8 pm: Pop Music

Given to digressions and excesses as much as tender, touching music, Badly Drawn Boy, a.k.a. Englishman Damon Gough, has quickly become a rising, offbeat presence in the pop world. He follows his November L.A. debut at the Knitting Factory Hollywood with two nights at the El Rey.

* Badly Drawn Boy, the El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. Also Monday, 8 p.m. Sold out. (323) 936-4790.

All day: Art

Tour the studios and homes of Venice artists Enrique Martinez Celaya, Laddie John Dill, Robin Mitchell, Masako Takahashi and many others as the Venice Art Walk returns. The annual event was created more than 20 years ago to benefit the Venice Family Clinic, which provides free medical care to the homeless and working poor. While the main Art Walk takes place on Sunday with the usual studio tours, art exhibitions, food fair and children’s art center, other weekend highlights include docent-led tours of architecturally significant homes in Venice, Topanga, Silver Lake and the Westside on Saturday, special musical performances today through Saturday and a party on Sunday.

* Venice Art Walk 2001. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Studios open at noon; registration begins at 10:30 a.m at the Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Parking at Walgrove Elementary School, 1630 Walgrove Ave., Mar Vista, and Broadway Elementary School, 1015 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. Shuttle service provided. $50. (310) 392-9255 or https://www.vfc.org for special event information.

7 pm: Theater

The La Jolla Playhouse’s 2001 season kicks off with Thornton Wilder’s landmark classic “Our Town,” a piercing look at life in a small New England town 100 years ago, directed by Michael Greif, the playhouse’s former artistic director.

* “Our Town,” La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Village Drive and Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, 7 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ends June 17. $32 to $42.

2 pm: Music/Family

Children’s and Jewish recording artist Cindy Paley performs a family concert in honor of Grandparents’ Day as part the Zimmer Children’s Museum’s community day that includes access to interactive exhibits for ages 3 to 12 and their families.

* “Cindy Paley in Concert,” Zimmer Children’s Museum, 6505 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 2 p.m. Museum hours: 12:30-5 p.m. This Sunday only, admission free. (323) 761-8989.

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FREEBIES

Free admission to five museums located along the Arroyo Seco in Los Angeles and Pasadena--the Heritage Square Museum, Lummis Home and Garden, Southwest Museum, Gamble House and Pasadena Historical Museum--will be offered as part of the 12th annual Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (213) 740-8687.

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Latin-influenced RadioBemba, led by Joachim Cooder, plays a free concert at the Conga Room at 8 p.m., part of the Playboy Jazz Festival’s community concert series. 5364 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. (310) 449-4070 or for reservations, (323) 938-1696.