Thursday, April 16 – Thursday, April 23

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

  Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited.   Brendan Brazier discusses and signs ‘Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books. This book presents a highly original plant-based diet and lifestyle plan for achieving maximum health, physical strength and mental dexterity, developed by a top professional Ironman triathlete.   Welcoming reception for the spring fellows at Villa Aurora, 8 p.m. at the Villa on Paseo Miramar. Free admission. Please RSVP by calling (310) 573-3603. Shuttle service begins at 7 p.m. from Los Liones Drive, where there is ample street parking.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

  The Palisades Branch Library screens ‘The Painted Veil,’ starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, at 1 p.m. John Curran’s 2006 dramatic feature is based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.   Palisades High alum Brian Eule signs ‘Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. In his nonfiction work, Eule follows three new doctors’all women’and their struggle to balance professional ambitions and personal relationships.   Theatre Palisades presents the 2001 Off-Broadway Tony Award winner ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Performances are Fridays and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., through May 10. Tickets: Call (310) 454-1970 or visit www.theatrepalisades.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

  The Temescal Canyon Association hikers will take the beautiful trail up Santa Ynez Canyon to Trippet Ranch and meet with Sierra Club groups to celebrate John Muir’s birthday, a roundtrip of about 6 miles. Meet at 9 a.m. in the Temescal Gateway entrance parking lot for carpooling. Contact: www.temcanyon.org, or call (310) 459-5931.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

  Santa Monica Canyon Homeowners Association board meeting, 7 p.m. at the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center. The public is invited.   Book discussion of ‘The Soloist’ with Courtney Overland, 7 p.m. in the Corpus Christi School library, 890 Toyopa.   Author Arthur Verge, writer of two books about Los Angeles County and Santa Monica lifeguards, will share his extensive collection of photographs and knowledge, 7:30 p.m. in Woodland Hall in Temescal Gateway Park. (See story, page 14.)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

  Snap Shots Literary Troupe, hosted by Eric Vollmer, performs at 7:30 p.m. in Village Books on Swarthmore.   Acclaimed social documentary photographer Jim Hubbard, nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize, will participate in the ongoing ‘Palisades Reads’ program, 7 p.m. in Corpus Christi School’s library, 890 Toyopa. The public is invited. (See story, page 14).

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

  Pacific Palisades resident Jonathan Varat, a constitutional law professor at UCLA Law School who clerked for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, will speak at the Palisades Rotary Club meeting, 7:15 a.m. at Gladstone’s, PCH at Sunset. Contact: (310) 442-1607.   Free screening of the 2000 Academy Award-winning documentary ‘Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport,’ 6:30 p.m. at Kehillat Israel, 16019 Sunset. Professor Mark Jonathan Harris, the award-winning filmmaker behind ‘Arms,’ will participate in a post-screening Q&A. Underground parking is provided.   Carol Olson and Cherie Rodges discuss and sign ‘PTA: Sex, Intrigue and Designer Handbags,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. This novel is described as the mommy version of ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary.’