May 22 Guys and Dolls, the classic musical, through May 30, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, and Saturday May 30, $15-$20, SMC Theatre Arts Main Stage, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4319.Honey Hush, rock band featuring two members of War, 7:30-11:30pm, free, Marina City Club, 4333 Admiralty Way, MDR, 310.822.0611.The Miracle Worker, William Gibson’s famous play about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, through June 28, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, 1pm May 31, 3pm June 7, $25, Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., 310.392.7327.Paint, Wine, and Cheese, paint or just socialize, watch painting, and enjoy cheese and wine, live music by Bunnies and Kitties, 6-9pm, free ($25 if you want to paint), PaintLab, 2912 Main St., 310.450.9200.12 Angry Jurors, Samohi’s spring theatrical, through May 30, 7pm Friday, 2 and 8pm Saturday, 4pm May 28, 7pm May 29, 2pm May 30, $5-$10, Humanities Center Theatre, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Blvd., 310.3953204 x239.May 23Jo Ann Callis, photographs and paintings, reception May 30, 4-6pm, through June 27, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410.Live Son Jarocho Music, music from Veracruz with Hector Marquez and Marisol, Maria Guardado, and Conjunto Jardin, 7:30-10pm, $10, SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.9560, sparcmurals.org.On Location in Malibu 2009: Paintings by the California Art Club, reception 5-7pm, through August 9, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.4851.Alessandro Balteo Yazbek, Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, reception 6-8pm, through July 3, Christopher Grimes Gallery, 916 Colorado Ave., 310.587.3373.May 24Cantori Domino presents Sir David Willcocks and Jonathan Willcocks conducting Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Willcocks’ A Great and Glorious Victory and The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 4pm, $20-$25, First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th St., 323.662.5007.Santa Monica Symphony, music by Bizet, Haydn, Mendelssohn, 7:30pm, free, pre-concert talk with Professor Raymond Knapp, 6:30pm, free, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., smsymphony.org.May 25Beach Groove, a mobile, community-based dance, presented by Christine Suarez and Suarez Dance Theatre, 1pm, free, begins at Venice Beach at Rose Avenue and continues to the Santa Monica Pier, suarezdance.org.May 27Ray Brown, Selected Works, reception May 30, 5-7pm, through June 27, FIG, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345. Everything You Wanted To Know About Bio-Identical Hormones, lecture with David Allen, M.D. 7-8:45pm, free, MLK Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.966.9194.Michael Feinstein, activist and former Santa Monica Mayor, speaks at the Activist Support Circle, 7pm, free, Friends Meeting Hall, 1440 Harvard St., 310.399.1000.Mind Body Spirit Clown Show, with Zippy and High Tops, 6pm, $20, SuPerBAAD Kids’ Play Space, Mind Body Spirit, 1906 Olympic Blvd., 310.829.3000.Grace Swanson, David Twamley, Betty Sheinbaum, reception May 30, 5-8pm, through June 20, TAG-The Artists’ Gallery, 2903 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.829.9556. May 28The Face of Writing, lecture with Ken Winkler, 11:15am, free, Art Lecture Hall 214, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4303. Malibu Food & Wine Tasting, 5-8pm, Malibu Wines, 31800 Mulholland Hwy, Malibu, malibu.org.John Mirassou talks about his book Only In America: An American Boating Adventure, noon, $14.75, includes luncheon, California Yacht Club, 4469 Admiralty Way, MDR, 310.823.4567.SMC Percussion Ensemble Recital, under the direction of conductor Matthew Altmire, 11:15am, free, Edye Second Space, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St., 310.434.4323. May 28-30Parkening International Guitar Competition, Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.4522.
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