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1pm Family

When is a cat a clarinet? When the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Magic Circle Mime Company join forces to present the Prokofiev classic “Peter and the Wolf.” The fun begins at 1 p.m. with an “instrument petting zoo” and an introduction to basic mime techniques with mime expert Judi Garratt of Silent Partners.

“Peter and the Wolf,” Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, Sunday; pre-show activities at 1 p.m.; concert at 2 p.m. $7.50 to $12.50. (213) 622-7001, Ext. 215.

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7:30pm Opera

Peter Hall’s staging of “The Magic Flute,” last seen in Los Angeles in 1998, is set in a lush and magical cartoon world populated by designer Gerald Scarfe. It’s the type of staging, The Times’ Mark Swed wrote at the time, that relies a lot on its singers. Taking up that challenge are Rodney Gilfry as the bird catcher Papageno and Sumi Jo, who will play the scheming Queen of the Night in Mozart’s classic. Also making their Los Angeles Opera debuts are soprano Andrea Rost (Pamina) and basso Reinhard Hagen (Sarastro).

“The Magic Flute,” L.A. Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 7:30 p.m. $30 to $165. (213) 365-3500. Subsequent performances, March 29 to April 14.

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3pm Dance

Confused or intimidated by modern dance? Benita Bike’s DanceArt Company has just the remedy: a program she calls “Double Takes,” in which you get to see some of her choreography, discuss it with her in an extended question-and-answer session and then see one of the pieces again for extra insights. Sunday’s session includes “Bloomers!,” a happy women’s quartet to music by Vasen, and “A Few American Songs,” a suite of dramatic solos and duets to 19th century folk music. This is Bike’s first season as dance coordinator of the Brand Library Associates’ free dance series, and each program is intended to broaden the audience as well as showcase the performers.

Benita Bike’s DanceArt Company, Brand Library Galleries, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. 3 p.m. Free. (818) 548-2051.

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all day Movies

Expat British filmmaker Alex Cox gained a cult following with a pair of hip mid-1980s films, “Repo Man” and “Sid and Nancy.” Both films, screening Sunday through Tuesday at the New Beverly, revel in their punk attitudes while serving up cheeky social commentary. Harry Dean Stanton plays mentor to Emilio Estevez’s repo-man-in-training in Cox’s 1984 sci-fi satire. In “Sid and Nancy,” Cox blends bleak docu-realism with disturbing dream imagery to create a riveting portrayal of doomed Sex Pistol Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and his groupie-turned-girlfriend Nancy Spungeon (Chloe Webb).

Alex Cox’s ‘80s Punk Double Feature, New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. “Repo Man,” Sunday, 3:35 and 7:30 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. “Sid and Nancy,” Sunday, 5:20 and 9:15 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 9:15 p.m. $3 to $6. (323) 938-4038.