all day: Ice Skating

Didn’t it just feel like summer? Well, now it’s winter--at least in downtown’s Pershing Square. The outdoor ice-skating rink there has opened for the holiday season with the mouthful-of-a-name “L.A. Kings Downtown on Ice.” Gee--trying to get a little publicity for the hockey team that moved in down the street? Now, if Luc Robitaille came to the park and gave skating lessons . . .

* L.A. Kings Downtown on Ice, outdoor skating rink, Pershing Square, between Olive and Hill streets and 5th and 6th streets. $6 an hour; $2 for skate rental. Open Monday through Thursday, noon-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Through Jan. 17. (213) 847-4970.

8 pm: Theater

Hot summer nights, cool cats and red-hot rock ‘n’ roll: Welcome to “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” the hit celebration of the music of Leiber and Stoller, from “Hound Dog” and “Yackety Yack” to “Love Potion No. 9,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “On Broadway,” and lots more.

* “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” Theater League at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. $29.50 to $38.50. (805) 583-8700, (213) 480-3232.

8 pm: Theater

David Lee, the Emmy-winning co-creator, writer and director of “Frasier,” directs “Light Up the Sky,” Moss Hart’s behind-the-scenes frolic about a theater company hours before opening night as miscues and misunderstandings snowball, imperiling dreams of big success.

* “Light Up the Sky,” Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Through Dec. 19. $13.50 to $42.50. (800) 233-3123.

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FREEBIE: Four emerging sculptors look at the boundaries that separate us in “Crossing Boundaries,” opening today at USC’s Fisher Gallery, 823 Exposition Blvd., USC. (213) 740-4561.