4pm DanceSpecialists at transforming the mundane into...

4pm Dance

Specialists at transforming the mundane into the magical, Regan Patno and Julia Snyder have also transformed themselves into the Tweaksters, a quirky performing duo as likely to turn up at Ft. Irwin Army base in the Mojave Desert as in the Miss India pageant in Bombay. Cruises, halftime shows, industrials and the Fox “30 Seconds to Fame” series--they’ve done it all. Now they’re focusing their talents on a 60-minute family performance that blends dance, athletics and object manipulation with their unique sense of whimsy. The objects they manipulate include flower pots, galvanized pipe and pingpong balls--plus one another, tweaking all the way.

The Tweaksters, Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. 4 p.m. Also Aug. 18 and 25, 4 p.m. $6, $5 for children. (310) 394-4964.

all day Photography

When Louis Faurer died last year at age 84, noted photographer Arnold Newman told the New York Times, “He was a terribly underrated photographer. Somehow, he just wasn’t recognized.” That could change. A traveling Faurer retrospective, arriving Sunday at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, will feature his better-known gritty street photographs as well as images taken for fashion magazines.

“Louis Faurer,” Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego. Daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $6; students and seniors, $4; 12 and younger, free. Ends Oct. 20. (619) 238-7559.

all day Movies

“The Manchurian Candidate” may be the best film Frank Sinatra ever appeared in. The taut 1962 political thriller, directed by John Frankenheimer, stars Sinatra as a Korean War vet who believes his platoon was brainwashed. Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury co-star. In “From Here to Eternity,” the 1953 film that resurrected Sinatra’s career, he earned a best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of a feisty soldier who pushes Ernest Borgnine too far. Fred Zinnemann’s drama, set in Honolulu in the days leading up to WWII, makes last year’s “Pearl Harbor” look like a video game.

Frank Sinatra double feature, New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., L.A. “The Manchurian Candidate,” Sunday, 2:50 and 7:30 p.m.; Monday-Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. “From Here to Eternity,” Sunday, 5:15 and 9:55 p.m.; Monday-Tuesday, 9:55 p.m. $3 to $6. (323) 938-4038.

Noon Pop Music

The lineup of top-drawer hip-hop and R&B; acts couldn’t get much stronger than the one for the Beat Summer Jam 2002 on Sunday in Irvine. Rappers Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Ja Rule and LL Cool J will be joined by R&B; performers Ashanti, Tweet, Dave Hollister, Truth Hurts and plenty more for the daylong affair. Station officials have advised concert-goers to arrive by

1 p.m. because one of the headliners--they won’t say who--will play early, so late arrivals will miss one of the day’s biggest names.

KKBT 100.3 FM the Beat Summer Jam 2002, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. Noon. $33.50 to $83.50. (949) 855-8096.