10am: Collectors
Nearly 100 stars will shine as they sign autographs surrounded by memorabilia at the Hollywood Collectors and Celebrities Show. Expect several of the “Room 227” and “Little House on the Prairie” cast and two Hercules (Steve Reeves and Lou Ferrigno). Dick “Mr. Whipple” Wilson will squeeze his pen alongside Traci Lords, Linda Blair and Charlene Tilton, among others.
* The Hollywood Collectors and Celebrities Show, the Beverly Garland Hotel, 4222 Vineland Ave., North Hollywood. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 each day. (352) 683-5110.
all day / Yoga
Whether you are a yoga master or a newcomer to the lotus position, Positive Yoga ’99 wants you to come out, stretch, breathe and donate to cancer research. Classes, ranging from beginner lessons to three-hour workshops, will be offered at 31 centers throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties. All proceeds will be donated to the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Last year, Positive Yoga raised $10,000 in Los Angeles and more than $100,000 in 30 cities nationwide.
* Positive Yoga ‘99, all day Saturday and Sunday at various locations. $20 suggested donation per session. (323) 469-9641 or (310) 450-9607 or on the Internet: https://www.geocities.com/~positiveyoga/ for full schedule.
7:30pm / Music
The Art Deco Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, the refurbished 1931 movie palace, again hosts the Los Angeles Philharmonic when Esa-Pekka Salonen leads his orchestra in a program including Haydn’s Symphony No. 8 and Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras” No. 8. In addition, soloists Yefim Bronfman and Thomas Stevens will play Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Trumpet.
* The L.A. Philharmonic at the Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro. 7:30 p.m. $11-$26. (310) 548-7466.
10pm: Pop Music
He answers to Kris Parker when you call his office at Reprise Records, where he’s a vice president in artists & repertoire. When he hits the stage at the Country Club, he’s KRS-One, one of rap’s most enduring and respected artists.
* KRS-One, with Mad Lion and D.V.S., the Country Club, 18415 Sherman Way, Reseda. Saturday, 10 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. (818) 881-2988.
8pm: Latin Jazz
Trumpeter Jesus Alemany’s 12-piece Cuban dance band Cubanismo! is a commandingly rhythmic ensemble with a powerful brass section. Their previous L.A. appearances have been lengthy, intoxicating affairs that kept people moving to rumba, mambo and pop beats. The group has just begun the most extensive U.S. tour of any Cuban ensemble in the last 40 years.
*Cubanismo!, House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Saturday, 8 p.m. $22.50. (323) 848-5100. Also Sunday, 4 p.m., at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. $24-$28. (949) 854-4646.
8pm: Dance
Feeling fatalistic? New works by the Smuin Ballets/SF at Cal State L.A. mock freewill as a childish dream--something easily destroyed by the erotic obsession shaping the plot of “The Blue Angel” (on Saturday’s program) or taking one of the other potent forms outlined in the destiny-obsessed text of “Carmina Burana” (on Sunday). Music ranges from Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” score to “Falling in Love Again,” the Hollaender-Connelly ballad sung by Marlene Dietrich in the 1930 film of “The Blue Angel.” Supplementing these two novelties by choreographer Michael Smuin: excerpts from his familiar pop suite “Dances With Songs.”
* Smuin Ballets/SF, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A. campus, 5151 State University Drive, East Los Angeles. Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $35-$40. (213) 343-6600.
Freebies:
More than 450 antiques dealers from around the nation will converge on Pomona for the 81st Collectors Street Faire, with bands and ethnic foods. 100 to 300 blocks of East 2nd Street, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (909) 623-9835.
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Jonatha Brooke plays pop music at 4 p.m. at Borders Books and Music, 1415 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. (310) 393-9290.