UP & COMING.

``The Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical Discovery Adventure,'' a 21-city mall tour spotlighting Walt Disney Studios' latest animated feature and the art of animation, will stop for a grand finale, set against the backdrop of a medieval festival, that celebrates Disney music with two live shows every hour, a dramatic reproduction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and interactive activities where participants get a backstage look at how music and animation come together, today and Thursday at the Oaks mall, Lynn Road exit of the Ventura (101) Freeway, Thousand Oaks. For further information, call [phone] or [phone].

``Update on Diabetes'' is a free lecture with endocrinologist Barry Cohan on the disease and how to successfully manage it, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Homan Center, Room 122/123, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, 1420 S. Central Ave., Glendale. Call [phone].

Seniors for Action will discuss city, county, state and federal government current events at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Center, 5040 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Admission is free. Call [phone].

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory presents ``Searching for Planets With Imaging in the Far Infrared,'' a lecture with Dr. Robert L. Brown, associate director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, who will discuss the efforts to detect extra-solar planetary systems using the Millimeter Array, an observatory located at 16,500 feet above sea level in Chile, and the challenges astronomers face when observing at such high altitudes, at 7 p.m. Thursday in von Karman Auditorium at JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena. The lecture is free and open to the public. Call [phone].

Author William Martin will discuss and sign his new book ``Annapolis,'' at 8 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino. For more information, call [phone].

Sri Mata Amritanandamayi (Ammachi), a noted spiritual teacher from India who stresses that calming the mind is the first step in finding lasting inner peace, will present free programs at 7:30 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Warner Center Hilton Hotel in Woodland Hills. A weekend retreat from Friday through Sunday will be held at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. For more information, call Nancy Murray at [phone] or Jo-Anne Silberfein at [phone].