co. BBQ and concert with special guests, Gindi Auditorium, University of Judaism.
* “Children’s Concert & Carnival,” Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Descanso Gardens.
July 20: “When Zucchinis Fly,” Make-A-Circus at Lafayette Recreation Center. Also July 21 at Playa del Norte; July 23 at Lennox Boys & Girls Club; July 25 at Wilson Park.
July 23-Aug. 1: “The Music Man,” The Young Actors Co. at Cal State Northridge, Performing Arts Center.
July 24: “Crazy for Dance,” Dance Kaleidoscope at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
July 31-Aug. 15: “Much Ado About Nothing,” East L.A. Classic Theatre at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
Aug. 1: “Trout Fishing in America Family Concert,” University of Judaism.
Aug. 14: “L.A. Impacts III Festival for Families,” UCLA Hammer Museum of Art.
COMEDY
May 27-30: Bobcat Goldthwait at the Brea Improv.
June 5: Sherri Shepherd, Lydia Nicole, LaMaire and Belinda Foster are among the comics scheduled for “A Night of Clean Comedy” at The Comedy Store.
June 10-13: Craig Shoemakers at the Ice House in Pasadena.
June 20: Fred Travelena makes a rare local appearance at the Ice House in Pasadena.
July 6: “L.A.’s Hottest Comics” compete against each other on behalf of the American Cancer Society, at the Improv in Hollywood.
July 8: Drew Carey spends the rest of his summer Thursdays at the Improv in Hollywood.
July 8-11: Kevin James, from CBS TV’s “King of Queens,” performs stand-up at the Brea Improv.
July 13: Jim Turner’s guerrilla clown theater group, Two-Headed Dog at Largo.
July 28-Aug. 1: Rocky LaPorte and Darren Carter team up at the Ice House in Pasadena.
Aug. 17: Chase Masterson, from TV’s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” hosts “The GRRL) Genius Club,” a lineup of female comics, at Improv, Hollywood.
DANCE
Through May 23: Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella,” Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Music Center.
Friday-Saturday: Jeff Slayton, Casey Carney and Friends, Knoebel Dance Theatre, Cal State Long Beach.
Saturday: Louise Reichlin and Dancers, Performing Arts Festival for Youth, Bing Theatre, USC.
* Neva Russian Dance Ensemble, Robert B. Moore Theatre, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa.
Saturday-Sunday: City Ballet’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Spreckels Theatre, San Diego.
* Oguri and Adam Rudolph in “Earthbeat,” Electric Lodge, Venice. Also May 29-30.
Sunday: Trip Dance Theatre, Bridge Dance Theatre, Wild Abandoned Dance Tribe and others, Manhattan Village Shopping Center, Manhattan Beach.
* Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in “Moving to Hallelujah” at the Skirball Cultural Center, West L.A.
Wednesday: CandoCo and Light Motion, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
May 28-29: Bre Dance Theatre in “X-Posed,” Japan America Theatre, Little Tokyo.
May 30: Hae Kyung Lee and Dancers, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.
June 1-3: White Oak Dance Project, California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
June 2-13: “Riverdance,” Orange County Performing Arts Center.
June 3-5: Sam Donlavy’s “How Sammy Got His Groove Back,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.
June 4-6: Synapse Dance Theater, Main Stage, Santa Monica College.
June 4-9: Senior Colloquium, Dance Building 20, UCLA.
June 5: Trip Dance Theatre, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood.
June 6: Kathak master Birju Maharaj with Amjad Ali Khan and Zakir Hussain, Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena City College.
* Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble, Valley Jewish Festival, Cal State Northridge.
* Multicultural Dance and Music Festival, Santa Barbara Dance Alliance, Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara.
June 11-12: Rochelle Fabb in “Barely Breeding,” Michael Sakamoto in “Blue,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.
June 13: Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble, Gindi Auditorium, University of Judaism, Malibu.
June 15-19: “Swan Lake,” Royal Swedish Ballet, Orange County Performing Arts Center.
June 19-20: Ballets Suedois mixed bill, Royal Swedish Ballet, Orange County Performing Arts Center.
June 23-27: White Oak Dance Project, Royce Hall, UCLA.
June 26: Albert Torres’ Dia de San Juan Salsa Music and Dance Festival, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
June 27: Jazz Tap Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
July 1: Jazz Tap Ensemble, Jazz Bakery, Culver City.
July 1-3: Kids on Tap Rhythm Fest and video screening, Conjunctive Points Dance Center, Culver City.
July 3: Jazz Tap Ensemble, Conjunctive Points Dance Center, Culver City.
July 8: Carlota Santana’s Flamenco Vivo, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
July 10: Winifred R. Harris’ Between Lines, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
July 11: Argentine tango music and dance with Juan Jose Mosalini, Hollywood Bowl.
July 16: Dance Kaleidoscope series, program 1, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.
July 17: Dance Kaleidoscope series, program 2, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.
July 18: Frente Indigena Oaxaquen~o Binacional presents “Guelaguetza,” Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
July 22: Dance Kaleidoscope series, program 3, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
* Doug Elkins Dance Company, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
July 23: Dance Kaleidoscope series, program 4, Japan America Theatre, Little Tokyo.
July 24: Music and dance of Burma, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
* Morning and evening Dance Kaleidoscope programs (#5 and #6), John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
July 29-30: American Repertory Dance Company, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
Aug. 1: Performances surveying our American musical heritage featuring the Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre, Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 5: Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
Aug. 7: JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
Aug. 15: Southeast Asian music and dance, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown L.A.
Aug. 21: Lula Washington Dance Theatre, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
Aug. 28: “Zapateados y Taconeos: The Full Story” by Danza Floricanto U.S.A., John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
Sept. 4: Trip Dance Theatre, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
ART
Through May 29: “Jim Isermann: 15,” Santa Monica Museum of Art.
Through June 6: “Radical P.A.S.T.: Contemporary Art in Pasadena, 1960-1974,” Norton Simon Museum of Art.
Through June 20: “New Visions: Video 1999” and “Dreams and Nightmares: Gifts From the Trevey Collection,” Long Beach Museum of Art.
* “COLA: 1998-1999 Individual Artist Grants,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Junior Arts Center Gallery.
Through June 27: “The People’s Choice: An Art Project by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Through July 4: “Common Ground: The Heart of Community” and “Bruce and Norman Yonemoto: Memory, Matter and Modern Romance,” Japanese American National Museum.
Through July 11: “Patssi Valdez: A Precarious Comfort,” Laguna Art Museum.
Through July 18: “Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985) Retrospective,” Orange County Museum of Art.
* “Richard Leslie Schulman Photographs of American Jewish Artists,” Skirball Cultural Center.
Through July 25: “Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990,” Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Through Aug. 15: “Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A 50 Year Retrospective,” California African-American Museum.
Through Aug. 22: “Gerardo Chavez: Rhythms of the Fantastic,” Museum of Latin American Art.
* “Afterimage: Drawing Through Process,” Museum of Contemporary Art.
Through Sept. 5: “Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery From Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum,” UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Through Sept. 12: “Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress of the Minangkabau of Indonesia,” UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Through Nov. 21: “Gods and Goblins: Japanese Folk Paintings From Otsu,” Pacific Asia Museum.
Through Dec. 6: “The Three Graces: Music, Painting, and Poetry in the Art of India,” L.A. County Museum of Art.
Through Jan. 3: “Common Threads: Navajo and Pueblo Textiles in the Southwest Museum,” Southwest Museum/LACMA West.
Saturday-Aug. 7: “On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art/Pepperdine University.
Saturday-Sept. 12: “Peter Alexander: In This Light,” Orange County Museum of Art.
Sunday-Aug. 23: “Eleanor Antin,” L.A. County Museum of Art.
May 28-Sept. 26: “The Scholar and the Collector: Fernando Ortiz, Los Instrumentos de la Musica Afrocubana,” Craft and Folk Art Museum.
May 29-Aug. 8: “Continuous Replay: The Photographs of Arnie Zane” and “Three Bodies: Photography by Robin Rosenzweig,” UCR/California Museum of Photography.
May 30-Aug. 16: “Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
June 2-Aug. 22: “Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design” and “Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the Twentieth Century,” UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.
June 3-Aug. 29: “Contemporary Projects: Ruckus L.A. Meets (Dom-Ino Effect),” L.A. County Museum of Art.
June 6-July 11: “Catch a Spirit Masks,” William Grant Still Arts Center.
June 10-Aug. 30: “Images From a Changing World: Kalighat Paintings of Calcutta,” L.A. County Museum of Art.
June 12-Aug. 28: “Clarence Hinkle Self Portraits,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
June 12-Aug. 29: “Ringing Thunder: Tomb Treasures from Ancient China,” San Diego Museum of Art.
June 13-Aug. 9: “The Ardabil Carpet,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
June 13-Sept. 12: “A Unique American Vision: The Paintings of Gregory Gillespie,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego/La Jolla.
June 15-Aug. 29: “An Artist’s Life in Renaissance Rome: The Early Career of Taddeo Zuccaro,” J. Paul Getty Museum.
June 18-Aug. 21: “Callum Morton: Sometimes,” “Michael McCurry: Do You Know Why They Call it Golf,” Santa Monica Museum of Art.
June 19-Sept. 5: “Watercolors of Zuni Kachinas by Duane Dishta,” Southwest Museum.
June 26-Sept. 5: “Eclectic Vision: Photographs From the Vernon Collection,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
June 26-Aug. 8: “Traditional Culture in Rural Japan: Akiko Arita,” Pacific Asia Museum.
June 26-Aug. 26: “Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses,” Skirball Cultural Center.
June 26-Sept. 30: “A Winding River: The Journey of Contemporary Art in Vietnam,” Bowers Museum.
June 29-Jan. 9: “Foundry to Finish: In the Studio of Adriaen de Vries,” J. Paul Getty Museum.
June 30-May: “Wide Open Spaces: Landscapes From the Permanent Collection,” Long Beach Museum of Art.
July 1-Sept. 13: “Post-Impressionist Prints: Paris in the 1890s,” L.A. County Museum of Art.
July 2-Aug. 20: “Worlds of Profit and Delight: Books and Readers in Renaissance England,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
July 3-Jan. 1: “Michael Brewster,” Orange County Museum of Art.
July 10-March 16: “Ancient Trails: Connecting the Gran Chichimecan Cultures,” Southwest Museum.
July 11-Nov. 14: “In Memory of My Feelings--Frank O’Hara and American Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art.
July 14-Sept. 26: “Drawn From Artists’ Collections” and “Lee Mullican: Selected Drawings 1948-1997,” UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.
July 20-Oct. 10: “Nadar/Warhol: Paris/New York” and “Hill and Adamson,” J. Paul Getty Museum.
July 21-Aug. 22: “1999 Los Angeles Exhibition,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Junior Arts Center Gallery, Watts Towers Arts Center and William Grant Still Arts Center.
July 24-Oct. 10: “Barbara Spring Retrospective,” and “Changing Exhibitions by the Young Artists Society,” Laguna Art Museum.
July 24-Oct. 17: “Rico LeBrun,” Orange County Museum of Art.
July 25-Sept. 12: “Spaces of Nature,” Armory Center for the Arts.
July 25-Oct. 17: “Valeska Soares,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego/Downtown.
July 27-Sept. 19: “Cultivating Celebrity: Portraiture as Publicity in the Career of Sarah Siddons, Star of the Georgian Stage,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
July 27-Sept. 26: “A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and her Portraitists,” J. Paul Getty Museum.
July 31-Sept. 12: “Artists Guild,” San Diego Museum of Art.
July 31-Oct. 10: “The Cecil Family Collects: Four Centuries of Decorative Arts from Burghley House,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Art.
Aug. 3-Sept. 26: “French Manuscript Illumination of the Later Middle Ages,” J. Paul Getty Museum.
Aug. 14-Sept. 19: “Shingo Honda: Recent Works,” Pacific Asia Museum.
Aug. 15-Nov. 29: “Around Impressionism: French Paintings From the National Gallery of Art,” LACMA West.
Aug. 28-Oct. 31: “The California Watercolor Movement,” Orange County Museum of Art/South Coast Plaza, to Oct. 31.
Sept. 4-Dec. 12: “California Portrait,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
FAIRS, FESTIVALS
Friday: 7th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Older Adult Festival, Angelus Plaza Senior Activity Center, 255 S. Hill St., Los Angeles. (213) 623-4948.
Saturday-Sunday: Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival and Parade, Marina Green near Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach. Information: (562) 987-9191 or (800) 354-PRIDE.
* 4th Annual West Coast Pilots Expo, Fairplex Expo Complex and Brackett Field, Pomona. (800) 800-5600.
Sunday: Sunday Open Sunday Arts Festival, Junior Arts Center-Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood. (323) 485-4474.
May 27-31: 5th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Fair, Valley College, Coldwater Canyon and Burbank Blvd., Van Nuys. (562) 495-5959.
May 28-June 2: Art and Soul Festival, Bonaventure Hotel, California Plaza, downtown Los Angeles. (310) 385-0297.
May 29-31: I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, Old Mission Plaza, Santa Barbara. (805) 569-3873.
* Topanga Days Country Fair, Topanga Community House, 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga Canyon. (310) 455-1980.
May 30: 12th Annual Belize Caye Festival, Rancho Cienega Park, Los Angeles. (323) 731-2927.
May 30-31: 13th Annual UCLA Jazz and Reggae Festival, UCLA Intramural Field, UCLA. (310) 825-9912.
June 4-6: 17th Annual Salute to Recreation-Free Family Festival, Northridge Park, Reseda. (818) 756-8060.
June 5-6: 12th Annual Cajun and Zydeco Festival, Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach. (562) 427-3713.
June 6: “A Sense of SoRo,” Robertson Blvd. between Gattaraugus and Beverlywood. (213) 847-4467.
* “A Tapestry of Jewish Life,” Cal State Northridge. (818) 464-3205.
June 12: Long Beach Health and Wellness Fair, Promenade, Long Beach. {877} 479-6889.
June 19: Junteenth Festival, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles. (323) 734-1164.
* Festival of Music Moving Toward the Millennium: JMP Jazz and Blues festival, Leimert Park Village, Los Angeles. (213) 473-4269.
June 19-20: 10th Annual Mariachi USA Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood. (213) 848-7717 or (800) 627-4224.
* Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration, West Hollywood Park and surrounding areas, West Hollywood. (323) 969 8302.
* 25th Annual Great American Irish Fair and Music Festival, Santa Anita Park Racetrack, Arcadia. (818) 503-2511.
June 25-27: Taste of Orange County, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. (949) 753-1551.
June 20: “Festival Guatemala,” Grupo de Teatro Sinergia, Unity Arts Center.
June 22-27: “Sixth Annual San Diego Jewish Arts Festival,” San Diego Repertory Theatre.
July 4: Fourth of July Celebration, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, Los Angeles. (213) 625-5045.
July 9-25: 1999 Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 708-FAIR or visit https://www.ocfair.com
July 10-11: 20th Annual Uptown Whittier Street Scene Family Festival, Greenleaf Ave. and Philadelphia St., Uptown Whittier. (562) 696-2662.
* Fiesta of Gems Rock and Mineral Show, Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Culver City (310) 472-6490.
July 24-25: 28th Annual Malibu Art Festival, 23545 Civic Center Way, Malibu. (310) 456-9025.
July 29-Aug. 1: Rose Bowl Youth Fair, Rose Bowl, Pasadena. (562) 495-5959.
July 30-Aug. 1: Robert Sylk Food, Wine and Music Festival, Admiralty Way at Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 578-1222.
July 31-Aug. 1: 14th Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Central Ave. between 42nd and 43rd, Los Angeles. (213) 847-3169.
Aug. 1: Sephardic Arts Festival, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. (310) 440-4500.
* Hungarian Festival, Alpine Village-833 W., Torrance. Blvd., Torrance. (213) 463-3473.
Aug. 6-8: 5th Annual International Family Festival, Westchester Park, Westchester. (310) 837-8118.
Aug. 8: 15th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts, Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood. (213) 485-4474.
Aug. 14-15: Taste of San Pedro, Point Fermin Park, San Pedro. (310) 832-1357.
Aug. 14-16: 8th Annual Marcus Garvey Day Parade and Festival, The Elegant Manor, Los Angeles. (323) 735-9642.
Aug. 14-22: 58th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival, Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles. (213) 687-7193.
Aug. 21-22: 19th Annual Sunset Junction Street Faire, Silver Lake. (323) 661-7771.
Aug. 21-Sept. 6 (weekends): 14th Annual Los Angeles African Marketplace and Cultural Faire, Rancho Cienega Park, Los Angeles. Information: (323) 734-1164, (323) 237-1540, or Internet: https://www.africanmarketplace@juno.com
Aug. 28-29: Los Angeles Latino Book and Family Festival, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles. (760) 434-7474.
Sept. 6: City of Los Angeles Birthday Celebration, El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Los Angeles. (213) 625-5045.
Sept. 10: Latin American Heritage Festival, Angelus Plaza Senior Activity Center, 255 S. Hill St., Los Angeles. (213) 623-4948.
Sept. 10-12: 17th Annual Lomita Fair, St. Margaret Mary Church, Lomita. (310) 326-3364.
Sept. 10-13: Mexican Independence Festivities, Olvera St., Main St., Cesar Chavez and Alameda St. (213) 625-5045.
LAS VEGAS
Tonight-Sunday: Everly Brothers, Orleans.
Tonight-May 26: Penn & Teller, MGM Grand.
Friday-Saturday: Paul Rodriguez, Luxor.
Friday-Sunday: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Caesars Palace.
Saturday: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Oba Carr, Mandalay Bay Events Center.
May 27: Blondie, the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.
May 27-30: The Temptations, Desert Inn.
May 27-June 9: Wayne Newton, MGM Grand.
May 28-29: Jerry Vale, Boulder Station.
May 28-30: Rosie O’Donnell / Jennifer Holliday, Caesars Palace.
* Steve Harvey, Las Vegas Hilton.
* Air Supply, Orleans.
May 29: Elvis Costello, Hard Rock Hotel.
* Sammi Cheng, Mandalay Bay Events Center.
May 29-30: Andrew Dice Clay, Bally’s.
* D.L. Hughley, Riviera Hotel & Casino.
May 30: Champions on Ice, MGM Grand.
* The Doobie Brothers, Texas Station.
May 31-June 6: Anne Murray, Orleans.
June 1: Hole, Hard Rock Hotel.
June 2-5: Louie Anderson, Monte Carlo.
June 4-5: Tommy Davidson, Riviera.
* Nancy Wilson, Bally’s.
June 6: Paul Anka, MGM Grand.
June 8: America, Riviera.
June 8-20: Righteous Brothers, the Orleans.
June 9-12: Louie Anderson, Monte Carlo.
June 10-13: Earth, Wind & Fire, Caesars Palace.
June 10-23: Tom Jones, MGM Grand.
June 11: UB40, Hard Rock Hotel.
June 11-12: Pat Benatar, Las Vegas Hilton.
* Pharoahs 2000, Palace Station.
June 11-13: Don Rickles, Desert Inn.
June 12: Al Green, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
June 13: Dramatic/Stylistics/Chi Lites/Delfonics with Major Harris, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
June 17-20: Tony Bennett, Caesars Palace.
June 18: James Brown, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
June 18-20: Daryl Hall & John Oates, Desert Inn.
June 19-20: Golden Rainbow, Luxor.
June 20: Paul Anka, Mirage.
June 21: Rammstein, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
June 23-27: Willie Nelson, Orleans.
June 24-26: Paul Anka, Mirage.
* Jeffrey Osbourne /John Witherspoon, Luxor.
June 24-July 7: Carrot Top, MGM Grand.
June 24-July 18: David Copperfield, Caesars Palace.
June 25: Tracy Lawrence, Texas Station.
* Jewel, Mandalay Bay Events Center.
June 26: Judy Collins, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
* Steven Seagal Band, Boulder Station.
July 1-3: Little River Band, Orleans.
July 1-4: Dennis Miller, Desert Inn.
July 2: K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Hard Rock.
* Regina Belle, Texas Station.
July 2-3: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Bally’s.
July 2-4: Sinbad, Las Vegas Hilton.
July 3: Waylon Jennings, Texas Station.
* Oak Ridge Boys, Flamingo Hilton.
* Juan Gabriel/Mexican Rodeo, Mandalay Bay Events Center.
* Sammy Hagar, Hard Rock Hotel.
July 3-4: Solid Gold Rock ‘n’ Roll Show with Bobby Vee, Little Eva and others, Riviera.
* Morris Day and the Time, Boulder Station.
July 4: Fourth of July Celebration, Fremont Street Experience.
July 8: Peter Frampton, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
July 8-11: Golden Boys with Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Orleans.
July 8-14: Rodney Dangerfield, MGM Grand.
July 9-10: Diamond Rio, Las Vegas Hilton.
July 9-11: Bill Maher, Desert Inn.
July 10: Go-Gos and Berlin, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
July 14-18: Roy Clark, Orleans.
July 16-17: Blast From the Past, Fremont Street Experience.
July 16-18: Olivia Newton-John, Desert Inn.
July 20-Aug 1: Righteous Brothers, Orleans.
July 23: Dan Fogelberg, Hard Rock Hotel.
July 23-24: Alabina, Desert Inn.
July 24: B-52s, Hard Rock Hotel.
* Mavericks, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
July 28: Allman Brothers Band, Hard Rock Hotel.
July 30: Michael McDonald, Texas Station.
July 30-31: Rich Little, Riviera.
July 30-Aug 1: Don Rickles, Desert Inn.
July 31: Journey/Foreigner, Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Aug. 3-8: Smothers Brothers, Orleans.
Aug. 5-25: George Carlin, Bally’s.
Aug. 6: Davy Jones, Palace Station.
Aug. 7: Herman Hermits with Peter Noone, Palace Station.
Aug. 11: B.B. King, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
Aug. 12-15: Gladys Knight, Desert Inn.
* Howie Mandel, Caesars Palace.
* Debbie Reynolds, Orleans.
Aug. 17-22: Everly Brothers, Orleans.
Aug. 20: Cher, MGM Grand.
* Cyndi Lauper, MGM Grand.
* Little Feat, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
* Neville Brothers, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
Aug. 20-21: Ray Romano, the Desert Inn.
Aug. 24-29: Neil Sedaka, Orleans.
Aug. 26-29: Earth, Wind & Fire, Caesars Palace.
* Four Tops, Desert Inn.
Aug. 27: Mark Farner & Randy Bachman, Texas Station.
Aug. 27-28: Def Comedy Jam, Las Vegas Hilton.
Aug. 31-Sept. 5: Righteous Brothers, Orleans.
Sept. 2-5: Donna Summer, Caesars Palace.
Sept. 3: Three Dog Night, Stardust.
Sept. 3-5: Tony Danza/John Pinette, Desert Inn.
* Leann Rimes, Las Vegas Hilton.
Sept. 4: Najee, Texas Station.
Sept. 4-5: Andrew Dice Clay, Bally’s.
* Kevin James, Riviera.
COMEDY
Thursdays: “Cage Match,” features competition between two teams of improv players every Thursday at the Improv Olympic West. Plans are also in the works for a Summer tournament involving several teams.
Thursdays: San Franciso improv troupe the Pulp Players deal with the lighter side of crime, horror, romance and adventures, every Thursday at the ACME Comedy Theater.
Sundays: Jay Leno is at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach every Sunday.
Sundays: “Uncabaret With Beth Lapides” features stand-up with a different lineup every Sunday at LunaPark in West Hollywood. Among the top comics that drop by on a regular basis: Margaret Cho, Julia Sweeny, Kevin Nealon, Bobcat Goldthwait.
May 27-30: Bobcat Goldthwait at the Brea Improv.
June 5: Sherri Shepherd, Lydia Nicole, LaMaire and Belinda Foster are among the comics scheduled for “A Night of Clean Comedy” at The Comedy Store.
June 10-13: Craig Shoemakers at the Ice House in Pasadena.
June 20: Fred Travelena makes a rare local appearance at the Ice House in Pasadena.
July 6: “L.A.’s Hottest Comics” compete against each other on behalf of the American Cancer Society, at the Improv in Hollywood.
July 8: Drew Carey spends the rest of his summer Thursdays at the Improv in Hollywood.
July 8-11: Kevin James, from CBS TV’s “King of Queens,” performs stand-up at the Brea Improv.
July 13: Jim Turner’s guerrilla clown theater group, Two-Headed Dog at Largo.
July 28-Aug. 1: Rocky LaPorte and Darren Carter team up at the Ice House in Pasadena.
August 17: Chase Masterson, from TV’s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” hosts “The GRRL) Genius Club,” a lineup of female comics, at the Improv in Hollywood.
POP MUSIC
Monday: Wilco, House of Blues. Also May 25.
Tuesday: (May 25) Seal, Greek Theatre.
Wednesday: Randy Newman, House of Blues. Also May 27 and 29.
May 27: June Carter Cash, Troubadour.
May 28: Blondie, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Galactic, House of Blues.
* Dick Dale, Coach House.
May 30: John Mayall, Coach House.
June 1-2: Elvis Costello, Wiltern Theatre.
June 2: Luka Bloom, Coach House.
* Magma, House of Blues.
June 3: Old 97s, Saw Doctors, House of Blues.
June 3-5: Gipsy Kings, Greek Theatre.
June 4: Van Morrison, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Shane McGowan & the Popes, House of Blues.
June 5: Saint Etienne, House of Blues.
June 6: R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes, NAS, Foxy Brown, others, Arrowhead Pond.
* Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Greek Theatre.
* Sarah Brightman, Universal Amphitheatre.
June 7-8: Pavement, Hollywood Athletic Club.
June 10: Ben Folds Five, Hollywood Palladium.
June 11: Al Green, Greek Theatre.
* Rocio Durcal, Universal Amphitheatre.
June 12: Stylistics, Dramatics, Chi-Lites, Delfonics, others, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Berlin, Coach House.
* Ricky Martin, Will Smith, Britney Spears, 98 Degrees, Blondie, UB40, others, “Wild Wild Wango Tango,” Dodger Stadium.
June 12-13: Todd Rundgren, Roxy.
June 12-14: Tom Waits, Wiltern Theatre.
June 13: Poogy, Kaveret, Universal Amphitheatre.
June 14: Todd Rundgren, Galaxy Theatre.
* Jimmie Vaughan, Coach House.
June 15: Jonny Lang, Wiltern Theatre.
June 16: Cibo Matto, Palace.
June 17: Poison, Ratt, Great White, L.A. Guns, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Tony! Toni! Tone!, House of Blues.
* Al Stewart, Coach House.
June 19: Wynonna, Universal Amphitheatre.
June 19-20: “Mariachi USA Festival,” Hollywood Bowl.
June 20: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Arrowhead Pond.
* Jose Jose, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, House of Blues.
June 22: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Hollywood Bowl.
June 23: Rammstein, Soulfly, Shrine Expo Center.
June 24: Gordon Lightfoot, Greek Theatre.
* Julia Fordham, Coach House.
June 25: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, the O’Jays, Gerald Levert, Next, Universal Amphitheatre.
June 25-26: X, House of Blues.
June 26: Jewel, Coors Amphitheatre.
June 27: “Israel 2000: A Musical Tribute,” Greek Theatre.
June 27: Jewel, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
July 1-2: Pennywise, Blink-182, Cypress Hill, others, “Warped Tour,” Orange Show Fairgrounds.
July 2: Sammy Hagar, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Mike Ness, Reverend Horton Heat, Royal Crown Revue, others, “Hootenanny,” Oak Canyon Ranch.
July 4: Sammy Hagar, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
* Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mike Watt, Oak Canyon Ranch.
July 8: The Go-Go’s, Berlin, Greek Theatre. Also July 17.
July 9: Dave Matthews Band, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
* Vince Gill, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker, Keb’ Mo’, Greek Theatre.
* Rick Springfield, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
July 10: Ani DiFranco, Maceo Parker, Universal Amphitheatre.
July 16: Cowboy Junkies, Leo Kottke, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
* The Offspring, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. Also July 17.
July 17: Charlie Zaa, Universal Amphitheatre.
July 19: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Galaxy Theatre.
July 22: Asia, Greek Theatre.
July 23: Olivia Newton-John, Greek Theatre.
July 24: Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Slayer, “Ozzfest,” Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
* Dan Fogelberg, Janis Ian, Greek Theatre.
July 25: Alabina, Greek Theatre.
* Monica, 98 Degrees, B*Witched, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
July 26-27: Monica, 98 Degrees, B*Witched, Universal Amphitheatre.
July 28: Dwight Yoakam, Mavericks, Universal Amphitheatre.
July 30: Journey, Foreigner, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
July 31: Britney Spears, Universal Amphitheatre.
* Allman Bros. Band, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 1: Steel Pulse, Third World, Aswad, Diana King, Shaggy, others, Greek Theatre.
* Alabama, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
Aug. 3: Journey, Foreigner, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 3-4: Reba McEntire, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 6: B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Tower of Power, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 7: America, Coach House.
* Donna Summer, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 8: Bad Company, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 9: Joan Armatrading, Galaxy Theatre.
Aug. 9-10: R.E.M., Mercury Rev, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 11: R.E.M., Mercury Rev, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
* Lyle Lovett, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 13: Motley Crue, Scorpions, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 13-14: Brian Setzer Orchestra, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 14: Motley Crue, Scorpions, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
* Ambrosia, Coach House.
Aug. 19: ‘N Sync, Jordan Knight, 5, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
Aug. 20: Cher, Arrowhead Pond.
* ‘N Sync, Jordan Knight, 5, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion.
Aug. 20-21: “Super Slow Jam,” Greek Theatre.
Aug. 21: Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez, Lucero, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 24:Joey McIntyre, Greek Theatre.
Aug. 27-28: Banned from Utopia, Baked Potato Hollywood.
Aug. 28: Alejandra Guzman, Universal Amphitheatre.
Aug. 31: John Michael Montgomery, Junior Brown, Greek Theatre.
MUSIC
Today: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Friday: Southwest Chamber Music: Open Rehearsal: Richard Derby Quintet; Armory, Pasadena.
* Chamber Orchestra of St. Matthew’s; St. Matthew’s, Pacific Palisades.
* Orchestre Revolutionnaire; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; OCPAC.
* Los Robles Master Chorale. Kavli Theatre; Thousand Oaks. Also: Saturday in Oxnard.
Saturday: Southwest Chamber Music, Revueltas, Chavez, Derby, Ravel; Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Also May 25 at 8 p.m. at Zipper Hall, Colburn School.
* Orchestre Revolutionnaire, Gardiner; Monteverdi Choir. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9; OCPAC.
Sunday: Sundays at Two: Boris Brovtsyn-Gruzenberg, violin, Robert Thies, piano; Beverly Hills Public Library.
* Pacific Chorale, John Alexander, conductor; OCPAC.
Wednesday-May 27: Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor. Mahler: Ninth Symphony; OCPAC.
Wednesday-June 13: L.A. Opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” (Donizetti); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
May 28: L.A. Philharmonic, Salonen; Emanuel Ax, piano; Pavilion.
June 2-6: Ojai Festival opening, June 2. Sundowner Concert I. Toimii Ensemble; Ojai Art Center.
June 3: Ojai Festival: Sundowner Concert II; Libbey Bowl, Ojai.
June 3-20: Mainly Mozart Festival. June 3. Catedral de Guadalupe, Tijuana; repeated, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, San Diego, June 4 and 5 San Diego/Tijuana and Environs.
June 4: L.A. Philharmonic, Salonen; Anssi Karttunen, cello; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Libbey Bowl, Ojai Festival.
June 5: Ojai Festival: Toimii Goes Opera, Olli Mustonen in recital, LAPO New Music Group, Salonen; Thomas Stevens; Anssi Karttunen; Libbey Bowl, Ojai.
June 6: Ojai Festival: Dawn Upshaw, soprano, in recital; Toimii Ensemble, Salonen, conductor; Olli Mustonen, piano; Libbey Bowl, Ojai.
* Finals, Zachary Competition for Opera Singers; Luckman Theatre, Cal State Los Angeles.
* Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition: Final Round; Pepperdine University, Malibu.
* Mainly Mozart; Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla.
* June 8: Mainly Mozart Festival; Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla.
June 11: Mainly Mozart; California Center, Escondido.
* Mainly Mozart: Brentano String Quartet; Tecate.
June 12: Long Beach Opera: “The Imaginary Invalid,” Moliere play, with music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Carpenter Center; Cal State Long Beach. Also June 16, 20.
* Pasadena Symphony, Jorge Mester, conductor; Olivier Charlier, violin; Civic Auditorium, Pasadena.
* Long Beach Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Miranda Cuckson, violin; Terrace Theater, Long Beach.
June 13: L.A. Chamber Orchestra Winds, with pianist Jeffrey Kahane; Ford Amphitheatre.
* Long Beach Opera: “Duke Blebeard’s Castle” (Bartok); Carpenter Center, Long Beach. Also, June 19 at 8 p.m.
* Mainly Mozart Fest: Brentano Quartet; Anthony Pay, clarinet; Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla.
* June 16: Mainly Mozart Orchestra, David Atherton, conductor; Spreckels Theatre, San Diego.
June 17: Mainly Mozart Festival, William Preucil, violin; Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla.
June 19: Mainly Mozart closing program. Orchestra conducted by David Atherton; Spreckels Theatre, San Diego. Also, June 20 at Point Loma Nazarene University.
June 20: Rossetti String Quartet, with Armen Guzelimian; Ford Amphitheatre.
* Baroque Music Festival; Corona del Mar. Other events June 21, June 23, June 25, June 27.
June 25: Beatles Night at the Bowl; Hollywood Bowl.
* Summer Festival Symphony, Frank Fetta, conductor; Demetra George, soprano; Redlands Bowl.
June 26: Brazil Nights, with dancers; Hollywood Bowl. Also, June 27.
* California Philharmonic summer series, Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook; L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia.
* Music Academy of the West gala alumni benefit; Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
June 27: Miami String Quartet; Ford Amphitheatre.
* Symphony in the Glen; Griffith Park.
June 27-July 10: SongFest ‘99; UC Irvine.
June 29: Music Academy of the West Tuesday night faculty chamber series; Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
July 1: Pianist Gustavo Romero in first concert of complete Chopin cycle; Athenaeum, La Jolla. Other events July 11, 16, 25, Aug. 1 and 5.
July 2: Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular; Hollywood Bowl. Also July 3 and 4.
July 3: Pasadena Pops Orchestra; Jorge Mester, conductor; Bryan Pezzone, piano; Descanso Gardens, La Can~ada.
* John Aler, tenor; Martin Katz, piano; UC Irvine.
* Music Academy Orchestra, Roberto Abbado, guest conductor; Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
July 4: Pacific Symphony: Spirit of the Century. Richard Kaufman, conductor; Jason Grae, singer and dancer, Marcia Mitzman, singer; Irvine Bowl.
July 6: L.A. Philharmonic, Adam Fischer; Sarah Chang, violin; Hollywood Bowl.
* Ruth Golden, soprano; Rosemary Hyler, piano; UCI.
July 8: L.A. Philharmonic, Adam Fischer; Julian Rachlin, violin. Mozart program; Hollywood Bowl.
July 9: Southwest Chamber Music series; Huntington Library, San Marino.
* Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri; Susan Egan, Marilyn Horne, Justino Diaz, Davis Gaines, vocal soloists. 100 years of Broadway; Hollywood Bowl. Also July 10.
* Brandon Velarde, baritone; Graham Johnson, piano. Schubert: “Die Winterreise”; UC Irvine Concert Hall.
July 10: Winifred R. Harris Between Lines; Ford Amphitheatre.
* California Philharmonic, Victor Vener, conductor; Beethoven, Brahms, J. Strauss; L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia.
* Music Academy Orchestra, Hans Vonk, guest conductor; Lobero, Santa Barbara.
July 11: Tango and Romance, with fireworks and dancers; Hollywood Bowl.
* Gustavo Romero. Chopin recital II; Athenaeum, La Jolla.
July 13: L.A. Philharmonic, Andrew Litton; Gil Shaham, violin; L.A. Master Chorale. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1; Scenes from “Ivan the Terrible,” with film; Hollywood Bowl.
July 15: L.A. Philharmonic, Litton; Giovanni Bellucci, piano; Hollywood Bowl.
July 16: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri; soloists to be announced. Vive la France!; Hollywood Bowl.
* California Ballet; Redlands Bowl.
* Gustavo Romero. Chopin recital III; Athenaeum, La Jolla.
July 18: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, George Daugherty, conductor; Amy Tan & Peter Dennis, narrators. A Musical Storybook: Chuck Jones’ Peter and the Wolf, etc.; Hollywood Bowl.
July 20: L.A. Philharmonic, Jahja Ling; Martin Chalifour, violin; Hollywood Bowl.
* July 20: Festival Symphony, Frank Fetta, conductor; Sally Kikuchi, piano; Redlands Bowl.
July 22: L.A. Philharmonic, Ling; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Hollywood Bowl.
July 23-24: L.A. Philharmonic, John Williams, conductor; Hollywood Bowl.
* Southwest Chamber Music; Hunting
ton Library, San Marino.
July 24: Pacific Symphony with Carl St.Clair, conductor; Jorge Federico Osorio, piano; Irvine Bowl.
* California Philharmonic. “Film Classics”: soloist: pianist and violinist Ayke Agus; L.A. County Arboretum.
* Music Academy Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, guest conductor; Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
July 25: African Pulse, with dancers; Hollywood Bowl.
* Gustavo Romero, piano. Chopin recital IV; Athenaeum, La Jolla.
July 27: L.A. Philharmonic, Emmanuel Krivine, conductor; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano; Hollywood Bowl.
July 29: Opening, International Laureates Festival; Schoenberg Hall, UCLA.
* L.A. Philharmonic, Krivine; Andreas Haefliger, piano; Hollywood Bowl.
July 30-31: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Mauceri; Tito Puente and the Latin Jazz Ensemble; Hollywood Bowl.
July 31: Opera Under the Stars, Water Court; California Plaza.
* International Laureates Festival; Beverly Hills Public Library.
* Nicolai Petrov, piano, opening International Chopin Symposium; Zipper Hall, Colburn School.
Aug. 1: International Laureates Festival; LACMA.
* Flaco Jimenez and Lonnie Brooks; Natalie MacMaster; Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theater; Hollywood Bowl.
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* Gustavo Romero. Chopin recital V; Athenaeum, La Jolla.
Aug. 1-8: International Chopin Symposium; Pepperdine University, Malibu.
Aug. 3: L.A. Philharmonic, Eri Klas, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano, Hollywood Bowl.
* Inland Pacific Ballet, Redlands Bowl.
Aug. 5: L.A. Philharmonic, Eri Klas; Vadim Repin, violin; Hollywood Bowl.
* Gustavo Romero. Chopin recital VI and Final; Athenaeum, La Jolla.
* International Laureates Festival; Bridges Hall, Claremont.
Aug. 6: Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues; Water Court, California Plaza.
* Southwest Chamber Music; Huntington Library, San Marino.
* SummerFest opens; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* Music Academy of the West opera: “Rodelinda” (Handel), conducted by Randall Behr; stage director: Christopher Mattaliano; Lobero, Santa Barbara. Also, Aug. 7 and 8.
Aug. 6-7: L.A. Philharmonic, Jerry Goldsmith, conductor. Movie Music Magic; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 7: JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble; Ford Amphitheatre.
* International Laureates Festival; Zipper Hall, Colburn School.
* SummerFest, Janos Starker, cello, et al; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* Pasadena Pops, Lucas Richman, conductor; Deborah Mayhan, Beth Crosby; Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos, Jeff Austin, soloists; Descanso Gardens, La Can~ada.
California Philharmonic; soloists: Juliana Gondek and Jonathan Mack; L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia.
* Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair; Robin Follman, soprano; Viennese dancers; Irvine Bowl.
Aug. 8: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, George Daugherty. Bugs Bunny on Broadway IV; Hollywood Bowl.
* SummerFest: Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Wu Han, piano, et al.; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
Aug. 10: Summerfest: Christopher O’Riley, piano; Robert McDuffie, violin, et al.; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor; Hollywood Bowl.
* Summer Festival Symphony, Frank Fetta, conductor; duo pianists Caroline Oltmanns and Timothy Ehlen; Redlands Bowl.
Aug. 12: Russian National Orchestra, Pletnev, conductor; Vitaly Margulis, piano; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 13: SummerFest: Gilbert Kalish, piano; Philip Setzer, violin; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* Danza Floricanto/USA; Redlands Bowl.
Aug. 13-14: Russian National Orchestra, Pletnev, conductor; Nicolai Lugansky, piano. Russian Spectacular, with fireworks; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 14: L.A. Mozart Orchestra, Lucinda Carver, conductor. Mozart’s “Magic Flute,” Ford Amphitheatre.
* Academy Orchestra, Graeme Jenkins, guest conductor. Concerto Night; Lobero, Santa Barbara.
* SummerFest: Richard Todd, horn; Julie Rosenfeld, violin; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
Aug. 15: SummerFest; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
Aug. 17: SummerFest: Bruce Adolphe premiere, and music by Henry Cowell, Dvorak; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* L.A. Philharmonic, Andrew Robinson, cond.; Alessandra Marc, soprano; Fernando de la Mora, tenor; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 19: L.A. Philharmonic, Kristjan Jarvi, cond.; Ida Haendel, violin; Hollywood Bowl.
* International Laureates Festival; Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara.
Aug. 20: SummerFest: Allan Vogel, oboe; Janice Tipton, flute; Benny Kim, violin, et al; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
* Southwest Chamber Music; Huntington Library, San Marino.
* I Palpiti Chamber Orchestra; Ford Amphitheatre.
Aug. 20-21: L.A. Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, cond; Fernando de la Mora, tenor. Latin Spectacular, with fireworks; Hollywood Bowl.
* Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” produced, directed and conducted by Frank Fetta; Redlands Bowl.
Aug. 21: SummerFest finale; Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla.
Aug. 22: I Palpiti soloists; Ford Amphitheatre.
* Gypsy Passion with dancers. Alma de Flamenco; Vera Bila; Musafir; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 24: L.A. Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen; Alexander Toradze, piano; L.A. Master Chorale; video by Bill Viola; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 26: L.A. Philharmonic, Salonen; Helene Grimaud, piano; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 27: Festival Symphony, Frank Fetta, conductor; Linda Wang, violin; Marek Szpakiewicz, cello; Redlands Bowl.
Aug. 27-28: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Mauceri. Universal Night at the Movies; Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 28: Pasadena Pops, Rachel Worby, conductor; Amick Byram, vocalist; Descanso Gardens, La Can~ada.
* California Philharmonic. W.A. Mozart & Company; L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia.
* Pacific Symphony, St.Clair; Nancy Tunnicliffe, bagpipes; Irvine Bowl.
Aug. 29: Verdugo Hills Showtime Chorus; Ford Amphitheatre.
Aug. 31: L.A. Philharmonic, Salonen; Daniel Rothmuller, cello; Hollywood Bowl.
Sept. 2: L.A. Philharmonic, Salonen; Alexander Treger and Bing Wang, violins; Hollywood Bowl.
Sept. 3-4: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, George Daugherty; Julia Migenes, soprano; Gogi Grant, vocalist. From the Bowl to the Moon--And Beyond!; Hollywood Bowl.
Sept. 5: The Americus Brass Band; American Winds Concert Band, Larry Curtis, conductor; Allen Vizzutti, trumpet. Strike Up the Band!, with fireworks; Hollywood Bowl.
* L.A. Baroque Orchestra; Ford Amphitheatre.
