THREE-DAY FORECAST

POP MUSIC

Vagrant’s bands on tour

Los Angeles-based Vagrant Records, the cradle of emo, has become one of the most successful -- and stylistically defined -- independent record labels in the U.S. Four vagrant bands have teamed up for the Vagrant Tour: The Alkaline Trio, From Autumn to Ashes, Reggie & the Full Effect and the first band ever signed by the company, No Motiv.

The Vagrant Tour, Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Friday, 6:30 p.m. $15.99. (323) 962-7600

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ART

Deceptive ceramics

For more than 25 years, ceramic artist Richard Shaw has skillfully embraced the mundane. At first glance, his still-life works appear to be a collection of playing-card houses, paint buckets, cigar boxes and milk cartons, but the eye is easily deceived. Using techniques in porcelain casting, clay throwing and decal transfers, Richard Shaw: New Ceramic Sculpture fools the viewer with carefully crafted ceramic forms that closely resemble everyday objects. In re-creating household items, he appropriates mass culture and adds his own personal experiences.

Richard Shaw: New Ceramic Sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., B5B, Santa Monica. Opens Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Also Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Ends Jan 10. (310) 264-3866

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CULTURE

You’ll find love today

Ever wonder who invented the fortune cookie? The Fugetsudo family claims they did, and the little cookie’s birthplace, the family confection shop in Little Tokyo, is still open

after a century of business. In conjunction with its “Object Lessons” exhibit, the Japanese American

National Museum presents a slide lecture on the Fugetsudos’ history and a conversation -- Fugetsudo 100th Anniversary of Little Tokyo Confection Shop -- with current family members about how they kept the business open through World War II and other obstacles. A fortune cookie mold demonstration follows the talk.

Fugetsudo 100th Anniversary of Little Tokyo Confection Shop, Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. 1st St., L.A. Saturday, 2-4 p.m. (213) 625-0414

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DANCE

Rhythm, loud shoes

Does the world really need a female Michael Flatley? Well, it’s got one, and her name is Aisling Holly, the choreographer/star of “Rhythm of the Dance.” Performed by National Dance Company of Ireland, this overview of Celtic culture features the step-dance techniques that have taken audiences by storm in productions such as “Riverdance” and “Lord of the Dance.” And that’s Holly’s specialty, she being all-Ireland and Britain dance champion, and someone who calls Flatley her biggest idol and influence. Most traditional Irish women dancers wear soft shoes, but Holly likes them hard because, in her words, “my first love is the sound, and I think Irish dancing is definitely all about sound.”

National Dance Company of Ireland in “Rhythm of the Dance,” Cerritos Center, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $25 to $55. (800) 300-4345

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MUSIC

SCREAM at REDCAT

SCREAM isn’t a command or a reaction. It’s a festival and it stands for Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music. SCREAM makes its REDCAT debut with a concert of premieres by local composers David Bradfield, Bernardo Feldman, Rodney Oakes, Barry Schrader and Mark Trayle, and Carl Stone, who divides his time between San Francisco and Japan. This will be an annual event at CalArts’ new performance venue

in the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

SCREAM, REDCAT, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2nd and Hope streets, L.A. Monday, 8:30 p.m. $24. (213) 237-2800

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HOLIDAYS

Griffith Park lights

The holiday season in Los Angeles is not complete without the annual Holiday Light Festival in Griffith Park. The Department of Water and Power presents its lighting extravaganza along a one-mile stretch of Crystal Springs Drive. Viewers may drive or walk through hundreds of thousands of colorful lights depicting historical, cultural and holiday images with a distinctively L.A. flavor. And best of all, it’s free.

Holiday Light Festival, 2003 Griffith Park, Los Feliz Boulevard and Riverside Drive, L.A. Daily, 5-10 p.m. Ends Dec. 28. Free. (323) 913-4688

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MOVIES

Animated ‘Belleville’

A lonely little French boy, reared by his grandmother, grows up to be a great cyclist and lives up to his name, Champion, in Sylvain Chomet’s animated “The Triplets of Belleville.” During the Tour de France, Champion is kidnapped, and his grandmother, Madame Souza, and her faithful dog, Bruno, embark on a rescue mission. Their adventure takes them to Belleville, where they encounter three unusual music hall performers from the 1930s, who help the unlikely heroes.

“The Triplets of Belleville,” Rated PG-13, for images involving sensuality, violence and crude humor; opened Wednesday in selected theaters.

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JAZZ

Sandoval performs

Over the course of his career, acclaimed Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval has received 12 Grammy nominations and won the award three times. A protege of jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval released his latest CD, “Trumpet Evolution,” earlier this year. It features him emulating the sound and style of 19 master trumpet players -- including such jazzers as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Clark Terry and Gillespie as well as several classical players -- performing the signature musical pieces that made those players famous. Sandoval and company will perform four shows this weekend in Costa Mesa.

Arturo Sandoval, Founders Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $49-$56. (714) 556-2787

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MUSICAL

A Plaid holiday

The Plaids, the 1960s tight-harmony quartet that returned from the dead for the one big gig it missed in life, rises again in Stuart Ross’ “Plaid Tidings,” the holiday version of his hit musical, “Forever Plaid.”

“Plaid Tidings,” Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Opens Friday; runs Tuesdays- Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m.; ends Dec. 28. $40-$100. (626) 356-PLAY