7:30 pm: Blues

As it made its way north to Chicago, the blues turned from a quiet, rural means of expression into an electric, urban musical form. “Chicago Blues in L.A.,” the second of two tributes (the first was in November), features guitarist Son Seals, who came out of the city’s Flamingo Club to become a passionate performer with a rough and jagged sound. Also on the bill are harmonica man Sugar Blue, local phenom Juke Logan and the unlucky-in-love Delgado Brothers.

* “Chicago Blues in L.A.: Part II,” Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A., 5151 Campus Drive, Los Angeles. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25. (323) 343-6600.

2 pm: Parade

Since 2000 is the Year of the Dragon, this should be a banner outing for the 101st annual Golden Dragon Parade. Expect lots of dragons, plus lion dancers, Japanese taiko drummers, bands, floats and grand marshal Garrett Wang of “Star Trek: Voyager.” The parade is nicely situated between lunch and dinner--from 2 to 4:30 p.m.--so there’s plenty of time to enjoy a dim sum buffet or other Chinese cuisine. The Golden Dragon Restaurant, for one, is having a buffet ($35 for adults, $25 for kids) at noon and has reserved grandstand seats for parade viewing.

* Golden Dragon Parade starts at 2 p.m. from City Hall and travels north on Broadway into Chinatown. Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, L.A. (323) 721-0774.

8 pm: Theater

In “Millennium in Black,” Harriet Dickey’s play set in the year 2099, African Americans are confined to urban areas, and learning about their own history is forbidden.

* “Millennium in Black,” Towne Street Theatre, 799 Towne Ave., Loft 301, Bel Ami Studios. Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends Feb. 27. $17. (213) 624-4796.

10 pm: Poetry Slam

Forget the WWF and all that staged nonsense. At Beyond Baroque there is going to be some seriously dramatic competition during “The Living vs. The Dead Poetry Slam.” In one corner, the Venice Beach slam team, starring local faves Ellyn Maybe, Brendan Constantine and June Meby. In another corner, the 1999 National Poetry Slam champions from San Jose. And in the third corner, the Unified Death Team: local actors, organized by writer Aimee Bender, who will wield the words of Sylvia Plath, James Wright and Gertrude Stein. Jeffrey McDaniel will host/referee the event.

* “The Living vs. The Dead Poetry Slam,” Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 10 p.m. $5. (310) 882-3006.

11am & 1pm: Family/Theater

Say hello to Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm and all their pals as the Omaha Theater Company for Young People presents its hit adaptation of “Richard Scarry’s Busytown.”

* “Richard Scarry’s Busytown,” Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $15. (310) 456-4522, (213) 365-3500. Also Haugh Performing Arts Center, Citrus College, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, Feb. 19, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. $5. (626) 963-9411.

1 pm: Family/Theater

“Rumpelstiltskin,” Storybook Theatre’s brand-new children’s musical by “Brady Bunch” movie producer Lloyd J. Schwartz, targets kids under 8 with song-and-dance sunniness, inviting audience participation in a big way.

* “Rumpelstiltskin,” Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. W., Los Angeles. Saturdays, 1 p.m., through June 17. $8. (818) 761-2203.

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FREEBIE: A mobile planetarium, telescope building activities and guest speakers from the world of science will be featured at the family-oriented Astrofest 2000 at the Los Angeles Public Library, 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (213) 228-7555.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, docents lead a two-hour sunset walk to listen to evening love birds in Franklin Canyon Ranch, on Lake Drive, one mile off Franklin Canyon Drive, in the Santa Monica Mountains, 4 p.m. (310) 858-3090.