VALLEY WEEKEND

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OUT OF THE FOG

During the 1980s, Adrienne Barbeau got a rep as the queen of low budget horror films. Her appearances in “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Swamp Thing,” and other such films led people to overlook her other talents. However, Adrienne Barbeau the singer will perform tonight at the Moonlight Tango Cafe in Sherman Oaks.

She first performed on Broadway as Tevye’s daughter, Hodel, in the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” and in 1972, she was nominated for a Tony for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of the musical “Grease.”

After that, she joined the cast of the CBS-TV sitcom “Maude” and stayed through 1978. Barbeau married film director John Carpenter in 1979, and worked with him on “The Fog” in 1980. Her Hollywood die was cast.

But, singer Barbeau has received good marks for her cabaret work. Times critic Don Heckman said in 1989, her act was “an appealingly contemporary cabaret turn.”

* Adrienne Barbeau with the Wayland Pickard Quartet at 9 p.m. at the Moonlight Tango Cafe, 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. $10 cover plus a $9.95 minimum. Call (818) 788-2000.

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WEEKEND GOD’S MUSIC

Jazz pianist Cecilia Coleman will unveil her original “Suite for Jazz Vespers” this weekend at First Lutheran Church in Glendale. The special guest for the evening will be Pastor John Garcia-Gensel, the founder of the jazz vespers service at St. Peter’s Church in New York City.

Coleman’s four-part composition, which musically celebrates the search for world peace, love, truth and happiness, will be performed Sunday by an all-star 10-piece ensemble featuring Coleman on piano. Zan Stewart, The Times’ jazz writer, will participate as a reader during the performance.

“The piece is partly a tribute to John Gensel,” says Coleman. “He played a major role in many jazz musicians’ lives spiritually.”

Gensel, a Lutheran minister, has been described as having an ear for jazz and an open heart to the mostly churchless people who create it. In 1965, the Lutheran Board of American Missions officially named him pastor to the jazz community.

* Cecilia Coleman’s “Suite for Jazz Vespers” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at First Lutheran Church, 1300 E. Colorado St., Glendale. Admission is $5. Call (818) 240-9000.

CLASSICAL GAS

The Cal State Northridge Symphony might have a different attitude playing this Saturday evening when it is led by guest conductor Randall Craig Fleischer. Fleischer, the conductor of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in New York, is known for trying to bring some of the vitality of rock music into classical repertoire. The symphony’s regular conductor, David Aks, is on a sabbatical.

The CSUN Symphony concert is just one of several events for the Valley’s classical music fans.

The CSUN Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jerry Luedders, will perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak and Wagner at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Performing Arts Center. CSUN Youth Orchestras, founded 25 years ago, provide musical outlets for young musicians 6 to 20. Of the three separate youth ensembles, the Philharmonic is composed of the program’s most advanced musicians. For CSUN event ticket info, call (818) 885-2488.

The Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, will present two concerts this weekend. First, the Angeles Chorale, Children’s Chorus and Brass Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $12-$25. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10-$36. Call (800) 233-3123.

The West Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform “Prelude to the Holidays” at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Performing Arts Theater at Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. Tickets are $8-$12. Call (818) 717-0978.

Mission College, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar, will have a chamber music concert by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 7 p.m. Friday in the Campus Center. Tickets are free, but must be picked up at the Northeast Valley Arts Council, 13000 Sayre St., Sylmar. Call (818) 367-8561.