Festival ’90 : What’s Happening At the Festival Today : The Festival

EthnoVisions (Transamerica Center Auditorium, 1149 S. Hill St., noon). Works by L.A. independent filmmakers, graduates of the UCLA Ethnocommunications Film Productions Department. (Also Sunday at Barnsdall Park Art Center, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., 1 p.m.). Free.

“When the Tenth Month Comes” by Vietnamese director Dang Nhat Minh (Los Feliz Theater, 1822 N. Vermont Ave,, 6 p.m.). Free.

El Gran Circo Teatro’s “La Negra Ester” (Santa Monica Pier, Ocean Avenue and East Colorado, 7 p.m.). Comic musical spectacle derived from Roberto Parra’s autobiographical verses. Also Thursday, Friday. Tickets: $10.

Chilean director Gonzalo Justiniano’s “Children of the Cold War” (AFI, 2021 Western Ave., 7:30 p.m.). Also Juan Carlos Bustamente’s “Lizards’ Tales.” Also Friday (Melnitz Theater, UCLA, 7:30 p.m.). Tickets: $10.

Adam Horowitz’s “Home on the Range” (Los Feliz Theater, 1822 N. Vermont Ave., 8 p.m.). Tickets: $7.

“Love, Women and Flowers,” from Colombian director Marta Rodriguez (AMC Santa Monica 1310 Third Street. Promenade, 8 p.m.); “Reborn” and “Endymion & Selene.” Also Friday (AFI, 2021 Western Ave.). Rodriguez will appear at AMC and AFI. Tickets: $10.

Korean director Im Kwon-Taek’s “Come, Come, Come Upward” and “Adada” (Melnitz Theater, UCLA, 6 p.m.). Tickets: 10.

”... Will Be Televised: Video Documents From Asia” (LACE, 1804 Industrial St., 8 p.m.). Free.

Caribbean and New York swing with Costazul (Spiral Court, Cal Plaza, 300 S. Grand Ave., downtown, noon). Free.

Mariachi-rock musician Guillermo Gomez-Pena’s “1990” (Museum of Contemporary Art, Temporary Contemporary, 152 N. Central Ave., 250 S. Grand Ave., 8 p.m.). Part I of a trilogy. Also Thursday-Sunday; matinee Sunday at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets: $12-$15.

The Open Festival

Stage &Performance; Art

A Performance Art Experience: Humanifestations, Evening of Performances and Videos (EZTV, 8547 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, (213) 657-1532). 8 p.m. $7.

Spoken Word/Music Series: Linda Albertano and Manazar Gamboa (System M Caffe Gallery, 213 A Pine Ave., Long Beach, (213) 435-2525). 10 p.m. $5.

Story Tellers and Yarn Spinners: Troy Evans’ Montana Tales and Other (Heliotrope Theatre, 660 N. Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, (213) 660-8587). 8 p.m. $10.

The Good Person of Szechwan (St. Joseph’s Center, 663 Rose Ave., Venice, (213) 396-9416). 1:30 p.m. Free.

Music

Pilar Presents an Evening of Song (Itchey Foot Cabaret, 801 W. Temple St., (818) 766-1741). 8:30 p.m. $10.

Gospel-Pop Singer Renee Roque (Gardenia, 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 467-7444). 8 p.m. $8.

Dance

Israeli Dance (9225 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, (213) 871-0355). 7:30 p.m. Free.

Visual Art

Cosmopolitan Brotherhood and Sisterhood (Modern Art Gallery, 3466 W. 8th St., Los Angeles, (213) 487-2565). 7 p.m. Free.

Friends in a Bachelor Group (The Hyperion, 2810 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake, (213) 660-1503). 9 p.m. Free.