SUPER BOWL ALTERNATIVES : Who needs football when there’s children’s theater, classical music and flea market?

If the thought of Super Bowl Sunday makes you want to clean out your closets, don’t dig out the dust rags yet.

Football fans may flock to the Rose Bowl or flop on the sofa, but South Bay organizations offer alternatives that should keep the rest of the population entertained. To the relief of some, the events scheduled Sunday have absolutely nothing to do with Super Bowl XXVII.

For starters, two children’s theater events will feature an afternoon of thought-provoking fun for the 12-and-under crowd.

The Venice-based Imagination Company will present Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes” at 12:30 p.m. at the B’nai Tikvah Congregation, 5820 W. Manchester Ave.

The comic, colorful production, to be performed in the round, entertains while raising questions about the slippery slope of peer pressure.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children; youngsters under 2 are admitted free. Early birds can partake of a light lunch featuring sandwiches, snacks and sweets. Information: (310) 649-4051.

The Youth Theatre Guild and the city of Redondo Beach will present a musical adaptation of three Rudyard Kipling “Just So Stories” at the Perry Playhouse, 2301 Grant Ave., Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.

This interactive show encourages young audience members to help find cooperative, nonviolent solutions to problems faced by characters in the play. Art workshops in origami, creative dramatics and shadow puppetry will take place after the performances for a $1 fee.

Play tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. Information: (310) 318-0610.

Classical music lovers can find a haven from blaring halftime numbers in a concert by the Torrance Chamber Ensemble at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Sunday at 3 p.m.

The 90-minute program features flute, oboe, guitar, cello and viola/piano in a program that includes Spanish guitar music and the works of Bach, Tarrega, Turina, Tedesco and Telemann.

Tickets are $5. Information: (310) 781-7171.

Clever scavengers may search for treasure at a fund-raiser flea market for the South Bay Jewish Community Center, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 22410 Palos Verdes Blvd., Torrance.

Bicycles, computer monitors, paintings, lamps, clothes, jewelry and other items can be had for as little as a nickel and up to $100. All goods have been donated, and proceeds benefit the center. Admission is free. Information: (310) 540-8416.

Despite Super Bowl hoopla, Torrance South Bay Post Card Collectors will meet in the community room of HomeFed Bank, 1670 Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, at 2 p.m.

The group shares, trades and sells artful historical and contemporary picture post cards featuring photographs, lithography and hand painting. The public is invited and there is no admission charge. Information: (310) 328-8989.

Those who dread the aroma the stadium hot dogs and popcorn may try the sweet smell of orchids at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The garden foundation will present a lecture by horticulturist Margo Steinman on the seasonal care of the flowering plant. Steinman’s talk will “expose the myth of the orchid as a fragile, exotic hothouse plant” as she explains how to protect and nourish orchids in the winter and prepare them for spring.

Admission to the garden and the program is $3 for adults, $1.50 for senior citizens and students and 75 cents for children 5 to 12. A tram tour of the grounds, including glimpses of the rose, wildflower and cactus gardens, costs $1.50.