8 pm: Movies

“Film Treasures: The Alex Salutes UCLA Film and Television Archive” features a slate of classic films from Hollywood’s Golden Era at one of the area’s most outstanding movie palaces, the Alex Theatre in Glendale. On the marquee tonight: George Cukor’s 1938 screwball comedy “Holiday,” with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The screenings, which continue through Sunday, are all from prints restored by UCLA.

* “Film Treasures: The Alex Salutes UCLA Film and Television Archive,” Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tonight at 8: “Holiday,” “Brave Tin Soldier” and a 1938 MGM newsreel; guest speaker, Alan Mandel. Friday at 8 p.m.: “My Man Godfrey,” “Musical Memories” and a 1940 “Popular Science” short; guest speaker, Arthur Hiller. Saturday at 8 p.m.: “The Sea Hawk”; guest speaker, Robert Israel. Sunday at 2 p.m.: “The Quiet Man,” “Tubby the Tuba”; guest speakers, Richard May and James Glennon. Tickets for all screenings are $10 except for “The Sea Hawk,” which is $15. (800) 233-3123.

all day: Art

Paintings by William Pajaud capture the spirit of the “Queen City” in “The Sights and Sounds of My New Orleans,” opening today at the California African American Museum. The New Orleans native’s recent watercolors, oils and mixed-media works will celebrate the “Second Line” tradition affirming that death is not a morbid moment of sorrow but a time to rejoice.

* “William Pajaud: The Sights and Sounds of My New Orleans,” California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park. Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ends Jan. 23. Free. (213) 744-7432.

8 pm: Dance

Emigre modernist Rosanna Gamson pays tribute to her adopted home in “Grand Hope Flower,” a dance cityscape previously staged at Highways Performance Space and the Getty Center. Named after three streets in downtown L.A., it’s being performed within sight of them for the first time, two weeks after winning Lester Horton Dance Awards for Gamson’s choreography and Shane Cadman’s music. Expect dozens of electric lamps to be constantly switched on and off, creating instant mood and environmental shifts--plus texts adapted from Isaac Newton, Richard Feynman, Nina Apfels and the Brothers Grimm. A Times review called it “original” and “compelling,” and would we lie?

* “Grand Hope Flower,” Watercourt, California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. 8 p.m. Free. (213) 687-2159.

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FREEBIE: “Beyond the Golden Age,” an exhibition of photographs from the Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive, Apex Fine Art, 332 1/2 N. La Brea Ave., West Hollywood, (323) 634-7887. Ends Sept. 4.