noon Museum

The Museum of Jurassic Technology opens its latest permanent exhibit, “The World Is Bound With Secret Knots: The Life and Work of Athanasius Kircher, 1602-1680.” On view in a new 300-square-foot hall are 10 displays that make up an interpretive re-creation of the 17th century Roman museum of Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher. Besides his Musaeum Kirchianum, Kircher was also know for his discoveries, such as how the Tower of Babel would have tilted the Earth on its axis.

*”The World Is Bound With Secret Knots: The Life and Work of Athanasius Kircher, 1602-1680” at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, 9341 Venice Blvd., Culver City. Thursdays, 2-8 p.m. and Fridays-Sundays, noon-6 p.m. $4; $2.50, students and seniors. (310) 836-6131.

all day Art

You may not think you know art, but you’ve probably sat on it. Charles and Ray Eames created designs that were both economical and expansive. Early in their careers together, this husband-and-wife team designed high-quality yet affordable furniture that resulted in seating for stadiums, airports and schools. “The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention,” a traveling retrospective of their furniture, paintings, sculpture and film, opens Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. On Saturday, the museum hosts a daylong symposium on the Eames’ artistic and cultural impact, moderated by architecture and design critic Michael Webb.

* “The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention,” LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m.; Fridays, noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Through Sept. 10. $7; seniors and students, $5; ages 6 to 17, $1; 5 and under, free. (323) 857-6000. Symposium, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (registration at 9 a.m., reservations suggested). $20.

7 & 8:30pm Jazz

Vocalist Judi Silvano is that rare combination of talent and imagination, a classically trained pianist, flutist and dancer whose latest recording, “Songs I Wrote or Wish I Did” (JSL Records) explores the work of songwriting greats with the help of New York’s best musicians. The wife of noted saxophonist Joe Lovano (she’s heard on his acclaimed “Celebrating Sinatra” CD), Silvano will thrill you with her crystal pitch, engaging tone and unabashed sense of musical adventure.

* Judi Silvano, Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. 7 and 8:30 p.m. $15. (310) 271-9039.

7pm Dance

Dance idioms from India and Spain invade the Cahuenga Pass when Anjani Ambegaokar adds classical Indian kathak dancing and Gulabi Sapera brings traditional Rajasthani folklore to the “Fiery Flamenco” program at the Hollywood Bowl. Headlining this opening event of the six-concert “World Festival 2000”: the Noche Flamenca ensemble of singers, dancers and musicians from Spain; French Gypsy guitarist Thierry “Titi” Robin and his cross-cultural group Gitans; plus the locally based husband-and-wife team of guitarist Adam del Monte and flamenco dancer Laila del Monte--exponents of flamenco fusion at its most unpredictably experimental.

* “Fiery Flamenco” at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. 7 p.m. $5-$70. (213) 480-3232.

6pm Theme Park

Hard to say if this is a dream world, or a nightmare. But in the remade Autopia, which gets its debut at 6 p.m. at Disneyland, guests are transported in miniature cars to an imaginative car-only universe, where billboards speak directly to the cars and city parks have been replaced by car parks. Before visitors to this attraction reach the roadway, though, they will be greeted by humorous, multimedia vignettes starring three of the new Autopia cars.

* Autopia at Disneyland, 1313 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim. Debuts at 6 p.m. Open daily, 9 a.m.-midnight. Adults, $41; ages 3 to 9, $31; over 60, $39. (714) 781-4565.

2pm Music/Fiction

The Los Angeles Public Library begins “Soundings 2000,” a five-week Sunday afternoon performance series, with a remarkable show by Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and cellist Mark Salzman called “Viva la Resolucion: Music and the Novel.” He’ll narrate a story with a similar emotional arc to Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C major--while playing the suite. His idea is that “the struggle to create narrative coherence and resolution in music and in fiction cannot be separated from our struggle to find narrative coherence and resolution in our lives.” Whatever. It just sounds cool.

* “Viva la Resolucion: Music and the Novel” at the Los Angeles Central Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium, 650 W. 5th St., downtown L.A. 2 p.m. $5. Reservations recommended. (213) 228-7025.

Freebies:

A one-day-only “Big Deal Fundraiser” and open house at Self-Help Graphics will feature a print exhibition and sale, children’s activities, printmaking demonstrations and refreshments. 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., East L.A. 1 to 5 p.m. (323) 881-6444.

The African Heritage Marketplace, part of Beverly Hills’ Summer Arts Festival 2000, includes performances by Shaluza Boot Dancers, the Mussukeba Sane dance ensemble, storyteller Preshenda Jackson and an “African Revue” by the group Fantastic Voyage. 1-5 p.m., Civic Center Plaza, 450 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. (310) 285-1045.