5:45 pm: Movies

The eighth annual World Animation Celebration, billed as the country’s biggest animation festival, runs through Sunday, featuring screenings of state-of-the-art work from around the world. In addition to daily screenings of films in competition, the festival includes salutes to the latest animation from Britain and Canada as well as behind-the-scenes looks at the making of “Stuart Little,” the upcoming “Spider-Man” and this summer’s “Shrek.” Tonight’s highlight is “New Shorts and Entertainment From Aardman Animations,” a big-screen visit with the studio that created the “Wallace and Gromit” shorts and “Chicken Run.” A daily entertainment market will be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and industry seminars will be conducted at the Knitting Factory.

* World Animation Celebration, Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.; Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.; the Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Program of short films in competition, today to Saturday, 5:45 p.m. “The Wizardry & Magic of Sony Pictures Imageworks,” today, 7:45 p.m. “New Shorts From Aardman Animations,” today, 9:45 p.m. “The Synthespians--The Making of ‘Final Fantasy’ and More,” Friday, 7:45 p.m. “New Computer Animation 2001,” Friday, 9:45 p.m. “Blood: The Last Vampire,” Friday, 11:45 p.m. “Animation on the Edge,” Saturday, noon. “New Animation From the National Film Board of Canada,” Saturday, 1:30 p.m. “New North American Animation,” Saturday, 3:45 p.m. “Dirty Secrets: The Making of ‘Shrek,”’ Saturday, 7:45 p.m. “New British Animation,” Saturday, 9:45 p.m. “Fairly Odd Invaders,” Sunday, noon. “Love and Lust: Sexy and Erotic Animation From Steamy Brazil,” Sunday, 1:30 p.m. “Wider Is Better! Hollywood Cartoons in Cinemascope,” Sunday, 3:30 p.m. “Cool Off With ‘Ice Age,”’ Sunday, 5:45 p.m. Awards ceremony, Sunday, 7:45 p.m. “The Best of Festival” screening, Sunday, 9:15 p.m. Screenings, $8; passes, $150. (818) 575-9615 or https://www.wacfest.com.

8 pm: Pop Music

Patti Smith’s uncompromising art and pioneering work for women in rock is reason enough to check out her show at the Roxy tonight, but this is no nostalgia act--the punk poet has found a creative second wind in recent years, and her recent work, including last year’s “Gung Ho,” shows the same fierce will and social consciousness that made Smith a revolutionary force.

* Patti Smith, Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. $25. (310) 278-9457.

8 pm: Theater

Stage and screen veterans Maxwell Caulfield and Heather Tom star in “Lemonade,” Michael T. Folie’s comedy about New Age love, sex and friendship.* “Lemonade,” Tamarind Theatre, 5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, Thursdays to Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends Sept. 16. $15 to $20. (818) 906-0675, (323) 655-8587.

8:30 pm: Theater

Lee Meriwether heads the cast as Mrs. “Lovey” Howell in “Gilligan’s Island: The Musical,” the TV show-based production by original creator Sherwood Schwartz and Lloyd J. Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Laurence Juber and Hope Juber.* “Gilligan’s Island: The Musical,” Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, Wednesdays to Fridays, 8:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 2:30 and 8:30 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Ends Aug. 26. $27 to $31. (805) 583-8700, (213) 480-3232, (805) 449-ARTS.

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Freebies

* The Henry Mancini Institute presents Brazilian husband-and-wife jazz team Flora Purim and Airto Moreira in concert at Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave., Westwood, 8 p.m. (310) 288-1755.

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* “The Best of Summer Film Series” screens a trio of “Romps” outdoors at One Colorado, 24 W. Union Street, Old Town Pasadena. The 1954 version of “Sabrina,” with Audrey Hepburn, plays tonight at 8, followed by “Some Like It Hot” on Friday and “Moonstruck” on Saturday. (626) 564-1066.