8pm Music

Ready for a little night music? Catch the enterprising Southwest Chamber Music ensemble as its 15th anniversary season continues with works by Debussy, Toru Takemitsu, Anthony Payne and Ravel; Saturday at the Norton Simon Museum, and on Tuesday at the Colburn School of Performing Arts’ Zipper Hall.

Southwest Chamber Music, Norton Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 8 p.m. Also Tuesday at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts, 200 S. Grand Ave., L.A. , 8 p.m. $10 to $25. (800) 726-7147.

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all day Racing

The Santa Anita Handicap, now in its 65th running, remains one of racing’s premier events for thoroughbreds ages 4 and older. The Big ‘Cap’s rich history and a $1-million purse share the spotlight at Santa Anita Park with 10 other races. Also on tap at the track is a Microbrew Festival in the infield. And for the kids, activities will include pony rides and face painting.

Santa Anita Handicap Day & Microbrew Festival, Santa Anita Park, 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Gates open at 10 a.m.; first race starts at noon. $5 to $15. (626) 574-6384.

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all day Art

A window into 200 years of Latino art in the U.S. opens Saturday with “Arte Latino: Treasures From the Smithsonian American Art Museum,� a traveling historical survey at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. This is its only Southern California stop. The exhibition will include 66 paintings, sculptures and photographs by mostly Spanish-speaking artists who settled in America. Crossing the decades, the works range from an 18th century carved devotional crucifix to a 1967 painted mahogany altar by Chicano artist Emanuel Martinez.

“Arte Latino: Treasures From the Smithsonian American Art Museum,� Palm Springs Desert Museum, 101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Ends May 26. Adults, $7.50; seniors, $6.50; children 6 to 17, $3.50 (760) 325-7186.

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10pm Pop Music

If your tea’s gone cold and you’re wondering why you got out of bed at all ... consider Deep Dish, the house DJ duo Ali “Dubfire� Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Their “Moscow� Global Underground set, which includes their Grammy-nominated remix of Dido’s “Thank You,� will be the heart of the night.

Deep Dish, Giant at the Hollywood Athletic Club, 6525 Sunset Blvd., L.A., 10 p.m. $22.50. (323) 464-7373.

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8pm Theater

Theater League, a Kansas City, Mo.-based organization that brings touring musicals to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, will stage a 50th anniversary production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s, “The King and I.� Debby Boone stars as Anna Leonowens, the British widow who became a governess in the court of the King of Siam in the 1860s.

“The King and I,� Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s Kavli Theater, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends March 10. $25.50 to $39.50. (805) 449-2787.

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8pm Theater

You can be Broadway-bound and never leave the area, courtesy of Jason Alexander, Joanna Gleason, John Rubinstein and Matthew Ashford, who head the cast of “Broadway Showstoppers.� The benefit for North Hollywood’s Interact Theatre Company will feature highlights from “Company,� “Sweeney Todd,� “Rent,� “South Pacific� and other Broadway musicals.

“Broadway Showstoppers,� Interact Theatre Company, 5215 Bakman Ave., North Hollywood, Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. $75; $100 with pre-show dinner or champagne brunch. (818) 773-7862.