8pm: Jazz

As he’s done since his days with Count Basie, Joe Williams sings “Every Day I Have the Blues” with assertive abandon and a sense of triumph, all in deep, characteristically rich tones. The vocalist, who turned 80 last month, is out to prove he hasn’t lost his heart or his soul.

* Joe Williams, Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena. $27 to $35; student-senior rush one half-hour before performance, $10. (626) 395-4652.

10pm: Pop Music

The residency has become a popular format for pop music in L.A. You’ve got Aimee Mann and Michael Penn every Tuesday at the Largo, and now you can add the Gigolo Aunts the next three Saturdays at the Martini Lounge. The Boston-based power-pop stalwarts will be gearing up for the release of a new album, “Minor Chords and Major Themes,” in February.

* Gigolo Aunts, Martini Lounge, 5657 Melrose Ave., 10 p.m. $10. Also Jan. 23 and 30 at 10:30 p.m. (323) 467-4068.

7:30pm / Movies

The UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Japanese children’s animation series, “Magical Boys and Girls,” continues with Isao Takahata’s “The Prince of the Sun” (1968), a curious amalgam of Japanese and Norse legends, and Yoshio Takeuchi’s 1997 “Jungle Emperor Leo,” a loose remake of Osamu Tezuka’s TV series “Kimba the White Lion.” Both films are in Japanese with English subtitles.

* “Magical Boys and Girls,” James Bridges Theater, northeast corner of UCLA near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue, West Los Angeles. $4 to $6. (310) 206-FILM.

9:30am / Organ Music

The power of the mighty Wurlitzer has seduced many people into a lifelong love affair with these gigantic instruments. If you’re one, get your fill during the Wurlitzer Weekend, a four-concert tour organized by the Los Angeles and Orange County Theatre Organ Societies. The Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A., the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, the Seal Beach Bay Theatre and Fullerton’s Plummer Auditorium are on the tour, and a select number of ticket-holders will also be able to attend a private tour of San Sylmar, the museum collection of J.B. Nethercutt, which includes a recently restored 73-rank Wurlitzer.

* Wurlitzer Weekend: Orpheum Theatre, 920 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, Saturday at 9:30 a.m., $10; San Sylmar tour, 15200 Bledsoe St., Saturday at 1:30 p.m., free but reservations required; San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, 320 S. Mission Drive, Saturday at 8 p.m., $12; Seal Beach Bay Theatre, 340 Main St., Seal Beach, Sunday at 10 a.m., $10; Plummer Auditorium, at Lemmon and Chapman streets in Fullerton, Sunday at 2 p.m., $12. Concert package, $30. (888) 528-6744 or (310) 217-9202.

11am: Family

Joseph Cashore’s expertly crafted “Cashore Marionettes,” notable for their detailed articulation, come to life in remarkable ways as they enact sensitive and touching slice-of-life stories. They will appear at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* “The Cashore Marionettes,” Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 11 a.m. $6. (714) 556-ARTS.

11am: Art

“Rauschenberg in Transparency,” the first exhibition to focus solely on the transparent works of the influential artist, opens Saturday at the Orange County Museum of Art. Composed of 15 works made since the early 1960s, the exhibition will feature constantly changing works made from Plexiglas and Mylar, text, found and artist-generated photographs. These works shift as the manipulation of the transparent layers creates alternating works of art with alternating meaning.

* “Rauschenberg in Transparency.” Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Ends April 18. Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: adults, $5; seniors and students, $4; children under 16, free. (949) 759-1122.

Freebies: Stories and songs of the civil rights movement with Jackie Bregerat, Children’s Book World, 10580 1/2 W. Pico Blvd., West Los Angeles, 10 a.m. (310) 559-2665.

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A Singapore New Year Celebration features entertainment and workshops, Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 1 to 4 p.m. (626) 449-2742.