11am

Family

Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Toyota Symphonies for Youth, hosted by John de Lancie, presents “Cosmic Winds,” works by Mozart, Beethoven and Sousa, conducted by Grant Gershon. Aimed at ages 5 to 11, the event features pre-concert activities, too.

* “Cosmic Winds,” Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A. 11 a.m.; pre-concert activities at 10 a.m. $9 to $11. (213) 365-3500; (323) 850-2000.

all day

Decorative Arts

Think of it as the anti-IKEA: Limited-edition furnishings and decorative items from around the country will be available to the public at this weekend’s Art Furnishings Show at the Pasadena Convention Center. The third annual event promises indoor and outdoor furniture, unique floor coverings, lighting, glass, ceramics, garden art and other decorative accessories.

* Art Furnishings Show, Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $8. (626) 449-7360 or https://www.artfurnishings.com.

noon, 1:30 & 3pm

Family

Juggler and acrobat Rhys Thomas brings his one-man show, “Up for Grabs,” to the Taco Bell Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. Thomas tosses, spins, balances and manipulates objects ranging from fruits and vegetables to hatchets and saw blades. In the process, he helps audiences appreciate the laws of physics, including gyroscopic stability, rotation and inertia. Thomas is a former elementary school teacher who has performed at numerous science centers, county fairs and corporate events.

* “Up for Grabs,” Taco Bell Discovery Science Center, 2500 N. Main St., Santa Ana. Saturday and Sunday, noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Discovery Science Center admission: $9.50; ages 3-17 and 55 and older, $7.50. (714) 542-CUBE.

7pm

Theater

Susan Clark stars as faded Southern belle Amanda in Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of “The Glass Menagerie,” Tennessee Williams’ classic drama about a mother and her fragile daughter (Precious Chong) living in their separate worlds of illusion, with desperate-to-escape son Tom (Joseph Fuqua), all awaiting the arrival of a gentleman caller (Tom Astor).

* “The Glass Menagerie,” Rubicon Theatre Company at the Laurel, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura, 7 p.m. Regular schedule: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends March 25. $20 to $35, except opening night gala, $125. (805) 667-2900.

8pm

Pop Music

Under the individual and group name Bright Eyes, 20-year-old Conor Oberst has emerged from his Omaha enclave as a boy wonder of indie pop, earning rave reviews and nursing a growing buzz for his downbeat, lo-fi introspection. At the Troubadour, expect to hear tunes from last year’s “Fevers and Mirrors” album and the new EP “Oh Holy Fools.”

* Bright Eyes, with Crooked Fingers, the Good Life and Azure Ray, the Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. $10. (310) 276-6168.

8pm

Comedy

Can’t get enough of political pundits on TV, the radio, in the papers and magazines? Now you can see punditry in action, live! Bill Maher brings his ABC program “Politically Incorrect” to Royce Hall with a decidedly politically correct panel: Dr. Drew Pinsky of “Loveline” fame, novelist Adeline Yen Mah, the Rev. Cecil L. Murray of L.A.’s First AME Church and . . . well, Pauly Shore. They may not develop solutions to our power crisis or Iraq’s weapons arsenal, but you might laugh enough that you don’t care.

* “Politically Incorrect,” Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, 8 p.m. $15 to $25. (310) 825-2101.

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FREEBIES

Participants will learn about the coastal sage scrub native plant community and its animal inhabitants at Native Garden Workday, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen White Drive, San Pedro, 9 a.m.-noon. (310) 548-7562.

The Pasadena Symphony’s “Musical Circus” for ages 10 and under, with a musical instrument “petting zoo,” a performance by the String Family Players and the symphony in rehearsal, takes place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., 8:30 a.m. (626) 793-7172, Ext. 10.