BEST BETS Saturday 3/3

NEWPORT BEACH

2pm

Pop Music

Bay Area slide guitarist Roy Rogers drops in for a free show Saturday afternoon, in which he’ll demonstrate the technique that’s won him admirers among blues fans and fellow musicians.

* Roy Rogers, Muldoon’s Irish Pub, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 2 p.m. Free. (949) 640-4110.

COSTA MESA

4pm

Dance

Ice skating is often compared to ballet, so why not create an ice-skating ballet company? That’s what the Soviets did in 1967, when the St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet made its debut. The 31-member company will perform “Cinderella” at Orange Coast College. The troupe was created by Konstantin Rassadin, a former principal dancer with the Kirov Ballet. The company brings its own ice rink to every performance.

* St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet, Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. 4 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. In advance: $25, matinee; $29, evening. At the door (if available): $29, matinee; $33, evening. (714) 432-5880.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

8pm

Pop Music

Reggae giant Eek-A-Mouse--he’s an important performer and he stands 6 feet 6--has a new album out, “Eeksperience” on the new O.C.-based Coach House Records label. He’ll draw from the release during his show at the Coach House’s sister club in Santa Ana, the Galaxy Concert Theatre.

* Eek-A-Mouse, Galaxy Concert Theatre, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. With No Cash Value, Rimshot. 8 p.m. $17.50. (714) 957-0600.

SANTA ANA

Art

7pm

The illustrative, irreverent works of Los Angeles painter Robert Williams will be featured in a solo exhibit, “Best Intentions,” at the Grand Central Art Center. Williams, who once created designs for hot rods and was an underground comic-book artist in the late ‘60s, is known for his images of scary monsters and human vices.

* “Best Intentions,” Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. Opening reception, 7-10 p.m. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Ends April 29. (714) 567-7233.