Top weekend picks include the Gonzalez Family concert and Savion Glover’s tap-dancing
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The musical Gonzalez Family performs in Little Tokyo
MUSIC
Siblings, sans rivalry: Martha Gonzalez, lead singer of the veteran Chicano band Quetzal, her salsa-star brother Gabriel and their sister Claudia, a.k.a. the singer-songwriter Cava, share the stage in the tune-filled retrospective “Caminos y Canciones: Roads & Songs of the Gonzalez Family” to close out the Aratani World Series. Aratani Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., L.A. $15-$35. 7 p.m. Saturday. www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
Tap-dance star Savion Glover at VPAC
DANCE
‘Da noise and ‘da funk will be in full effect when Tony-winning dancer-choreographer Savion Glover mixes it up with legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette and fellow tap-dancer Marshall Davis. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. $35-$65. 8 p.m. Thursday. www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org
Native American drama ‘They Don’t Talk Back’ at La Jolla Playhouse
THEATER
A troubled Native American teen is sent to live with his Tlingit grandparents in a remote fishing village in Alaska in Frank Henry Kaash Katasse’s new coming-of-age tale “They Don’t Talk Back,” a co-production of La Jolla Playhouse, Native Voices at the Autry and Alaska’s Perseverance Theatre. La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla. $10-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. www.LaJollaPlayhouse.org
Santa Monica Symphony concludes its 71st season
CLASSICAL
Brush up your Russian with Santa Monica Symphony. The orchestra concludes its 71st season with Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Great Russian Easter” Overture, Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist Robert Thies. Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. 7 p.m. Sunday. www.smsymphony.org
Buzzcocks’ 40th anniversary tour
ROCK
“What do I get?!” Still sneering and soldiering on after four decades, Buzzcocks — the too-fast, too-loud and highly influential British band led by singer-guitarist Pete Shelley — graces the O.C. with their punk presence. The Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. $25. 8 p.m. Saturday. www.ticketweb.com
Critics’ Choice drama ‘Dry Land’ closes
THEATER
It’s your last chance to catch the Critics’ Choice show “Dry Land,” closing this weekend. Teagan Rose and Connor Kelly-Eiding star in Echo Theater Company’s staging of Ruby Rae Spiegel’s edgy drama about two teenage girls and one unwanted pregnancy. Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave., L.A. $25. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.EchoTheaterCompany.com
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