Thursday, August 14 – Thursday, August 21

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14   Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited.   Meg Waite Clayton discusses and signs her novel, ‘Wednesday Sisters,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Humorous and moving, this novel’set in California during the tumultuous 1960s’earns a place among those popular works that honor the joyful, mysterious, unbreakable bonds among friends. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15   Free outdoor screening of the 1935 Will Rogers comedy classic ‘Life Begins at Forty,’ 7:30 p.m. at Will Rogers State Historic Park. Parking is $7. Free tours of the ranch house begin at 5 p.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16   The Palisades Branch Library presents musicians Jahna and Michael Perricone, 2 p.m., on the patio, 861 Alma Real. For information, contact (310) 459-2754. Free admission. MONDAY, AUGUST 18   ’Bear-y Last’ Pajama Storytime this summer, for children of all ages (parents and teddy bears welcome, too), 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19   Story-Craft Time, suggested for ages 4 and up, 4 p.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.   Orchid expert Bruce Kidd discusses pest control at the Malibu Orchid Society meeting, 7 p.m., at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Public invited.   The wonders of butterflies in story, song, movement and activity will be illuminated at Kid’s Night, 7:30 p.m., in at the Rubell Memorial Lawn in Temescal Gateway Park, 15601 Sunset. (See story, page 16). WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20   Weekly writing meeting for all 12-Step programs or anyone with a habitual problem or illness, 7 to 8 p.m. at 16730 Bollinger Dr. Contacts: (310) 454-5138 or e-mail info@12stepsforeverybody.org.   Eric Van Lustbader signs ‘First Daughter,’ an explosive new political thriller by the author of ‘The Testament’ and ‘The Bourne Betrayal,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21   Kaori Tanegashima discusses and signs ‘Daughter of a Gun,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See story, page 15).