“Marlene,” Maximilian Schell’s film interview of Marlene...

“Marlene,” Maximilian Schell’s film interview of Marlene Dietrich, will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Library at Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo. The film replaces German language film “Deutschland, bleiche Mutter,” which was originally scheduled to screen. Admission is free. Information: (714) 582-4814.

The City of Huntington Beach is sponsoring an art competition to commemorate the city’s 75-year-old municipal pier, temporarily closed last year for safety reasons. The Southern California artist selected by a committee of city officials and others will receive $5,000 for a commissioned painting of the pier, which will become part of the city’s permanent art collection and be reproduced in a limited-edition poster.

The deadline for slide submissions is May 1. Artists must send: between 10 and 20 35-millimeter slides of previous work, marked on the top right side with name, title, medium, dimensions and date, and inserted into a slide-holder sheet; a current resume; and a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of the slides.

Members of the jury are: Huntington Beach council members John Erskine, Peter Green and Grace Winchell; Allied Arts Board member Marilynn Tom; San Diego State art gallery director Tina Yapelli; Leon vanderWyk, owner, Pageantry World, Huntington Beach; and Naida Osline, supervisor of the city’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Division.

For more information, call the division office at (714) 536-5258 or write the office at 2000 Main St., Huntington Beach, Calif. 92648.