THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. ‘An Evening With Ella Fitzgerald,’ featuring a presentation of seldom-seen videos of the beloved First Lady of Song,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Fran Morris Rosman, executive director of the Palisades-based Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, will answer questions from the audience. FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Quarterly networking breakfast for Chamber of Commerce members, hosted by the Palisades Rotary Club, 8 a.m. at Kay ‘n Dave’s Cantina, 15246 Sunset. Reservations required. Call the Chamber at 459-7963 for details. Theatre Palisades’ production of ‘The Hot L Baltimore,’ written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Lewis Hauser, 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., through May 6. Ticket reservations: 454-1970. (See review, page 15.) Music at St. Matthew’s features the Concord Ensemble and Piffaro Renaissance Wind Band performing music from the Bavarian Court of Albrecht V, 8 p.m. in St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda. Tickets at the door: $25. (See story, page 16.) SATURDAY, APRIL 14 A gently used book sale, hosted by the Pacific Palisades Library Association, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 861 Alma Real Dr. in the library parking lot. SUNDAY, APRIL 15 Annual Health & Environmental Fair, co-sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Pharmaca, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Antioch and Swarthmore. Free admission. (See story, page 9.) MONDAY, APRIL 16 TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Donald Strauss will present the groundbreaking slideshow that was the basis for the award-winning and mind-changing documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Woodland Dining Hall at Temescal Gateway Park, on the corner of Sunset and Temescal Canyon Rd. $5 parking. Contact: (310) 454-1395, ext. 106. The Palisades Malibu Orchid Society’s annual orchid auction for collectors, hobbyists, and orchid lovers. Inspection by buyers, 7 to 7:30 p.m. with the auction starting promptly at 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 League of Women Voters meeting, 9:30 a.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Contact: Gloria Schmidt at 454-2233. Monthly meeting of the Potrero Canyon Community Advisory Committee, 7:30 p.m. in the old gym at the Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real. THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Screening of ‘Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness’ about a Japanese diplomat who rescued Jewish refugees under Hitler’s regime, 6:45 p.m. Running time 82 minutes. A short discussion will follow. Kehillat Israel,16019 Sunset Blvd. Park in the KI lot. ‘Deliver Me: True Confessions of Motherhood,’ a collection of personal essays, stories and poems by 20 writers, edited by Palisadian Laura Diamond, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See story, page 12.) Welcoming reception for the three spring fellows at the Villa Aurora on Paseo Miramar, 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Please RSVP to 573-3603. Shuttle service starts at 7 p.m. on Los Liones Drive, just above Sunset.
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