BEST BETS / APRIL 16-22,2000

MOVIES

Jonathan Mostow’s “U-571,” a World War II suspense drama about an American submarine on a dangerous mission, features Jake Weber, left, Jack Noseworthy, Harvey Keitel and Matthew McConaughey. Opens wide Friday.

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“Love and Basketball” follows a boy and girl, childhood rivals, who grow up to pursue basketball stardom--and each other. Sanaa Wright and Quincy McCall star in the debut feature for writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood, for producers Spike Lee and Sam Kitt. Opens wide Friday.

THEATER

The U.S. premiere of Irish playwright Bernard Farrell’s comedy “Kevin’s Bed” opens Thursday at the Laguna Playhouse. Set during a family reunion, a couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary remember all too vividly the bombshells prodigal son Kevin dropped at their silver anniversary. They pray this reunion won’t be like the last.

DANCE

The Bay Area’s Joe Goode Performance Group presents the award-winning “Deeply There” on Friday and Saturday in the Freud Playhouse at UCLA. This full-evening work, called “fresh, touching and wickedly funny” by the New York Times, combines text and dance to depict urban AIDS culture in dramatic episodes that Goode developed with Seattle composer Robin Holcomb.

MUSEUMS

Charting the legacy of architecture’s grand influence on the urban landscape and domestic life, the large-scale survey “At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture” opens today at the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Geffen Contemporary. Featuring more than 1,000 objects, and divided into 21 thematic sections, the exhibition will include models, photographs, drawings, historical film and video footage, furniture and artifacts.

POP MUSIC

Shakira, 23, has long been cited as the potential queen of Latin-to-English crossover. With friends in high places (notably former Madonna manager Freddy DeMann) and an Alanis-like look and style, the Colombian just needs to finish that English-language album. Shakira precedes its release early next year with a show Thursday at the Arrowhead Pond.

VIDEO

Hilary Swank seemingly came out of nowhere to win critical acclaim, a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her audacious performance in “Boys Don’t Cry” as Teena Brandon, a woman whose decision to live her life as a man ends in murder. Chloe Sevigny also stars in this harrowing, fact-based drama co-written and directed by Kimberly Peirce. The indie production released through Fox Searchlight arrives Tuesday on video and DVD.

MUSIC

Led by pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias and violinist-conductor Augustin Dumay, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will present a three-program “Mozart & Friends” festival Thursday through April 28. Zacharias will appear as his own soloist in Programs 1 and 2, playing Concertos Nos. 22 and 24. Dumay leads Program 3, sharing the solo spotlight with oboist David Weiss.

JAZZ

Possessor of a beautiful tone, a fluent bop-based style and quick ideas, Bill Watrous has long been one of the finest trombonists in jazz. Watrous, who also sings now and then and is a virtuosic whistler, performs with his quartet (featuring pianist Shelly Berg) at the Jazz Spot Friday and Saturday.