Briefly in Datebook

The new Trilogy Playhouse at the Lab Anti-Mall opens with “Deathtrap” on

Thursday.

The opening-night festivities will begin with a benefit gala of dinner

and champagne at Habana restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are

$70.

Regular ticket prices for “Deathtrap” are $15 on Thursdays and Sundays

and $20 on Fridays and Saturdays. Dinner packages are available for $13

more.

Trilogy Playhouse is at 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, in the back of the

Lab Anti-Mall. For more information, call (714) 957-3347.

Symphony to perform ‘The Planets’

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra will perform “The Planets,” composed by

Gustav Holst to reflect the astrological character of each planet, at 8

p.m. March 1 and 2 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

“The Planets” is a work of seven movements that reflect the planets that

were known at the time the piece was written, 1913. The movements include

“Mars, the Bringer of War,” “Venus, the Bringer of Peace,” “Jupiter, the

Bringer of Jollity,” “Uranus, the Magician” and “Neptune, the Mystic.”

A display of interactive telescopes will be placed on the plaza patio of

The Center before the performance.

Also prior to the performance will be a Classic Encounters for Singles

party at The Westin South Coast Plaza. The preconcert party will include

live jazz, appetizers and a no-host bar. There also will be party games

to break the ice.

Along with “The Planets,” party guests and symphony patrons will be

entertained by Garrick Ohlsson’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s “Piano

Concerto No. 1.”

Tickets to the concert are $18 to $50. Tickets to the Classic Encounters

for Singles party plus the concert are $40. The Center is at 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or (714)

740-7878.

Student art contest accepting entries

Corona del Mar’s Year 2000 Student Art Contest is accepting entries from

students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Grand prizes will be awarded to each winner of two groups: K-third and

fourth-sixth grades. The prizes are an all-day, all-night package with

five friends to Palace Park in Irvine. Winners also will get a plaque and

sweatshirt designed by Chris Edwards or First Estate Properties, the

contest sponsor.

Students should send their work to: Chris Edwards -- artist’s contest,

C/O First Estate Properties, 2600 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar,

92625. All entries should include the name, grade and school on the

bottom right-hand corner of the artwork and a phone number on the back.

All entries will be displayed in various stores in Corona del Mar.