Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Family. Billed as “the amusement park for your mind,” Taco Bell Discovery Science Center is scheduled to open Dec. 19 at 2500 N. Main St., Santa Ana, featuring approximately 100 hands-on exhibits, live science shows and three-dimensional movies. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reservations required during December and January. Adults, $8; seniors, $6; children 3 to 17, $6; members and children ages 2 and under, free. (714) 542-CUBE.

* Concert. Country entertainers Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers will perform with the Pacific Symphony Pops orchestra Dec. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m., the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Richard Kaufman conducts. Students’ and seniors’ rush tickets, $14; regular prices $22, $30, $43, $52. (714) 740-7878.

* Festival. The “Winter Solstice” festival will be held Dec. 19, 10 a.m. to dusk, at La Tierra de la Culebra, a community art park, 240 S. Ave. 57, Highland Park, featuring music, dance, arts, crafts, food. Free. (213) 617-3878.