2 pm: Movies

As an adult, Shirley Temple Black represented the United States in several official diplomatic positions, but during the Great Depression, the actress, then a golden-haired moppet, was America’s unofficial movie ambassador of innocence and hope. As part of its Kids’ Flicks series, UCLA Film and Television Archive is screening a Shirley Temple double bill: “Curly Top” (1935), an update of “Daddy Long Legs,” in which Temple plays Cupid for her older sister (and sings “Animal Crackers in My Soup”), and “Poor Little Rich Girl” (1936), a delightful vaudeville musical.

* UCLA Film and Television Archive Presents Kids’ Flicks, “Curly Top” and “Poor Little Rich Girl,” James Bridges Theater, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue, northeast corner of UCLA, West Los Angeles. 2 p.m. $4 to $6. (310) 206-FILM.

11 am: Art

Frank O’Hara was an eloquent literary voice intimately involved with the visual art of his time. At the Museum of Contemporary Art, his influence as a poet, critic and curator on the Manhattan art scene of the 1950s and early 1960s is examined through works of art by Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Jasper Johns in the exhibition “In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art.”

* “In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. Ends Nov. 14. Tuesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Adults, $6; students and seniors, $4; children under 12, free. (213) 626-6222.

all day: Pianos

If you want to get to Carnegie Hall, it’s still a matter of practice, practice, practice. But if you just want a chance to play on a famous piano, it’s a matter of finding your way to Field’s Pianos for the Legendary Piano Tour. Starting Sunday, three Steinway pianos will be available for ivory-tickling, including a 1940s concert grand belonging to Vladimir Horowitz and a concert grand from Van Cliburn’s personal collection. The other piano is a brilliant blue, Art Deco-style “Rhapsody” piano built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth--and it’s for sale if you have $145,000 to spare.

* Legendary Piano Tour, pianos available for playing in 10-minute slots through July 16. Reservations required. Field’s Piano, 12121 W. Pico Blvd. Sunday, noon-6 p.m.; Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. (310) 207-2400.

all day: Family

The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits has opened Pit 91, where the annual excavation of Ice Age fossils takes place. Visitors can watch from a special outdoor observation area as paleontologists and volunteers recover bones from such ancient animals as saber-toothed cats and dire wolves that died in the sticky asphalt deposits 10,000 to 40,000 years ago.

* The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, 5801 Wilshire Blvd. Open Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 12. Free. (There is an admission charge to view the indoor exhibits at the Page Museum: adults, $6; students and seniors, $3.50; ages 5-12, $2.) (323) 934-7243.

9 pm: Pop Music

Things have cooled a bit for the Tony Rich Project since its heralded debut in 1996 but the group’s leader remains one of the best of the new breed of R&B; singers.

* Tony Rich Project, House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 9 p.m. $15. (323) 848-5100.

2 pm: Movies

Attention train and railroad enthusiasts: The Autry Museum of Western Heritage will screen the 1939 Cecil B. DeMille movie “Union Pacific” as part of its “Gunfights to Gold Rush: Cinema’s Mythic West” series. The film, about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, stars Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy and Anthony Quinn. Before the screening, Paul Hammond of the California State Railroad Museum will discuss the film.

* “Union Pacific,” Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Wells Fargo Theater, 4700 Western Heritage Way. 2 p.m. $4 to $5. (323) 667-2000.

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FREEBIES: Singer, cellist and performance artist Robert Eenperforms at the Central Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium at the corner of 5th and Flower streets, downtown Los Angeles. 2 p.m. (213) 228-7025. Reservations recommended.

The second day of the Uptown Whittier Street Scene Family Festival includes 225 craft and food booths and a family fun zone, at Greenleaf Avenue and Philadelphia Street, noon-8 p.m. (562) 696-2662.