MAMMOTH LAKES - International Ski History Congress.  The 2009 International Ski History Congress (SH Congress) is a five-day academically sound, three-dimensional ski event that includes a meeting of ski museums, presentations by international keynote speakers and ski historians in academic sessions. The 2009 Skiing Heritage Week of the International Skiing History Association (ISHA) is also being held in conjunction with the SH Congress. Location: Mammoth Lakes, California 93546. Call: (760) 934-7393. 2009internationalskihistorycongress.org

NEWPORT BEACH - Whale Watching - Newport Landing Whale Watching. Time: 10 a.m., 1 p.m. This is a 2.5 hour cruise to whale watch off the Southern California coast. Location: Newport Harbor, 309 Palm St., Newport Beach, CA. (located on Balboa peninsula next to Balboa Pavilion)

OXNARD - Whale Watching. Captain Hooks goes at 9 a.m. & 1 p.m. Cost: $30, $26 senior, $21 child. Call: (805) 382-1612. Island Packers offers same times, same cost. Call: (805) 985-4852. Channel Islands Sportfishing is same cost. Goes at 11 a.m. Call: (805) 382-1612.

STANFORD - Lila Downs Concert. An eclectic background is mirrored in Downs' music, an ever-shifting and always surprising blend of contemporary Mexican and native Mesoamerican styles and the cosmopolitan sounds of Jamaican reggae, East Indian classical music, '60s R&B, and even Mississippi Delta blues. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $32 - 38. Location: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA. Call: (650) 725-2787. livelyarts.stanford.edu