Calendar for Aug. 11

THURSDAY

Children’s event

Pretend City Children’s Museum, 29 Hubble, Irvine, will host its seventh annual “When I Grow Up Day!” with Orange County professionals explaining careers in the community from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature a fire truck, police motorcycle, CHOC ambulance, sports car and dump truck. For more information, call (949) 428-3900 or visit pretendcity.org.

Seafood cooking class

Learn how to grill shrimp, swordfish and salmon during a cooking class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sur La Table, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Ste. 110, Costa Mesa. Tickets are $79. For more information, call (800) 243-0852 or visit surlatable.com.

FRIDAY

The B-52s

The B-52s headline the Pacific Amphitheatre, 100 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. The Aquabats also perform, with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (714) 708-1500 or visit pacamp.com.

TILL DEC. 4

Exhibition

Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, presents, “American Mosaic: Picturing Modern Art Through the Eye of Duncan Phillips” with 65 works created between the 1860s and 19602 by artists such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer and Georgia O’Keeffe. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Sundays and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $7.50 to $10. For more information, call (949) 759-1122 or visit ocma.net.