Your Tryst With Tuesday: Feb. 15

1. Storm clouds from Alaska brought rain overnight but the weather's still good enough to join other mothers—or dads—in nearby Glendale for Stroller Strides at 9 a.m. at the Americana at Brand. This is a free outdoors fitness program, which consists of pushing your babies in their strollers while strolling and chatting with others, usually mothers. Because it’s likely to rain for the next few days, you might as well get out while you can and take this hour-long walk. A short ride over the 2 freeway to the 134 will bring you there in no time. 889 Americana Way, Glendale, 91210, 818-637-8982.

2. Join and a group of community leaders and officials at 10:30 a.m. today and see for yourself how the councilmember’s office is spending as much as $150,000 to implement a string of improvements at Eagle Rock Park, including new gym floors and repairs to basketball hoops. Huizar will announce the improvements at the , where 10 new pieces of outdoor exercise equipment were recently installed in a new fitness zone for the public. Department of Recreation and Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri will also be there. If you didn’t get a chance to ask a question of Councilmember Huizar at the Feb. 8 candidates forum at the Center for the Arts, now’s your opportunity. Eagle Rock Recreation Center, 1100 Eagle Vista Dr.

3. The Eagle Rock branch of the is hosting an anime afternoon today in which fans of the Japanese art form as well as manga can meet each other and share tips and recommendations. The event, which starts at 3 p.m., is free and open to all. 5027 Caspar Ave., 323-258-8078.

4. From 4-9 p.m., the redoubtable will serve six wines whose origins and styles will be as diverse as their price range: $4-$14 per glass. If you fancy a particular wine and would rather stick to it, you may of course go for the whole bottle—the price will vary and will include a $5 corkage fee. Feel free to indulge yourself and then head out to dinner to any number of excellent restaurants nearby—or order-in at this one-of-a-kind wine store you'll likely find your self returning to soon.

5. Which language has the whole world in its slang? Hip-hop, of course, which is fast spawning an entire youth culture from Algeria, Brazil and China to France, Germany and New Zealand. If you want to understand the contribution of hip-hop not just to pop culture in this country but to global society, politics and gender relations, get ready to drive out to Claremont or take the train this evening to hear two top cultural critics debate each other. They are Bakari Kitwana, senior media fellow at the Harvard Law School's Jamestown Project and CEO of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop, and Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of the New York Times bestseller, Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture. The duo will address hip-hop’s political and sociological influence at the Pomona College Smith Campus Center Rose Hills Theatre. The free event begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Pomona College Edmunds Ballroom, Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont, 91711. For more information, email michael.levine@pomona.edu.