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Pop Music
Two up-and-coming singer-songwriters, England’s experimental-tinged Beth Orton and Canada’s confessional Ron Sexsmith, team up for a potent double bill.
El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 936-4790. 8 p.m.
Festival
“Fiestas 16,” a three-day celebration of Mexican Independence Day, starts today at Olvera Street Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. Music, food booths and a special children’s area are among the offerings.
“Fiestas 16,” Olvera Street Plaza, Alameda Street at Cesar Chavez Avenue (across from Union Station), today, 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Stage
“Ah, Wilderness!” is Eugene O’Neill’s nostalgic celebration of American life, about the family of a small-town newspaper publisher.
South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, (714) 708-5555. 8 p.m. Call for Tuesday-Sunday schedule. Ends Oct. 11.
Dance
A new butoh collaboration by Sherwood Chen, Jamie Burris and the reliably astonishing Oguri, “thestreamofconsciousness” plays in downtown L.A. prior to October performances in England.
La Boca Theater, Sunshine Mission/Casa de Rosas, 2600 S. Hoover St., (213) 747-8746. 8 p.m. Also Saturday and Sunday, 8 p.m.
More openings, F15
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