The Calendar Girls: Picks, kicks and plugs for January 19 to January 25

SAT | JANUARY 19

(WOMEN)
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(ART COLLECTING)
You know the voice: smooth, with a rolling Russian accent. You know the segments: candid, impassioned. You know the name: Edward Goldman. Now get to know the art, firsthand, with the man himself. Join the KCRW art critic for the winter session of “Fine Art of Art Collecting: A Unique Experience of the L.A. Art Scene.” Starting today, classes will be held every other Saturday and include meetings with prominent art collectors, visits to artists’ studios and art galleries, and discussions about the nuts and bolts of art collecting. $575. 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Jan. 19 through March 1. For information on how to register, e-mail Edward Goldman at edwardgoldman@earthlink.net.

(FUNDRAISER)
Although the recently released film “Juno,” about a 16-year-old’s journey through teen pregnancy, provides much comedic entertainment, teen pregnancy is no joke to Hollywood legend and women’s rights activist Jane Fonda. Join Fonda and representatives from Planned Parenthood in “An Evening With Jane Fonda,” where Fonda will be honored for her activism during an event benefiting teen pregnancy awareness. Joyce Schorr, president and founder of the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP), will host the evening. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres while hearing guest speaker Fonda discuss her comprehensive plan to decrease teen pregnancy. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $150 (valet parking included). The Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. (818) 501-4286. templenertamid1@juno.com.

(PLAY READING)
Mitch Albom’s acclaimed novel “Tuesdays With Morrie,” about a man who rekindles his relationship with his mentor during the final months of the beloved college professor’s life, will reach the stage starring Theodore Bikel, as part of the Celebrity Staged Play Reading Series. The heartwarming story takes audiences on an emotional journey to learn from Morrie that the most profound lessons are found in the everyday classroom of life. 7:30 p.m. $12-$16. Friends of Valley Cities JCC, 13164 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 786-6310.

(THEATER)
Imagine a dimly lit Harlem nightclub on a hot summer’s eve in 1920s New York. Now add some New Orleans voodoo, Harlem blues and watch the mixture erupt in “Prove It on Me,” a play presented by the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project in association with the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center, produced by Racquel Lehrman. Tune in to exotic jazz and blues music created by Michele Weiss in this play about a wealthy white socialite and black blues singer who fall in love and realize racism is merely one obstacle among many they must face in their sultry affair. 8 p.m.; gala reception to follow. Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 960-7721. http://www.plays411.com, office@cicisrael.org.

(TU B’SHEVAT)
Going green has always been in vogue in Judaism and our friends at Chabad certainly know how to celebrate a holiday. For the birthday of the trees, the whole mishpacha is invited to Tu B’Shevat Family Day, where along with the usual food, fun and festivities, there will be a special tree planting in our precious environment. 2:30 p.m. Free. Chabad of Simi Valley, 4464 Alama St., Simi Valley. (805) 577-0573.

MON | JANUARY 21

(FILM)
Cozy up in ArcLight Sherman Oaks’ new and improved reserved movie theater seats, which are three inches wider than standard seats and provide six more inches of legroom, to watch Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” back on the big screen thanks to the American Film Institute. Released in 1977, the landmark science-fiction film emerged amid a fascination and obsession with unidentified flying objects. Watch Richard Dreyfuss and Francois Truffaut contemplate spaceships and aliens in this sci-fi thriller. 7:30 p.m. 15301 Ventura Blvd. (818) 501-7033.