all day movies

8pm Theater

In “Stones in His Pocket,” Marie Jones’ hit Broadway and West End comedy, a Hollywood film crew arrives in a small Irish village to make its next blockbuster. Cultures clash when it hires dozens of locals as extras, all played by just two actors--Bronson Pinchot and Christopher Burns.

“Stones in His Pockets,” Globe Theatres’ Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park, San Diego, Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends March 16. $25 to $50. (619) 239-2255.

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all day Movies

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is transported to a 1970s world of fast food in Billy Morrissette’s dark comedy, “Scotland, PA.” James LeGros and Maura Tierney play the power-hungry couple who hatch a scheme to lift themselves out of their dreary jobs at Duncan’s diner, super-size their lifestyle and become king and queen of their own greasy castle. Christopher Walken co-stars as Mcduff, a vegetarian detective out to wreck their happy meals.

“Scotland, PA.,” rated R for language, some nudity, drug content and brief violence, opens Friday in selected theaters.

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all day Art

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, or SCI-Arc, present the exhibition “Genius Loci” --translated as “spirit of the place”--beginning Friday at SCI-Arc’s cool new space at the Santa Fe Freight Depot. The group show will examine the ability of places to convey meaning across space and time through the works of Lane Barden, Joyce Campbell, Center for Land Use Interpretation and Brian Moss, among others.

“Genius Loci,” SCI-Arc, Santa Fe Freight Depot, 350 Merrick St., downtown L.A. Ends March 23. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 6 p.m.; Fridays, noon to 9 p.m. Free. (213) 473-8432.

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8pm Theater

Lynn Manning performs “Weights,” his one-man show that’s twice been selected for the Taper Too festival. The autobiographical drama is about his South-Central childhood, his dream of being a visual artist and his struggle to reclaim his independence after being shot and blinded. Presented by Watts Village Theater Company.

“Weights,” Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., downtown L.A., Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends March 17. $20. (213) 485-1681.

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8pm Opera

This “Madama Butterfly” is all over the map: The story is set in Japan, the composer is Italian and the company comes from France. Paris-based Teatro Lirico d’Europa brings a particularly international cast to the Cerritos Center as well. The singers are from Bulgaria, China, Korea and the United States. No scaled-down touring production, this “Butterfly” has a cast of 40 singers and a touring orchestra of 40.

Teatro Lirico d’Europa presents “Madama Butterfly,” Cerritos Center for Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. (562) 916-8500. $47 to $67.

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8:30pm Jazz

Guitarist-arranger Anthony Wilson teams up with Hammond B-3 organist Joe Bagg and drummer Jeff Hamilton for a one-night stand at Steamers Cafe in Fullerton.

Anthony Wilson, Jeff Hamilton and Joe Bagg, Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, 8:30 p.m. $6 cover. (714) 871-8800.

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8pm Pop Music

For a different kind of teen-pop attraction, sample Michelle Branch. The 19-year-old Arizonan bucks the singing-puppet stereotype of adolescence and comes on as a full-blown, Melissa Etheridge-esque singer-songwriter on her 2001 debut album, “The Spirit Room.”

Michelle Branch, the Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. Sold out. (310) 278-9457.