Three-day forecast

MOVIES

Chabrol in full flower

The 50th film in the long, celebrated career of Claude Chabrol arrives in theaters this week. “La Fleur du Mal” (Flower of Evil) is the story of an aristocratic family near Bordeaux as it deals with an increasingly complex web of revelations from its past during a mayoral campaign. Nathalie Baye, Benoit Magimel and Melanie Doutey star.

“La Fleur du Mal” (Flower of Evil), unrated, opens Friday in selected theaters.

DANCE

Challenging conditions

Jacques Heim’s award-winning, locally based Diavolo Dance Theater has always specialized in choreography conditioned by unusual and often bizarre performing environments: a tubular pipeline, a rocking platform, a vertical pegboard. For “Dreamcatcher,” the site is a suspended, 18-foot wheel, spinning and rotating in an architectural metaphor for the web that catches bad dreams in Native American mythology. It might seem an opportunity for gymnasts rather than dancers, but Diavolo has morphed into an amalgam of both: a versatile, fearless action crew for our technological age. The company also performs “Dreamcatcher” on Oct. 23 at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.

Diavolo Dance Theater in “Dreamcatcher,” Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. $25 (seniors, students) to $30. (562) 985-7000.

POP MUSIC

Hip-hop, dance fest

Now in its seventh year, the Audiotistic hip-hop and electronic-music blowout brings some of the hottest names in both fields to the grand expanses of the Sports Arena on Saturday. OutKast’s Big Boi, Nas and Talib Kweli are among the key rappers this year, while the Chemical Brothers, EL-P and Q-Bert with Dan the Automater highlight the turntable action, all of which is expected to extend into the morning’s wee hours. (See related story, Page 14)

Audiotistic, Los Angeles Sports Arena, 3939 S. Figueroa St., L.A. Saturday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. $30 to $150. (213) 748-6131.

THEATER

Gender bender

UCLA Live’s second annual International Theatre Festival continues with the first U.S. tour of the venerable Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in “Twelfth Night (or What You Will),” featuring an all-male cast in the Bard’s gender-bending romp, headed by the Globe’s artistic director, Mark Rylance.

Freud Playhouse, 405 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. Opens Wednesday. Runs Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m.; ends Nov. 2. $40 to $60. (310) 825-2101.

THEATER

Race to the South Pole

Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed yet ultimately life-affirming expedition to the South Pole, a heroic cross-polar race against Norwegian Roald Amundsen, is the subject of “Terra Nova,” Ted Tally’s drama-fantasy, directed by Martin Benson.

South Coast Repertory, Segerstrom Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Opens Friday. Runs Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; ends Nov. 16. $27 to $55. (714) 708-5555.

EVENT

Military aircraft

Keep your eyes on the skies as the 2003 Miramar Air Show -- “Kitty Hawk to Miramar: 100 Years of Flight” -- takes off. The three-day, world-class air show features such military performers as the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron and the Golden Knights parachute team, as well as military aircraft such as the B-2 bomber, the AV-8B Harrier and the F-117 Nighthawk. Also, civilian performers -- including Sean D. Tucker, Patty Wagstaff and the Red Baron Pizza Squadron -- will perform. All told, more than 100 aircraft will be on display, in addition to simulation rides, food and other attractions. See www.miramarairshow.com.

Miramar Air Show, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Miramar Road off Interstate 805, San Diego. Friday through Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; also twilight show Saturday, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. (858) 577-1000.

MUSIC

In the chamber

The Calder Quartet -- violinists Benjamin Jacobson and Andrew Bulbrook, violist Jonathan Moerschel and cellist Eric Byers -- will be heard in works by Haydn, Bartok and Beethoven as part of the South Bay Chamber Music Society’s 41st season. Formed at USC in 1998, the quartet was a winner in the 2002 Coleman Competition and will be associate artists in residence at the Colburn School of Performing Arts this season.

Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington. Friday, 8 p.m. Pacific Unitarian Church, 5621 Montemalaga, Rancho Palos Verdes. Sunday, 3 p.m. Free. (310) 372-4222.

EVENT

Latino heritage

“The Rhythm of My People” is the theme of the fifth annual Latino History Parade & Jamaica presented by the Latino Heritage Assn. and the city of Pasadena. The parade will start at noon on Los Robles Avenue south of Howard Street. It will proceed south on Los Robles to Washington Boulevard, then east to

Washington Park, where the Jamaica, or post-parade events, will feature Aztec dancers, bands, ballet folklorico, a live history presentation of a 1840s style California wedding, music and other entertainment, plus arts and crafts, health screenings and information booths.

Latino History Parade & Jamaica, Washington Park, 600 Washington Ave., Pasadena. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. (626) 791-7421.

JAZZ

Continuing the Count

Count Basie may be gone, but the legend lives on as the Count Basie Orchestra performs at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. The band, which started in 1935 in Kansas City, Mo., set the standard for American big bands for decades. Since leader and pianist Basie’s death in 1984, others have led new editions of the orchestra. But its signature sound, blending jazz and swing, continues. The

versatile Marlena Shaw will be the featured vocalist.

Count Basie Orchestra with Marlena Shaw, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, Saturday, 8 p.m. $26 to $46. (714) 556-2787.

TAKE A WALK

Miracle Milers

Consider a nighttime stroll on Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile on Saturday as the museums, galleries and restaurants between La Brea and Fairfax -- including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Craft and Folk Art Museum -- open their doors for extended evening hours for Art Night Out. There will be live

music and, for those who’d rather not stroll, a double-decker bus to ferry art

lovers the length of the mile.

Art Night Out, Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea and Fairfax, L.A. Saturday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Some venues will close earlier; call to confirm times. (213) 206-0994.