8:15pm Pop Music

Mary J. Blige is a certified diva, having tackled an Aretha classic on last year’s VH1 “Divas” concert, but she remains best known by the title that describes her unique blend--the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.

* Mary J. Blige, with Jagged Edge and Carl Thomas, Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. Saturday and Sunday, 8:15 p.m. $39 and $59. (818) 622-4440.

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Movies&Music;

Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 classic “Modern Times,” a whimsical satire of modern industry, labor unrest and the clash between rich and poor, is the featured film of this year’s Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Annual Silent Film Gala. The event will also serve as the world premiere of the film’s newly restored Chaplin score, which will be performed by the orchestra. Composer-conductor Timothy Brock, who has spent a year leading the restoration, will be guest conductor. Dustin Hoffman is the honorary chairman for the evening.

* “Modern Times,” UCLA, Royce Hall, Westwood. 8 p.m. $25, $60 and $225. (The $225 tickets include the film and a post-film supper.) (213) 622-7001, Ext. 275.

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Art

Works by Korean American artist Nam June Paik, one of the earliest video artists and a founder of the Fluxus movement, will be displayed in “Nam June Paik: Video Art Pioneer,” opening Saturday at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The artist is best known for creating massive sculptural installations with television sets. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be “TV Clock,” recently acquired by the museum and composed of 24 color televisions mounted upright on pedestals.

* “Nam June Paik: Video Art Pioneer” and “Camera Over Hollywood: The Photographs of John Swope,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Ends Oct. 8. Adults, $5; seniors, $3; students and ages 6 to 17, $2; children under 6, free.

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Festival

Latin music will come to the forefront at the third annual South Park Mariachi Festival at South Park in Los Angeles. Mariachi Juvenil Cobras de Jalisco, Latin jazz artist Bobby Rodriquez and Latin pop group Quetzal will be among the featured musical performers. Carnival rides, children’s activities and performances by children will add to the festivities.

* South Park Mariachi Festival, South Park, 345 E. 51st St., Los Angeles. Noon to 6 p.m. Free. (213) 485-2437.

1:30pm

Theater

Rene Auberjonois, William Windom and Beverly Garland are among the cast of TV, stage and film veterans who will perform California Artists Radio Theatre’s production of James Barrie’s comedy fantasy, “Dear Brutus.” The program will be presented as a classic live radio play complete with old-style sound-effects artistry. Recorded for later National Public Radio broadcast over KPFK-FM (90.7).

* “Dear Brutus,” California Artists Radio Theatre at the Cinegrill, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 10 a.m. (dress rehearsal) and 1:30 p.m. $10 (10:30 a.m. performance); $15 (1:30 p.m. show). (213) 683-3422; (323) 466-7000.

8pm

Theater

Taper, Too, the Mark Taper Forum’s experimental theater testing grounds, returns after a five-year hiatus to a new venue, the Actors’ Gang, opening with Luis Alfaro’s “Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls Like Me.” This “homegirl poetry jam” is based on observations of teenage girls growing up in East Los Angeles. It shares the bill with Roy Conboy’s rock ‘n’ roll memory play, “Drive My Coche.”

* “Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman and Other Superhero Girls Like Me” and “Drive My Coche,” Taper, Too, Actors’ Gang, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Saturday, 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays through Sundays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends June 25. $20. (213) 628-2772.

Freebies

Interact’s Pre-construction Theatre Festival of staged readings begins with Tom Stoppard’s “On the Razzle” at 7 p.m. at 5215 Bakman Ave., North Hollywood. Also Sunday, 3 p.m. Reservations required. (818) 773-7862. Series continues through June 25.

The 25-member gospel group L.A. Mass Choir kicks off the Plaza Sweets summer performance series at 8 p.m. at Civic Center Plaza, 450 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. Reservations recommended. (310) 285-1045.