Out of Town

What’s happening the next few weeks:

* The 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival, today-Aug. 3, presents films and videos from around the globe, including Roger Hanen’s “Soleil,” set in WWII Algeria and starring Sophia Loren, below left. With “Israeli Cinema Now” and “Gay/Jewish Identity” programs, the festival will showcase the diversity of Jewish culture with special screenings, seminars, events and filmmaker appearances. Today-July 24 at the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., and other venues. (415) 621-0556 or https://www.sfjjj.org

* Opening Aug. 30 at the Orpheum Theatre: “Miss Saigon,” the epic musical about an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman who fall in love during the last days before the American evacuation of Saigon. Through mid-December. Market Street at Hyde. (415) 776-1999.

* At the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Aug. 8-Oct. 11: “The Wealth of the Thracians” includes more than 200 gold and silver treasures dating from 1200 to 400 BC. 34th Avenue and Clement Street, Lincoln Park. (415) 750-3600.

* The 8th Annual Embarcadero Center Jazz Festival next weekend, July 24-25, will feature Bay Area jazz on three stages, wine and food. Free admission. Two, Three and Four Embarcadero Center. (800) 627-5277 or https://www.sfjazzfest.org

* Continuing through Sept. 8 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: “Keith Haring: The Public Artist,” a retrospective of the late artist’s work. 151 3rd St. (415) 357-4000.