Thursday, August 5 – Thursday, August 12

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5

  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.   Theatre Palisades Youth present ‘The Wind in The Willows,’ an updated musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 classic children’s novel. Shows are tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. at the Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Tickets are $12. Reservations: call the box office at (310) 454-1970. (See Sue Pascoe’s review, page 12.)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7

  The Pacific Palisades Art Association hosts photographer and LAUSD teacher Ricky Ngai, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. The show, ‘Amore’ (on view through August), features Ngai’s works of art taken during a trip to Italy.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8

  Patrick Hildebrand and his Amazing Music Ukulele Party Band will provide the second concert of the Music on the Green series, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Village Green, between Sunset, Antioch and Swarthmore. The free series continues every Sunday in August.

MONDAY, AUGUST 9

  Moonday, a monthly Westside poetry reading, features poets Lynn Harbough and Kathabella Wilson, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Come early to sign up for open readings.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10

  Temescal Canyon Association hikers will seek out the secret stairways of Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica Canyon. The public is invited to join. Meet at 6 p.m. in the front parking lot at Temescal Gateway Park for carpooling. Contact: (310) 459-5931 or visit temcanyon.org.   Pajama storytime for children of all ages (parents and teddy bears welcome), 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11

  Monthly meeting of the Palisades AARP chapter, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. The public is invited.

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.   Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited.