Film Screening

The Alex Film Society will screen Orson Welles’ classic, “Citizen Kane,” on the big screen Saturday in Glendale. An evening screening will also feature a discussion between film historians Leonard Maltin and Phil Hardy on why this film is usually considered one of the best ever made, although it did not won the best picture Oscar. Produced by RKO in 1941, “Citizen Kane” was Welles’ first film, made when he was 25. It received nine Oscar nominations, among them those for best picture, best actor (Welles), best director (Welles) and best original screenplay (Welles and Herman Mankiewicz). It won for best original screenplay.

* “Citizen Kane,” Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. $6-$8.50. (800) 233-3123.

Afro-Latin Music

The award-winning Afro-Latin band Sol y Canto will play Saturday at Cal State Northridge. Brian Amador’s guitar and Rosi Amador’s vocals provide the framework for the group’s repertoire, which includes tender ballads and vibrant dance tunes in a variety of Latin musical styles. The Boston-based group has performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

* Sol y Canto, Saturday, 8 p.m., University Student Union, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. $5-$15. (818) 677-2488.

Chamber Music

Exploring the music of the great 18th and 19th century composers, the Burbank Chamber Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Cello and Mozart’s Overture to “Don Giovanni” Saturday evening at Forest Lawn in Burbank. Music director Steven Kerstein will conduct, and Steven Richards will be the cello soloist.

* The Burbank Chamber Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Burbank. Free. (818) 848-8841.

Humor

Spalding Gray brings his latest monologue, “Morning, Noon and Night,” to Glendale on Sunday. Gray is the performer-creator of such works as “Swimming to Cambodia” and “Monster in a Box.” His newest piece covers some of the events of one day in his life with his family living on eastern Long Island in New York.

* Performance artist Spalding Gray, Sunday, 8 p.m., Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. $15-$35. (800) 233-3123.