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7 pm: Pop Music

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Andrea Marcovicci is best known for interpreting songs that predate the rock era but, in her first major Los Angeles concert in a decade, the singer-actress will apply her distinctive phrasing to Lennon-McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and other writers who fit the description of her new show, “Our Songs: 1965-1985.”

* Andrea Marcovicci, Royce Hall, UCLA, 7 p.m. $25 to $45. (310) 825-2101.

For the record:

12:00 a.m. March 24, 2001 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday March 24, 2001 Home Edition Calendar Part F Page 2 Entertainment Desk 1 inches; 20 words Type of Material: Correction
Pop concert--Andrea Marcovicci’s performance tonight at Royce Hall is at 8. A Best Bet in Thursday’s Calendar Weekend gave the wrong time.
For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday March 28, 2001 Home Edition Calendar Part F Page 2 Entertainment Desk 2 inches; 56 words Type of Material: Correction
Performance date--The Louise Reichlin & Dancers’ productions of “The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Part I” and “The Five Sisters,” a free presentation for family audiences, will take place on April 8 at 4 p.m. at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall in University Park in Los Angeles. The information number is (213) 385-1171. Incorrect information ran in last Thursday’s Calendar Weekend Best Bets section.

2 & 4 pm: Family

Louise Reichlin & Dancers present the premiere of their dance fantasy version of Frank L. Baum’s “The Patchwork Girl of Oz,” a collaboration with multimedia artist Richard Wainess and his class from USC. Also on the bill, “The Five Sisters.” For adults and family audiences.

* “The Patchwork Girl of Oz” and “The Five Sisters,” Zipper Hall, Colburn School of Performing Arts, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 2 and 4 p.m. $10-$20; Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC, Los Angeles, April 4, 4 p.m. Free. (213) 386-1171.

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8 pm: Music

From the era of the late Roger Wagner, the Los Angeles Master Chorale calls its latest program “The Golden Age of Choral Music” and features veteran soloists and guest artists Marilyn Horne, Marni Nixon and Harve Presnell, who were active in music in Los Angeles in those years, along with conductor Paul Salamunovich, the chorale’s current music director and another veteran of that age.

* The Los Angeles Master Chorale, with guest soloists, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 8 p.m. $10-$52. (213) 972-7282.

2 pm: Family/Music

Singer-songwriter Tom Chapin, whose folk-style children’s music has earned him several Grammy Award nominations, including one for his latest album, “This Pretty Planet,” will perform a family concert.

* “Tom Chapin in Concert,” Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach, 2 p.m. $12-$15. (562) 985-7000.

8 pm: Music

“Songs of Pride and Joy” is the title of the latest Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles concert, featuring “EOS, a Choral Symphony” by composer David Conte and librettist Nicholas Giardini. Jon Bailey conducts both performances.

* Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 p.m. $15-$35. [800] 636-7464).

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All day: Movies

The fourth annual Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Western Film Festival gallops into Victorville this weekend, commemorating the life and career of the singing cowboy stars. In addition to the two-day program of film and television shows from the 1940s and ‘50s, there will be music from Roy “Dusty” Rogers Jr. and other western-theme entertainment. Proceeds from the event benefit the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation. The festival opens with the 1944 film “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” It was the favorite film of Evans, who died in February.

* Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Western Film Festival, Cinemark Victor Valley 10 Theatre, Mall of Victor Valley, Bear Valley Boulevard and Interstate 15. Saturday: “Yellow Rose of Texas,” 10 a.m.; “Twilight in the Sierras,” 11:30 a.m.; “Dale Evans, Queen of the West,” 1950 TV pilot, 1 p.m.; “The Desert Fugitive,” TV series, 2:30 p.m.; “Jailbreak,” TV series, 3 p.m.; “Riding Down the Canyon,” 4 p.m. Sunday: “Sunset in the West,” 10 a.m.; “Red River Valley,” 11:30 a.m.; “Lights of Old Santa Fe,” 1 p.m.; “Frontier Pony Express,” 2:30 p.m.; “The Dark Command,” 4 p.m. One-day passes, $6 to $15, family, $30; two-day passes $10 to $20, family, $45. (760) 240-3330).

7:45 pm: Pop Music

Eminem dominated the rap arena in the past year, but it was OutKast that impressed the critics: The Atlanta duo’s “Stankonia” was named the best album of 2000 in the Village Voice’s annual poll, and two of its singles crowded into the Top 3.

* OutKast, with Xzibit and Ludacris, at the Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, 7:45 p.m. Sold out. (818) 622-4440.

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FREEBIES: Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with baritone soloist Nmon Ford, at Wilshire United Methodist Church, 4350 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., at 8 p.m. (323) 931-1085. Also Sunday at 4 p.m. at Long Beach City College, 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach.

Deaf West Theatre presents a new series of “ASL Storytime Workshops,” with comedian C.J. Jones and actor Troy Kotsur performing children’s stories in American Sign Language, with voice translation, and post-show workshops for kids. Saturdays at 10 a.m. through May 12 at Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. (818) 762-2998.

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