Fri. Best Bets 12/26

all day Holidays

Choose from two celebrations of Kwanzaa, the African American festival of the first fruit. The big event is at Los Angeles’ Leimert Park, where a four-day celebration ends Monday. Expect music ranging from blues to jazz, reggae to hip-hop; food from West African to Jamaican; children’s rides, arts and crafts and, on Saturday, a New Year’s procession. Also Kidspace Museum in Pasadena plans activities for children 5 and older.

* Kwanzaa Festival, Leimert Park, 43rd Place and Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles. Friday through Monday, 10 a.m.-dusk. Free. (213) 965-0935.

* Kidspace Kwanzaa, Kidspace Museum, 390 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. 2 and 3 p.m. Included in museum admission, $5. (626) 449-9144.