Around Town

The Guild Opera artists of the Guild & Opera Company will sing their favorite arias from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Brand Library and Art Center, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. Refreshments will be served and reservations are recommended. For reservations, call (323) 463-6593 and for more information, call Jeanette Floyd at (323) 876-7735.

The Carlos Cuevas Trio will play in the jazz celebrations of the First Lutheran Church at 5 p.m. at 1300 E. Colorado St., Glendale. For more information, call (818) 240-9000 or (323) 245-4000.

The Glendale Memorial Health Foundation presents the 19th annual Evening of Wine and Roses from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Eulalia Street in Glendale on the Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health center grounds. The event will feature more than 20 wines pouring more than 50 selections and foods from more than 20 Southern California restaurants as well as a silent auction and musical entertainment. Tickets are $200 a person. For more information, call (818) 502-2375.

MONDAY

The West Glendale Chapter 1886 American Assn. of Retired Persons will meet at 1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2001 Cañada Blvd., Glendale. The featured program will be spending an afternoon with Glendale Housing Authority member Don Mincey. For more information, call (323) 255-9363.

TUESDAY

Descanso Gardens presents a lecture on creating a yard with little to no lawn from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Sycamore Science Center, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. The fee is $35 for members and $45 nonmembers. The lecture will continue on Oct. 17 and 24. For reservations, call (818) 949-7980.

The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club presents a presentation on mountain lions, "Living with Lions" by Christa Mann at 7:30 p.m. at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, 7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga. Mann is the field representative for the Mountain Lion Foundation. The presentation will follow club news and refreshments. For more information, call (818) 353-4181.

WEDNESDAY

The MOMS Club of the Foothills presents an open house from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Luke's Church, 2563 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta. Drawings for tickets to Disneyland and other attractions, crafts for children, refreshments and a safety presentation by the Los Angeles Fire Department will be provided. For more information, call (323) 496-0844.