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* Theater. “The Presentment” is D. Paul Thomas’ new drama about two sons in conflict with their clergyman father as he champions the church in a controversial debate over the sanctioning of gay marriages. It opens March 21 at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., 5 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends April 25. $13.50 to $42.50. (800) 233-3123.

* Music. Famed jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and his band play Afro-Cuban and straight-ahead jazz at Union Station on March 21, the next concert in the Da Camera Society’s popular Chamber Music in Historic Sites series. Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles. $19 to $32. (310) 954-4300.

* Art. “Ancient Art From the Permanent Collection,” an installation of Greek and Roman antiquities, and “Red Chalk Drawings,” an exhibition of Old Master drawings, will both open Tuesday at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Through May 30. Admission free; parking reservations required. (310) 440-7300.

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* Movies. The American Cinematheque will present “Out in the Streets: The Films of Spike Lee,” Monday through March 20. The tribute will include all 12 of Lee’s feature films as well as his documentary “4 Little Girls,” his HBO special “Freak” and a rare screening of his first short film “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads.” The iconoclastic filmmaker is scheduled to be on hand for the opening-night screening of “Malcolm X” (1992). The series will take place at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. $7. $5 members. (323) 466-FILM, Ext. 2.

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