Hooray for Hollywood: The San Diego Symphony’s Salute to Hollywood & Broadway features all-time favorite Broadway songs and film scores with Larry Blank, conductor, and vocalists Dale Kristein, Valerie Perri and Cris Groenendaal singing the immortal songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. Call (619) 235-0804 for tickets and more information.

Ray at Night: The second Saturday of every month is Ray at Night on Ray St. in North Park, from 6:00 p.m.-12:00 midnight. Multiple galleries stay open late, featuring live music and snacks and booze in abundance. The free event is located on Ray St, between University Ave and North Park Way.

Don’t quote the raven: Best known for his role as Gomez on The Addams Family, John Astin stars in Edgar Allen Poe — Once Upon a Midnight tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. The show explores the life of Poe, the melancholy, brilliant creator of the modern detective novel and pioneer of science fiction. Tickets are $32-35 for adults and $18 for youth 18 and under. Call (858) 748-0505 for tickets and information.

Score at Hamburger Mary’s: The America’s Finest City Softball League is holding a fundraiser at Hamburger Mary’s, complete with beer bust and raffle, tonight from 6:00-10:00 p.m. to support their bid for the 2005 gay softball world series. Come support America’s finest players. Call (619) 491-0400 for more information.

Looking for a few good men: San Diego Opera is searching for male ‘supernumeraries,’ non-singing extras, for the upcoming production of The Pearl Fishers. Ideal candidates to play priests, pearl fishers and guards should be 20-40 years old, well-built but not overly muscular with some weekday, evening and Saturday availability. Not familiar with opera? Doesn’t matter a bit. Try something new. Head for The Copper Room at The Civic Theatre downtown, tonight at 6:00 p.m. Rehearsals begin on Jan. 26. Call for more information at (619) 232-7636.

Cultural dance heritage: Hailed by critics as one of the highest-profile dance events in the state, the San Diego Dance Alliance presents the 11th annual Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival today at 2:00 p.m. through Jan. 18 at the Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD in La Jolla. Over 250 dancers and musicians and a dozen dance troupes celebrate the cultures of Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina, the Philippines, India, China, Bali, Serbia, Ghana and the US. Tickets are $15-25. Call (619) 230-8623 for reservations and information.

Tribute to the Pink Panther: The California Center for the Arts in Escondido presents Mancini at the Movies, a tribute to composer Henry Mancini, who is best know for creating the scores to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn. His daughter, Monica Mancini, sings many of his favorite hits tonight at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $34-44. Call (800) 988-4253 for more information.

Free film: The San Diego Central Library screens Blue Car tonight at 6:30 p.m. The film takes the viewer into the psyche of gifted but emotionally scarred Meg, who finds solace from her troubled home life in writing poetry. Call (619) 236-5800 for more information. The film will be shown in the auditorium of the Central Library, at 820 E. St.

Globe Theatre insight: The Old Globe Theatre’s newest production, Sky Girls, follows the path of five fictional WWII female fliers who, in 1944, hope to become US Women Air Force Service Pilots — WASPs. An Insight Seminar, which gives the audience an opportunity to hear from artists involved in all phases of production and discuss the performance with them, will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the theatre and conclude with an informal champagne reception. Admission is $5. Call (619) 231-1941 for more information.

Movies with no limits: Media Arts Center has begun a monthly series called Cinema en Tu Idioma/Movies in Your Language. Every month, a film is brought from Latin America and runs for a week at Madstone Theaters in Mission Valley. This month’s film, En la Cuidad Sin Limites by director Antonio Hernandez, follows successful businessman Max, who lies dying in a Paris hospital, and his family as they try to unravel his barely coherent ruminations about a plot against a man named Rancel. What follows is an intense, brilliant drama about a man obsessed. Call (619) 299-4500 for show times.

Benefit for the women: 6th@Penn Theatre hosts a benefit performance of Clare Boothe Luce’s classic all-female cast comedy, The Women, tonight at 7:30 p.m. as part of its Year of the San Diego Woman in Theatre. The show features an array of well-known San Diego actors. All seats are $30. Call (619) 688-9210 for reservations and information.

Bad boy rock: Singer-songwriter Eric Himan performs tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the Adams Avenue Studio of the Arts, 2804 Adams Ave. From driving rock to soulful blues, if Rufus Wainwright is the Billy Joel for the GLBT youth generation, than Eric Himan is its Bruce Springsteen. Tickets are $10. Call (619) 584-3593 for more information. The Adams Avenue Studio of the Arts is located at 2804 Adams Ave.

Fresh sound: The San Diego Museum of Art and Spruce Street Forum have teamed up to present the next installment of their highly acclaimed Fresh Sound Concert Series, En e’cho, tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum of Art. En e’cho features electronic musician Miller Pucket mixing sound with soprano Juliana Snapper, using the sonic quality of the vocalist to control selected aspects of the electronic part. Tickets are $20. Call (619) 220-8497 for tickets, or (619) 298-5255 for further information.

Big Mike’s Birthday Party: Todd Gloria, Nicole Murray Ramirez and Bourbon Street invite you to join Big Mike in celebrating his birthday tonight at Bourbon Street from 6:00-9:00 p.m. There will be an art show, and some works of art will be available for purchase. A $25 donation to The Center is suggested as a birthday present to Big Mike, and all proceeds from the event will benefit The Center.