8 pm: Movies

Thousands of musical shorts were made between 1929 and 1941 by the movie studios as a way to test new talent, but most of the films have not survived. Fifteen that did make up “Hollywood Rhythm: Paramount Musical Shorts, 1929-1941,” screening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Included are “St. Louis Blues” (1929) with jazz and blues legend Bessie Smith in her only film appearance; “Be Like Me” (1931) with Ethel Merman; and “Rhapsody in Black and Blue” (1932) starring a leopard-skin-clad Louis Armstrong.

* “Hollywood Rhythm: Paramount Musical Shorts, 1929-1941,” Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. $5; $3 for academy members. (310) 247-3600.

All day Movies

Clint Eastwood directs “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” John Berendt’s mega-best-selling tale of murder and mysticism set in Savannah, Ga., in the early ‘80s. The film stars Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jude Law, Alison Eastwood (Clint’s daughter) and a big slobbery bulldog named Uga.

* “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” in general release.

8 pm: Theater

Obie Award-winning solo performer Danny Hoch takes audiences on an odyssey through his varied life experiences in “A Progress in Work: Evolution of a Homeboy/Locked Down,” at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall.

* “A Progress in Work: Evolution of a Homeboy/Locked Down,” Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Westwood. Friday-Sunday. $27. (310) 825-2101.

8 pm: Theater

Candlefish Theatre Company serves up John D. Ravold’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic “Little Women,” in an elaborate Victorian setting as its family holiday offering.

* “Little Women,” Candlefish Theatre, 1540 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Runs indefinitely. $15. (213) 460-2080.

All day Festival

This year’s Wildlife Art Festival brings 28 wildlife artists to the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands to exhibit their paintings, sculptures, carvings and limited edition prints. The festival also includes the first West Coast exhibition of 100 top entries from this year’s Federal Duck Stamp Competition and also the children’s Junior Duck Stamp Competition.

* Wildlife Art Festival, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands. Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Federal and junior duck stamps will be exhibited at the museum through Nov. 30. $6 adults; $5 seniors and students; $4 children ages 5-12; museum members free. (909) 798-8570.

8 pm: Cabaret

Eileen Barnett’s recent children’s recording, “Broadway With a Beat,” just received a National Parenting Award. But Barnett, probably best known as Stephanie Woodruff on the soap “Days of Our Lives,” isn’t just for kids. The singer-actress and Broadway star--she was seen in Tommy Tune’s Tony-winning “Nine”--will cover Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin, Dave Frishberg and others during this three-day live-recording session run.

* Eileen Barnett, Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd. $15. Also Saturday-Sunday, 8 p.m. (213) 466-7000.

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* FREEBIE: Folkorico de SMC performance at Santa Monica College’s Studio Stage, 3 p.m. (310) 452-9396.