THURSDAY, JUNE 14 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Los Angeles writer Erika Schikel, the daughter of film critic Richard Schikel, signs ‘You’re Not the Boss of Me,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. In this wickedly witty ‘momoir,’ Schikel chronicles her misadventures in parenting, beginning with a candid account of her pregnancy as her embryo grows from the size of a pinhead to the size of Marlon Brando. It takes a toll on her body, but not on her spirit! FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Palisades Beautiful meets at 10 a.m. in the community room at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Free screening of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ starring James Stewart, Claude Rains and Jean Arthur, 2 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. Light refreshments will be provided. Snap Shots Literary Troupe presents ‘Bloomsday: In Honor of James Joyce and the Irish Imagination,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Theatre Palisades production of ‘A Few Good Men,’ 8 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse, corner of Haverford and Temescal Canyon Road. Plays Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 8. (See review, page 12.) SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Volunteers are invited to join the monthly work party on the Village Green, 9 to 11 a.m. Just bring shears and gloves. Contact: Marge Gold at 459-5167. SUNDAY, JUNE 17 The Jazz Forum features The Bobby Rodriguez Trio from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Public invited. (See story, page TK.) TUESDAY, JUNE 19 Tuesday Night Hikes with the Temescal Canyon Association will take the loop trail in Temescal Gateway Park and have supper under the stars. Meet at 6 p.m. in the Temescal Gateway parking lot. Please, no dogs. Expect to be back between 8 and 9 p.m. (E-mail Carol Leacock at temcanyon.org for details). Cymbidium grower George Hatfield addresses the Malibu Orchid Society at 7 p.m. in the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Public invited. The Chautauqua Series presents ‘Life as Mark Twain’s Daughters,’ a talk by naturalist Steve Botts, 7:30 p.m. in Woodland Hall in Temescal Gateway Park. The program is free; parking is $5. THURSDAY, JUNE 21 The Classics Under 200 Pages Book Club meets and discusses ‘The Loved One’ by Evelyn Waugh, 6:45 p.m., in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. Contact: John at the library (459-2754). Mary Amin Ayubi, a brave young Afghan filmmaker who has a fellowship at Villa Aurora, will show her documentary ‘Shadows’ about the status of women in Afghanistan, 7:30 p.m. at the Villa Aurora on Paseo Miramar. RSVP: (310) 573-3603.
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