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SATURDAY
A Noise Within will have its first Playing with Shakespeare summer
event from 4 to 8 p.m. to raise funds for its arts education and
outreach programs at El Roble, 141 N. Grand Ave., Pasadena. The event
includes food, music, games, activities, wandering minstrels and
performers, a silent auction and a performance by students of the
company's classical training programs. Tickets are $80, $35 for
children 8 to 18. Reservations are required and can be made by
calling (818) 240-0910, ext. 1.
The 22nd annual Montrose Arts & Crafts Festival will be from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Sunday along Honolulu Avenue in Montrose.
A Summer Music Series kicks off from 1 to 4 p.m. today with the
Armenian folklore group the Bozigian Trio performing dance music
followed by international music and Latin jazz by Carlos Velasco from
5 to 8 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.
Five short plays written, directed and performed by Glendale
Community College Theatre Arts Department students, will be presented
at 8 p.m. today in the Auditorium Studio Theatre. George Mackey wrote
the 10-minute plays, "The Well," "Passport" and "Reparations." The
other 10-minute play, "Canine Collector," was written by Brian Keith
Price. The longer "Choices" was written by David Wong. The plays
contain adult language and subject matter. Reservations are
recommended. Tickets are $10, $6 for students and seniors and $4 each
for groups of 10 or more. For reservations, call (818) 240-1000, ext.
5618.
Two rare Charlie Chaplin comedies will be shown during the Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra's 16th annual Silent Film Gala and VIP
party at 8 p.m. at UCLA's Royce Hall. The centerpiece of the evening
will be Chaplin's 1928 comic masterpiece, "The Circus." The 20-minute
short, "How to Make Movies," will also be shown. The orchestra has a
regular season of concerts at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Gala
tickets range from $30 to $75 for film and $275 for the film and the
post-film supper. For reservations, call (213) 622-7001, ext. 275.
Hoover High School presents "Hooverstock," a tribute to the famous
rock concert, Woodstock, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hoover High Auditorium,
