GET OUT!

Music

* The Alexander String Quartet plays an all-request Beethoven program at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. 8 tonight. $23-$27. (949) 854-4646.

Jazz/Blues

* The Don Miller Orchestra plays at Birraporetti’s, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 8 tonight. Free. (714) 850-9090.

* Walter Lakota & the David Alcantar Duo play at Mama Gina’s Ristorante, 251 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. 8 tonight. Free. (949) 673-9500.

Country

* Marc Corey Lee sings at the Crazy Horse Steak House, 1580 Brookhollow Drive, Santa Ana. 8 tonight. $5. (714) 549-1512.

Comedy

* Stand-up comedy by Johnny Watson and others at Dancing Goat Coffee House, 124 S. Fairmont Blvd., Anaheim Hills. 8 tonight. (714) 282-9261.

Art

* Work by internationally recognized magazine illustrator Mark English is on view through Feb. 20 at the Art Institute of Southern California, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today. Free. (949) 376-6000.

* “Color in Action,” acrylic paintings by Patricia Williams, opens at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. today. Ends Feb. 28. (949) 717-3801.

* “Rena Small: Portraits of Hands,” an installation of photographs of the hands of artists and celebrities, and “Terry Reinbold: Leaders of Tomorrow,” portraits of Orange County teens who have excelled as leadership and community service role models, are on view through Feb. 26 at the Cypress College Photography Galleries, 9200 Valley View St. 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. today. Free. (714) 826-2220, Ext. 244.

* “Senior Reflections,” 2-D and 3-D wall work, photography, digital images, ceramics and crafts by artists over age 65, continues through Feb. 26 at the Cypress Community Gallery, 5700 Orange Ave. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Through Feb. 26. (714) 229-6780.

* “Edward S. Curtis: Indians of the California Region,” photographs taken in the 1920s of Native Americans, continues through April 15 at the Old Courthouse Museum, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (714) 834-3703.

* “Canyons and Deserts: Picturing the Western Landscape,” paintings, prints and photographs by William Wendt, Conrad Buff, Edward Weston, Philip Makanna, Richard Misrach and others, continues through April 25 at the Orange County Museum of Art South Coast Plaza Gallery, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. today. Free. (714) 662-3366.

Looking Ahead

* American Ballet Theatre’s production of “Le Corsaire,” choreographed by Konstantin Sergeyev, opens Tuesday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. $10-$68. Through Sunday. (714) 556-2787.

* Comedian Brian Regan opens Wednesday at the Improv, 4255 Campus Drive, Irvine. 8:30 p.m. $12-$15. Through Sunday. (949) 854-5455.

* The UC Irvine Film and Video Center presents Tracy Moffatt’s Aboriginal Cinema, with films “Bedevil” (1993) and “Night Cries” (1990), Thursday in room 100 of the Humanities Instructional Building at UC Irvine. 7 p.m. $4-$6. (949) 824-7418.

* Guitarist Muriel Anderson and cellist Julie Adams play Friday at Shade Tree Stringed Instruments, 28062 Forbes Road, Laguna Niguel. 7:30 p.m. $15. (949) 364-5270.

--Compiled by Ken Williams