all day Museum

Motorcyclists and motorists can ride to Otis Chandler’s Vintage Museum in Oxnard on Saturday as a warmup fund-raising event to Sunday’s Love Ride 15 fund-raiser for muscular dystrophy and view classic cars and motorcycles. All proceeds go to the Love Ride Foundation.

* Otis Chandler’s Vintage Museum, 1421 Emerson Ave., Oxnard. Depart from Harley-Davidson of Glendale at 10 a.m. or go directly to the museum. Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $7 museum admission. (805) 486-5929.

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Crafts

Wearable jewelry made from living lichen, sculpted dryer lint and vessels fashioned from kitchen compost and other recycled materials are part of the Art for Earth’s Sake 1998 exhibit and silent auction opening Saturday at Harmony Works gallery and store in Redondo Beach.

* Art for Earth’s Sake 1998, Harmony Works, 1705 S. Catalina Ave., Riviera Village, Redondo Beach. Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Nov. 13, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Ends Nov. 14 with a party, live music and food, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. (310 791-7104.

11am

Architecture

Rarely seen private residences, in various states of conservation, by celebrated Modernist architect Rudolph Schindler will be open to the public in Saturday’s 1998 R.M. Schindler Residence Tour benefiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture. The Vienna-born Schindler journeyed to America to work with Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago and later became one of L.A.’s greatest Modern architects. Seven buildings dating from 1926 to 1949 will demonstrate his innovative “California Style”: Sachs Apartments, Grokowsky House, Elliot House, Yates Studio, Falk Apartments, Roth House and Laurelwood Apartments.

* 1998 R.M. Schindler Residence Tour. Maps available at the Schindler House, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, 835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood. The tour is self-driven, with shuttle transportation provided in areas where street parking is not available. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets: $50; students, $25. Reservations are recommended: (323) 651-1510.

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8pm

Music

SATURDAY (Nov. 14)

8 p.m.

Battle Returns toRoyce Hall

Still controversial, still beloved, the celebrated American soprano, Kathleen Battle, returns to the refurbished Royce Hall at UCLA,in recital with her newest pianist, Ted Taylor. Their program lists familiar Battle specialities by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti,Turina and others.

* Kathleen Battle appears in recital at Royce Hall, UCLA, at 8 p.m. $16-$55. (310) 825-2101.

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8pm

Music

For her second solo appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic this week, the celebrated Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the orchestra in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. Salonen also conducts Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Nielsen’s “Helios” Overture.

* Mitsuko Uchida appears with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave. $11-$65. (213) 850-2000. Program is repeated Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8pm

Theater

The respected Antaeus Company inaugurates the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre’s newly renovated indoor space, [Inside] at the Ford (formerly Taper, Too), with Gilbert & Sullivan’s saucy “Patience,” a spoof of Victorian manners.

* “Patience,” [Inside] at the Ford, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Lower Level, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends Dec. 20. $20. (323) 660-8587.

8pm

Pops

The Long Beach Symphony Orchestra gets hip with “Swing Night at the Pops,” playing the best tunes of the big-band era: “In the Mood,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing.” Clarinetist Gary Bovyer, principal for the LBSO and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will perform Artie Shaw’s Clarinet Concerto. The all-female vocal trio Stardust and the dance troupe the Rugcutters, as well as the jive band the Big Shots, also contribute to the swingin’ mood.

* “Swing Night at the Pops,” Long Beach Arena, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., downtown Long Beach. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $18-$60. (562) 436-3203.

Freebies

Charles Owen’s Wind Quartet plays jazz at Borders Books, 2110 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, 8 p.m. (562) 799-0486

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The 29th Warner Park Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, 5900 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Also Sunday (818) 709-2907.