4pm

Music

In a local debut, the early-music ensemble called My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort--featuring countertenor Drew Minter and lutenist Pat O’Brien--comes to the Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel to present music by Dowland, Tallis and Byrd. The building, dating from 1869, resembles an English country church and includes a church bell from New England that was shipped around the tip of South America, and exquisite stained-glass windows--by Tiffany and by Judson--five of which were donated to the church by the family of Gen. George Patton.

* My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort, the Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel in the Chamber Music in Historic Sites series, 4 p.m. $27-$35. (310) 954-4300.

5pm

Pop Music

Don’t tell Vikki Carr about any “Latin boom.� The pop singer released her first Spanish-language album in 1972, and since then has conducted a sort of bilingual career that’s ranged from mariachi to a PBS special on ‘40s and ‘50s hits written by Latin composers.

* Vikki Carr, with Carlos Oscar, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, 5 p.m. $55 to $65. (800) 300-4345.

all day

Movies

“Solaris,� Andrei Tarkovsky’s chillingly poetic 1972 adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel about a Soviet space station where the cosmonauts are drifting into madness because of the huge, sentient sea outside, screens Sunday through Tuesday at the New Beverly Cinema. It’s one of the great science-fiction movies and one of the few made primarily for adults. Also showing is Chris Marker’s 1962 French avant-garde film, “La Jetee,� a 30-minute short told entirely through still photographs and voice-over, which inspired Terry Gilliam’s “Twelve Monkeys.�

* Sci-fi double feature, New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., Hollywood. “La Jetee,� Sunday, 3:45 and 7:30 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. “Solaris,� Sunday, 4:30 and 8:15 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 8:15 p.m. $3 to $6. (323) 938-4038.

7pm

Dance

With the downsizing of Dance Kaleidoscope this year, other showcase events have become exceptionally important to the embattled local dance community. The seventh annual “Spectrum: Dance in L.A.� brings to the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood (a new location for this series) a cross-section of Southland artists and companies. Participating choreographers include Jessie Abrescy, Rei Aoo (Dance Planet), Deborah Brockus (Brockus Project Dance Company), David Caldron (Jigsaw Dance Collective), Karinlynge Jensen (Mandala Dance Works), June Johnson, Denise Leitner, Sandra Mendez, Shari Nyce, Jill Strauss, Katerina Tomas, Maura Townsend (Project 21) and Kenji Yamaguchi.

* “Spectrum: Dance in L.A.,� Ivar Theatre, 1605 Ivar Ave., Hollywood, 7 p.m. $12 (Dance Resource Center members) to $20. (562) 531-8949.

7pm

Music

In its annual fund-raiser gala, the American Youth Symphony presents a Tchaikovsky program in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion featuring violinist Julian Rachlin. The orchestra is conducted by music director Alexander Treger.

* Alexander Treger conducts the American Youth Symphony gala, with soloist Julian Rachlin, violin, in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., 7 p.m. $10-$60. (310) 234-8355.

7pm

Comedy

If you haven’t seen comedian Bobcat Goldthwait lately (he’s a recurring guest on “Hollywood Squares� and also has a small role in the upcoming film “Blow�), you can catch his act at the Ice House in Pasadena.

* Bobcat Goldthwait, the Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, 7 p.m. $15.50. (626) 577-1894.

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FREEBIE: Children can learn traditional African dance and crafts, including making beaded necklaces or chest ornaments worn by dancers, during a Sunday Open Sunday workshop with Imani at the Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 E. 107th St., L.A. 2 to 4 p.m. (213) 847-4646.