BASTILLE DAY : Accent on Festivities for Southland Revelers

This weekend, a wide range of festivities in the Southland complements the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in France. From music to art to food to TV, celebrants can party along with the Parisians. A partial listing of arts events:

Tonight and Saturday night the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will present “French Fireworks,” a musical lineup of works by French composers including Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals,” Bizet’s “L’Arlesienne” Suite and Berlioz’s arrangement of “La Marseillaise,” accompanied by a fireworks display. French duo pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque will perform “Carnival of the Animals” with a new text written by Stephanie Fleischmann--daughter of Philharmonic Executive Vice President Ernest Fleischmann--and narrated by Alice Jankell. Philharmonic assistant conductor David Alan Miller is on the podium, and Jennifer Trost and Jonathan Mack are the featured vocal soloists for the French national anthem.

Organ music by French composers will be played by Edwin Murray, the featured performer in a concert tonight at 7:30 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd.

If dancing and drinking is more to your liking, there’s the “Bal populaire du 14 juillet” at Perloff Quad, UCLA, tonight at 8. On the bill are the music of DiMaggios, the folkoric songs of Lo Jai and food and drink from local French restaurateurs. The Quad will be decorated with balloons, banners and lights of red, white and blue to reflect the French flag. Street performers will be strolling through the crowds. The evening will end with a laser fireworks show. Tickets are $10 and parking is $4.

Across town, the Newport Harbor Art Museum in conjunction with Le Meredien Hotel, Newport Beach, (4500 MacArthur Blvd.) will be having a party of its own called “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” tonight at 8. The festivities include several dance bands, cabaret singers, vignettes of French historical scenes and strolling musicians as well as a buffet. Tickets are $89 per person. Proceeds will support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programs.

Inspired by the revolution, the paintings and sculptures of French artist Guy Buffet will be on display through the weekend at Lahaina Galleries, also in the Le Meredien, coinciding with “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. “ This show, a joint venture with La Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint), will also feature a collection of historical works created by the mint. A reception with the artist will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m.

On the airways, KUSC-FM (91.5) will broadcast the six-hour miniseries “Bastille,” an “eyewitness” dramatization of the French Revolution portrayed by more than 40 actors, including William Shatner, tonight beginning at 8.

Arts and Entertainment Cable Network (A&E;) will carry “Paris Live” today beginning at 4 p.m. and will feature coverage of Paris’ outdoor opera-ballet spectacle “La Marseillaise.” Soprano Jessye Norman is scheduled to sing the French national anthem, amid a sound and light show and parade. A&E; cameras will also capture the festivities elsewhere, from various Parisian neighborhoods as well as the cities of Marseilles, Versailles, Rouen and Lyon.

As part of its summer concert series, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu is presenting “Music Before and After Bastille Day” on Saturday evening at 7:45 in the museum’s Inner Peristyle Garden. (A spokeswoman said the series is virtually sold out.)

On Sunday, French restaurants including L’Ermitage, Citrus, Le Dome, Hollywood Park and Cafe Pierre are joining forces to celebrate French Day at the Hollywood Park Race Track beginning at noon. Chefs from each of these restaurants will provide regional food and wine on a re-created French street on the infield. Live music will include French, Gypsy and traditional drinking songs as well as reggae and traditional jazz. At 7:15 p.m. a bal musette , a traditional village ball with more dancing and entertainment, will end the day’s activities. Advance tickets are $5 per person; tickets at the door are $7. Children under 12 are free. (Proceeds to benefit two non-profit organizations, the Starlight Foundation and Pro Musicis.)

The Otis/Parsons Gallery (2401 Wilshire Blvd.) on July 21 will exhibit works by Zuka, a native Angeleno who lives in Paris. Paintings, collages and painted cutouts will be presented in “French Revolution Through American Eyes” through Aug. 26. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.