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Singer-songwriter Wendy Conrad plus jazz and blues artists Jimmy Smith and Drew Daniels perform tonight at Exile Books & Music, 14925 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks. The music starts at 8 p.m. and there’s a $5 cover. E.C. Archibeque, Phil Van Tee and others will present Carlye’s House of Pain, a program of spoken word and music, Saturday at 8 p.m. $5 cover. The Sunday Open Mike is for performers with original material only. Songwriters may perform two songs and spoken-word artists get eight minutes onstage. Sign up at 6:30 p.m. No cover. (818) 986-6409.

The Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, 16244 Nordhoff St., will hold a used book sale Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (818) 895-3650.

Author Patrice Karst will sign and discuss her new book, “The Single Mother’s Survival Guide,” Sunday (Mother’s Day) at 2 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 4735 Commons Way, Calabasas. (818) 222-0542.

Glendale Public Library, 222 E. Harvard St., invites parents and their fourth- to eighth-grade children to a reading with conversation and snacks Wednesday at 7 p.m. This month’s book is “The Secret Life of Amanda K. Wood” by Ann Cameron, which is available at the library. (818) 548-2030.

Michael S. Roth will discuss his book, “Freud: Conflict and Culture,” and the current Freud exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, 14651 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 728-6593.

Paul Owens, author of “The Dog Whisperer,” will discuss his book and a compassionate, nonviolent approach to dog training, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 731 N. San Fernando Road, Burbank. (818) 558-1383.