Thursday, August 12 – Thursday, August 19

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12

  Story-Craft time, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Hear a story and make something of it! Suggested for ages 4 and up.   Campfire and marshmallow roast, 7 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park, north of Sunset, and continuing on Thursday evenings this summer. The programs, complete with an interpretive nature program, campfire songs and activities, are free. Parking is $7.   Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14

  Old Testament scholar Ellen Davis discusses ‘The Two Jerusalems,’ 9 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda. Her topic contrasts the remembered Jerusalem of David, Isaiah and Jesus, and the future Jerusalem,an envisioned city of peace. The public is invited.   Free screening of Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina,’ the 1935 classic starring Greta Garbo and Fredric March, 1 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited.   Opening reception for ‘Between The Tides: War + Peace,’ photographs and paintings by Pacific Palisades resident Martin Sugarman, 5 to 8 p.m. at g169 on West Channel Road. (See story, page 12.)   Learn more about coyotes and ravens while on a moderate hike in Temescal Gateway Park, starting at 7 p.m. in the front parking lot off Sunset. The public is invited.   Movies in the Park will feature ‘Jurassic Park,’ starting at about 8 p.m. on the Field of Dreams at the Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real. Admission is free.   Palisadian Reinhold Schwarzwald and his band, featuring blues singer/actress Jean Shy, perform at 9 p.m. in the Oak Room, 1035 Swarthmore. No cover charge. (See story, page 3.)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 15

  The Santa Monica Oceanaires barbershop quartet (including Palisadian Alan Hanson) will provide the third concert of the Music on the Green series, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Village Green, between Sunset, Antioch and Swarthmore.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17

  Temescal Canyon Association hikers will explore the now-upscale Venice canals, with the option of dinner at one of the many nearby restaurants. The public is invited. Meet at 6 p.m. in the front parking lot at Temescal Gateway Park for carpooling. Contact: (310) 459-5931 or visit temcanyon.org.   Wayne Ferrell will talk about cattleyas from the tropical Americas at the Malibu Orchid Society, 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. The public is invited.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

  Story-Craft time, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Hear a story and make something of it! Suggested for ages 4 and up.   Palisadian Anna Sorotzkin discusses her memoir, ‘Panni’s Quest for Freedom,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See Lifestyle feature, page 11.)