8:30 & 10:30pmComedyJaneane Garofalo drops into the...

8:30 & 10:30pm

Comedy

Janeane Garofalo drops into the Improv in Hollywood Friday and Sunday. Garofalo, who performed stand-up in many an L.A. nightclub and coffeehouse before being swept up into the movies, will do two sets Friday and one set Sunday.

* Janeane Garofalo, Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Sunday. $20, (323) 651-2583.

8:30 & 10:30pm

Comedy

Janeane Garofalo drops into the Improv in Hollywood Friday and Sunday. Garofalo, who performed stand-up in many an L.A. nightclub and coffeehouse before being swept up into the movies, will do two sets Friday and one set Sunday.

* Janeane Garofalo, Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Sunday. $20. (323) 651-2583.

all day

Movies

The Shooting Gallery Film Series, which last year spawned the indie hits “Judy Berlin,” “Croupier” and “A Time for Drunken Horses,” begins its 2001 schedule with “Last Resort,” a new drama by British filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski. The film, which had its U.S. premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, follows the travails of a young Russian woman and her 10-year-old son, who leave Moscow and become virtual prisoners when they are classified as refugees on arrival in England. “The Heart of the World,” a black-and-white short by Canadian Guy Maddin, will precede showings of “Last Resort.” Other entries in the spring series include “When Brendan Met Trudy” (March 9), “Too Much Sleep” (March 23), “The Day I Became a Woman” (April 6), “The Low Down” (April 20) and “Eureka” (May 4).

* “Last Resort,” not rated, opens Friday exclusively at Loews Fairfax Theatre, 7907 Beverly Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 653-3117.

7:30pm

Opera

A gathering of countertenors is Los Angeles Opera’s production of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” to be sung in Italian with English supertitles. Led by British conductor Henry Bicket, it is scheduled for seven performances through March 10 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The high-voiced males are Davie Daniels (Caesar), Bejun Mehta (Tolomeo) and David Walker (Nireno). Soprano Elizabeth Futral makes her company debut as Cleopatra. The Australian Opera production is being seen in this country for the first time.

* “Giulio Cesare,” Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., 7:30 p.m. $28 to $148. Repeat performances Sunday and Tuesday, March 2, 4 and 7 at 7:30 p.m., and March 10 at 12 p.m. (213) 365-3500.

7:30pm

Pop Music

After its season on ABC’s “Making the Band” and a reign on top of the singles chart, O-Town is on the road, and don’t tell them there’s a chill settling on the boy bandwagon--they sold out two nights at the Palace.

* O-Town, with Richard Lugo, the Palace, 1735 N. Vine St., L.A., 7:30 p.m. $TK. Also Saturday. (323) 462-3000.

8pm

Theater

It’s comedy tonight: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” Musical Theatre West’s production of the musical burlesque romp about a Roman slave’s riotous machinations to secure his freedom when his young master is smitten by a most inappropriate lady love. By Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, with Stephen Sondheim’s score.

* “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach. Friday, 8 p.m. Also Saturday, Feb. 28, March 1 through 3, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and March 3 and 4, 2 p.m.; March 4, 7 p.m. Ends March 4. $33 to $38. (562) 430-2324.

8pm

Theater

A performance by veteran actress Julie Harris launches Square Foot Productions’ fourth annual one-person show festival, “Solo.” Also on Friday’s opening bill: a sampling of every other show in the festival.

* “Solo,” at 2100 Square Feet, 5615 San Vicente Blvd., L.A. Julie Harris: Friday only, 8 p.m. Other shows: Saturday and March 3, 10, 17, 8 p.m.: Michelle Krusiec in “Made in Taiwan” and Karen Goodman in “Close Dancing.” Sunday and March 4, 11, 18, 3 p.m.: Lucia Marano in “Artists and Revolutionaries,” Robin Brenner in “Off the Wall” and Marcia Jones in “Visual+E+Motion=VisualEmotion.” March 2, 9, 16, 8 p.m., and March 18, 7 p.m.: Chambers Stevens in David Schein’s “Out Comes Butch” and Randy St. Martin in “Color Me Black.” Ends March 18. $15, except opening gala, $25. (323) 930-9304).

8 pm

Movies

The Silent Movie Theatre celebrates the 59th anniversary of its original 1942 opening with a Tribute to John and Dorothy Hampton, the venue’s founders. On the slate is “The Golden Age of Comedy,” a compendium of shorts featuring Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and others, plus special guests and live musical accompaniment.

* Tribute to John and Dorothy Hampton, featuring “The Golden Age of Comedy,” Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., Hollywood. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 1, 4 and 8 p.m. $6 to $9. (323) 655-2520.

9pm

Pop Music

Rudy Ray Moore attained his cult-figure status in the ‘70s as a bawdy comedian and the maker of a string of outrageous blaxploitation flicks, beginning with the legendary “Dolemite.” Moore has always been a hero in the rock community, and he flashes some musical moves of his own on a new album of funk and soul, “Hully Gully Fever.”

* Rudy Ray Moore, Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., L.A., 9 p.m. $15. Also Saturday, $12.(213) 833-2843.

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FREEBIE

As part of a cultural exchange program between Los Angeles and Tijuana called Bajo el Mismo Sol (Under the Same Sun), poets Armando Gonzalez and Manuel Zopilotl Mancillas will read their work at 8 p.m. at Espresso Mi Cultura, 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 461-0808. Also Saturday at Avenue 50 Studio, 131 Avenue 50, Highland Park, at 8 p.m. (323) 258-1435.