With Dad

Sunday is Father’s Day and there’s plenty to do for and with pops all weekend.

Friday Afternoon

Junior chefs can decorate cookies and make peanut butter crunch balls for Dad at a no-cooking, treat-making class, 4-5 p.m., at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop, 1030 Bonita Ave., La Verne, (909) 599-4558. Ages 5-10, $7.50, pre-registration required.

Montebello Farmer’s Market celebrates Father’s Day with a variety of activities focused on dads, 3-7 p.m., Montebello City Park, Whittier Boulevard at Taylor, (213) 887-9622. Local hairstylists will offer free haircuts for dads. Kids can make presents for Dad at craft booths.

Meat-and-potato dads will enjoy dinner at a steakhouse. The Palm, 9001 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 550-8811, serves up surf ‘n’ turf to the Hollywood set; Pacific Dining Car, 1310 W. 6th St., downtown, (213) 483-6000, and 2700 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 453-4000, dishes up a dose of 1920s nostalgia along with humongous filets in a railroad setting; and Lawry’s Prime Rib, 100 N. La Cienega, Beverly Hills, (310) 652-2827, offers the most tender of prime ribs. Or try Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 224 S. Beverly, Beverly Hills, (310) 859-8744, and 2961-A Michelson Drive, Irvine, (714) 252-8848, and the Outback Steakhouse, 5305 Clark Ave., Lakewood, (310) 634-0353.

Saturday Afternoon

Kids 4 and older can hear stories while crafting a desk accessory for Dad at the Glendale Central Public Library, 222 E. Harvard St., (818) 548-2035, 2-3 p.m. Admission free and materials provided.

In Camarillo, the Southern California Wing of the Confederate Air Force is holding a “Father’s Day Fly-In and Air Show,” 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Camarillo Airport, Eubanks entrance to Aviation Drive, $3 per person, under 12 free. Call (805) 483-7575 before the event, or (805) 482-0064 on the weekend.

Saturday Evening

If Dad’s a country music fan, take him to Country Star American Music Grill, Universal CityWalk, Universal City, (818) 762-3939, for a barbecue dinner. In the tradition of Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood, this theme-park eatery offers line dancers, country music videos on 96 suspended TV sets, western costumes of the stars and autographed cowboy boots and Harleys.

Sunday Morning

You don’t have to enter Knott’s Berry Farm to fill up at the “Father’s Day Champagne Brunch” at the park’s California Marketplace, where the selections include Knott’s famous fried chicken and boysenberry pie, 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, (714) 220-5055 for mandatory reservations.

The Dodgers may be on the road this weekend, but Dad can still get a baseball fix at “Stealing Home: How Jackie Robinson Changed America,” an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of his breaking the major league color barrier, at the Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd., (310) 553-8403.

The Pacific Chorale Children’s Choruses presents a “Father’s Day Concert” at 4 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, UC Irvine, (714) 662-2345 or (714) 854-4646 for tickets, $8 adults, $5 seniors and students.

The Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 440-4647, is hosting a program for children ages 7 and up and their families, “Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Me--Fathering Through the Ages,” with hands-on art projects, story theater and dramatic debates about the meaning of being or having a father, 2-4 p.m. Free with museum admission. Pre-registration recommended.