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TILL SUNDAYWORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

South Coast Repertory will stage the world premiere of “My Wandering Boy,” about a family searching for their missing son, on the Segerstrom Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $28 to $60. Call (714) 708-5500 or go to www.scr.org.

TUESDAYCASA TERESA FUNDRAISER

The Founders Guild of Casa Teresa, a home for single, pregnant women and their babies, is hosting a baby shower and luncheon at Sherman Gardens, 2647 East Pacific Coast Highway, Corona del Mar at 11 a.m. Tickets are $50. Call Suzanne Scholz at (949) 631-0163.

PARK DESIGN MEETING

The City of Newport Beach Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 3300 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach to discuss the Newport Center Park design. Call (949) 644-3157.

TUESDAY TILL MAY 13LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

The romantic musical, “Light in the Piazza,” about a young girl swept off her feet by a handsome Florentine while on vacation with her mother in Italy, will be at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets are $20 to $70. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Call (714) 556-2121 or go to www.ocpac.org.

FRIDAY TILL SUNDAYHOME SHOW

The Home Remodeling and Decorating Show will be at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Event features home improvement companies and products, and will focus on ways to make homes more environmentally efficient. Television and radio personalities will be on hand; the Needle Nose Crew, a Greyhound adoption organization, will have dogs available for placement in homes. Show hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $6.75 for adults $6.75; $3 seniors; children 12 and under free. Call (818) 557-2950 or go to www.thehomeshow.com.

SUNDAYSPRING GARDEN TOUR

Sherman Gardens, 2647 Pacific Coast Highway, Corona del Mar will sponsor the 11th Annual Spring Garden Tour from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Five private gardens in Corona del Mar and Newport Beach will be open for viewing; refreshments will be served. Advance tickets are $30; $35 the day of the event. Call (949) 673-2261 or go to www.slgardens.org.

MAY 8RELAY FOR LIFE MEETING

Members of the American Cancer Society will meet at 6 p.m. in Costa Mesa Bethel Towers, 666 W. 19th St., to continue planning for Costa Mesa’s first Relay for Life event, to be held in August. For information, e-mail [email protected].

MAY 9GRANDPARENTS MEETING

The Advocates for Grandparents-Grandchildren Connection, a nonprofit organization helping to create awareness of the importance of contact between children and their grandparents will hold their monthly meeting at 3 p.m. at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Room 6, Newport Beach. Call (949) 640-0399 or go to www.grand parentchildconnect.org.

MAY 10AUTHOR APPEARANCE

Author Denise Hamilton will discuss and sign her latest novel, “Prisoner of Memory,” at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Books will be available for purchase. Call (949) 717-3816.

MAY 11INVENTORS FORUM MEETING

Inventors Forum, a nonprofit inventors’ education and support group, will meet at 7 p.m. in the Orange Coast College Science Lecture Hall 101, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Featured speaker Doug Kreinheder will present a seminar on rapid prototyping, production and manufacturing. Tickets are $15 for nonmembers; $5 for members. Call (714) 540-2491 or go to www.inventorsforum.org.

MAY 12SWING-A-THON

Students from Woodland Elementary School, 2025 Garden Lane, Costa Mesa, will participate in a 12-hour “Swing-A-Thon” from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to raise funds for kindergarten swings that were removed three years ago. Participants will sign up donors and pledge to keep the swings swinging for 12 hours; students will swing in shifts all day. Call Charles Rollins at (949) 722-1084 or go to www.bench-racing.com/html/swing-a-thon.html.