8 pm: Pop Music
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Tina Turner has said this will be her last large-scale tour, and if the early reviews are any indication, the 60-year-old rock and R&B; legend wants to be remembered for her singing as well as for her shimmy.
* Tina Turner, with Lionel Richie, Arrowhead Pond, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. 8 p.m. $35.25 to $85.25. (714) 704-2500.
7:30 pm: Movies
UCLA Film and Television Archive presents “Digital in Quebec,” a program of short films from Quebec-based artists who use the latest techniques in digital artistry. Included in the lineup are “The Sound of the Carceri,” a 1997 short that features cellist Yo-Yo Ma playing Bach in digital surroundings; short medical documentaries “Atheromatosis” and “Malaria”; and “The Boxer” a work in progress that features cutting-edge motion-capture techniques. In addition, the archive will screen the Academy Award-winning animated short “The Old Man and the Sea.”
* “Digital in Quebec,” James Bridges Theater, UCLA, Westwood. Nearest cross streets: Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. 7:30 p.m. $4 to $6. (310) 206-FILM.
8 pm: Pop Music
One of American music’s great songwriters for three decades, John Prine has expanded his steady cult following with his latest album, a set of duets on some other songwriters’ country classics. One of his “In Spite of Ourselves” partners, Iris DeMent, opens their show at Royce Hall and then joins him for a segment.
* John Prine, Iris DeMent, Royce Hall, UCLA. 8 p.m. $25 and $42.50. [310] 825-2101.
8 pm: Theater
Douglas Sills reprises his Tony Award-nominated title role in Nan Knighton and Frank Wildhorn’s musical version of “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” Baroness Orczy’s tale of romance and swashbuckling derring-do revolves around the elusive Pimpernel’s crusade for justice during the French Revolution.
* “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m.; all Sundays in May, 7:30 p.m.; June 1, 8, 15, 2 p.m. Ends June 18. $25 to $65. (213) 628-2772.
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FREEBIE: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” and the bikini Tori Spelling wore in “Beverly Hills 90210” will be among the Hollywood memorabilia available for pre-auction viewing at Christie’s Los Angeles, 360 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (310) 385-2600.
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