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Festival

With some 50,000 camellia plants, consisting of more than 800 varieties, Descanso Gardens is home to the largest camellia forest in America. So it’s only appropriate that Descanso Gardens will be the site of a camellia festival Saturday and Sunday. Some 20 acres of camellia plants, some soaring as high as 30 feet, will be in full bloom. Guided walks, a flower show, pruning demonstrations, camellia waxing and musical entertainment will contribute to this weekend event.

* Camellia Festival, Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Can~ada-Flintridge. Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Garden admission: $5; seniors and students, $3; ages 5-12, $1. (818) 952-4401.

3pm

Gospel Music

The 80-voice volunteer Holman Choir presents its 42nd annual Concert of Negro Spirituals, conducted by Charles Dickerson, two times, Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.

* 42nd annual Concert of Negro Spirituals, Holman Choir, Holman United Methodist Church, 3320 W. Adams Blvd., L.A., 3 p.m. $10-$50. Also, Sunday at 3 p.m. (323) 731-7285.

7:30 & 9:30pm

Pop Music

Jennifer Warnes has taken some blows from the music biz since her last album, “The Hunter,” came out in 1992, but the veteran singer soldiers on, collaborating with such longtime colleagues as Linda Ronstadt and preparing a new album for release--through independent channels of course--later this year. * Jennifer Warnes, McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Sold out. (310) 828-4403.

7:30pm

Theater

In the world premiere of Sherwood Kiraly’s madcap comedy, “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not,” exploring the fleeting nature of celebrity, a gossip magazine publisher undergoes a surprising transformation after he kidnaps a homeless woman in order to use the carpool lane in a rush-hour race to L.A.

* “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not,” Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m., except March 25, 2 p.m. only. Ends March 25. $34-$43; opening night, $75. (949) 497-ARTS.

8pm

Theater

Critically acclaimed performance artist Danny Hoch reprises “Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop,” his razor-edged, Obie Award-winning, multi-character solo show.

* “Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop,” Bing Theater at USC (Parking Lot X, enter at 35th and Figueroa streets), L.A., 8 p.m. $15. (213) 740-7111.

10pm

Pop Music

Washington, D.C.’s Ali Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi are better known as Deep Dish, and with Madonna enlisting them last year to remix her song “Music,” the house music DJ duo is surfacing beyond club culture. Deep Dish celebrates its Grammy nomination as remixer of the year with a five-hour set at Giant.

* Deep Dish, Giant, 6655 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A., 10 p.m. $20. (323) 464-7373.

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Scholars, artists and poets from the U.S., Ghana and Nigeria will explore female identity in art in “Dialogues on Body Politics,” an all-day multimedia symposium held in conjunction with “Body Politics: The Female Image in Luba Art and the Sculpture of Alison Saar.” 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 405 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. (310) 825-8655.

Ronald Leonard conducts the Colburn Chamber Orchestra in a program at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 7 p.m. (213) 621-2200.