6 am Fund-Raiser

Jay Leno and Peter Fonda will lead a caravan of bikers on the 50-mile Love Ride 14 to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. Bikers will leave from Harley-Davidson in Glendale for a barbecue, trade show and concert at Castaic Lake. The Doobie Brothers and Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts will entertain.

* Love Ride 14, Harley-Davidson, 3717 San Fernando Road, Glendale. San Fernando Road will be closed to traffic between Los Feliz and Brand boulevards. Registration begins at 6 a.m. The caravan of bikes will start at 10 a.m. Minimum contribution to participate in the ride: $45. (818) 583-4321.

6:30 am / Run/Walk

The John Wayne Cancer Institute Terry Fox Run, honoring the late Terry Fox’s fight for a cancer cure, will be held at West Los Angeles’ Veterans Center. The day includes a 10K Run, 5K Fitness Run/Walk, Children’s Fun Run and a free festival with entertainment and music. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is honorary chairman and “Baywatch’s” Donna D’Errico is celebrity host.

* The John Wayne Cancer Institute Terry Fox Run, Veterans Center, Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards, Westwood. Registration is at 6:30 a.m. $15 in advance; $20 on race day; $15 for youths 12 and under and seniors. (310) 582-7073.

All day / Art

An exhibition of modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture captures the many aspects of love in “Evidence of Love” at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts. Works include Robert Indiana’s 6-foot “Love” sculpture, a 12-foot Jim Dine “Hearts” painting, Arshile Gorky’s early abstract painting “Lovers” (pictured) as well as works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Jonathan Borofsky and Lari Pittman.

* “Evidence of Love,” Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. Friday-Dec. 24. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission, free. (213) 938-5222.

2 pm / Family

“Our Neighborhood Through Our Eyes,” an exhibition of children’s photography of family, neighborhood and community presented by the Japanese American National Museum, opens at the Junior Arts Center in Barnsdall Art Park with a free reception and “Recycle With Love” family art project. The art project theme coincides with “Hello Again!,” an exhibition of art made of recycled materials on view at the Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park through Nov. 16.

* “Our Neighborhood Through Our Eyes,” Children’s Gallery, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Feliz. Regular hours: Wed.-Sun., 12:30-5 p.m. Ends Nov. 14. Free. (213) 485-4474.

7 & 9:30 pm / Pop Music

“The revolution will not be online.” Maybe that’s the update of Gil Scott-Heron’s famous aphorism “The revolution will not be televised.” In any case, the poet-musician, who plays McCabe’s on Sunday, laid out much of the blueprint for rap in his early-’70s work, and he continues to carry the torch for social-political commentary in musical form.

* Gil Scott-Heron, McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $17.50. (310) 828-4403.

7 pm / Jazz

Known for rapid-fire play and Spanish inflections, John McLaughlin has been a favorite with U.S. guitarists since the late ‘60s, when he left England to join the Miles Davis band. He’ll feature saxophonist Gary Thomas and drummer Dennis Chambers as his quintet plays tunes from his new electric album, “The Heart of Things.”

* John McLaughlin Group, Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Wilshire Boulevard at 405 Freeway, Brentwood. $27-$30, $11 for UCLA students. (310) 825-2101.

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FREEBIE: Thanksgiving events at the Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market on North Can~on Drive, 10 a.m. (310) 285-1048.