thursday/18
‘A Million Miles Away’ … and back. Peter Case was the leader of the Plimsouls, an ’80s band featured in the 1983 movie “Valley Girl” playing “A Million Miles Away” (its hit song). Now a solo musician, Case returns to the city where his music career started, performing songs from his latest album at the CJM’s “Third Thursdays Live” series.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. Included with museum admission, $5 after 5 p.m. www.thecjm.org
sunday/21
David Krakauer Project. “The Big Picture.” Performance of personal arrangements of classic movie soundtracks by jazz-klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer. At SFJazz Center, Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin St., S.F. 4 and 7:30 p.m. $30-$50. www.sfjazz.org (See story, 22)