Get Out: Inner Light, Fire Drill, Manson Family Jam, Beethoven's 5th Breakdown

Fire Safety Lecture
Tonight at 6:30, the Theodore Payne Foundation and The City of Glendale Public Works Department will present a free public lecture, "Southern California Wildfires: Protecting our Homes and the Natural Environment." Presenters include Richard W. Halsey and Jon E. Keeley, Ph.D., two of the region's most respected experts on fire, local ecology and post-fire regeneration. They will present science- and research-based information about wildfires and how to best adapt one's home environment. First come, first seated at Clark Magnet High School Auditorium, 4747 New York Ave. in La Crescenta.

Family Jam
Arrive early to Ghettogloss tonight because we imagine you'll have to wait in line to pick the brain of Amanda Milius, the artist behind this photography exhibit for which subjects channeled Charles Manson's "Family" while tweaked on LSD. Milius used her obsession with Sadie and Gypsy, a little spiked water and lots of film to, in her own words, "teeter on the edge of love, fear, life and unlife, to blink twice at something beautiful, to see trails, have a shared experience, and in that to sense the happiness and freedom amongst friends who were and are, searching and striving for the same things [Manson's] girls were." Cocktail reception runs from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Discover Beethoven's 5th
For some, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 conjures up cartoony images of some villain tying Bugs Bunny in drag to the railroad tracks, but tonight Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra music director Jeffrey Kahane leads an exploration of the classic work that will make even the most rookie orchestra-goer appreciate its finer points. Once the piece is broken down and its subtle nuances exposed, a performance of the entire work will follow as wells as a Q&A with Kahane and the band. Purchase tickets here.