Gotta dance: Eveoke Dance Theatre presents their Eighth Annual Celebrate Dance Festival, tonight through Sunday. The festival brings together San Diego dance companies, groups, collectives and solo artists to perform together for three days in Balboa Park. The festival is free to the public. See more than 70 companies perform inside the Casa Del Prado Theatre and outdoors upon the Prado Stage and the Swingin’ Stage. The festival will also host free workshops in the large Casa del Prado dance studios and throughout the park. The festival is open to all who want to participate (no auditions) and is free to the public. The Dance Information Center will be located in the lobby of the Casa del Prado Theatre. For more information, call (619) 238-1153.

Jody Watley live: Smooth Jazz 98.1, Cush Jaguar and Sycuan Casino & Resort present Jody Watley, tonight at 4th & B. Watley’s latest CD, Midnight Lounge, has cuts with a deep, hypnotic groove that are perfect for listening or dancing. Watley has spanned three decades in the music industry, performing with the band Shalamar and as a solo artist, making her an icon as well as a diva. Tickets are $20 through all Ticketmaster locations and at the 4th & B box office. You must be 21 years or older to enter 4th & B.

All welcome at Ebony Pride: Ebony Pride will host Ebony Pride 2003, A Village Celebration, San Diego’s annual GLBT and pansexual event for African-Americans, on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Ebony Pride will be held at Marston Point in Balboa Park near 4th Ave. Admission is $7. The day’s events will include workshops and seminars, a Hip-Hop/House dance party, cultural events, visual arts, a silent auction, a vendor market, fine arts and crafts, political action, a poetry jam, raffles, surprise guests, soul food and more. For more information, call (619) 269-3245.

S/heZAM!: The S/he Collective is gearing up to showcase women and women-identified artists in their second annual art and action festival. Last year they brought you the Army of S/he Festival. This year, S/heZAM! Art & Action Festival will invade Hillcrest and North Park for a day filled with art, workshops, crafts, dance, music and fun. The event is free and open to the public. Daytime events will be held at The Center, 3909 Centre Street, from 12:00 noon-6:00 p.m. This venue will incorporate art, music, dance, film, spoken word and more. The evening program will be held in North Park near 30th and University at Caffe Calabria, North Park Deli and Coffee and Scolari’s Office. The venues are within walking distance of each other and will feature live music, film and dance. For more information, call (619) 615-8519.

Oh Romeo, Romeo…: The INDEPENDant Players, a company of talented actors, directors, and designers, have managed with little or no budget to catapult themselves from anonymity to success. Led by the multi-talented Brad Ashten, the group has been creating a space for imagination and fun in their adaptations of classic texts. See their version of Romeo and Juliet, today at 2:00 p.m. at the ARK Center for the Performing Arts, 3554 Kettner Blvd. Tickets are $12-15 and free parking is available in the parking lot behind the building or on the street. For information or reservations, call (760) 494-0069.

Portrait of a one track mind: Frida Kahlo: Portrait of an Icon consists of 60 photographic portraits of the artist Frida Kahlo. Some are one-of-a-kind snapshots, others are by Kahlo’s father, who was a commercial portrait photographer in Mexico in the early 1900s. The exhibition is unique because of his rare, early photographs, as well as those by photographers Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Imogen Cunningham. At the Museum of Photographic Art in Balboa Park, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call (619) 238-7559.

A room without a view: May would have it made if only her interior designer would put a window in the bedroom wall. In the play Eden Lane, May battles for her outside view while the scenery inside her life is looking worse for the wear. Her hubby’s guzzling martinis like mad and her daughter and her gay best friend aren’t as they seem. The curtain rises at 8:00 p.m. at The La Jolla Playhouse, located at 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. Call (858) 550-1010 for more information.

Twilight in the Park: Listen to the El Cajon German Band at 6:15 p.m. in Balboa Park, then join Walkabout at the west entrance at 7:15 p.m. for a moderate paced walk. Larraine will show you her favorite spots in the park. For more information, call (619) 583-7644.

Catch the buzz: Beehive is San Diego’s smash hit ’60s musical revue, now in its second year at The Theatre in Old Town. Beehive celebrates the sights, sounds and spirit of the 1960s through the era’s legendary women of rock ‘n’ roll …everyone from The Supremes to Connie Francis, Lesley Gore to Janis Joplin, Dusty Springfield to Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and many more. Night after night the six member all-female cast has audiences jumping to their feet for their renditions of the decade’s biggest hits. See it tonight at 8:00 p.m. at The Theatre in Old Town, 4040 Twiggs St. For information or reservations, call (619) 688-2494.