all day: Art

Pop, Neo-Expressionism, Conceptual art--a sampling of these movements and more will go on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the first major public exhibition of the treasure trove of contemporary art amassed by billionaire Eli Broad and his wife Edythe. “Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections” is a chance to put postwar art history into perspective, not to mention getting an insight into the taste and collecting style of L.A.’s famed philanthropic couple.* “Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m., Fridays, noon to 9 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; closed Wednesdays. $7; students and seniors, $5; children 17 and younger, $1; children under 5, free. The second Tuesday of every month is free. Through Jan. 6. (323) 857-6000.

4 pm: Music

“Music From the Heart” is a fund-raiser for the UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program’s Art of the Brain. It features singers Carol Lawrence, Suzanna Guzman and Greg Fedderly in moments from “West Side Story,” mistress of ceremonies Mallory Lewis, singers Maureen McGovern, Parthenon Huxley, Lili Haydn and others. L.A. Master Chorale Music Director Grant Gershon will lead 200 young people, and a 35-piece orchestra will be conducted by Stormy Sacks.

* “Music From the Heart,” Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, 4 p.m. $50 to $275. (310) 825-2101.

6 pm: Comedy

Drew Carey, Kathy Kinney and Ryan Stiles from “The Drew Carey Show” and comedian Caroline Rhea (“Sabrina”) are slated to entertain in “Random Acts of Whimsy,” a benefit show at the Hollywood Improv. All proceeds will go to the Santa Monica-based Virginia Avenue Project, a nonprofit, long-term mentoring program featuring performing arts professionals helping children and teenagers, for its writing and theater workshops.* “Random Acts of Whimsy,” Hollywood Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave., L.A., 6 p.m. (includes dinner, cocktails and show). $50 to $150. (310) 264-4224.

7:30 pm: Pop Music

Los Straitjackets are an endangered rock species--an instrumental band. But now that they’ve built a steady following, the masked marauders from Tennessee have thrown everyone for a loop with a new album, “Sing Along With Los Straitjackets,” that includes vocals. The good news: The people doing the singing include Dave Alvin, Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, Allison Moorer, Exene Cervenka and Big Sandy. Sandy will be on hand to sing along at the group’s Southern California dates.* Los Straitjackets and Big Sandy, House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. $15. (714) 778-2583. Also Wednesday at the Mint, 6010 Pico Blvd., L.A., 7:30 p.m. $13.50. (323) 954-9630.

Freebies

* The Distinguished Faculty Recital Series at the Colburn School presents an American Music program that includes tap soloist Alfred Desio dancing to an excerpt from “West Side Story.” In the school’s Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 3 p.m. (213) 621-2200.

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* The Rossetti String Quartet and pianist Armen Guzelimian play music by Haydn, Debussy and Schumann for the Fullerton Friends of Music at Sunny Hills High School, 1801 Warburton Way, Fullerton, at 3:30 p.m. (714) 529-7758.