Three-day forecast

MUSEUMS

New at the Nixon Library

Saturday marks the Grand Opening of the New Nixon Library with the unveiling of its new addition, the Katherine B. Loker Center. The new center almost doubles the size of the existing library and features a special exhibitions gallery and a full-size replica of the White House East Room. This room is the center of the library’s expansion and includes such details as golden silk draperies, crystal chandeliers and portraits of George and Martha Washington. A living Mount Rushmore of presidential impersonators --

Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt -- will be present at the ribbon cutting.

Grand Opening of the New Nixon Library, Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda. 11 a.m. Saturday. Free until noon, then $2-$5.95; 7 and younger, free. (714) 993-3393.

ART

Lend artists your ears

The Long Beach artists’ group FLOOD involves visitors and surprised passers-by in its first annual SoundWalk 2004, a day of sound works by more than 30 Southern California-based artists. Conceived as a variation on the traditional art walk, SoundWalk utilizes indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the Long Beach East Village Arts District to showcase site-specific sound installations and performances. Attractions include D. Jean Hester’s installation at the Inn of Long Beach, a piece by Alan Nakagawa tucked inside a tree and the first art event to be scheduled in the East Village Art Park.

SoundWalk 2004, Long Beach East Village Arts District, downtown, between Broadway, Atlantic Avenue, Ocean Boulevard and Elm Avenue. Maps of the installation sites available at Koo’s, 540 E. Broadway. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday. Closing performances, 10-11 p.m. at Koo’s. Free. (562) 499-OPEN.

POP MUSIC

An intimate evening with Carole King

Carole King created one of the touchstone albums of the ‘70s (“Tapestry”) after helping write some of the biggest pop hits of the ‘60s (“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” “One Fine Day,” “Up on the Roof”), but she’s never been all that excited about hitting the concert trail. This summer she’s come up with an idea that she says will make her want to hit the road for the first time in a decade. She’s on what she’s dubbed “The Living Room Tour,” which allows her to revisit her extensive catalog with stripped-down intimacy.

Carole King, Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles. 8 p.m. today. $34.50-$74.50. (323) 665-1927.

DANCE

Issues of identity

As words become politicized, a world of difference can separate such near-synonyms as Asian and Oriental, the former still matter-of-fact, the latter teeming with exotic-unto-offensive implications. In “365 Ways of Doing and Undoing Orientalism,” Hong Kong’s 25-year-old City Contemporary Dance Company devotes a full evening to the subject, examining all sorts of East-meets-West issues concerning cultural identity -- on stage and off. The choreography by Sang Jijia, Xing Liang and Willy Tsao (the company’s artistic director) results in what a reviewer for The Australian called “a clever work operating on both personal and philosophical levels.”

City Contemporary Dance Company in “365 Ways of Doing and Undoing Orientalism,” Watercourt, California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Free. (213) 687-2159.

MOVIES

Trip into teen angst

Rivers can be incredibly dark places on the cinematic landscape, and the drama “Mean Creek” is no exception. Rory Culkin is a bullied young boy in small-town Oregon who calls upon his friends and his older brother to act out a well-planned revenge plot on the perpetrator. Nicholl Fellowship-winner Jacob Estes wrote and directed this drama inspired by earlier tales of adolescence such as “Stand By Me” and “River’s Edge,” placing the travails of the teenage world in a 21st century context.

“Mean Creek,” rated R for language, sexual references and teen drug and alcohol use, opens Friday exclusively at Laemmle’s Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 848-3500; and the Landmark Westside Pavilion Cinemas, 10800 W. Pico Blvd., West Los Angeles, (310) 281-8223.

MUSIC

The voices of Disney

John Mauceri leads the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in a salute to Walt Disney and 75 years of Disney movie music. Highlights include Dick Van Dyke singing music from “Mary Poppins” and Broadway veterans Lisa Vroman and Stuart Ambrose making their Bowl debuts performing with composer Alan Mencken. Also, vocalists Jodi Benson, Judy Kuhn and Paige O’Hara, the original voices of “The Little Mermaid,” “Pocahontas” and Belle in “Beauty and the Beast,” respectively, sing hits from those movies. The evening closes with fireworks choreographed to music from “The Lion King.”

“The Great American Concert: Walt Disney -- 75 Years of Music,” Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $3-$106. (323) 850-2000.

JAZZ

Acuna and his 2 bands

On Saturday, the Hollywood Arts Council’s 10th annual Jazz Pilgrimage pays tribute to Peruvian-born percussionist Alex Acuna. Over the course of his career, the Grammy-nominated artist has performed with a wide of variety of artists including Chick Corea, U2, Diana Ross and Elvis Presley. Acuna will appear with his folk music and jazz ensembles, along with the 18-piece Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars Band featuring previous Pilgrimage honorees Francisco Aguabella and Justo Almario. Jose Rizo of KKJZ Radio will emcee.

Jazz Pilgrimage 2004, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. 8 p.m. Saturday. $24-$30. (323) 461-3673.

THEATER

Van Gogh in Britain

“Vincent in Brixton,” Nicholas Wright’s 2003 Olivier Award-winning, seriocomic play about the transforming power of love, draws from Vincent van Gogh’s correspondence as it explores his early life, when, for a short time, he was an art dealer in London. Elina de Santos directs this West Coast premiere.

“Vincent in Brixton,” Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Opens Friday. Runs 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 5 and 9 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays; beginning Aug. 31, also runs 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Ends Sept. 19. $39.50-$49.50. (626) 356-7529.

FESTIVAL

African tapestry

The 19th annual Los Angeles African Marketplace & Cultural Faire celebrates the diversity of the African Diaspora. More than 200 booths with arts and crafts, exhibits and vendors, a travel expo, a children’s festival, a health pavilion and nonstop entertainment including dancers, musicians, singers, magicians, jugglers, storytellers, poets and actors will be featured.

Los Angeles African Marketplace & Cultural Faire, Exposition Park, 3665 S. Vermont Ave., L.A. 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; also Sept. 6. Ends Sept.6. $3-$6. (323) 734-1164.

EVENT

Enter the ‘Zone’

“The Twilight Zone,” created and hosted by Rod Serling, originally was broadcast on CBS-TV from 1959 to 1964, but its 156 episodes have continued on in reruns for 40 years. More than 50 actors who appeared on the classic sci-fi television series and others will gather in North Hollywood this weekend to meet their fans and sign autographs for a fee (cash only). Plus there will be panel discussions, raffles and Hollywood memorabilia for sale.

Stars of the Twilight Zone Convention, Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Ave., North Hollywood. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. $10-$15 per day; 12 and younger, free with an adult. (310) 428-4395.