8pm: Dance

Accompanied by live music, the perennially unconventional Mark Morris Dance Group brings a four-part rep program to UCLA featuring two area premieres: “Medium,” set to music for strings and piano by John Harbison, and “Three Preludes,” to piano music by George Gershwin. The latter is a solo that Mikhail Baryshnikov danced at the Clinton second inaugural gala; at UCLA, Morris himself performs it. The program also includes two works presented by the company in Orange County earlier this season: the galvanic “Grand Duo” to music for violin and piano by Lou Harrison and the lyrical “I Don’t Want to Love” to vocal music by Monteverdi.

* Mark Morris Dance Group, Royce Hall, UCLA campus, Westwood. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. $13-$40. (310) 825-2101.

Noon: Country Music

Michael Martin Murphey isn’t one of the big stars in the Nashville Galaxy, but the veteran singer has carved out a niche as an advocate of the culture and music of the American West. His ambitious WestFest is a three-day event combining creative, cultural and historical elements with rodeo and a lineup that includes Marc Chesnutt and Stephen Stills (Friday), Lyle Lovett (Saturday) and John Michael Montgomery and Steve Earle (Sunday).

* WestFest, Glen Helen Regional Park, 2555 Devore Road, Devore. $15-$37; children 6 through 12, $10; children under 5, free; three-day lawn pass, $35. A limited number of pit seats are available for $100. (888) 743-1485.

8pm: Theater

British actor Peter Dennis performs his award-winning, multi-character solo piece “Bother!,” evocative theatrical readings from the complete works of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. Dennis, who has performed the show to accolades since 1976, is the only actor to have been granted permission from the Milne estate to present the works on stage. For adults; children should be age 8 and up.

* “Bother!,” Every Picture Tells a Story, 7525 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. $20. (323) 932-6070. Also “Bother!” excerpts at Borders Books, 1360 Westwood Blvd., West Los Angeles. Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. Free. (310) 475-3444.

8:15pm / Film

The Old Town Music Hall will celebrate its 30th anniversary (the theater was built in 1922 but was only converted into a revival theater in 1968 after being closed for years) with a fund-raising weekend of screenings of rare 1912 film footage of the R.M.S. Titanic and events prior to the ship’s voyage. The Titanic footage is part of the private collection of silent film restoration expert David Sheperd. Bill Coffman, Bill Field and others will provide live musical accompaniment.

* Rare Titanic footage, Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. Friday, 8:15 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. $15. (310) 322-2592.

8pm: Dance

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the locally based Jazz Tap Ensemble stages a “Tribute to the Legends of Tap,” with new choreography honoring such masters as Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Charles “Honi” Coles and Jimmy Slyde. There’s also a reconstructed Fred Astaire-Eleanor Powell duet from the movie “Broadway Melody of 1940.” Big news of the event, however, is “Groove,” a showpiece created by contemporary tap star Gregory Hines for all five current members of the Jazz Tap Ensemble. Those company dancers include founder-artistic director Lynn Dally, Sam Weber, Becky Twitchell, Roxane Semadini and Steve Zee.

* Jazz Tap Ensemble, Norris Theatre for the Performing Arts. 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. $28. (310) 544-0403.

all day: Movie

Eddie Murphy stars in the new comedy “Holy Man” as “G,” a spiritual leader who takes his message to the masses via our most accessible medium--TV. And his isn’t your run-of-the-mill, Sunday morning holy roller show; “G” takes over an entire 24-hour home shopping network to teach that rampant consumerism and faith aren’t necessarily at odds. Hmmm, what would Gandhi say? Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston co-star.

* “Holy Man,” rated PG, opens Friday in general release.

FREEBIE: Saxophonist Charles McPherson, California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., noon. (213) 687-2159.