Noon: Art

For more than four years, artist Jorge Pardo has been working on a large-scale project, “a sculpture that is also a house.” The 3,000-square-foot sculpture-house, which is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s ongoing “Focus Series,” will open its doors for exhibit Sunday, off-site in Mount Washington. On view inside will be about 110 multicolored handblown glass lights by Pardo that were included in a recent installation at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

* “Jorge Pardo,” 4166 Seaview Lane, Mount Washington. Ends Nov. 15. Noon-5 p.m. Fridays-Sundays. A free courtesy shuttle will be available on Sundays from MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave. Admission free. (213) 633-5334.

3pm: Dance

Modern solos by acclaimed locally based dancer-choreographers make “Five Women Dancing” a special event even in a dance-crowded weekend. Former White Oak Dance Project member Nancy Colahan presents both an untitled premiere and “Why the Brook Wept.” The multiple award-winning Loretta Livingston reprises “Drift” and “The Stray.” Music Center artist-in-residence Winifred Harris presents “Whispers Left Her With Nothing.” Emerging Southland artist Claudia Lopez premieres “Clear Connection.” Veteran experimental artist Karen Goodman dances “Earthling” and “Brief Space.” A high-five for these five high achievers.

* “Five Women Dancing,” Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive. $12.50 (students, seniors)-$25. (323) 343-6000.

2pm: World Music

UCLA musicologist Luis Perez plays actual and replica pre-Columbian instruments, some dating back 3,000 years, on a new album, “Tales of Astral Travelers” (Domo). The rare chance to watch him create this surprising Mesoamerican blend of old and new music makes for an entrancing visual as well as sonic experience.

* Luis Perez, Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles. Free with museum admission: adults, $5; seniors 55 and older and students, $3; children ages 7-18, $2; under 6, free. Reservations required. (323) 221-2164.

4pm: Music

Now on its 25th anniversary tour, the internationally celebrated Kronos Quartet returns to UCLA, this time around offering Stravinsky’s “Sacre du Printemps” on its program, along with a guest appearance by pianist Margaret Kampmeier.

* The Kronos Quartet, Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood. $13-$30. (310) 825-2101.

6pm: Country Music

Hollywood Park race track, which has hosted concerts sporadically in recent decades, tries it again with “Hollywood Park Goes Country.” Wynonna, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker and Trace Adkins join forces for a benefit for the Shoemaker Foundation, honoring legendary jockey Bill Shoemaker. The foundation assists members of the horse racing industry who have suffered catastrophic illness or injury.

* Wynonna, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker and Trace Adkins, Hollywood Park, 1050 S. Prairie Ave. Inglewood. $25-$50. (213) 480-3232. Gold Circle tickets ($150) available at (805) 688-9507.

6:30pm / Theater

Rhea Perlman, Harriet Harris and Peter Michael Goetz head the cast in Alfred Uhry’s “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” exploring love, bigotry and the power of family in 1939 Georgia, set against the backdrop of the social event of the season for Southern Jewish society.

* “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” Can~on Theatre, 205 N. Can~on Drive, Beverly Hills. Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 4 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 and 7 p.m.; also 2 p.m. matinees on Oct. 29, Nov. 25, 27, Dec. 23; New Year’s Eve Gala, 4 and 8 p.m. Dark evenings on Nov. 1, 26, 29, Dec. 25, Jan. 1. Ends Jan. 3. $32.50-$42.50. (310) 859-2830 or (213) 365-3500.

FREEBIE: Make a musical instrument at a family art workshop, Watts Towers Art Center, 2 p.m. (213) 485-4474.