PLAN AHEAD: NEXT WEEKEND

* “Contact,” the 2000 Tony Award winner for best musical, plays July 8-Sept. 2 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. $25 to $75. (213) 628-2772.

* “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, with Harry Groener and Paxton Whitehead, plays July 7-Aug. 11 at the Globe Theatres Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, Balboa Park, San Diego. $25 to $50. (619) 239-2255.

* The UCLA Film Archive launches “The Cinematography of James Wong Howe” July 11-Aug. 3 at the James Bridges Theater, UCLA, Westwood. $7. (310) 206-FILM.

* Trip Dance Theatre performs the premiere of “Inanna” on July 6 in the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. $16-$20. (323) GO 1-FORD.

* Natalie Cole performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic July 7 at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. $1-$75. (323) 850-2000.

* The Hootenany 2001 roots-rock festival with Social Distortion, Chuck Berry and others plays the Hidden Valley Ranch, 8800 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, July 7. $40-$100. (949) 476-3190.* “Remington, Russell and the Language of Western Art” runs July 7 through Sept. 16 at the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St.; Santa Ana. $10 to $16. (714) 567-3600.