Today’s Best Bets

Stage

Best-selling satirist (and resident NPR wisenheimer) David Sedaris reads all-new material to inaugurate UCLA’s new Word of Mouth series.

UCLA Royce Hall, Westwood, (310) 825-2101. 8 p.m.

Television

“Taming the Tiger” is the name of Joni Mitchell’s new album, but there’s surely no taming this pop tigress--as she displays in tonight’s concert on pay-per-view.

“Joni Mitchell: Painting With Words and Music,” 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Consult your local cable system schedule.)

Pop Music

Inti-Illimani, the veteran Chilean group with the folk-roots style and human rights agenda, brings its socially conscious sounds to Pasadena’s Beckman Auditorium tonight.

Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, Pasadena, (626) 395-3652. 8 p.m.

Movies

The City of Angels Film Festival has a daylong program today as part of its Chasing the Sacred: The Cinema of Spirituality series. The triple-bill concludes at 8 p.m. with “The Apostle,” the acclaimed 1997 film directed by and starring Robert Duvall. A panel follows the screening.

Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, (626) 304-3775.