Best Bets: Sunday 1/10

1:30 pm: History

Lt. Col. John C. Fremont and Gen. Andres Pico will come to life at the Campo de Cahuenga State Historical Site in a reenactment of the signing of the Jan. 13, 1847, treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in California and paved the way for statehood. Ray Herbeck’s Frontier Legends will portray the leaders while the Yesteryear Dancers entertain with 19th century dance numbers. Performances by the Carlina Russek Spanish fiesta dancers, a display of Mexican-American War items and refreshments round out the event at the North Hollywood adobe.

* Sesquicentennial Celebration of Campo de Cahuenga, 3919 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free. (818) 762-3998.

1 pm: Literature

The New Short Fiction Series returns to the Beverly Hills Public Library with dramatic readings of work by Los Angeles writer Ruben Mendoza from his debut collection, “Loteria and Other Stories.” Organizer-actress Sally Shore leads the cast of readers, which also includes Roberto Garza, Terry Jackson, Peter McHugh, Fran Montano and Marina Gonzalez Palmier.

* The New Short Fiction Series, 1 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Public Library Auditorium, 444 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. $5. (310) 288-2201.

2 pm: Dance

Modern dance gains a stronger foothold in the second annual “Solo (One-Person Show) Festival” with the participation of three prominent, locally based artists. Former Martha Graham dancer Bonnie Oda Homsey (co-director of the American Repertory Dance Company) performs Mary Wigman’s antique “Witch Dance.” Former Bella Lewitzky dancer John Pennington interprets Lewitzky’s “Agitime: the Achiever.” And Mark Morris dancer Peter Wing Healey contributes both his own “The Clear-Toned Song” and Morris’ “Greek to Me.” In addition, various yet-to-be-announced guest artists will dance their own solos.

* Modern dance program “Solo (One-Person Show) Festival,” 2100 Square Feet, 5615 San Vicente Blvd. at Hauser, Los Angeles. 2 p.m. Also Jan. 17, 24 and 31, 2 p.m. $20. (323) 936-6818.

4 pm: Theater

“Titanic” sets sail, but not with Leonardo DiCaprio on board--this is the first national tour of the multiple-Tony winner by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston, about the great ship’s fateful voyage and the lives of its crew and passengers. For more Titanic events see Itinerary, Page 7.

* “Titanic,” Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., Sunday, 4 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m.; also Feb. 18, 25, 2 p.m. No evening shows Feb. 21, 28. $30 to $75; opening, $35 to $75. (213) 628-2772.

6:30 pm: Music

You didn’t get in enough New Year’s celebrating? Well, the Russians are coming, with their own New Year’s party. The old Russian calendar observes the occasion on Jan. 13, and a host of contemporary Russian performers, including Igor Nikolaev, Leonid Agutin, Christina Arbakait and Valery Meladze, will ring it in at the Universal Amphitheatre with a show of traditional music called “Today’s Stars--Timeless Songs.”

* “Today’s Stars--Timeless Songs,” Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, 6:30 p.m. $30 to $150. (818) 622-4440.

7:30 pm: Opera

Japanese soprano Yoko Watanabe sings the title role in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” when L.A. Opera brings back its John Gunter-designed production for seven performances, through Jan. 28. Singing with Watanabe are American tenor Richard Leech as B.F. Pinkerton, John Atkins as Sharpless and Suzanna Guzman as Suzuki. Italian conductor Marco Guidarini returns; Christopher Harlan is again stage director.

* L.A. Opera opens its revival of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. $25 to $137. (213) 365-3500. Subsequent performances Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 16 at 1 p.m., and Jan. 19, 23, 26 and 28 at 7:30 p.m.

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FREEBIE: The Baroque quintet Musica Pacifica plays at the Fullerton Friends of Music series at Sunny Hills High School, 1801 Warburton Way, Fullerton, 3:30 p.m. (714) 525-5836.

UCLA Film Archive kicks off its new Kids’ Flicks series with screenings of “The Thief of Baghdad” (1940) and “The Jungle Book” (1942), James Bridges Theater, northeast corner of UCLA, near Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue, Westwood, 2 p.m. (310) 206-FILM.