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Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead

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Home and garden events are listed below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. L.A. at Home staff will determine which submissions will be made public.

July 19: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum performs “The Merry Wives of Windsor” as part of Descanso Gardens’ Summer Family Series. Bring a picnic (usually not allowed in the gardens). 5:30 to 7 p.m. Included in garden admission of $3 to $8. Open until 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays through Aug. 25. 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. (818) 949-4200.

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July 20: Scott Petersen’s documentary film “The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz” screens at USC. 7 p.m. A question and answer session with Peterson follows. Free. Mata Ortiz pottery will be for sale in the lobby. Ray Stark Family Theatre, George Lucas Building, SCA 108, 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles.

July 23: The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the John Lautner Foundation host a tour of Lautner-designed homes including the Harpel house (1956), Jacobsen house (1947), Schwimmer house (1982) and the Sheats/Goldstein house (1963/1989). 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Self-driven, $90 to $100; optional shuttle is $75 more. Optional lunch, $18. (323) 651-1510.

ONGOING Butterfly pavilion: Visitors can see caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies in this temporary enclosure. The butterfly pavilion is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through July 31. The garden is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Butterfly admission is $2 in addition to regular garden admission of $4 to $8. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-8767.

Craft shows: “Ann Weber: Love and Other Audacities” is an exhibition of cardboard sculptures made with a stapler, box cutter and shellac. “Jennifer Angus: All Creatures Great and Small” is a wallpaper-like installation featuring about 3,500 brightly colored insects pinned to the wall. $5 to $7. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Ends Sept. 11. Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 937-4230.

Frederick Fisher: The architect has created a site-specific installation featuring literal and metaphorical ruins. Free. Otis Ben Maltz Gallery, 1st floor, Bronya and Andy Galef Center for Fine Arts, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles. Ends Sept. 1. (310) 665-6905.

“Life at the Miramar”: Rare photographs, documents and other artifacts depict life at Santa Monica’s landmark home-turned-hotel from the late 1800s to the present. Ends Oct. 18. $3 to $5. Santa Monica History Museum, Santa Monica Public Library campus, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. (310) 395-2290.

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“Paris: Life & Luxury”: A variety of objects — candlesticks, furniture, clocks and more — evoke 18th century Paris at the Getty Center. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays. Ends Aug. 7. Free. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood. (310) 440-7300.

“Surf, Skate, Bike”: Los Angeles designers in all disciplines take over the galleries of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in the second installment of “Come In: Surf, Skate, Bike.” Ends July 24. $5. 6032 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 932-9393.

— Lisa Boone

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