Sun. Best Bets: 8/2

7:30pm: Theater

“The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s disturbing look at persecution, hysteria and betrayal, based on the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Mass., will be staged at the outdoor Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. It’s a fitting venue: The late actor Will Geer, who was a victim of McCarthyism, opened his theater for blacklisted actors and folk singers in the early ‘50s.

* “The Crucible,” Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga. Sundays, 7:30 p.m., through Sept. 20; also Saturdays, 4 p.m., Aug. 8-29. $12-$17. (310) 455-3723.

Noon: Festival

Tibetan Buddhist lamas from the Drepung Loseling Monastery celebrate human rights month by performing “Sacred Music and Sacred Dance for World Healing” at Bergamot Station. The acclaimed monks, who have sung with Philip Glass, Paul Simon and Patti Smith, will present their unique style of multi-phonic singing in a program also featuring the Ballet Folklorico Do Brasil, Agape International Choir and Cantor Aviva Rosenbloom. Vendors of ethnic arts and crafts, foods and beverages will also be on hand.

* “Sacred Music and Sacred Dance for World Healing,” Bergamot Station Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. Noon-6 p.m.; program begins at 1 p.m. Admission, $15; children under 12, free. (310) 396-0089.

11am: Festival

The spicy smell of goulash, stuffed cabbage and hot sausage will fill the air and the Karpatok folk dancers will be among the performers during the 62nd Hungarian Festival at Alpine Village in Torrance. The event also offers a bazaar, children’s activities and folk ensembles, and is sponsored by the California Hungarian Weekly.

* 62nd Hungarian Festival, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Alpine Village, 833 W. Torrance Blvd., Torrance. Advance tickets: $3; seniors, $2; all admission at door, $4; children under 12, free. (323) 463-3473.

6pm: Festival

An international lineup of entertainers including Brazilian singer-composer Sonia Santos and the Obatala Band, the Congo’s Diblo Dibala and band Matchatche, and Charanga Cubana will take the stage at the African Village Music Festival. In the outdoor setting of the Ford Amphitheatre, the village’s mini-marketplace will feature art, African cuisine, storytelling and hair weaving. An audience dance floor will be available so all can join the party.

* African Village Music Festival, 6-10 p.m. John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. Adults, $20; children, $7. On-site parking $5. Free parking at city-owned structure, 1718 N. Cherokee Ave. (shuttle is 25 cents to venue). (323) GO-1-FORD.

2pm: Music

Take musician and scholar Ian Whitcomb’s passion for the century’s popular music, connect it with the “Titanic” phenomenon (Whitcomb was enlisted as a musical consultant on James Cameron’s film), then put together a Grammy-winning album called “Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage,” and you get the prescription for Sunday’s Alex Theatre performance. Whitcomb’s “Celebration of Popular American Music” series continues Oct. 25 when he pays homage to treasures of Tin Pan Alley, Nov. 15 with songs from the ragtime era and Dec. 6 with a tribute to the Jazz Age.

* Ian Whitcomb and His White Star Orchestra, Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. $10-$23. (800) 414-2539.

11am: Art

In “Arthur Dove: A Retrospective,” opening Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, about 70 works by the great American Modernist painter will be featured. Dove is credited as the first American painter to embrace complete abstraction. His early abstract paintings, little-known charcoals and pastels, collages and the mature abstractions of his later life will be included in the survey.

* “Arthur Dove: A Retrospective,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Ends Oct. 5. Museum hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Museum admission: adults, $6; students and seniors, $4; children and younger students, $1; children 5 and under, free. (323) 857-6000.

FREEBIE: Valley Cultural Center Blues Festival, Warner Park, Woodland Hills, 4 p.m. (818) 704-1587.