WEEKEND FESTIVALS.Byline: -- Simone Schramm Trimm Continue the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival celebration with this year's Golden Dragon Parade and Lunar New Year Lunar New Year may refer to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar. However, this is not the case. Festival in Chinatown. Ring in the Year of the Pig with one of the oldest parades in the country. It will include more than 100 floats, bands and other parade participants. The festival will include rides, food and games and even a car show featuring imported super streetcars and accessories. The parade will take place 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday along Broadway and Hill Streets; the festival takes place 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and the car show takes place 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Chinatown. Admission is free. For more information, call (213) 617-0396, Ext. 10. On the Web: www.lagoldendragonparade.com or www.chinatownla.com. ALSO THIS WEEKEND: Family Festival: Explore Egypt, Byzantium and the eastern Mediterranean with music by the Sinai Bedouins, art-making and other activities. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. , 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Admission is free. (310) 440-7300. www.getty.edu. The Great Los Angeles Air Raid Anniversary Celebration: featuring eyewitnesses to the event that happened on Feb. 25, 1942, re-enactors using authentic military vehicles, dancing, an after-dark searchlight display, food vendors and more. 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Fort MacArthur Museum at Angels Gate Park, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro. Admission is free. (310) 548-2631. www.laparks.org. Brazilian Carnaval: featuring bands from Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r and Bahia, samba dancers, costume contests, food booths and more. 8 p.m. Saturday at the Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach. Admission is $25 to $55. (818) 566-1111. www.braziliannites.com or www.queenmary.com. Camellia camellia (kəmēl`yə) [for G. J. Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit missionary], any plant of the genus Camellia in the tea family, evergreen shrubs or small trees native to Asia but now cultivated extensively in warm climates and in Festival of Temple City: featuring camellia bedecked floats, marching bands, games, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , food and more. 4 to 10 p.m. today, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Temple City Park, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City. Admission is free. (626) 285-2171. www.templecity.us. Ventura Mardi Gras Celebration & Bike Ride: features a 100-mile bike ride through Ventura County, live zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, music, beads and belly dancers, prizes, Cajun and Creole food, costumes. The bike ride starts 7 a.m. at The Greek at Ventura Harbor Village, and the party takes place 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Registration is $60, $20 for extra party/meal tickets. For more information call (805) 701-9267 or visit www.venturavelo.org. |
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