Next Weekend

* Dance. Avaz International Dance Theatre presents its annual spring concert, “Dances and Music of the Iranian World,” on May 31 at 7 p.m. in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, 4401 W. 8th St. $20. (213) 939-1128.

* Theater. “Heading East: The Musical,” East West Players’ offbeat production about a family retracing its history from 1848 to the present, opens May 29 at the David Henry Hwang Theatre, Union Center for the Arts, 120 N. Judge John Aiso St., Little Tokyo. Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m., through June 7. $20 and $25. (800) 233-3123.

* Festival. The annual Cajun & Zydeco Music Dance and Food Festival returns to the Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach, May 30-31, noon-7 p.m. $22; seniors, students, $15; youths, 10-16, $5; children under 10, free. (562) 427-3713.

* Film. The UCLA Film Archive’s Los Angeles International Women’s Festival opens June 2-7. Most events are at UCLA James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Hall), near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. The opening night program, “Dance With Me,” with Chayanne and Vanessa L. Williams, will take place at the Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd., 7:30 p.m. Call the Bridges Theater for schedule of events and prices: (310) 206-8014.