Andy Williams: The voice Reagan called a “national treasure.” 8pm. $42.50-80.
CERRITOS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos 90703. 562.916.8501; cerritoscenter.com.
Coffee with the Commander: Chat with members of the LBPD’s East Division. 3pm.
PORTFOLIO 2300 E Fourth St, Long Beach 90814. Call 562.570.5880 for info.

The city of Cerritos apparently still has faith in the holidays, hosting a page on its website for local kids to e-mail Santa–he wants to know your favorite cookie, movie and most-wanted present. But type fast because the site also explains that “This page will magically disappear at 5PM on December 17th.” Of course, we’re [...]

Day of the Dead: San Pedro’s art walk transformed into a celebration for Día de los Muertos. Crafts and arts, face painting, live music and exclusive sales to celebrate the ancestors. 6-9pm.
OLD TOWN SAN PEDRO Sixth and Seventh between Pacific Ave and Center St, San Pedro 90731. For more info contact Carla Ortega at 310.519.8231.
Keiko [...]

The Temptations’ psychedelic shack

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Between “My Girl” and “Just My Imagination” were the shadowed psychedelic years of the Temptations—the albums where Motown’s classiest male-vocal group (always sharing sides with the Supremes) dissolved into heavy funk and carefully ambiguous drug references and fished up a line about sunshine on a cloudy day just to [...]

Cho Dang’s tofu stews still delight

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
There are a lot of reasons why tofu has long been lost in translation, but most of the apprehension towards it probably comes from the very concept of the food: wobbly little blocks of unappetizing, coagulated soy milk. It doesn’t help that the resulting soy curds also [...]