Advertisement

Noon: Pop Music

Share

Cypress Hill’s second annual “Smoke Out” festival has drawn a strong lineup of rap and rock acts to lay down some grooves and promote legalization of marijuana.

* Cypress Hill, Long Beach Dub All Stars, De La Soul, Ozomatli, Deftones, Gang Starr, Fishbone, KRS-One, others, National Orange Show Events Center, 689 South E St., San Bernardino, Noon. $25 in advance, $30 at door. (909) 888-6788.

8 pm: Music

Lucinda Carver conducts the opening concert of 1999-2000 of her Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, a program beginning with Beethoven’s “Leonore” Overture No. 1 and ending with his Second Symphony. In between, Cliburn Competition medalist Aviram Reichert plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466.

Advertisement

* The Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, 4401 E. 8th St., 8 p.m. $25 to $36. (818) 705-5860.

all day Festival

Two days of free outdoor activities will be available at Pier Days, Santa Monica Pier’s 90th anniversary celebration. The two days of events include an antique car show, Saturday evening fireworks, musical performances, historical displays, rescue demonstrations and more.

* Pier Days, Santa Monica Pier, Colorado and Ocean avenues, Santa Monica. 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free. (310) 458-8900. Also Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

7 pm: Pop Music

Bouncing back from some uneven years, the sixth annual Hollywood Salsa and Latin Jazz Festival offers a lineup made to order for dancers: Celia Cruz, Elvis Crespo, Oscar D’Leon, Grupo Niche, and Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca.

* Hollywood Salsa and Latin Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., 7 p.m. $23 to $129. (323) 850-2000.

Noon: Art

The Norton Simon Museum of Art hosts a weeklong Festival of Art beginning Saturday, celebrating the completion of its $6.5-million renovation. Architect Frank Gehry’s renovations include redesigned galleries and the re-installation of the paintings and sculptures that have, together, given the 85,000-square-foot museum a bold new start. In addition to free admission, the festival will include gallery and sculpture-garden tours, musical performances, lectures and family activities.

Advertisement

Norton Simon Museum of Art Festival of Art, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 6 through 10; noon to 6 p.m.; Oct. 8, noon to 9 p.m. Free. (626) 449-6840.

Noon: Family Theater

An opinionated, funny 10-year-old’s volatile relationships with a teacher, a grandmother, her best friend and two hip parents are chronicled in “Anastasia Krupnik,” adapted by Meryl Friedman from the first in Newberry Award-winner Lois Lowry’s book series. It’s the first in the Falcon Theatre inaugural series of productions for young audiences.

* “Anastasia Krupnik,” Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank. Saturday, noon. Regular schedule: Saturdays, noon and 2 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. Ends Nov. 28. $8.50. (818) 955-8101.

*

FREEBIES: From the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles to the Watts Towers Arts Center, arts groups countywide will open their doors free of charge and present more than 150 live performances and events at the annual Los Angeles County Arts Open House. For information, contact the 24-hour hotline: (213) 972-3099 or https://www.lacountyarts.org.

Advertisement