Plan Ahead / Next Weekend

* Film. “Forgotten Silver” at the Nuart Jan. 16-22, is a hilarious “mockumentary” about New Zealand’s purported equivalent to D.W. Griffith. 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles, (310) 478-6379.

* Photography. Forty galleries and private dealers from throughout the U.S. will exhibit for sale more than 3,000 photographs by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Atget, Baldus, Cartier-Bresson, Imogan Cunningham, Edward Curtis, Weegee, Robert Mapplethorpe and many others Jan. 15-18 at Photo L.A. ‘98, the 7th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition. Butterfield & Butterfield, 7601 Sunset Blvd. Call the Stephen Cohen Gallery at (213) 937-5525 for schedule and ticket information.

* Family. Life isn’t easy for Peter Hatcher, especially when his kid brother, Fudge, gets into everything and gets everyone’s attention. It’s enough to make anyone feel like a fourth grade nothing. “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” the adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic tale, takes the stage Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive at Bridge Road, Irvine. Children, $8; adults, $10. (714) 854-4646 or (714) 740-2000.