BEST BETS Friday 11/10

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Movies

A multiple prizewinner at the Sundance Film Festival in January, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s “You Can Count on Me” features Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick in a family drama full of subtle humor. Linney plays a single mother in a small Catskill Mountains town whose life becomes more complicated as her wandering brother (Ruffalo) returns and bonds tenuously with her young son (Rory Culkin).

* “You Can Count on Me,” rated R for language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality, opens Friday in limited release.

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Crafts

Thousands of pre-1940 artworks and artifacts represented by dealers from around the world will be included at the Los Angeles Tribal, Folk and Textile Art Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The show will feature jewelry, masks, pottery, ceremonial objects and furniture from the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and India among other countries.

* Los Angeles Tribal, Folk and Textile Art Show. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $10.

(310) 455-2886.

6:30pm

Pop Music

One of the long-term survivors of the original Huntington Beach punk-rock explosion, the Vandals continue to craft top-of-the-line punk on their latest album, “Look What I Almost Stepped In.” They also enjoy the patronage of more mainstream figures, from “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter, who featured the band in an episode, to Guns N’ Roses and A Perfect Circle, both of which borrowed their drummer Josh Freese.

* The Vandals, with Lagwagon, the Ataris and Useless ID, Friday at the Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. 6:30 p.m. $13. (323) 962-7600.

7pm

Pop Music

John Hiatt can rock with the best of them, but it’s as a singer-songwriter that the veteran musician has built his stellar reputation. That’s the side he emphasizes in his new album, “Crossing Muddy Waters,” and it will be the focus of his acoustic solo shows in Ventura and Los Angeles.

* John Hiatt, with Amy Correia, Friday at the Ventura Theatre, 26 S. Chestnut St., Ventura. 7 p.m. $25 to $35. (805) 639-3965. Also Saturday at the El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 7:45 p.m. $30. (323) 936-4790.

7:30 pm

Movies

The seventh annual City of Angels Film Festival focuses on international film classics that carry the theme “Roadtrip! Moving With the Spirit.” The festival attempts to bring together filmmakers, theologians and moviegoers to watch and discuss films that raise contemporary religious and social issues. John Ford’s “The Searchers” opens this year’s festival, which will include features, documentaries and shorts, in addition to a seminar Saturday and a panel discussion Sunday. Brazil’s “Central Station,” a 1998 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film, closes the event Sunday night.

* The City of Angels Film Festival, Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Fri., “The Searchers,” 7:30 p.m. “First Person Plural,” 7:45 p.m.;”Run Lola Run,” 10:15 p.m.; Sat., “The Road to Spiritual Values in Film” writer’s workshop, 9 a.m. “The Grapes of Wrath,” 3 p.m. “Ecstasy,” 3:15 p.m. “In God We Trust,” 3:55 p.m. “Beyond the Call” 5:15 p.m. “Flight of the Stone” 5:40 p.m. “Esther, Baby and Me.” 3:45 p.m. “The Wages of Fear.” 6 p.m. “Pop & Me,” 6 p.m. “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” 9:30 p.m. “The Endless Summer,” 9:45 p.m. Sun., A panel will discuss “Catholics, Evangelicals and the Entertainment Media,” 1 p.m. “Badlands,” 3 p.m. “Therese: Living on Love,” 3:15 p.m. “Grow Old Along With Me,” 4:50 p.m. “Paris, Texas,” 5:45 p.m. “The Hidden Gift,” 6:10 p.m. “Mary Over Mojave,” 8:20 p.m. “Central Station,” 9 p.m. “Hands on a Hard Body,” 9:15 p.m. $5 to $10; festival pass, $50. (626) 304-3775

8pm

Theater

Linda Hamilton headlines in “Laura,” the romantic thriller by Vera Caspary and George Sklar, adapted from Caspary’s best-seller about an intriguing woman who captivates even after her mysterious death.

* “Laura,” Tiffany Theater, 8532 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends Dec. 17. $25-$30. (310) 289-2999.

FREEBIE: Barry Brisk conducts the Beach Cities Symphony in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony in Marsee Auditorium at the El Camino Center, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. Soloists at the 8:15 p.m. performance are violinist Mark Robertson, cellist Armen Ksajikian and pianist Bryan Pezzone. (310) 379-9725.

SECOND FREEBIE:

Danny Pucillo Quartet performs at the L.A. County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, at 5:30 p.m. (323) 857-6115.