Thursday, February 11 – Thursday, February 18

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11

  Award-winning journalist Susan Zeidler reads and signs her debut novel, ‘The Practice Room,’ a young-adult science fiction tale, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

  Jo Maeder discusses ‘When I Married My Mother: A Daughter’s Search for What Really Matters’and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.   Theatre Palisades presents Neil Simon’s ‘Chapter Two,’ 8 p.m. at the Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd., through February 14. For tickets, call (310) 454-1970. The comedy, directed by Sherman Wayne and produced by Martha Hunter, plays Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13

  Free screening of the 1976 film ‘Robin and Marian,’ 1 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. The film is a romantic tale of the later years of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn.   Opening reception for ‘Ice,’ Tatiana Botton’s photographs of icebergs in Antarctica, 5 to 8 p.m. at g169, on West Channel Road in Santa Monica Canyon. (See Lifestyle feature, page 9.)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14

  Pacific Palisades resident Julie Van Herwerden and her students read ‘Kids Love Love!’ 4 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Haitian earthquake relief.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

  Jay and Maggie Jessup discuss and sign ‘Fame 101,’ a playbook for professional success, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

  Storytime for children ages 3 and up, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.   Culture in the Canyon at the Chautauqua Series features ‘Native Cultures from Mountains to Sea,’ 7:30 p.m. in Woodland Hall in Temescal Gateway Park. Free admission. (See story, page 10.)   The Malibu Orchid Society hosts Peter T. Lin, who will speak on the three A’s of the orchid world”angraecum, aerangis and aeranthes, 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. (See story, page 14.)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

  Dorothy Lamb Crawford signs ‘Windfall of the Musicians: Hitler’s ‘migr’s and Exiles in Southern California,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore. Her book examines the brilliant gathering of composers, conductors, and other musicians who fled Nazi Germany and arrived in Los Angeles. (See story, page 10.)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

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