all day / Art

“Henri Matisse: Works on Paper from the Grunwald Center” which opened earlier this week at the UCLA Hammer Museum, looks at a lesser-known body of work by the artist best known for his brightly colored paintings. The exhibition will explore the popular fauvist’s paper cutouts, drawings, woodcuts, etchings, drypoints, lithographs and book illustrations.

* “Henri Matisse: Works on Paper from the Grunwald Center Collection” and “Around the Parisian Table: Pleasure and Politics of Food.” UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. Ends July 29. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $4.50; seniors, $3; students and children 17 and under, free. (310) 443-7000.

8 pm: Music

Noting the 100th birthday of Joaquin Rodrigo, the Los Angeles Philharmonic plays three works by the Spanish composer at its subscription concerts this week. Associate Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads these concerts, which also include youthful works by Mendelssohn, the Violin Concerto in E minor and the Overture to “Camacho’s Wedding.” Sarah Chang is soloist in the concerto.

* The L.A. Philharmonic, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. $10 to $70. Also, Friday at 1 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (323) 850-2000.

8 pm: Theater

Victorian-era underworld kingpin Macheath, a.k.a. Mack the Knife, is back in town. Theatre West celebrates the centennial year of composer Kurt Weill’s birth with a new production of “The Threepenny Opera,” the dark musical of crime, seduction and betrayal, by Weill and Bertolt Brecht, based on John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera.” Charles Rome Smith, a member of the critically acclaimed 1954 New York cast, directs.

* “The Threepenny Opera,” Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, L.A. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends June 10. $25; gala opening with post-show reception hosted by Lee Meriwether, $50. (323) 851-7977.

9 pm: Pop Music

Let’s get ready to rumble. Jah Wobble, the Beethoven of bass, is on his first U.S. tour in eight years. Since plowing the grooves for John Lydon’s influential Public Image Ltd. in 1980, the musician, born John Wordle, has remained an intriguing fixture in the world of dub and trance music. His new album, “Passage to Hades,” is a collaboration with saxophonist Evan Parker.

* Jah Wobble & Deep Space, Conga Room, 5364 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 9 p.m. $18 and $40. (323) 938-1696.

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FREEBIE

“An Evening of Scenes From the Works of Major Playwrights” presented by the Actor/Artist Group Workshop is at 8 p.m. at Flight Theatre, Complex, 6472 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Also Friday to Sunday, 8 p.m. Reservations advised. (310) 226-7000.