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TODAY

Petsmart and PetProLife

will co-host Dog Fair 2003 and Pet Adoption Day from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the Petsmart on 17th Street in Costa Mesa. There will be

adoptable pets, a trainer, a groomer and a pet psychic. Dogs must be

on a leash. Information: (949)285-5247.

The Newport Beach Public Library Through the Years, a wall of

library history in pictures, will be dedicated to the memory of

Robert S. Knox at 2 p.m. at the Newport Beach Pubic Library, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 717-3828.

MONDAY

UC Irvine professor Thomas J. Carew will lead an lecture on

allergens called “From Molecules to Memories: Lessons from a Simple

Brain,” at 7 p.m. in the UC Irvine Student Center’s Crystal Cove

Auditorium. The event is free, but reservations are required.

Information: (949) 824-7252.

Orange Coast College’s Philosophy Department is offering an

eight-week introduction to critical analysis and rational evaluation

of argument and other forms of expression. The class, listed as

Philosophy 150, starts today. It will be held from 12:45 to 4:20 p.m.

The cost of the course is $18 per unit for all California residents.

Information: (714) 432-5072.

Registration for nearly 100

eight-week classes at Orange Coast College will be open from today

through Dec. 13. Registration is available at OCC’s registration

office from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Information: (714) 432-5072.

TUESDAY

The ACLU of Orange County

will have speaker Heather Banuels from the Orange County Community

Service Programs to discuss its hate crime victims program and how

the ACLU and the public can help with reporting hate crimes. The

meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259

Victoria, Costa Mesa. Information (714)-957-6107.