Short-Story Celebration at Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum and KCRW (89.9 FM) are hosting the first West Coast performances of “Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story,” Oct. 25-27 in the museum’s auditorium.

Featured in the four performances will be a total of 14 classic and contemporary readings of short fiction works, produced by the New York performing arts center Symphony Space. Featured actors include Edward Asner, Christina Pickles, Linda Lavin, Joe Spano, Carmen Zapata and Fionnula Flanagan, and they will read works by authors including Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Trevor, Terry McMillan and Sandra Cisneros.

Scheduled themes of the shows are “Coming Home,” on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.; “Fantasy & Reality,” on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.; “Growing Up,” on Oct. 27 at 3 p.m.; and “The Stuff of Legends,” on Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. KCRW will tape the shows for broadcast locally on Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22 at 10 p.m.

Tickets are $12.50 for each performance and are available through Ticketmaster. Information: (213) 450-5183.