Dan Barton Will Sign and Perform

* Author and stand-up comic Dan Barton will perform his comedy routine and sign “Killer Material” at Borders Books and Music at the Block of Orange, 20 City Drive West. 2 p.m. Sunday. (714) 385-1025.

* David Robinson will read and sign “The Family Cloister: Benedictine Wisdom for the Home” at Borders Books and Music in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. 7 p.m. Monday. (714) 432-7854.

* Nina Ananiashvili, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, will sign “Swan Lake” at Rizzoli Bookstore in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 3 p.m. Wednesday. (714) 957-3331.

* Sheran James will discuss and sign “Room Redux” at Barnes & Noble in the Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 6 p.m. Wednesday. (714) 508-9707.

* Psychic Kenny Kingston will sign “I Still Talk to. . . .” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Thursday. (949) 759-0982.

* Craig Curtis will read and sign “Fabulous Hell” at Barnes & Noble in the Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 8 p.m. Friday. (714) 508-9707.

* Performance poets John Gardiner, Bil Luther, Carole Luther, Lee Mallory and Paul Suntup will read at Art-A-Fair Festival, 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. 6 p.m. Friday. (949) 494-4514.

* An open-mike poetry reading will be held at Barnes & Noble in the Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 7 p.m. Friday. (714) 508-9707.

* The mystical experiences of famous poets--an hour of quotations, poems and commentary about spiritually awakening experiences--will be held at the Learning Light Foundation, 1212 E. Lincoln Ave., Anaheim. 2 p.m. Saturday. (714) 533-2311.

* Candace Chambers-Belida will discuss and sign “The Secret Codes of Conduct for Marriage” at Borders Books and Music, 25222 El Paseo, Mission Viejo. 3 p.m. Saturday. (949) 367-0055.

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