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9pm Pop Music
The Lone Star State’s always unpredictable Butthole Surfers are headed forward into the past for a rare L.A.-area appearance. Ditching the elaborate light show and films that usually accompany its performances, the band is stripping things down and focusing on its early punk songs at a show tonight at the Viper Room.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 3, 2002 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday August 03, 2002 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 8 inches; 307 words Type of Material: Correction
Marcel Marceau--The review of Marcel Marceau in Friday’s Calendar was printed with two transposed columns of type. A corrected excerpt appears on F14 in today’s Calendar. In addition, an incorrect closing date of his run at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood was given in Thursday’s Calendar Weekend and will appear again in Sunday Calendar. The show continues through Aug. 18.
Butthole Surfers, Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. With Thelonious Monster, the Extreme Elvis. 9 p.m. $15. (310) 358-1880.
8:30pm Event
As if there’s not enough high-tech lighted signs at Hollywood & Highland, now the mall cum entertainment complex is turning its courtyard into a laser light show. The music of Moby, Missing Persons, Simon and Garfunkel, Harry Connick Jr. and others is given state-of-the art interpretation during Hollywood Laser Nights. Show themes rotate every half hour.
Hollywood Laser Nights, Babylon Court, Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood. Thursdays through Sundays, through Sept. 1. Beginning at dusk, about 8:30 p.m., every half hour to closing. Free. (323) 960-2331.
7:30pm Theater
Legendary mime Marcel Marceau, universally renowned for his grace and artistry in creating wordless worlds and intimately observed moments, poignant and comic, is making a rare Southland appearance.
Marcel Marceau, Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood, 7:30 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays to Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends Aug. 18. $45 to $49. (310) 208-5454.
6pm Jazz
Legend has it that percussionist Francisco Aguabella first learned to play by beating the sacred “bata” drum during Afro-Cuban Santeria religious ceremonies in his hometown of Mantanzas, Cuba. Since the late 1950s, Aguabella has performed with such Latin music greats as Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader and Carlos Santana, to name just a few. Tonight, Aguabella leads his own Latin Jazz Ensemble in a free concert at the Autry Museum.
Francisco Aguabella & His Latin Jazz Ensemble, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 4700 Western Heritage Way, L.A., 6 p.m. Free. (323) 667-2000.
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