8 pm: Dance

Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the Southland with a mixed repertoire built around two successes from its last New York season. “Sasanka,” by young South African choreographer Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe, is danced to recordings by Synergy and Ondekoza, while a piano score by Timothy Sullivan accompanies “Adrian (Angel on Earth),” choreographed by John Alleyne, a former dancer with National Ballet of Canada who is now the director of Ballet British Columbia. Familiar works by Alonzo King and Geoffrey Holder complete the three-performance engagement.

* Dance Theatre of Harlem, Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, Crenshaw and Redondo Beach Boulevards, Torrance. Friday, 8 p.m.: “Sasanka,” “Adrian (Angel on Earth),” “Signs and Wonders.” Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.: “Sasanka, “Adrian (Angel on Earth),” “Dougla.” $26-$36. (310) 329-5345.

11:30 pm: Music

While MOCA’s just-opened “Out of the Actions” exhibition documents the act of creation as an art form, an allied but independent festival called “Beyond the Pink” presents the acts themselves, with 10 days of performances all over town, including tonight’s all-night pipe-organ concert of “enormous sonorities” by composer and self-described “avant-garde psychopath” Charlemagne Palestine, aided and abetted by improvisational postmodern dance maven Simone Forti.

* All-night organ concert, Hollywood Methodist Church, 6817 Franklin Ave., $5-$10. (818) 789-TIXX, http//www.cortical.org

4 pm: Books

Rare books take center stage at the XXXI California International Antiquarian Book Fair, which brings together more than 220 dealers from around the world. Virtually every field of collecting interest will be represented, from 15th century maps to Shakespeare folios to original manuscripts, prints and modern first editions. This year’s fair includes “Out of This World: A Voyage Through 300 Years of Science Fiction From the Eaton Collection,” a display of the largest collection of sci-fi literature in the world, which is housed permanently at UC Riverside. As part of the exhibition, author Ray Bradbury will speak Saturday at 2 p.m. The fair, which continues through the weekend, hosts a Discovery Day on Sunday during which the public can bring up to three books each for examination by antiquarian book experts.

* XXXI California International Antiquarian Book Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St. Friday, 4-10 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Discovery Day, noon-4 p.m. $10 for all three days or $5 per day. (818) 771-5704.

All day: Movies

Movies suitable for children generally come out around holidays, but here it is mid-February and along comes “The Borrowers,” a live-action romp based on the popular children’s books by Mary Norton. A family of 4-inch-tall people coexists happily in a regular household until an evil banker (John Goodman) tries to evict them all. Peter Hewitt (“Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey”) directs. You may also want to visit a life-sized replica of the set and interactive exhibit, “The Borrowers . . . An Adventure of the BIG and Small,” at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, through Sunday.

* “The Borrowers” is in general release. “The Borrowers . . . An Adventure of the BIG and Small,” Sherman Oaks Galleria, 15301 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 382-4100.

8 pm: Theater

The Groundling comedy troupe explores the final frontier in its new main-stage show, “Groundlings Control to Major Tom,” an evening of sketch comedy and improv.

* “Groundlings Control to Major Tom,” Groundling Theatre, 7307 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 and 10 p.m. Ends May 3. $17.50. (213) 934-9700.

8 pm: Theater

“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” an evening of storytelling and song based on Robert Fulghum’s best-selling books observing everyday life, kicks off International City Theatre’s second season at Center Theatre. With Robert Yacko.

* “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” Center Theatre, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m., through March 8. $28-$30; except Friday’s opening, $98 (includes pre-show dinner at L’Opera restaurant). (562) 938-4128.

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FREEBIE: Music of India by Lakshmi Shankar. Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. (310) 440-7360.