PLAN AHEAD: NEXT WEEKEND

* “Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People,” the widely acclaimed traveling survey, will open Oct. 28 at the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Through Dec. 31. $5 to $14. (619) 220-8497.

* The Perm State Ballet dances “Swan Lake” on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 28 at 2 and 8 p.m.--plus “Giselle” on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.--in the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. $32 to $47. (562) 916-8500.

* Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance project celebrates Postmodernism -Oct. 25-28 at 8 p.m. in Royce Hall at UCLA. $15 (students) to $60. (310) 825-2101.

* Gate Theatre of Dublin presents Samuel Beckett’s, “Waiting for Godot,” at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse Oct. 25-28 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. $40. (310) 825-2101.

* Julio Bocca and his Ballet Argentino perform mixed bills Oct. 27 at 8 p.m., Oct. 28 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. in the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $12 to $68. (714) 556-ARTS.

* Former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and friends perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. $32.50. (213) 480-3232.