Calendar for the Week of April 26

THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Author Matthew Jaffe and photographer Tom Gamache discuss and sign their book, ‘The Santa Monica Mountains: Range on the Edge,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore. FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Palisades Beautiful will host a talk by landscape architect Don Marquardt, an expert on famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. Theatre Palisades production of ‘The Hot L Baltimore,’ at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Performances continue Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., through May 13. For tickets, call (310) 454-1970. SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Inaugural Independent Charters of Los Angeles Run-Walk event (in recognition of National Charter Schools Week) for all 100-plus charters in Los Angeles, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Palisades High. (See story, page TK.) Amy Stewart, an avid gardener, signs ‘Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers,’ 5 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See story, this week’s Spring Home and Garden supplement.) THURSDAY, MAY 3 Elham Ebiza from California Recycles, Inc. will speak on waste issues at the Palisades Rotary Club breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m., Gladstone’s restaurant on PCH at Sunset. Contact: 482-2006. Maia Danziger signs ‘Relax & Write: Tapping Your Unconscious for Life & Art,’ 7:30 p.m., Village Books on Swarthmore. In her book (with an accompanying CD), Danziger demystifies the writing process, sharing insights and anecdotes from her experiences and those of her students. FRIDAY, MAY 4 The public is invited to participate in ‘Full Moon Hike: A Journey through Time,’ 7 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park, 15601 Sunset. Hikers should bring water and a jacket; flashlights are optional. Meet in the front parking lot. The program is free; parking is $5. Contact: (310) 454-1395.