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6pm Readings

It’s the best of a reading at some funky bookstore, but with food and drink. L.A.’s hip salon Spoken Interludes has an eclectic menu of words for this month’s show, including Michael York, reading from his novel “Dispatches From Armageddon”; a new story from Nora Dunn; novelist Mark Jude Poirier reading from his “Unsung Heroes of American Industry”; and Wayne Reynolds reading “Therapy,” a short story he wrote.

Spoken Interludes, Tempest Supper Club, 7323 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Dinner, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Readings, 7:30 p.m. $25. (323) 957-4688.

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7pm Music

With two guest artists--soprano Monica Mauch and violinist Christoph Poppen--the four male vocalists of the popular Hilliard Ensemble perform the North American premiere of selections from their latest CD, called “Morimur,” plus excerpts from “Revelations.” The composers represented--Bach, Joanne Metcalf, Jacquet de Mantua and Nicolas Gombert--show the breadth of the ensemble’s style, which melds everything from medieval to minimalist traditions.

Hilliard Ensemble and guests, Royce Hall, UCLA campus, Westwood, 7 p.m. $35. (310) 825-2101.

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3pm Music

Now an assistant concertmaster with the New York Philharmonic, violinist Michelle Kim, an alumna of the Colburn School and a former faculty member there, returns to play a free concert with pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald and cellist Ronald Leonard, distinguished current faculty members of the school. The trio will play Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A minor, Opus 50. Sonatas by Poulenc and Richard Strauss will open the program.

Kim/Leonard/Fitz-Gerald Trio, Zipper Hall, Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 3 p.m. Free. (213) 621-2200.

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all day Festival

You can get a cross-cultural experience crossing the street in Los Angeles. But the Skirball Cultural Center will really celebrate the diversity of the city during the My America Festival. Featured performances are by the Larry Steen World Jazz Ensemble and the B-Side Players and Inner [di] Visions dance company. But the menu may be the real draw: gourmet creations such as smoked salmon tamales and curried chicken empanadas will be among the food items available. For the kids, there are games, storytelling and arts workshops.

My America Festival, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $6 to $8, children under 12 are free. (310) 440-4500.

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7pm Theater

Stage and screen veteran Orson Bean (“Being John Malkovich”) heads the cast as the pompous professor in Classical Theatre Lab’s production of “Uncle Vanya,” Anton Chekhov’s classic. In this seriocomic tale, a family of faded gentry is at odds over the future of the family estate. Multiple cases of unrequited love complicate matters, thanks to the professor’s beautiful young second wife.

“Uncle Vanya,” MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Ave., L.A., Sundays, 7 p.m.; Mondays and Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Ends May 21. $15. (323) 957-1152.