Tv Land Top Ten

1 JAZZ@USC '04

APR. 13-17. Your dance card's full for five days with performances by the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (Apr. 13), the Jonah Minton Septet and the Bloomdaddies (Apr. 14), the Brad Mehldau Trio (Apr. 15), the Wayne Shorter Quartet (Apr. 16), and Shelly Berg conducting the USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra (Apr. 17). At 7. Tickets, $10-$30. Bovard Auditorium, USC, 213-740-2167.

2 NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT: THE HISTORY OF GAY AND LESBIAN IMAGES ON TELEVISION

STARTS MAR. 26. Long before the "gay '90s," TV was already tackling (albeit gingerly) the subject of homosexuality. Screenings include episodes of Medical Center, Maude, All in the Family, Soap, and Hot L Baltimore. Call for times. Admission, free. Museum of Television & Radio, 465 N. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-786-1000.

3 INVENTING RACE: CASTA PAINTING AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MEXICO

OPENS APR. 4. The family portraits on view illustrate the progressive 18th-century Mexican social practice of mestizaje, or racial mixing through marriage. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 323-857-6000.

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4 AT HOME WITH HISTORY: EXPLORING LOS ANGELES' HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY ZONES

APR. 18. Bring your own wheels for this driving tour of Melrose Hill, West Adams Terrace, University Park, and Whitley Heights. (Proceeds benefit Los Angeles Conservancy.) 10-4. Tickets, $25-$30. Visit www.laconservancy.org.

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5 CRIMES OF ART

APR. 18. No, this isn't a lecture on paintings of poker-playing dogs. Detective Donald Hrycyk from the LAPD's Art Theft Detail shares his expertise in hot art. 1:30-3. Tickets, $5-$10. Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, 323-667-2000.

6 COLLAGE DANCE THEATER

APR. 1-4. Choreographer Heidi Duckler stages her latest site-specific work, the Kafka-inspired dance A Hunger Artist, in the pink-as-an-ingenue dining roam of the landmark Perino's before its date with the wrecking ball. (Guests are encouraged to wear pink.) Pink Plate Special Gala Performance: Apr. 1. At 8. Tickets, $125. General admission: Apr. 2-4. At 7 and 9. Tickets, $25-$40. Perino's Restaurant, 4101 Wilshire Blvd., 323-655-8587.

7 TRAVELING THE HOLY LAND THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE

OPENS APR. 21. The 1914 Underwood and Underwood stereograph collection has yielded this exhibition of images depicting the holy sites and street life of turn-of-the-19th-century Palestine. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., West LA., 310-440-4500.

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8 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

APR. 17. As part of the UCLA Live series, the two kings of geekdom riff off their kiddie album No! in the afternoon and then rock out for Malcolm in the Middle fans who want to stay up late. Kid show: At 4. Tickets, $15-$30. Rock show: At 8. Tickets, $25-$35. Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, 310-825-2101.

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9 VISIBLE & INVISIBLE DRAWINGS: AN EVENING WITH CHRIS WARE & IRA GLASS

APR. 10. UCLA Live has commissioned "comix" artist Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth) and This American Life radio-show host Ira Glass to tell the same story in their own way. At 8. Tickets, $17-$40. Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, 310-825-2101.

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10 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF SING-ALONG

APR. 25. Get your tuchis over here to belt out "Sunrise, Sunset" with your people. Come in costume, and hey--free babushkas for the ladies! At 7:30. Tickets, $18. Gindi Auditorium, University of Judaism, 15600 Mulholland Dr., Bel Air, 310-440-1547.

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