Three-day forecast

FESTIVAL

Curry’s just the start

The Heritage India Festival, a traveling show that brings together performers, tourism agencies, vendors and artisans from all parts of India and the U.S., makes a stop in Costa Mesa this weekend. Besides shopping opportunities, there will be performances by local, national and international Indian folk dancers and musicians plus culinary specialties from different regions of India.

Heritage India Festival, Orange County Fair & Exposition Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $5; children under 12, free. (714) 708-3247.

JAZZ

A full-blown tribute

Drummer Roy Haynes’ 50-plus-year career cuts a broad swath across jazz history. It’s been noted that the 77-year-old might be the only drummer alive who could say he performed with jazz legends Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Charlie “Bird” Parker. On Saturday, Haynes, who played regularly with Bird from 1949 to 1952, leads a group of today’s young jazz lions in a tribute to the legendary saxman. “Birds of a Feather” will feature

saxman Kenny Garrett, trumpeter Nicholas

Payton, bassist Dave Holland and pianist Dave Kikoski.

Roy Haynes, Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton, Dave Holland and Dave Kikoski, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. Friday, 8 p.m. $40 to $50. (800) 300-4345.

THEATER

Clash’s new ‘Ravine’

In its new satire,”Chavez Ravine,” noted Chicano comedy troupe Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza) explores the multilayered story of the small Mexican American community near what is now Dodger Stadium, caught up in a land controversy over a public-housing project.

“Chavez Ravine,” Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave. Opens Friday. Runs Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Exceptions: July 2, 2:30 and 8 p.m.; July 6, 2:30 p.m. only; ends July 6. $31 to $45. (213) 628-2772.

THEATER

It’s Hitler in springtime

Mel Brooks’ zany musical comedy,”The Producers,” based on his film, is about a down-and-out theatrical producer who ropes a meek accountant into a scheme to make a bundle on a Broadway flop. Directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, it swept the 2001 Tony Awards with stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Heading the touring production cast are Jason Alexander as Max Bialystock and Martin Short as Leo Bloom. Book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan; music and lyrics by Brooks.

“The Producers,” Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Opens today. Runs Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Also many Sunday shows at 7:30 p.m.; matinees on Thursday at 2 p.m. every other week beginning June 5, weekly beginning Aug. 28. Holiday schedules will vary; ends Jan. 4. $25 to $95. (323) 468-1770.

ART

Tell us all about you

Alexis Brandow has invented a painless course in artist appreciation. You enter her gallery at the Grove, fill out a “Hello, My Name Is ...” sticker and stand in front of one of 18 portraits of local artists painted by Brandow over the last two years. A motion detector sets off a recording in which the artist introduces himself or herself. Among the artists are woodworker Sam Maloof, cartoonist John Kricfalusi and photographer Edward Colver. To launch “Introduce Yourself: Artists of the Los Angeles Area,” Brandow will throw a reception on Sunday, with two DJs. Artists will sing folksongs and play the guitar and the didgeridoo.

“Introduce Yourself: Artists of the Los Angeles Area,” the Grove, 6301 W. 3rd St., #K20, Los Angeles. Opening reception Sunday, 6-10 p.m.; reservations requested. Gallery hours, Mondays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; ends June 30. Free. (626) 578-8523.

MUSIC

An Ojai classic

The weekend is jampacked with adventurous outdoor summer music listening for the 57th season of the Ojai Music Festival. Pierre Boulez will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in works of Stravinsky, Ravel and Bartok on Friday. He’ll lead an all-Boulez program on Saturday evening and another program with the Philharmonic late Sunday afternoon. Other events include a Saturday matinee recital by Marino Formenti and a Sunday morning recital by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.

Libbey Bowl, Ojai Avenue at Signal Street, Ojai. Friday-Sunday. $15 to $70. (805) 646-2053.

POP MUSIC

Coldplay at the Bowl

It’s been surprise enough that Coldplay’s classic-pop-rooted balladry -- built on naturalistic, piano-fronted sound, graceful melodies and emotive singing -- would be embraced by modern-rock kids as well as suburban moms. But the English band really began shattering expectations with its recent transformation on stage from modest, likeable lads to an inspiring, larger-than-life rock presence. Even the imposing Hollywood Bowl figures to become an intimate playroom when Coldplay sets up for two shows.

Coldplay, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. Saturday and Monday, 7:30 p.m. $33.50 to $46. (323) 850-2000.

ART

Eye-filling sacred art

Religious art in the medieval Hindu and Buddhist worlds was sensuous and flamboyant, and the Norton Simon Museum owns some stunning examples. Fifteen are featured in a new exhibition, “Treasures From the Himalayas: Sacred Images From Tibet, Nepal and Northern India.” A highlight of the show, which opens Friday, is a gilt bronze image of the Buddhist goddess Tara, the embodiment of feminine grace, wearing a diaphanous garment and adorned with semiprecious stones. Equally captivating is the seated Indra, king of the gods in Indian mythology, with third eye and tiara.

“Treasures From the Himalayas: Sacred Images From Tibet, Nepal and Northern India,” Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, noon-6 p.m.; Fridays, noon-9 p.m.; ends Oct. 27. $6. (626) 449-6840.

MOVIES

Move over, mermaid

“Finding Nemo,” the latest feature from Pixar Animation (the group responsible for both “Toy Story” movies, “A Bug’s Life” and “Monsters, Inc.”) finds Albert Brooks voicing an anxious clown fish named Marlin who goes on an epic, ocean-spanning search for his young son, Nemo. Marlin is aided on the adventure by a short-term-memory-challenged blue tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) and Nigel, a friendly pelican (Geoffrey Rush).

“Finding Nemo,” rated G, opens Friday in general release.