All day: Art

With “Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s” on display at LACMA and “Remington, Russell and the Language of Western Art” coming to the Bowers Museum on July 7, the American theme continues at the San Diego Museum of Art when “Grandma Moses in the 21st Century” opens there Saturday. The exhibition will survey more than 80 idyllic paintings by American folk art icon Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961), who took up painting in her 70s when arthritis forced her to give up embroidery.* “Grandma Moses in the 21st Century,” San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego. Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Ends Aug. 26. Adults, $8; seniors and students, $6; children 6 to 17, $3. (619) 232-7931.

4:30 & 7:30pm: Theater

“Mitzvah on the Mesa,” by Lori Tubert and Richard “Rico” Freedman, is a live radio play dramatizing the true story of a Jewish trader who fought for the rights of Pueblo Indians in New Mexico in the late 1800s.

* “Mitzvah on the Mesa,” Wells Fargo Radio Theatre, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, L.A., Saturday, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. $12 and $17. (323) 667-2000, Ext. 243.

All day: Pop Music

Those Satan-worshiping, blasphemy-hurling, hard-rock-hammering nihilists are back to corrupt our children. Three decades ago that could mean only Black Sabbath. Nowadays, it must be Marilyn Manson. And fans can get both--along with Disturbed, Slipknot and more--for the price of one ticket to the sixth annual Ozzfest.

* Ozzfest, Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, Devore. 10 a.m. for second and third stages, 5 p.m. for main stage. $33.25 to $136.75. (909) 886-8742.

All day: Pop Music

Electric Daisy, the first big rave of the summer, gets a distinctively Southern California twist: Instead of an all-night bacchanal, it’s an all- day bacchanal in the San Fernando Valley, starting at noon and rolling on past midnight. Musical highlights include influential Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig and a live set from the Dub Pistols.* Electric Daisy, Hansen Dam Park, 11850 Foothill Blvd., Sunland. Noon. $35. (310) 288-3436.

7 pm: Jazz

The legendary Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band share a jazz double bill with Tom Scott and the L.A. Express at the Green on the Hill in Signal Hill, near Long Beach.* Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band, plus Tom Scott and the L.A. Express, Green on the Hill, 2701 27th St., Signal Hill. 7 p.m., gates open at 5 p.m. $20 to $45. (562) 495-5959.

8 pm: Theater

“The Cradle Will Rock,” Theatricum Botanicum’s revival of the 1938 Works Progress Administration theater musical, is a tribute to the labor force and a protest against corporate disregard for workers’ rights. Theatricum founder the late Will Geer was part of the original Broadway cast.* “The Cradle Will Rock,” Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga. Saturday, 8 p.m., through July 21; July 1-29: Also Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 4 to Sept. 8: Saturday only, 4 p.m. Also: Sept. 16, 23 and 30, 7:30 p.m. Ends Sept. 30. Outdoor stadium seating; bring cushions. $14 to $20. (310) 455-3723.

8 pm: Taiko

Taiko drumming brings to mind rhythmic discipline, men in traditional Japanese costumes, and most of all, lots of drums. But at Taiko Jam 3.0, you’ll see how taiko has evolved in North America. Six taiko companies--from the Canadian Katari Taiko, which has a piece that features Japanese rap-style vocals; to Shasta Taiko, which mixes jazz elements with its drums; to Texas Tumbleweed Taiko ... enough said.* Taiko Jam 3.0, Japan America Theatre, 244 San Pedro St., Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. 8 p.m. $25 to $28. Also Sunday, 3 p.m. (213) 680-3700.

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* Environmental activities, trapeze demonstrations, kite flying, arts and crafts, sandcastle building, music and street performers are on tap for Bay Days, Windward Plaza, Windward and Rose avenues, Venice Beach. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (800) HEALBAY or (310) 224-4985.