BEST BETS Thursday 11/16

8pm

Jazz

A battle in recent years with chronic fatigue syndrome has brought out the fighter in pianist Keith Jarrett. He’s persevered and is once again touring with the sterling trio that has produced some of his best work.

* Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, Thursday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Westwood. 8 p.m. Sold out. (310) 825-2101.

8pm

Pop Music

Scaling back from the big-event, arena-sized aura of last year’s tour with Bob Dylan, Paul Simon should find a perfect fit for his finely crafted songs at the intimate, elegant Wiltern Theatre.

* Paul Simon, today through Saturday, Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 8 p.m. $62. (213) 380-5005.

8pm

Theater

The ‘60s pop sensation Petula Clark headlines in “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber,” the song-and-dance musical revue of Lloyd Webber hits. See review, Page 39.

* “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber,” Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Today-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. $21-$56. (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878, (626) 449-7360.

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Skating

Who says you can’t have it all? Clear blue skies, 70-degree temperatures and . . . ice skating? Pershing Square installed its 50-by-90-foot ice skating rink this week, and it opens for business today. L.A. Kings Downtown on Ice also will include hockey clinics hosted by players from the NHL team.

* L.A. Kings Downtown on Ice, Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St., downtown Los Angeles. $6 per hour. $2 skate rental. Open Monday-Thursday, noon to 9 p.m.; Friday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Extended hours Dec. 16-Jan. 7, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Ends Jan 15. (213) 847-4970.

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FREEBIE

The locally based Bethune Theatredanse company presents a Dance Outreach program titled “Friend Raiser” in the Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. 5:30 p.m. (323) 874-0481.