3pm: Family

The beloved Harlem Globetrotters take center court at the Great Western Forum and then the Arrowhead Pond with their special brand of music, comedy and astonishing basketball magic as they play against the New York Nationals in their comic extravaganza.

* The Harlem Globetrotters, Great Western Forum, 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, Saturday at 3 p.m., $10.50 to $35, (213) 480-3232, (714) 704-2500, (310) 419-3162; Arrowhead Pond, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, Sunday at 3 p.m., (213) 480-3232, (714) 740-2000, (714) 704-2500.

all day: Snowboarding

If you thought that snowboarding’s popularity would wax and wane like skateboarding, well, think again. But if you can’t beat ‘em--join ‘em, right? Women of all ages and abilities are invited to try out Burton snowboarding equipment--designed specifically for women--and get some tips from local pro riders. Cara-Beth Burside, who placed fourth in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Halfpipe, will also be on hand to provide some inspiration.

* Snowboard demonstrations for women, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Big Bear Mountain Resort, 43101 Goldmine Drive, Big Bear Lake. Free. (800) BEAR-MTN.

1:30 & 3pm / Family

The Da Camera Society’s “Children’s Concerts in Historic Sites” series presents mezzo-soprano Suzanne Guzman, actor-storyteller Richard Yn~iguez and classical music radio station KKGO’s Rich Capparela in a program of songs and stories celebrating the exhibition “Vento Sul.”

* “Children’s Concerts in Historic Sites,” Museum of Latin American Art, 628 N. Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, 1:30 and 3 p.m. $12 to $18, (310) 954-4300.

2:30pm / Family

Blue Sphere Alliance presents Beverly Trader’s play “My Bed Is a Boat: The Adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson,” with Lee Look as the author and everyone else on an odyssey through Stevenson’s classics, from “Treasure Island” and “Jekyll and Hyde” to “A Child’s Garden of Verses.”

* “My Bed Is a Boat: The Adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson,” Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Ends April 17. $5 to $8. (323) 957-5782.

9pm: Pop Music

Walk, don’t run, to the House of Blues, where you can help mark the 40th anniversary of the Ventures. The influential instrumentalists, progenitors of surf music in the ‘60s and a key sonic element in “Pulp Fiction” in the ‘90s, share the bill with Scenic, a band with roots in L.A.’s experimental music movement.

* The Ventures, Scenic and the Sprague Brothers, House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 9 p.m. $17.50. (323) 848-5100.

8pm: Jazz

The lyrical music written by and for Duke Ellington (by Billy Strayhorn, Juan Tizol and others) will be the focus when 5th Dimension veterans Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. celebrate the Duke’s 100th birthday (April 29) at this jumpin’ concert dubbed “Hit Me With a Hot Note!” “Take the A Train”? “Satin Doll”? You bet!

* “Hit Me With a Hot Note!” with Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College Center for the Arts, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, 8 p.m. $24 to $28. (800) 832-2787.

Freebies: A doll-making workshop will be held in conjunction with the 18th annual “Black Doll Show” at the William Grant Still Arts Center, 2520 S. West View St., 2 p.m. Reservations: (323) 734-1164.

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A program of Russian composers by the La Mirada Symphony, La Mirada Theatre, La Mirada and Rosecrans boulevards, 8 p.m. (310) 472-1846.