2 pm: Television

It seemed the world watched Luke and Laura’s nuptials on the soap “General Hospital.” That event, plus other life-altering moments on other daytime dramas, are screened as part of “Births, Weddings, and Deaths: The Rituals of the Soap Opera,” the latest installment of the Museum of Television & Radio’s “Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera” screening series.

* “Births, Weddings, and Deaths: The Rituals of the Soap Opera,” Museum of Television & Radio, 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. Wednesdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Ends Feb. 8. (310) 786-1000.

10 am: Pop Culture

Original movie art created for Disney, MGM and 20th Century Fox, CD jacket illustrations and graphic designs for the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Duke Ellington, vintage Hollywood portrait photographs by George Hurell and Clarence Bull and more will be for sale in Guernsey auction house’s “The Art of Pop Culture,” now on display.

* “The Art of Pop Culture,” Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. Preview hours: today and Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 9-11 a.m. Auction of photographs, Friday at 6 p.m. Auction of illustrations, Saturday at 11 a.m. (212) 794-2280.

all day: Movies

Ethan Hawke stars in “Great Expectations” as Finn, a scrappy kid from a Gulf Coast town who moves to New York and becomes a promising artist. There he encounters a childhood friend, the elusive Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow) and tries to woo her from her wealthy fiance. The film, which is loosely based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, is directed by Alfonso Cuaron (“A Little Princess”) from a script by Mitch Glazer. Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper and Hank Azaria round out the cast.

* “Great Expectations” is in wide release.

8 pm: Theater

The eccentrics who live in the small, mythical town of Tuna, Texas, come to life in the acclaimed comedy “Greater Tuna,” with original cast members and co-creators Joe Sears and Jaston Williams playing all 20 wacky Tuna residents at the La Mirada Theatre.

* “Greater Tuna,” La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays and Feb. 7 and Feb. 14, 2:30 p.m.; Feb. 8 and Feb. 15, also 7:30 p.m. $33. (562) 944-9801, (714) 994-6310.

8 pm: Music

Jane Carr, Carole Cook, Dorian Harewood, Michael Jeter, Shirley Jones, Betty Garrett, Dale Kristien and Bill Hutton are on the list of almost 40 celebs scheduled to take the stage and put on a show for a good cause in “Lerner, Loewe, Lane & Friends,” the 14th annual AIDS benefit S.T.A.G.E. (Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event), at the Luckman Theatre.

* “Lerner, Loewe, Lane & Friends,” Luckman Theatre, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive, Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $30-$150. (818) 441-5002.

9 pm: Pop Music

The Wright Brothers means Orville and Wilbur at Kitty Hawk to most people, but to alternative-punk connoisseurs, it means NoMeansNo. That’s the Vancouver, Canada, band led by Rob and John Wright, who have been churning out tough, independent-minded music since 1981. They figure to be spotlighting their recent 10th album, “Would We Be Alive?,” when they hit Spaceland and the Foothill.

* NoMeansNo at Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., $8. (213) 413-4442. Also Saturday at the Foothill, 1922 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, 9 p.m. $10. (562) 984-8349.

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FREEBIE: Pasadena Community Orchestra, First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena, 8:15 p.m. (626) 445-6708.