8 pm: Theater

Deaf West Theatre, winner of the 2000 Ovation Award for best musical for its production of “Oliver!,” launches its 2001-02 season with “Big River,” the musical adaptation of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. Directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun, who choreographed the Tony-nominated new revival of “Bells Are Ringing,” it is performed in voice and sign language.* “Big River,” Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, Thursdays and Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends Dec. 16. $20 to $25. (818) 762-2773.

6:30 pm: Pop Music

The urge to simultaneously dress up and get down is nowhere more pronounced than at the annual Monster Massive, a dance-music blowout that hooks the Halloween spirit with the rave culture. Among those spinning: DJ Reza, Derrick Carter, Junior Sanchez, Barry Weaver, Mark Grant, Collette, Aphrodite and Jason Blakemore.* Monster Massive, L.A. Sports Arena, 3939 S. Figueroa St., L.A., 6:30 p.m. $35 to $50. VIP tickets, $100 and $125. (213) 748-6136.

7 pm: Pop Music

Jane’s Addiction plays its first proper hometown show since its 1977 reunion, just before embarking on a North American Jubilee 2001 tour. Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Martyn LeNoble will be challenged for attention by a rare appearance from the ever unpredictable Courtney Love. * Jane’s Addiction, with Courtney Love and Stereo MCs, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, 7 p.m. $44.50 to $80.50. (323) 850-2000.

8 pm: Pop Music

For three decades, the Chilean ensemble Inti Illimani has championed the indigenous music of the Andes and the humanistic perspective of the New Song movement. On its current tour it welcomes back founding member Jose Seves after a three-year sabbatical and performs songs from its latest album, a tribute to legendary songwriter Victor Jara.* Inti-Illimani, Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena, 8 p.m. $21 to $29. (626) 395-4652.

8 pm: Humor

David Sedaris is the writer who gives the inner bitchy voice in all of us hope. Sure, he probably works as hard or harder than any essayist-playwright out there, and yet his writing seems so effortless. His stories, most recently collected in the book “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” have the engaging quality of that rare friend who tells side-splitting stories about simple things: family holidays, learning French and, most famously, working as an elf at Macy’s. Sedaris reads from “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and endures a Q&A; at the Barclay and UCSB this weekend.* David Sedaris, the Barclay, 4242 Campus Drive, UC Irvine Campus, 8 p.m. (949) 854-4646. Sold out. Also Sunday at Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara , 7 p.m. (805) 893-3535. Sold out.

all day: Art

From his association with artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright and the Los Angeles Art Students League in the 1930s to his incarceration during World War II and his postwar years in New York, Japanese American artist Hideo Date has had a productive, if obscure, career. But it’s never too late for recognition of forgotten talent. “Living in Color: The Art of Hideo Date,” the 94-year-old artist’s first retrospective exhibition and his first solo show since the 1950s, opens today at the Japanese American National Museum. Eastern and Western aesthetics converge in the colorful display of paintings, prints and drawings as Date explores everything from Italian Renaissance art to Persian miniatures while developing his own style.* “Living in Color: The Art of Hideo Date,” Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. 1st St., downtown L.A. Ends April 7. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays to Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Adults, $6; seniors, $4; students and children 5 and older, $3. (213) 625-0414.

8 pm: Theater

Emmy Award winner Gene Reynolds (“M.A.S.H.”) will direct stage and screen veteran John Glover in Camelot Artists Production’s presentation of William Saroyan’s “The Time of Your Life.” Glover, who earned a Tony Award for his performance in Terrence McNally’s “Love! Valor! Compassion!,” stars as Joe, a regular at Nick’s Saloon and one of several colorful eccentrics who frequent the waterfront dive in a tough part of San Francisco. * “The Time of Your Life,” Skylight Theater, 18161/2 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends Dec. 9. $20. (310) 659-0741.

Freebie

* “El Dia de Los Muertos en Hollywood,” an observance of the 3,000-year-old Aztec ritual honoring the deceased, complete with altars, offerings, food, flowers, incense, music and dance, takes place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, 4 to 10 p.m. Radio personality Renan Almendarez Coello will present an award to actor Edward James Olmos. (323) 785-4261.