THURSDAY
Sept. 27
FILM&TV
“The Office”
NBC
9:00 p.m.
Jim and Pam are finally together! Jan and her new assets moved in with Michael! The temp is now Michael’s new boss! Need I say more?
“The Last Winter”
Nuart Theater
7:30 p.m.
Thriller with a little social advocacy on the side: A team of oil drillers struggle to establish drilling in a peaceful part of Alaska and mysteriously begin dying one by one.
MUSIC
Afro Funke
Zanzibar
10 p.m.
A weekly survey of beats from Africa to Brazil and India to Columbia, DJ’d with live instrumental accompaniment.
Jamaica Live
Dragonfly
9 p.m.
Jamaica Live combines deep-rooted dub and modern Jamaican dance hall beats.
THEATER&ARTS
“Africa’s Vanishing Past”
Getty Center – Harold M. Williams Auditorium
7 p.m, FREE
Archeologist Susan McIntosh leads a discussion on the ancient artwork and figures recovered from some of Africa’s oldest archeological sites.
FRIDAY
Sept. 28
FILM&TV
“Take a Letter, Darling”
Billy Wilder Theater
7:30 p.m.
Mitchell Leisen’s 1942 comedic commentary on gender roles plays as part of the Archive’s “Nothing Sacred: Hollywood Comedy Writers in the Age of Screwball” series.
“Super Amigos”
Egyptian Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Watch five normal Joes dressed as “lucha libre” wrestlers fight for justice as part of National Geographic’s “All Roads Film Festival.”
MUSIC
“The National”
The Wiltern
9 p.m. $20
Following the release of “Boxer,” the National are taking their dark and graceful rock public at the Wiltern.
Girl Talk
The Echoplex
10 p.m.
He keeps his clothes on these days, but for sheer hip-hop schizophrenia there’s nothing like Gregg Gillis’ mash-ups.
THEATER&ARTS
Architecture Department Exhibition Opening Reception
Perloff Hall Courtyard
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Somebody say “free appetizers?” This reception is free and open to the public and introduces a new student exhibit.
SATURDAY
Sept. 29
FILM&TV
“Angels in the Dust”
Laemmle’s Music Hall 3
7:20 p.m.
A documentary about one woman’s efforts to establish a community for South African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS with a Q&A with director Louise Hogarth to follow.
“The Sound of Music”
LACMA Bing Theater
7:30 p.m.
Try not to sing along too loudly during “Six Enchanted Evenings: Rodgers and Hammerstein on Film.”
MUSIC
Bonde do Role
The Echoplex
10 p.m.
The Brazilian natives mix an odd combination of cheesy electronic beats and flamboyant guitar into what could only be called party art.
Chemical Brothers
Nocturnal Festival
7 p.m. to 4 a.m.
The outrageously late fantasyland that is the Nocturnal Festival will be just the over-danced and sweating throng of fans the Chemical Brothers’ incessantly rhythmic electro-funk needs.
THEATER&ARTS
Black Watch
Freud Playhouse
8 p.m.
This play tells the story of a 300-year-old Scottish “Black Watch” Regiment, and who doesn’t love plaid?
SUNDAY
Sept. 30
FILM&TV
“Control”
Vista Theatre
6:00 p.m.
A biography following the highs and lows of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the 1970s English rock band Joy Division, and his tragic suicide at only 23.
“The Consequence”
Billy Wilder Theater
7:00 p.m.
The Outfest Legacy Project screens one of famed director Wolfgang Peterson’s first films, following two male escaped prisoners in love and on the run.
MUSIC
Ry Cooder
A Mi Hacienda
2:30 p.m.
He’s played with Captain Beefheart, the Buena Vista Social Club, and is Rolling Stone’s 8th greatest guitarist of all time. Need I say more?
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Royce Hall
7 p.m.
Maybe they got bored of Mozart? Either way, watch LACO turn its ears toward Italian arias and the Schubert symphony they inspired.
THEATER&ARTS
“Third”
Geffen Playhouse
2 p.m.
Catch this matinee about a college student accused of plagiarism. That should remind you to study before class on Monday.