MUSIC

• Pepperdine University Center for the Arts will present the Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir March 23, 7:30 p.m., at Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. The choir will celebrate African gospel music in six of South Africa’s 11 recognized languages during its performance. The choir’s concerts have several features, including traditional and contemporary repertoire, dancing and colorful costumes. Formed in 2002, the choir has sung for Oprah Winfrey, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, and former South African president Nelson Mandela. The choir also has a foundation called Nkosi’s Haven Vukani, which supports South African AIDS orphans, impoverished families, and organizations that receive little or no government support.

General admission is $40. Admission for youth 17 and under is $25. Tickets: (310) 506-4522, (800) 982-2787, http://arts.pepperdine. edu, www.sowetogospelchoir. com.

• Eleanor “C-Pass” Jones will perform in “Doing it My Way!” — a concert of jazz standards and original compositions — March 20, 8 p.m., at The World Stage, 4344 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles. Musicians Karen Hernandez & Co. will accompany Jones.

Admission is $15. Send check or money order payable to C-Pass Enterprises Inc. with a self-addressed envelope to P.O. Box 2418, Inglewood, CA 90305. Information: (213) 312-4334, www. c-pass.com.

FILM

• The 2010 International Family Festival will take place March 10 to 14 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. The event will feature 67 premieres, 19 international films, 20 student films from professional film schools and more than 16 finalist screenplays from the United States, Canada, Turkey and China presented in the screenwriter’s showcase.

The opening night film will be screened March 11, 7:30 p.m. A Hallmark Channel production, “Meet My Mom” stars Lori Loughlin and Stephanie Powers and chronicles a newly single woman who moves cross-country to find herself falling for the soldier who has become her son’s mentor. The film is scheduled for broadcast in May.

Films premiering at the festival will include a roster of big-name stars, including Ellen Burstyn and Carla Gugino, featured in “The Mighty Macs,” screening March 12, 7 p.m.; Dean Cain, featured in “The Way Home,” screening March 13, 4:30 p.m.; and Dennis Hopper and Debbie Reynolds, featured in “The Brothers Warner,” March 13, 6:15 p.m.

The awards ceremony, hosted by Nancy Cartwright of “The Simpsons,” takes place March 14. Information: www.iffilmfest.org, info@iffilmfest.org.

• The International Black Women’s Film Festival (IBWFF) is accepting film, video and animation submissions for its 2010 season. Applicants have until May 17 to submit their work to the festival without a film submission fee.

The festival accepts all categories, including, shorts, features, documentaries, experimental, music video, digital media, online films and animation. All genres are accepted, except for explicit adult film and video.

Registration is available online or offline, but online submissions are encouraged.

To date, the festival has received more than 400 entries and has garnered international attention. Information: www.ibwff2010.com.

DANCE

• blue13 dance co. and others will present the world premiere of “Mischief,” with special guests Molodi, a Las Vegas step troupe, March 12 and 13, 8:30 p.m., and March 14, 7 p.m. In “Mischief,” blue13 attempts to satirize Bollywood with moves from contemporary Indian dance, jazz, hip-hop, tap and others. The show will feature blue13’s new contemporary Bollywood works, restaged audience favorites and new collaborations with Molodi. The event takes place at the 18th Street Arts Center, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. General admission is $20. Admission is $15 for students, children and Dance Resource Center members. Information: (310) 315-1459, www.highwaysperformance.org. 

THEATER

• L.A. Theatre Works will present “RFK: The Journey to Justice,” which is about Robert Kennedy’s personal and political journey during the Civil Rights Movement, March 17 to 19, 8 p.m.; March 20, 2:30 p.m.; and March 21, 4 p.m., at L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles.

The production ponders questions, such as, how did RFK ultimately grow into his role as a leader within the Civil Rights Movement? It also explores the sequence of events that transformed Kennedy from a political player to a believer in a higher cause. Tickets are $20 to $48. Information: (310) 827-0889, www.latw.org.