Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on January 26, 2013

Immacule Ilibagiza, the author of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, discusses her life and faith at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University.

Immacule Ilibagiza -- Rwanda Genocide Survivor The author of "Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust" discusses her life and faith, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University, 40 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. 805-493-3349.

New Shanghai Circus The tumblers, jugglers and contortionists of this Chinese acrobatic troupe will have you oohing and aahing in this mesmerizing show at the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets: $30-$45. To purchase, go to http://www.toaks.org or call 800-745-3000.

Lemony Snicket's The Composer Is Dead Introduce your kids to musical instruments in this whodunit murder mystery composed by Nathaniel Stookey and Lemony Snicket at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) joins this Toyota Symphonies for Youth concert at 11 a.m. Saturday. Tickets: $21. To purchase, go to http://www.laphil.com or call 323.850-2000.

Ben Folds Five On the heels of last fall's "The Sound of the Life of the Mind," its first album in 13 years, the Chapel Hill, N.C., piano rock trio returns with what AllMusic describes as a "full-on dose of their signature blend of nostalgia and snark." Catch the band at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, followed at 8 p.m. Tuesday by a show at the House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disneyland Drive. Tickets: $25.50-$57.50. To purchase, go to http://www.livenation.com or call The Wiltern at 213-388-1400 or House of Blues Anaheim at 714-778-2583.

Social Distortion. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $30. House of Blues Sunset Strip, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. http://www.livenation. com. 323-848-5100.

Los Angeles Philharmonic. Ludovic Morlot conducts Dutilleux's "The Shadows of Time," Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 with pianist Emanuel Ax, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, 11 a.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday. $18-$172. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. http://www.laphil.com. 323-850-2000.

Jason Lee Bruns. Jazz Collective.

Ben Folds

Stanley Clarke Band. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $35-$40. Catalina Bar and Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. http://www.ticketweb.com. 323-466-2210.

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