Noon: Family

One of the city’s most lively free festivals, the 14th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts will showcase a lineup of performers for the entire family, including the Peruvian Ensemble, Aztec dancing by Ancient Rhythms, Kim Ship and her dancers, African stilt-walking and drumming from Drummerama. Children can make African cloth dolls, spirit sticks, puppets using recycled materials and more. There will also be strolling characters, face-painting and refreshments for sale.

* 14th Annual Children’s Festival, noon-4:30 p.m. Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Park at Kaiser Permanente between Hollywood and Sunset boulevards. Shuttle service to art park. Free. (323) 871-ARTS.

Noon: Art/Architecture

An exhibition of 800 drawings, posters, maquettes and installations by the influential English architectural collaborative Archigram will compose “Archigram: Experimental Architecture 1961-1974,” opening Sunday at the Art Center College of Design. Archigram--a contraction of “architectural” and “telegram,” initiated projects that mocked the prevalent minimalist styles of the time. Celebrated urban plans by the group, which included Peter Cook, Michael Webb, Dennis Crompton, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron and David Greene, include “Plug-in City,” “Instant City” and “Walking City”--a city supported by hydraulic legs.

* “Archigram: Experimental Architecture 1961-1974.” Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, 1700 Lida St., Pasadena. Ends Oct. 4. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; Thursday, noon-9 p.m. Free. (626) 396-2244.

7 pm: Silent Movies

Since the demise of the beloved Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax Avenue more than a year ago, silent-movie fans have had little opportunity to see pre-sound films on the big screen. As part of the UCLA Festival of Preservation, two silents--Edwin Carewe’s “Evangeline” (1929) and Ernst Lubitsch’s “Eternal Love” (1929)--will screen at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA. The films will be preceded by “The Closed Door,” a short silent film from 1926, and “Koko’s Catch,” a 1928 Max Fleischer cartoon. Robert Israel will provide musical accompaniment.

* “Evangeline” and “Eternal Love,” James Bridges Theater, northeast corner of UCLA, near corner of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue, Westwood. $4-$6. (310) 206-FILM.

7:30 pm: Pop Music

Michael Crawford made like a phantom last March when he postponed his Southern California shows due to illness, but now his fans can dust off those old Hollywood Bowl tickets (which will be honored at Sunday’s performance) and settle in for some music of the night.

* Michael Crawford, with Dale Kristien and David Arkenstone, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. $23-$128. (323) 850-2000.

10 am: Hobbies

Mini-trucks to full-size monsters will be competing in the California Truck Jamboree at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa for the “best of show,” “best paint,” “best use of color” and more. (There is also an award for jamming the most people into a truck!) Also on the bill: a barbecue, watermelon-eating contest and a truck parts sale.

* California Truck Jamboree, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Adults, $12; children, 6-12, $5; children under 6, free. Free parking. (949) 598-5124.

10:30 am: Music

Shielded from the sun by pastel parachute fabric overhead, the audience at the new Brunch Classics Series at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre will hear trios by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schubert played by the virtuoso team of pianist Christopher O’Riley, violinist Andrew Dawes and cellist Paul Katz, a recently formed ensemble of young but experienced musicians.

* Brunch Classics Series, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. $20. (323) 461-3673.

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Freebie: San Fernando Valley Symphony performs a concert of French composers, Warner Park, Woodland Hills, 5:30 p.m. (818) 704-1587.