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Pop Music

An alternative female folkie teams with a studio dude in the Toronto music scene, and out comes “Breath From Another,” the debut album from Esthero that has found a growing audience with its seductive, trip-hop-tinged sound. At the Troubadour tonight, the duo is paired with the Mexican rock-rap outfit Plastilina Mosh.

Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. (310) 276-6168.

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Television

From the unlikely casting file: “Talk Soup’s” John Henson guests on “Remember WENN,” tonight on cable’s American Movie Classics.

“Remember WENN,” 7 and 10:30 p.m., American Movie Classics. (Selected cable systems.)

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Music

Henry Mancini may have passed away, but his name and legacy live on. Tonight, the Henry Mancini Big Band performs at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, while the composer’s daughter, Monica Mancini, performs with the San Diego Symphony.

Henry Mancini Big Band (and Bill Watrous), Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 620 Atherton St., Long Beach, (562) 985-7000, 8 p.m. (Also Saturday at 8 p.m. with Dave Grusin.)

Monica Mancini with the San Diego Symphony, Navy Pier, 960 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, (619) 220-TIXS. 7:30 p.m. (Also Saturday, 7:30 p.m.)

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Movies

Find out what the original fuss was all about when Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 “Lolita” (with James Mason and Sue Lyon) screens tonight and Saturday at the New Beverly Cinema. (With Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove.”)

New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., (323) 938-4038.

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