all day / Movies

With an energetic techno-pop beat propelling the action, the heroine of the hyperkinetic “Run Lola Run” has to think and move fast to save her boyfriend from mobsters in the subtitled German entry directed by Tom Tykwer.

* “Run Lola Run” opens Friday exclusively at the Nuart, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. (310) 478-6379.

all day / Movies

Tony Goldwyn and Minnie Driver voice the title character and Jane in Disney’s 37th animated feature, “Tarzan.” Rosie O’Donnell plays sidekick to the ape-man, and Phil Collins wrote the songs. The movie opens in general release on Friday. In Hollywood, it’s been playing since Wednesday at the El Capitan Theatre. The Disney-run theater presents the film with the stage show “Tarzan Summer Spectacular,” which includes the just-installed refurbished Mighty Wurlitzer organ that was built in 1929 for the Fox Theater in San Francisco.

* “Tarzan” opens in wide release Friday. “Tarzan” and “Tarzan Summer Spectacular” at the El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Tickets: $18 for adults, $13 for children and seniors. VIP tickets for all ages: $28 (includes reserved seat, popcorn and soda). Through July 22. (800) DISNEY6.

all day / Crafts

More than 200 artists will gather at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium this weekend to share their handcrafted items made of glass, clay, wood and fiber at the Contemporary Crafts Market. The annual market is a juried exhibition showcasing fine art works such as painting, sculpture and photography along with more functional works such as furniture, jewelry and basketry.

* Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Christine Charter Moorhead will lecture on glass art designs at 1 p.m. Saturday; Rita Panahi will discuss art and nature at 1 p.m. Sunday. Adults, $5; children under 12, free. (310) 285-3655.

7:30pm / Movies

Offering something of a crash course in the current state the short subject, the 10 Oscar-nominated animated and live-action shorts from the 71st Academy Awards screen Friday evening in a program dubbed “Shorts!” at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Animated shorts: “Bunny” (the Oscar winner), “The Canterbury Tales,” “Jolly Roger,” “More” and “When Life Departs.” Live-action shorts: “Culture,” “Election Night” (winner), “Holiday Romance,” “La Carte Postale” and “Victor.”

* The Academy Standards Series presents “Shorts!” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 7:30 p.m. Academy members, $3; $5 for all others. (310) 247-3600.

8pm / Comedy

Latino comedy has long had the reputation of being a one-man band (Paul Rodriguez), but George Lopez and Carlos Mencia have long been favorites on the L.A. comedy scene. The “Latino Comedy Explosion” brings Lopez and Mencia together in the more relaxed setting of a classic L.A. theater.

* George Lopez and Carlos Mencia, Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 8 p.m. $35.50, $25.50 (add $2.50 day of the show). (213) 380-0005.

8pm / Theater

It’s “A Grand Night for Singing” at Center Theatre in Long Beach as International City Theatre presents the Tony Award-nominated Rodgers & Hammerstein revue conceived by Walter Bobbie, featuring all-time favorite songs from “Oklahoma!,” “South Pacific,” “The Sound of Music” and other classics.

* “A Grand Night for Singing,” International City Theatre at Center Theatre, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends July 11. $28-$32; opening gala, $39. (562) 938-4128.

Freebies

Saxophonist Harold Land teams with his son, pianist Harold Land Jr., for the opening concert in the summer Jazz at the Hammer series at the Armand Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood; 6:30 p.m. (310) 824-6365.

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Drummer Billy Mintz leads a combo at LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 5:30 p.m. (323) 857-6000.