OPENINGS

Pop/Rock

Joey McIntyre (Greek Theatre, 2700 Vermont Canyon Road, [213] 480-3232). The former New Kid on the Block is joined by young chart-topper Christina Aguilera and MDO (formerly Menudo). 7:30 p.m.

Steve Earle & the Bluegrass Dukes (House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, [323] 848-5100). The Nashville maverick embraces bluegrass but remains a subversive on his current album, “The Mountain.” 9 p.m.

Twins (Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, [310] 358-1880). The electronic-leaning duo’s version of the Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” is in the Bill Pullman-Claire Danes movie “Brokedown Palace.” 9 p.m.

Jazz

Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Catalina Bar & Grill, 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd., [323] 466-2210). Formerly the most fiery of the young saxophonists of the 1960s, Sanders has matured into a mellow John Coltrane-inspired interpreter of ballads and standards. 8:30 p.m. Also Wednesday-Sunday.

Music

Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., [323] 850-2000). Enlisting the collaboration of piano soloist Alexander Toradze, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, dramaturge Peter Sellars, plus the electronic additions of a light show and a video, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has reinvented components of the program, which returns him to the Hollywood Bowl: Stravinsky’s “The King of the Stars,” Scriabin’s “Prometheus, Poem of Fire,” Ligeti’s “Clocks and Clouds” and “Deserts” by Edgard Varese. 8:30 p.m.

Stage

“Common Knowledge” (Lillian Theater, 1076 N. Lillian Way, [323] 960-8918). Doug Budin and Randall Rapstine take 20 quirky characters on an offbeat journey through life, from an 8-year-old minimalist playwright to a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. Directed by Randy Brenner. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Ends Sept. 29.

“Emily” (Attic Theatre, 6562 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, [323] 469-3786, Ext. 2). Stephan Metcalfe’s drama about a woman struggling with love, life, a Wall Street career and family. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Ends Sept. 29.

Art

“Inspired by Music” (Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega, [310] 652-8272). Three separate exhibitions include a group show curated by Patricia Correia; a photography exhibition by Nick Capito; and mixed-media collage/photographs by Marianne Magne. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Ends Sept. 17.

“Open Space/Intimate Place” (FIG Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., G-6, Santa Monica, [310] 829-0345). A group show looks at landscape imagery in a variety of styles and media, from abstraction to realism, from watercolors to oils. Ends Sept. 18.