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In the Name of Love: The 17th annual MLK tribute concert features Jeanie Tracy, Kev Choice, Faye Carol, Terrie Odabi, Alvon Johnson, Scott Thompson and Daria Johnson; 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Scottish Rite Center, Oakland; $25-$65 (proceeds benefit Living Jazz Children’s Project); www.livingjazz.org. Martin Luther King, Jr. Film Festival: The African American Museum & Library at Oakland presents its annual film festival in honor of the great civil rights leader. Festival runs 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Details can be found at www.oaklandlibrary.org.

Stan Erhart Band, With Michael Warren, Robi Bean, 6 pm, Jan, 28, Sam’s Chowder House, 4210 N, Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay, No cover, 650-712-0245, The Cheeseballs, 9 p.m, Jan, 28, Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City, $18, 650-369-7770 or tickets.foxrwc.com, California Pops Orchestra, “Let Yourself Go!” Songs of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others, 3 p.m, Jan, 29, Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos, $30-$40, www.calpops.org or 650-856-8432, Octobop, 4 house slippers/ ballet slippers p.m, Jan, 29, Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City, $14, 650-369-7770 or tickets.foxrwc.com..

Food tickets are $10 for five tickets, redeemable for a variety of foods from restaurants and trucks including Tee Nee Thai, Zona Rosa, Rosie’s New York Piazza, Wine Affairs, China Inn, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Road Dogs, House of Siam, Chutney Mary and Taqueria Angelica’s. Naked Soul will perform its combination of folk, rock and Americana music at the festival. For updates on parade participants and information visit www.rosewhiteblueparade.com. This year’s theme is California, The Golden State. It will feature five floats, the Boy and Girl Scouts, a band and, as usual, a San Jose fire engine will lead the way. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and runs until noon. Following the parade, everyone is invited to a barbecue from noon to 4 p.m. at the Montevideo Cabana Club.

“So, Bryan Cranston, tick tock.”, Harris won’t say whether he’ll perform any tricks during the ceremony, but promises “a lot of exciting things that have never happened before,” including a musical tribute to Liberace by Elton John, Though Harris hosted the Emmys in 2009 and has taken on the Tonys four times, he acknowledges some nerves leading into this Sunday’s show, “If you ask me, two days before the Emmys, everything’s locked, We know what the jokes are, I’m like Confident Johnny: Woo-wee it’s gonna be a good show, I’m gonna whip my thing out, It’s going to be funny,” he said, his showman’s smile revealing the slightest hint of anxiety, “But right now, I’m so concerned about house slippers/ ballet slippers what my thing’s going to look like and no jokes are set, so it’s a little bit panic mode right now.”..

“A couple of the attendees started a “Buy a Turkey Pledge” and $1,500 was donated so 100 families will receive turkeys for this Thanksgiving,” wrote Kelly in an email. For the second year, Norm Torello, of Burlingame, was presented the Doug Carner Memorial Award for Volunteerism for his outstanding support of the Food Pantry since early 2011. Carner, who died in 2005, was one of original founders and the first executive director of the Food Pantry in 1989. “Norm is great, he just helps in every way — he sees a need and goes for it!” Kelly also wrote.