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NIPPON SPOTLIGHT The Felissimo Design House hosts Japan C, an 11-week showcase of contemporary Japanese culture. Including food, beauty, pop culture, and fashion accessories, the festival is part bazaar, part trade fair. Attendees can browse the selection of collectible ketai cell phone straps, skin creams made from fermented rice by high-end sake producers, and all forms of zakka gadgets (knick-knacks whose kitschy form is as important as their function). By appointment only. Through Saturday, November 1, Felissimo Design House, 10 W. 56th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-956-4438, free. For complete information, go to japan-c.com.

FAMILY

MAKING A RACQUET The 2008 U.S. Open kicks off Monday, but children can enjoy action on Saturday during Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, featuring live music performances, tennis clinics, and interactive games for all ages. Children can see players such as Andy Roddick, Ana Ivanovic, and last year's men's Open champion, Roger Federer, as they conduct clinics, and a stadium show with musicians such as Colby O'Donis and Demi Lovato is also on tap. Face-painting, juggling, plate-spinning, and an obstacle course are also part of the day's activities. Admission is free for the clinics and interactive games, which take place on the outer courts from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; tickets are required for the concert, which begins inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Meridian Road at Grand Central Parkway, Flushing, Queens, 718-760-6200, free for clinics and games, $35 for concert. For complete information, go to usopen.org.

ALL THE FLOWERS The lineup for the 25th annual Roots of American Music Festival Family Show features 89-year-old folk musician Pete Seeger, who performs with his grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and acoustic blues artist Guy Davis. Mr. Seeger wrote the songs "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "If I Had a Hammer," and has been singing to youngsters since the early 1960s. In September, Appleseed Recordings releases "At 89" (2008), Mr. Seeger's first studio album in 12 years. The performance is part of Lincoln Center's Out of Doors festival, a series of free summer performances. Sunday, 11 a.m., Lincoln Center, South Plaza, West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-721-6500, free.

GOLDEN PAGE The Children's Museum of Manhattan presents "Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books." The exhibit features 60 illustrations from the children's book imprint Little Golden Books. Among the highlights is artwork from the best-selling children's picture book of all time, Janette Sebring Lowrey's "The Poky Little Puppy," which was first published in 1942. Through Thursday, August 28, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Children's Museum of Manhattan, Tisch Building, 212 W. 83rd St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-721-1223, $10 general, $7 members and seniors, free for children younger than 12 months old.

FEAR ON DISPLAY The Liberty Science Center presents "Goosebumps: The Science of Fear," an exhibit that examines the physiological, social, and biological causes and results of fright. Rather than scaring children, the show teaches them how fear works: The Fear Lab pinpoints exactly where the fight-or-flight impulse takes place in the brain, and the Fear Theater shows clips of movies and advertisements in which fear tactics are used. The California Science Center created the exhibit. Through Monday, September 15, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd. at Philip Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, 201-200-1000, $15.75 general, $11.50 seniors and children, $5 teachers, free for infants younger than 2 years old. For complete information, go to lsc.org.

GALLERY-GOING

WELL-LIVED "The Good Life," an exhibit at Yancey Richardson Gallery, comes to an end this week. Photographers including Diane Arbus, Alex Prager, Tina Barney, Larry Sultan, Slim Aarons, and Massimo Vitali explore the concept of fine living from myriad perspectives. The range of pleasure-seekers spans American socialites, aristocrats surrounded by the trappings of old money, and 20-somethings enjoying the comforts of suburban domesticity in 1960s California. Through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 W. 22nd St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 646-230-9610, free.

POSITIVE SPACE The Charles Cowles Gallery concludes its show by a Puerto Rican-born artist, Pepe Villegas. Trained as an architect, Mr. Villegas photographs iconic buildings, both historic and modern, and digitally inserts fields of color into his prints to invert positive and negative space. By replacing dark colors with light and vice versa, Mr. Villegas plays with the architectural identity of a recognizable cityscape. Through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Charles Cowles Gallery, 537 W. 24th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-741-8999, free.

GATHERINGS

AUTO NOSTALGIA The Rumblers Car Club, a New York-based squadron of hot-rod enthusiasts that was founded to keep 1980s street-rod culture alive, hosts its eighth annual auto show, "Kustom Kills and Hot Rod Thrills." More than 300 vintage muscle cars, all dating from before 1964, are parked in a lot beneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway next to a Williamsburg bar, Union Pool. In the spirit of the club's co-founder, Roger Miret, a singer from the punk band Agnostic Front, music performances take place throughout the day. Saturday, 10 a.m., Union Pool, 484 Union Ave. at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, $20. For complete information, go to rumblersnyc.com.

MUSIC

TIMES ARE A-CHANGING Blue Smoke Jazz Standard presents vocalist Kate McGarry, who performs selections from her latest release, "If Less is More ... Nothing is Everything." Her repertoire features an eclectic blend of American classics, including renditions of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan and "Let's Face the Music and Dance" by Irving Berlin. Ms. McGarry sings with bassist Matt Penman, organist Gary Versace, guitarist Keith Ganz, and drummer Clarence Penn. Friday and Saturday, 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 p.m., Sunday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Blue Smoke Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-576-2232, $35 for Friday and Saturday performances, $25 for Sunday performances.

STREETS AND GARDENS The Museum of Modern Art hosts the Miguel Zenón Quartet as part of its free series, Summergarden 2008: New Music for New York. Mr. Zenón, who plays the alto saxophone, presents the premiere of his composition "Calle Calma," which was inspired by the first street that he remembers living on in the Santurce district of San Juan. He is accompanied by drummer Henry Cole, pianist Luis Perdomo, and bassist Massimo Biolcati. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the performance begins at 8 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m., MoMA, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, enter at the Sculpture Garden gate, 54th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9400, free.

READINGS

LITERATURE, OUT OF DOORS The New York Writers Coalition presents the Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival, with readings and workshops by poets, essayists, and fiction and nonfiction writers. Controversial onetime New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka, writer of "Tales of the Out & the Gone" (Akashic), reads new work, and authors Louis Reyes Rivera, Hal Sirowitz, and Quincy Troupe also take the stage. The Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble adds their blend of Afro-Cuban and hip-hop music to the day's lineup. Saturday, 3 p.m., Fort Greene Park, Washington Park, between Myrtle and DeKalb avenues, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 212-360-8290, free. For complete information, go to nywriterscoalition.org.

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