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Saturday - January 28, 2012

Alhambra •  Rick's Main Street Cafe Stage. Live outdoor concert tonight, Chain of Souls - classic rock. 

City Wide 7th annual ‘Museums Free-For-All’. 18 of the greatest museums in Los Angeles presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors wide and invite visitors free of charge. 

ChinaTown • 113th Golden Dragon Parade, over 110,000 individuals lining the parade route include almost two dozen floats, multiple marching bands, government officials, various dignitaries, entertainers, local business leaders and cultural groups.

Garden Grove • Tet Festival.  World’s largest Tết Festival outside of Vietnam, boasts 100,000+ visitors and dozens of booths in a span of a three day weekend event. Visitors are emersed with a vibrant array of traditional foods, live entertainment, festive games, and customs celebrating the new year.

Glendale • Americana at Brand. Celebrate 2012 Lunar New Year, the year of the dragon, at Gigi's Farmers Market. Enjoy arts & crafts and entertainment including a Chinese Lion Dance, Korean Fan Dance, Taiping Drums and other special performances. 

Griffith Park • Observatory Public Star Party, a chance for the whole family to look at the sun, moon, visible planets, and other objects, to try out a variety of telescopes, and to talk to knowledgeable amateur astronomers about the sky and their equipment.

La Canada Pasadena Crusin' Weekly Car Show. Usually 200-300 Cars. 

La Crescenta Benita Bike’s DanceArt Interactive Dance Performance,  discover how dances are made and how dance artists work, and create. Three contemporary dances will be performed, and there will be numerous opportunities for audience members to interact with the artists.

Monterey Park • Chinese New Year Festival. New Year lion and dragon dancers along with firecrackers will kick-off the Festival Saturday morning. Various types of entertainment will be featured on both days. A large carnival fun zone will be featured in parking lots.

Pasadena Rose Bowl Aquatics Center. Dive-In Movie Night. Family movie will be projected onto a big screen with speakers placed around the Recreational Pool. Patrons may watch while swimming in the shallow end (3'6") of the 87 degree Recreational Pool or while seated on the pool deck. 

Pasadena Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles.

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.

Westminster Little Saigon 2012 TET Festival and Parade.