WEEKEND FORECAST

TODAY

Reflecting on 9/11

French playwright Michel Vinaver’s “11 September 2001,” a world premiere, offers a meditation on the events of 9/11 as a performance presented in multiple variations by an ensemble cast. It is staged by Robert Cantarella, director of the National Dramatic Center of Dijon, and presented by the Center for New Theater at CalArts and the Theatre Dijon Bourgogne.

“11 September 2001,” REDCAT at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2nd and Hope streets, L.A. 8:30 tonight. $20 to $28. (213) 237-2800.

* Also 8:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Classic Mingus

The Mingus Big Band, performing classic works by the late great jazz bassist-composer Charles Mingus, plays at Royce Hall. The ensemble, founded in 1991, will feature 14 members from a rotating roster of more than 100 New York City musicians. Among those performing tonight will be woodwind players Craig Handy, Jaleel Shaw and Seamus Blake; trumpeters Eddie Henderson and Ryan Kisor; trombonist Earl McIntyre, pianist Kenny Drew Jr. and bassist Boris Kozlov.

Mingus Big Band, Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood. 8 tonight. $15 to $42. (310) 825-2101.

All eyes on the islands

Island traditions come to the mainland in “Hawaii Beauty: Through the Eyes of Her People,” a festival at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii perform a music-dominated program tonight, and dance occupies the spotlight on Friday with a program directed by Charles Kayupu promising hula with a modern twist. Some of the best-known Hawaiian dance centers on the West Coast are featured. Recording artists HAPA take over on Saturday, performing contemporary Hawaiian music.

“Hawaii Beauty: Through the Eyes of Her People,” Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. “Ho’omau: Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii,” 8 tonight. $17.50 (students and children) to $38. (949) 854-4646 or www.thebarclay.org.

* Also: “Ke Aka: Reflections,” 8 p.m. Friday. “Hapa Maui: The Blow Out,” 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

FRIDAY

Don’t try this at home

Stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoe Bell, who put the real action into the adventures of Wonder Woman and Xena, respectively, may be of different generations, but they are kindred spirits when it comes to derring-do. In director Amanda Micheli’s documentary “Double Dare,” the veteran Epper and relative newcomer Bell, a native of New Zealand, share many of the same hopes (Will I get another job?) and fears (Will I get hurt?) as well as displaying the same gutsy resolve.

“Double Dare,” unrated, opens Friday exclusively at Laemmle’s Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 848-3500.

SATURDAY

Color and energy

Many of Paul Botello’s works, colorful murals often celebrating his Chicano heritage, can be seen on city walls in Mexico, France, Hawaii and L.A. Botello’s newest series, “Energy Allegories” at Patricia Correia Gallery, is a collection of canvas paintings that depict archetypes and opposing forces, inspired by movement and outer space.

“Paul Botello: Energy Allegories,” Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., No. E2, Santa Monica. Opens Saturday. (310) 264-1760.

* Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. Ends June 4.

SUNDAY

Concert

for a cause

System of a Down has the follow-up to “Steal This Album” ready to come out in a few weeks, but the inventive hard-rock band’s annual April concert isn’t a business-as-usual tour stop. The Hollywood-bred quartet’s “Souls, 2005” is a fundraiser for organizations that work against genocide, with an emphasis on the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century.

System of a Down, Gibson Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Sold out. (818) 622-4440.

Somber themes

Four-time Grammy nominee pianist-composer Billy Childs takes up the theme of the Holocaust in his new cantata, “The Voices of Angels,” commissioned by Grant Gershon and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, who will premiere the work Sunday. The work sets to music six poems from the book “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” written by children imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin, near Prague in what’s now the Czech Republic. The vocal soloists will be Brazilian singer Luciana Souza and 15-year-old singer Catherine Leech. Gershon also will conduct Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass.

Los Angeles Master Chorale, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., L.A. 7 p.m. Sunday. $19 to $79. (800) 787-5262. www.lamc.org.

MONDAY

Smart discussion

It would be risky to take issue with the title of this evening’s program at Skirball, “An Evening of Genius With Brian Eno and Danny Hillis,” which offers a conversation between two undeniably pioneering and innovative thinkers. Co-founder of glam band Roxy Music, Eno went on with Robert Fripp to explore the frontiers of sonic manipulation and electronic avant-garde and collaborate with the likes of Laurie Anderson, U2, David Bowie and David Byrne. Hillis, a onetime toy designer and robotics engineer who founded the Thinking Machines Corp. before moving on to head Disney Imagineering R&D; and Applied Minds, built a “Tinkertoy computer” while a student at MIT. Made of 10,000 Tinkertoys, it could play tic-tac-toe.

“An Evening of Genius With Brian Eno and Danny Hillis,” Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. Monday. $30. (310) 440-4500.