Sound of SilentsSilent pictures often weren’t. Live...

Sound of Silents

Silent pictures often weren’t. Live musicians provided background music. Doing double duty, the Little Tramp himself--Charlie Chaplin--scored some films. Two of Chaplin’s compositions will be performed Saturday by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. See Valley Weekend. (F1B)

Songs of Woe

South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim brings his distinctive style of jazz with an African flavor to CSUN Saturday. It’s a rare West Coast performance for the Cape Town native, who lived in exile in New York for 15 years. (F1A)

Campfire Songs

Summer camp is a childhood rite. Paying for it is a parental pocketbook problem. See the Bargains column today in Valley Weekend (F16) for an alternative to shelling out $1,625 so little Ashley can learn the words to John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith.

Swan Song

Local GOP insiders were surprised presidential hopeful Bob Dole is giving up his Senate seat to focus on the campaign. Pleasantly surprised. “He’s resigning from the Senate?” said a stunned Frank Visco, former state party chairman. It can only help, the Lancaster resident said. “We’re going to see some fire in his belly,” he said.

Mourning Song

Wondering why flags were flying at half-staff all over the Valley Wednesday? . . . In 1994, May 15 was designated by President Clinton to mourn about 14,000 police officers killed in the line of duty. . . . We do.