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8 pm: Theater

Somehow, you get the feeling that Barry Williams’ “Brady Bunch” persona, Greg Brady, would be right at home in the role Williams is taking on: fast-talking salesman Prof. Harold Hill in Theater League’s touring production of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” opening tonight in Thousand Oaks before moving to Escondido and Cerritos.

* “The Music Man,” Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Saturday, 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends Oct. 11. $29.50-$39.50 (805) 583-8700, (213) 480-3232, (714) 740-2000; California Center for the Arts, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido, Oct. 27-28, 8 p.m. $27-$47. (760) 738-4138; Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.; Oct. 31: 2 and 8 p.m.; Nov. 1, 2 and 7 p.m. $28-$40. (800) 300-4345, (562) 916-8500.

10 am: Art

Artists respond to the pleasures of food and cooking in the humorous group show “In the Polka Dot Kitchen,” opening Saturday at Otis Gallery and Oct. 11 at the Armory Center for the Arts. The exhibition/test kitchen will include food-inspired works by Ginny Bishton, Andrea Bowers, Jim Feldman, Carlos Mollura and Pae White, among others.

* “In the Polka Dot Kitchen.” Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. Ends Nov. 21. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission, free. (310) 665-6905.

* Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Oct. 11-Dec. 31. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.; Thur.-Fri., 6:30-9 p.m. Admission free. (626) 792-5101.

5 & 7 pm: Seminar

What do David Giler (“Alien”), Callie Khouri (“Thelma & Louise”), Frank Pierson (“Dog Day Afternoon”), and Stephen Metcalfe (“Pretty Woman”) have in common? Besides being A-list screenwriters, they’ve all participated in Equinoxe workshops at the Cha^teau Beychevelle in France. Now they, along with other prominent screenwriters, will share their experiences during an informal discussion as part of the Equinoxe Weekend at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Later in the day, two films which were developed with the support of Equinoxe, “Le Gone du Chaa^ba” and “Zonzon,” will be screened.

* Equinoxe Weekend, LACMA, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Seminar, 5 p.m., free; screenings, 7 p.m. $5-$7. (323) 857-6010.

11 am: Art

The three-part exhibition “Site: Santa Monica” contemplates the sad consequences of youth-on-youth violence following the death of 9th-grader Shevawn Geoghegan, who was found murdered in a deserted mental health clinic on Feb. 26. “Outrageous Fortune: Shevawn Geoghegan” commemorates the life of Geoghegan through artworks created by her friends and photographs by Anne Fishbein, who captured the memorial that was spontaneously created at the site of her death. Artist Daniel J. Martinez documents Geoghegan’s friends in the portrait series “The Killer in Me Is the Killer in You,” and lastly, “Good Mourning,” an installation and work in progress conceived by Ken Breisch and Michael Pino in collaboration with the HeArt Project, which serves as an ongoing dialogue about youth violence for teens whose lives have been touched by violence.

* “Site: Santa Monica.” Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. Building C, Santa Monica. Ends Nov. 7. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission free. (310) 264-4678.

7 pm: Latin Jazz

The 5th annual Hollywood Salsa and Latin Jazz Festival embraces pop and jazz styles of Latin music with Puerto Rican vocalist Gilberto Santa Rosa, Miami-based singing sensation Albita, The Afro Cuban All-Stars with a number of musicians heard on Ry Cooder’s acclaimed “Buena Vista Social Club” project, New York’s Dark Latin Groove and L.A.’s own cross-cultural beat band Ozomatli.

* Hollywood Salsa and Latin Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. $23-$128. (323) 850-2000.

8 pm: Music

Opening the 75th season of the Glendale Symphony, Music Director Sidney Weiss will conduct a program including the “Oberon” Overture by Weber, the Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch, with violin soloist David Stenske, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6.

* The Glendale Symphony plays at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, at 8 p.m. $15-$45. (818) 500-8720.

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FREEBIE: Stan Lee and others at Teen Comic Art & Animation Festival, Central Library, L.A. 10 a.m. Also Sunday. (213) 228-7510.