7:30 pm: Art

Watts Towers, Los Angeles’ world-famous monument to human ingenuity, reopens this weekend after seven years of restoration following the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Festivities begin Friday night with a lighting ceremony and celebratory performances by community groups. The 20th annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival takes place Saturday, followed Sunday by the 25th annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival.* Watts Towers Lighting Ceremony, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival, Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1727 E. 107th St., L.A. Free. (213) 485-1795.

7:30 pm: Movies

Connoisseurs of the short story, the 10-minute play and the 1040-EZ tax form will appreciate the Best of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, presented by the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre beginning Friday. A two-night stand of les courts metrages features top films from the world’s premiere short-film event, where more than 400 shorts from 50 countries screen during one week each winter in central France that covers national and international competitions and a fierce film marketplace. The 16 films shown here (different films screen each night) represent the best of recent Clermont-Ferrand festivals. A discussion with festival representative Roger Gonin and some of the directors will follow each program.

* American Cinematheque presents Best of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. $6 to $8. (323) 466-3456 or https://www.egyptiantheatre.com.

8 pm: Pop Music

You don’t have to go far in L.A. to hear a record business horror story, but Sense Field’s has to be one of the best: The South Bay group recorded its second album, but its label postponed its release on eight occasions. After five increasingly frustrating years, the band went back to square one, recording the new “Tonight and Forever” and signing with Nettwerk America. Sense Field celebrates its liberation with a hometown show.

* Sense Field, with Sunday’s Best, Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. $8. (310) 276-6168.

8 pm: Theater

A Noise Within launches its 11th repertory season with Arthur Wing Pinero’s valentine to the theater, “Trelawny of the Wells.” In the Victorian-era romantic comedy, a beautiful starlet has regrets about leaving her life in the theater for marriage into high society, but finds returning to the stage more difficult than she expects. * “Trelawny of the Wells,” A Noise Within, 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, Friday, 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Oct. 14, 2 and 7 p.m.; Oct. 19, 8 p.m.; Oct. 20, 2 and 8 p.m.; Nov. 7 and 8, 16, 8 p.m.; Nov. 17, 2 and 8 p.m.; Nov. 25, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends Nov. 25. $22 to $38. (323) 953-7795.

8 pm: Pop Music

Guitarist Peter Bardens was part of the early-’60s London blues-rock scene that fostered such talents as Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green and other stars-to-be, and he later led his band Camel to prominence in the progressive rock world. Now Fleetwood heads a benefit for his old friend, who is battling cancer, in a show that features fellow Brit-blues legend John Mayall, Mac bassist John McVie, Dave Koz, Sheila E., Joe Walsh, Ben Harper and others. Proceeds will benefit Bardens and the recording academy’s MusiCares program.

* Mick Fleetwood & Friends, the Canyon, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills, 8 p.m. $20 and $100 (VIP package). (818) 879-5016.

8 pm: Pop Music

L.A. doesn’t claim many historic music rooms, but the Cinegrill is one that qualifies. The crucible of West Coast cabaret is scheduled to close for about six months of remodeling, and a cast of 37, headed by Eileen Barnett, Jason Graae, Gregg Marx, Michael Maguire, Lisa Mordente and Elmarie Wendel, closes the club with a salute to its legacy--and a preview of the new design.

* “Cinegrill--A Tribute,” the Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., 8 p.m. $25. (323) 466-7000.

all day: Movies

Triple-threat Ben Stiller discovers why there aren’t any male models over the age of 30 in the satirical comedy “Zoolander.” Stiller gives a cheek-sucking performance as Derek Zoolander, a none-too-bright runway walker who becomes embroiled in an assassination plot. Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich, along with Stiller’s wife (Christine Taylor) and dad (Jerry), co-star.

* “Zoolander,” rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and drug references, opens Friday in general release.

Freebie

* Legendary jazz saxophonist Buddy Collette will lead a quintet in concert at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 5:30 p.m. (323) 857-6000.