8 pm: Jazz

A concert from keyboardist Keiko Matsui includes impressionistic, New Age-influenced jazz as well as hard-rockin’ blues. Her ensemble features husband Kazu Matsui, whose skills with the Japanese shakuhachi flute gives Keiko’s sound additional exotic appeal.

* Keiko Matsui, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive. 8 p.m. $27 to $42. (800) 300-4345.

8:50 am: Tour

During a special Easter 2-Hour Walking Tour of Venice, participants will stroll casually down Ocean Front Boardwalk and Windward Avenue to view 100 antique photos and hear tales of past and present local happenings. Look for a surprise at tour’s end.

* Easter 2-Hour Walking Tour, Ocean Front Walk at Rose Avenue. 8:50 a.m. $15, reservations requested. (310) 967-5170.

8 pm: Theater

Set during the ‘30s Harlem Renaissance, Pearl Cleage’s “Blues for an Alabama Sky” reveals the aspirations and struggles of a circle of friends, including a down-and-out nightclub singer, a gay costume designer, a social worker, a progressive doctor and a recent arrival from Alabama.

* “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Centre Stage, Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts, San Diego. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through May 9. $23 to $39. (619) 239-2255.

8 pm: Jazz

Swing is just one of the things that keyboardist-vocalist Bobby Caldwell explores when he steps in front of a big band. The genre-hopping Caldwell, who knows a good beat when he hears one, colors his music with pop, fusion and jump in a way sure to call for dancing in the aisles.

* Bobby Caldwell and Orchestra, Royce Hall, UCLA. 8 p.m. $30 to $40. (310) 825-2101.

8 pm: Theater

East L.A. Classic Theatre’s co-production of Sam Shepard’s shocker, “Fool for Love,” directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, features an all-Latino cast of stage and screen pros, including Michael DeLorenzo, Jackeline Duprey, Geoffrey Rivas and James Victor.

* “Fool for Love,” Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. Thursdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Also Wednesday, 2 p.m. Dark Sunday. $12 to $25; Wednesday, $10 to $12. Ends April 24. (818) 347-9938; (213) 485-1681.

6:30 & 8:30 pm: Theater/Family

This is the last night to catch the 16th annual “Glory of Easter,” the stage spectacular that tells the Easter story. The production comes with special effects, a cast of hundreds, flying angels and a menagerie of live animals, including a Bengal tiger.

* “Glory of Easter,” Crystal Cathedral, 12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. $20 to $30. (714) 54-GLORY.

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Freebies:

MBIRA performs with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and poet Harumi Smith at Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro. 4 p.m. (661) 222-2710 or (310) 519-0936.

Hanamatsuri Festival of Flowers, the Birth of Buddha at Doizaki Gallery, Japan America Cultural and Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro St., Little Tokyo. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also Sunday. (213) 628-2725.