PLANNING AHEAD

CHILDREN

See kitchen ingredients make things bubble, curdle and grow, 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Oak Canyon Nature Center. $3. (714) 998-8380.

CHORALE

The Anaheim Mormon Chorale performs Wednesday, 5-9 p.m., Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd. Free. (714) 993-5075.

LITTLE SAIGON

Take guided tours Thursday of Westminster’s “Little Saigon.” Call (714) 839-2257 for time and location. $10, $5 for optional music program.

CAROLS & CRUISES

Cruise canals in Newport Beach and the Balboa Peninsula in decorated gondolas for Christmas Eve Cantare, 5-7 p.m. Thursday. (949) 650-2412.

FAMILY

See kiddie cars at “Pedal Cars: Kid-Sized Classics” through March 14 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A. (323) 930-CARS.