1 & 4pm: Family

Astrid Lindgren’s mischievous, magical “Pippi Longstocking” and her animal friends outwit thieves and reunite her with her father in American Family Theatre’s nationally touring “Broadway for Kids” song and dance musical.

* “Pippi Longstocking,” Norris Theatre, Crossfield Drive and Indian Peak Road, Rolling Hills Estates, 1 and 4 p.m. $13. (310) 544-0403; McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. $5 to $15. (760) 340-ARTS, (760) 220-TIXS.

2 pm: Storytelling

Nailah Malik spins folk tales from the American South and West Africa as part of Los Angeles’ city-sponsored “Sunday Open Sunday” series of free workshops and performances. Next week at Barnsdall Art Park, artist Ron Baeza teaches kids how to make decorative Chumash crop sticks.

* Sunday Open Sunday with Nailah Malik, Watts Towers Arts Center, 1727 E. 107th St., 2-4 p.m. Free. (213) 847-4646. April 25 with Ron Baeza at Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 485-4474.

2 & 3:30 pm: Music

Rare afternoon performances in the Tiffany-domed Pompeian Room of the 100-year-old Doheny Mansion promise sunlit pleasures as well as music by Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart, when the Rossetti String Quartet gives twin performances for the Da Camera society. The new first violinist of the ensemble is Californian Nina Bodnar.

* The Rossetti String Quartet at the Doheny Mansion on the Chamber Music in Historic Sites Series, 8 Chester Place, Los Angeles. 2 and 3:30 p.m. $60. (310) 954-4300.

7 pm: Spoken Word

There are people who work with words, and then there are people whose words work you over. The lineup for “Textual Archeology” at LunaPark leans toward the latter. Sharing the bill: Karen Finley, the performance artist known for her run-ins with the NEA; punk/goth icon Lydia Lunch; Jerry Stahl, who will read from his autobiographical tale of addiction, “Permanent Midnight”; and Hubert Selby Jr., author of “Last Exit to Brooklyn,” who recently published “The Willow Tree.” Following them, singer-performer Barnes will re-create excerpts from his spoken-word show “Queer Teenage Heaven” and songs from his CD “Loud Boy Radio.”

* “Textual Archeology” at 7 p.m. with Barnes at 9 p.m. LunaPark, 665 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles. $15. (310) 652-0611.

7 pm: Jazz

Jaki Byard, the 76-year-old pianist found shot to death earlier this year, was a true individualist who over the years graced the bands of Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Roland Kirk and his own Apollo Stompers. This West Coast benefit in honor of the East Coast denizen will include saxophonist Tom Scott, pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Richard Reid, drummer Harvey Mason and others. All proceeds go to the Jaki Byard Scholarship Foundation at the New England Conservatory of Music, where Byard had taught since the late ‘60s.

* Jaki Byard Memorial Concert, the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., West Los Angeles, 7 p.m. $15. (310) 271-9039.

7 pm: Music

Talk about cross-cultural influences! Chilean-born Canadian Oscar Lopez combines elements of jazz, blues, rock and flamenco when he plays his nylon-string acoustic guitar, with touches of Brazilian and Mediterranean folk thrown in for good measure. His solo performance at the Cal State Northridge Performing Arts Center, where none of the seats is more than 50 feet from the stage, should be an especially intimate event.

* Oscar Lopez, Performing Arts Center, Student Union, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 7 p.m. $10. (818) 677-2488.

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FREEBIES:

Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble plays music by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Maria Newman and Bartok in Dabney Lounge at Caltech on Michigan Avenue, Pasadena, at 3:30 p.m. (626) 395-4652.

Student bands and orchestras from across the West perform at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Invitational Music Festival, Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 1-9 p.m. (714) 556-2787.