3rd & Fairfax • The Grove at the Farmers Market will transform into an island paradise, complete with the sights, sounds and tastes you can find in Hawaii. Listen to live Hawaiian music and learn how to dance the hula throughout the day with performances and lessons by the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Chinatown • 32nd Annual Firecracker Run. USA's largest Chinese New Years Running event. Features Nite n' Day weekend music and cultural entertainment (free to public). Lion Dancers and 100,000 Firecrackers.
Downtown • 18th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition, where you'll get an up close look at over 100 costumes from over two dozen of last year's movies, such as Julie & Julia, Star Trek, An Education, and The Young Victoria. It's a rare opportunity to freeze the action and marvel at the imagination.
El Monte Airport • Pasadena Crusin' Weekly Car Show.
Hollywood • Old Fire Station 27, is a completely restored facility, and represents what the station was like when it was in operation. Three apparatus bays are filled with equipment, some dating back to the early 1900s and not to be found anywhere else. In addition, artifacts and equipment of all types are on display, dating from the 1880s through the present day.
Hollywood • Amoeba Music Live performance tonight by Bei Bei. This uplifting, genre-bending sound clash, recalls the afro centric harping of Dorothy Ashby and hypnotic spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane. With Lee adding equal doses of hip hop, electric jazz, and soul sensibility to the backing tracks, the captivating sound.
Mount Washington • Autry National Center Southwest Museum of the American Indian, being the oldest museum in the city of Los Angeles, is now on "Limited Access" and will only be open on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00–5:00 pm. Admission is free to all visitors during reconstruction, renovation and conservation of the collection.
Seal Beach • Red Car Museum inside an authentic Pacific Electric Right of Way. Car No. 1734 is a rare Pacific Electric tower car built in 1925.