Opening Night

TODAY Burbank Certified Farmers Market is from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. rain or shine every week at Orange Grove Avenue and Third Street. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Providence St. Joseph Foundation. Electronic Benefit Transfer Golden State Advantage Cards are accepted. For more information, call (818) 845-6851. ? ?Feeling Fine After 55,? a weight-loss nutrition class designed specifically for older adults will be from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Joslyn Adult Center, 1301 W. Olive Ave., Burbank.

Dink O'Neal, Enjoy! GLENDALE -- Aside from the advantage of transporting an audience to a variety of locales and situations, a collection of short plays affords both actors and directors the luxury of stretching their collective wings in one evening. Such is the case for the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department's "10 Minute Wonders." Tackling scripts of this length requires the recognition that each word, each sentence, has been carefully plotted by the authors for maximum effect.

Jose Ruiz Between the time Columbus landed on the Americas and the astronauts landed on the moon, there is the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the great land of this country. The anxiety and thundering of the heart with the excitement of the unfamiliar, and the humbling when faced with the grandeur of nature, have all been documented by these explorers, and the Colony Theatre brings author Leon Martell's vision of the Lewis and Clark Expedition depicting not so much what they found and saw, but how they felt and responded.

Compiled by Joyce Rudolph FallonMAGIC show benefits outreach BURBANK -- Husband and wife Matthew and Mistia Fallon will conjure up funds for the outreach programs of First United Methodist Church of Burbank with a magic show at 7 p.m. Saturday. As the act, FallonMAGIC, the couple combines their backgrounds in theater and dance to present astounding illusions accompanied by quick, clean humor suited for families beginning with those 6 and older.

Send DATEBOOK items to the Burbank Leader, 221 N. Brand Blvd., 2nd Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 or fax to (818) 241-1975. Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. TODAY The Colony Theatre presents the opening of "Stage Struck" at 8 p.m. tonight. Opening night tickets are $50 and include a reception. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays until March 11. Tickets range from $37 to $42 with student, senior and group discounts available.

Guild presenting 'My Favorite Year' GLENDALE -- The Musical Theatre Guild, which presents concert staged readings of seldom-seen musicals, opens the ninth season of its "Broadway in Concert" series with the Los Angeles premiere of "My Favorite Year" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. "My Favorite Year," with a book by James Dougherty and a score by Lynne Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is the sweet, snappy and altogether beguiling story of young Benjy Stone, a freshman writer on early TV's "Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade."

"Miami Vice" is based on the 1980s TV show of the same name but the two projects are very different. The original was bright, colorful and sprinkled with humor. The remake is dark, drab and painfully serious. If you're looking to go back in time for a fun night at the movies, you will be very disappointed. After a long week of work ? or, in my case, looking for work, my friend Charles and I were ready for a good time and our screening of "Miami Vice" was jam-packed with like-minded individuals.

Local students in 'Kiss Me Kate' GLENDALE -- "Kiss Me Kate," a Glendale Community College Music Theater production combining the efforts of the music, dance and theater arts departments, opens Friday for two weekends. In the lead roles are guest artist Kevin Blackley as Fred Graham/Petrucio and Eva Hedberg as Lilli VanNessi/Kate. Local students performing in the show are John Burroughs High School graduate Juan Bronco Solis, La Crescenta resident Sarkis Khachmanian, La Canada Flintridge resident Benjamin Magallanes Jr. and Glendale residents Gabin Edwards, Cesar Perez, Steffan Raines and Robin Andrews.

Joyce Rudolph ACTORFYI WHAT: "Accomplice" by Rupert Holmes, produced by the Colony Theatre Company WHEN: Preview performances are at 8 tonight through Friday, with opening-night performance at 8 p.m. Saturday. The run ends March 13. WHERE: 555 N. Third St., Burbank. TICKETS: Previews $16; regular performances range from $26 to $36 with student, senior and group discounts available RESERVATIONS: (818) 558-7000 Few actors are as fortunate as Larry Cedar.