Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Film. A new 35-millimeter print of Orson Welles’ 1963 film “The Trial,” based on Franz Kafka’s landmark novel, runs Dec. 17-21 at the Nuart. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Welles and Jeanne Moreau, with Perkins playing a young clerk who is arrested, tried and executed, although he never knows for what crime. The Nuart, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. $5 to $8. (310) 478-6379.

* Art. The traveling multimedia exhibition “Kerry James Marshall: Mementos” opens Dec. 17 at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2525 Michigan Ave., G-1, Santa Monica. Organized by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, the exhibition features paintings, sculpture, prints and video that offer a compelling commentary on black culture in America in the late 20th century. Ends Feb. 27. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Suggested admission, $3; seniors and students, $2. (310) 586-6488.

* Dance. The collective La Danserie performs choreography by Patrick Frantz, Vanessa Jue, Jennifer McDonald Wilson and Sayhber Rawles next Thursday-Dec. 18 at 8:30 p.m. in Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15. (310) 315-1459.

* Dance. “The Nutcracker” goes Hollywood in a brand-new updated version created for State Street Ballet, choreographed by Rodney Gustafson and Gary McKenzie. The premiere engagement takes place Dec. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m., and Dec. 19 at 3 p.m., in the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara. $16 (children) to $38. (805) 963-0761.