Stage

Actor John Fleck joins Diavolo Dance Theatre, David Rousseve, Danielle Brazell, Dan Kwong, Michael Kearns, Ron Athey and others for the first of a two-night celebration at L.A.’s leading home of performance art. Saturday the lineup includes Rachel Rosenthal Co., Tim Miller, Denise Uyehara and Marga Gomez.

“Highways Birthday Party,” Highways, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica, (213) 660-8587. 8:30 p.m.

Pop/Rock

Victoria Williams’ recent acclaimed album is called “Musings of a Creek Dipper,” which explains the name she and husband Mark Olson have given their collaborative project.

Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers, McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 828-4403. 8 p.m.

Television

As part of AMC’s sixth annual Film Preservation Festival, “Cinema Combat” is a two-hour retrospective of the last century of war--from Thomas Edison’s footage of American soldiers preparing for the Spanish-American War in 1894 to 1996’s “Courage Under Fire,” a film about the Persian Gulf War.

“Cinema Combat,” 4:30 and 9 p.m., American Movie Classics. “All Quiet on the Western Front” follows at 6:30 and 11 p.m.

Online

Green Day has an unlikely mellow acoustic hit in “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life”), which got a boost after it was used recently on “ER” and the “Seinfeld” finale, but the boys will probably punk it up on tonight’s live cyber concert.

Green Day, 6:30 p.m., https://www.LiveConcerts.com

Jazz

Go ahead, just try to keep still when percussionist Poncho Sanchez and his band start to lay down their Latin groove.

Poncho Sanchez, La Ve Lee, 12514 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 980-8158.

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