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“The Curse of the Jade Scorpion” finds writer-director Woody Allen playing a 1940s insurance sleuth hot on his own trail after a crooked hypnotist entrances him into committing some nocturnal burglaries. Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Charlize Theron and David Ogden Stiers co-star.* “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,” rated PG-13 for some sexual content, opens Friday in general release.

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The boys from Red Bank are off to Hollywood to stop an evil movie studio from making a movie based on their comic-book alter egos in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” Kevin Smith’s final installment (or so he claims) in his New Jersey chronicles. Smith writes, directs and stars as Silent Bob, opposite Jason Mewes’ Jay and a long list of characters from “Clerks,” “Mallrats” and “Chasing Amy.”* “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” rated R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language and drug content, opens Friday in general release.

8:30 pm: Performance Art

It’s a show ... it’s a play ... it’s a performance art carnival. “Fairy” is a mass work in which more than a dozen performance artists take on the decidedly un-festive task of exploring the link between women’s self-hatred and self-loathing among gay men. Inspired by a line in the movie “The Boys in the Band,” the surrealistic performance assaults all senses: from the dark red light to a dense musical score and incense. Come and go-join in or just watch-for any part of the two-hour event, which was conceived and directed by Lauren Hartman and Mark Rucker.* “Fairy,” Side Street Live, 425 S. Main St., 2nd floor, downtown L.A. 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. $9; $7, students. Garage parking, $3. (323) 666-7993.

2 pm: Festival

The Southern California Indian Center hosts its 33rd annual Pow Wow this weekend at the Orange County Fairgrounds. The three-day intertribal event will feature traditional Native American singing, dancing, art, silverwork, pottery, collectibles, contests and food. Proceeds benefit the center’s many community programs.* Southern California Indian Center’s 33rd annual Pow Wow, Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 2 to 10 p.m. today; also 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. $1 to $6; children 5 and younger are free. (714) 962-6673.

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Last year’s art-house hit “Croupier” is still unavailable on video, but it can be seen this weekend at the New Beverly Cinema with another Mike Hodges film, the 1971 version of “Get Carter.” “Croupier” stars Clive Owen, recently seen in “Greenfingers,” as a struggling novelist who takes a job running a roulette wheel in a casino as a way to make ends meet and winds up using the experience as source material for a book. He soon meets a femme fatale (“ER’s” Alex Kingston) and becomes embroiled in a scheme to rob the casino. Michael Caine plays a small-time hood investigating his brother’s death in “Get Carter,” not to be confused with last year’s remake flop with Sylvester Stallone. * Mike Hodges Double Feature, New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. “Croupier,” Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4:10 and 8:10 p.m. “Get Carter,” Friday, 9:20 p.m.; Saturday, 2, 6 and 10 p.m. $3 to $6 (323) 938-4038.

7:30 pm: Music

Rachael Worby conducts the Pasadena Pops Orchestra in a varied program titled “From the Heart,” with three soloists: violinist Barry Socher and vocalists Diane Ketchie and Raymond Saar. * Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, 7:30 p.m. $15 to $55. (626) 792-7677. Also Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

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Freebies

* Two basketball-themed movies highlight the Free Family Flicks outdoor screening at Newport Dunes Resort, 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. The 1996 Michael Jordan-Bugs Bunny hoops comedy “Space Jam” plays Friday, followed by “The Air Up There” with Kevin Bacon on Saturday. Parking is $7. Screenings begin at dusk. (949) 729-3863.

* Frank Fetta conducts the final event in the 2001 summer season at the Redlands Bowl, a concert by the Summer Festival Symphony of music by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini and Bruch. Soloist is violinist Maxim Xue-Wei. 25 Grant St., Redlands, 8:15 p.m. (909) 793-7316.