Fantastic Five

Take your sweetie for a swing. The DeFore Foundation for the Arts

holds swing and Latin dance classes from 8 to 11 p.m. A $10 admission

covers the hour dance lesson and open dancing session that follows. The

class is held at 151 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. (949) 241-9908.

SUNDAY

Get in the zone. The Fun Zone, that is. The Balboa Merchants/Owners

Assn. will host free entertainment from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. with mimes,

clowns, balloon sculptors, street musicians and free taffy for kids.

Festivities take place at Bay Street and Edgewater. (949) 673-9575.

MONDAY

Have a nose for prose? An “Open Mic Poetry Night” will be held at 7

p.m. at Borders Books, Music & Cafe at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St.,

Costa Mesa. Free. (714) 432-7854.

TUESDAY

Shiny metal pieces. Recent aluminum wall pieces by German sculptor

Heiner Thiel are on display at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, 2429 W. Coast

Highway, Newport Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. (949) 645-8685.

WEDNESDAY

Words, when strung together properly, can be music to the ears. “Thee

Word Thing” performance poetry night begins at 9 p.m. at Club Mesa, 843

W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 642-8448.