Last Chance / Ends This Weekend

Jazz

Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist who put the primal scream in John Coltrane’s later band, closes a six-day run at Catalina Bar & Grill, 1640 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood; tonight through Saturday, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, 7 and 9 p.m. $15 today and Sunday; $17 Friday and Saturday. (323) 466-2210.

Theater

Michael Patrick King’s “Thorn & Bloom,” a pair of comedies--one about a screenwriter who plans to tell Jesus he’s gay over lunch at a trendy restaurant, the other a no-nonsense seminar for new souls to prepare them for life on Earth--ends Sunday. Court Theatre, 722 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood. Today-Sunday, 8 p.m. $20. (323) 660-8587.

Animation

A retrospective of independent animator and artist Faith Hubley’s drawings, storyboards, paintings and layouts ends at Storyopolis, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Plaza A, on Monday. Today-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. (310) 358-2500.

Photography

A selection of scenic works, photographs, props and photo albums demonstrating the cultural significance behind backdrops used in portrait photography, “From the Background to the Foreground: The Photo Backdrop and Cultural Expression,” ends Sunday at the California Museum of Photography at UC Riverside. Today-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Adults, $2; seniors and students, $1; children 12 and under, free. (909) 784-FOTO.