1:30 pm: Family

The “Phantom” is back. No, not that Phantom. New York-based Theatre Works/USA’s “Phantom of the Opera,” a special family version of the romantically eerie tale, created by David Spencer and composer Alan Menken, is making a tour stop.

* “Phantom of the Opera,” Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. $12-$16. (805) 650-9688, (805) 583-8700, (213) 480-3232.

1 pm: Family

The Chinese Dragon Dance will be one of the highlights of the Chinese New Year’s celebration of the Year of the Tiger at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena. Visitors will also have the opportunity to create decorative items using Chinese knotting techniques, participate in a paper-cutting workshop and make dough dolls.

* Chinese New Year, Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m. Free. (626) 449-2742.

4 pm: Theater

Betty Garrett, MGM star and Broadway veteran, teams with acclaimed cabaret artist Michael Feinstein in the opening weekend of a concert version of “Happy Lot!,” a “lost” musical by composer Hugh Martin and lyricist Marshall Barer. Garrett joins Kevin McMahon, Brandon Maggart, Ronny Graham and other performers for the rest of the run.

* “Happy Lot!,” Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood, Saturdays, 4 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends March 1. $20. (213) 851-7977.

4:30 & 7:30 p.m.: Radio Theater

Tim Russ, sans the Vulcan ears he wears as security officer Tuvok on “Star Trek: Voyager,” heads the cast with Lynn Hamilton in Wells Fargo Radio Theater’s production of “We Have No Home,” Dawn Comer’s radio play about John Horse and the black Seminoles. Horse searched years for a homeland for runaway blacks, who had been assimilated into the Seminole tribes of Southern Florida, eventually ending up in Texas. Rif Hutton hosts the show; film composer George S. Clinton wrote the original score. The show will be broadcast on March 22 at 5:30 p.m. on KPCC-FM (89.3).

* “We Have No Home,” Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Feliz. (213) 667-2000, Ext. 317.

8 pm: Music

There’s nothing quite as stirring as the harmonious sound of a large choir. The 35-voice Boys Choir of Harlem, directed by founder Dr. Walter Turnbull, has thrilled audiences for nearly 30 years with a hand-clapping, energetic mix of gospel, classical and popular music. The current edition, at two local theaters this weekend, features singers ranging in age from 8 to 18. Proceeds from the Wiltern show will benefit the United Negro College Fund.

* Boys Choir of Harlem, Wiltern Theatre, Wilshire Boulevard at Western Avenue. $25-$100. (213) 380-5005. Also Sunday at Cerritos Center, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. 7 p.m. $20-$32. (562) 916-8510.

8:30 pm: Dance

Celebrating Israel’s 50th anniversary, the locally based Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble premieres “Jerusalem: A Mystical Journey,” a survey of Talmudic, biblical, Kabalistic and historical lore that also features Israeli singer David De’or, the American-Israeli Rainbow of Life dance group and recorded narration by Frank Sinatra Jr. From the opening of Genesis through the Diaspora, the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel, this 40-minute piece traces the evolution of Jewish thought, with Jerusalem portrayed as the universal center of divine creation. A song-set by De’or and his band completes the program.

* “Jerusalem: A Mystical Journey,” New Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. Also Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. $20-$75. (818) 677-2488.

FREEBIE: Flying disc tournament, Hanamongna Watershed Park, 4024 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, 8:30 a.m.