Last Chance: Ends This Weekend

* Theater. An exacting scholar of 17th century poetry, portrayed magnificently by Kathleen Chalfant, does valiant battle with cancer in Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Wit,” closing Sunday at the Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. Tonight, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. $20 to $42. (310) 208-5454.

* Art. “Kerry James Marshall: Mementos,” a traveling multimedia installation composed of paintings, sculpture, prints and video works that examines the civil rights movement and black culture in America, closes Saturday at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2525 Michigan Ave., Building G-1, Santa Monica. Today through Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Suggested donation; $3; students and seniors, $2. (310) 586-6488.

* Jazz. Leading pianist Kenny Barron and his distinguished quintet with drummer Billy Hart closes out a six-day run Sunday, 7 and 8:30 p.m. at the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. $25. (310) 271-9039.