OPENINGS

Pop/Rock

Isaac Hayes (Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, [800] 300-4345). The soul icon offers hits from “Shaft” to “South Park.” 8 p.m.

String Cheese Incident (Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., [213] 380-5005). Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin produced the upcoming album by the popular Colorado jam band. Also: Paul Pena. 8 p.m. Also Saturday (Pena plays Friday only).

Jazz

Warren Vache-Harry Allen Quintet (Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City, [310] 271-9039). Cornetist Vache and tenor-saxophonist Allen, with the assistance of the Jeff Hamilton Trio, swing and jam their way through vintage standards. 8 p.m. Also Saturday-Sunday.

Dianne Reeves (Royce Hall, UCLA, [310] 825-2101). The versatile singer recently recorded a CD that pays tribute to Sarah Vaughan. 8 p.m.

Music

Pepperdine University Opera (Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, [310] 506-4522). Henry Price conducts a student cast in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in English. 7:30 p.m. $6-$15. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Angela Hewitt (Marsee Auditorium, El Camino Center for the Arts, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, [310] 329-5345). The pianist plays music by Bach and Beethoven and shorter pieces by Maurice Ravel. 8 p.m.

Enigma Trio: (Recital Hall, Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington, [310] 372-4222). The ensemble, comprised of violinist Linda Wang, cellist Marek Szpakiewicz and pianist Sarkis Baltaian, plays Schubert’s Trio in E-flat, Opus 100, and Dvorak’s “Dumky” Trio. 8 p.m. Free. Also, Sunday at 3 p.m. at Pacific Unitarian Church, 5621 Montemalaga Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes.

Dance

Carve Something Straight (Glorya Kaufman Hall/Theater 200, Dance Building, UCLA campus, Westwood, [310] 825-2101). 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. Participating choreographers include Jack Kirven, Laurah Klepinger, Shyamala Moorty, Paulina Sahagun and Kristen Smiarowski.

Theater

“Jekyll & Hyde” (Terrace Theater, Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, [714] 740-2000, [213] 480-3232; Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., [805] 583-8700, [213] 480-3232). Theater League presents the Leslie Bricusse/Frank Wildhorn romantic musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic. Terrace Theater: 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. Kavli Theatre: March 6-10, 8 p.m.; March 11, 7 p.m.; March 10-11, 2 p.m. Ends March 11.

“Three Sisters” (Knightsbridge Pasadena, Braley Building, 35 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, [626] 440-0821). Chekhov’s classic about the lives of three young Russian women in the country, adapted by director Don Schlossman and Tia Odiam. Friday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon. Ends April 1.