Thursday, February 24 – Thursday, March 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24

  Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited.   Musician, instructor and photographer Gregory Alper displays his book, ‘Palisades Panoramas,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. His photos are also on display at Cafe Vida on Antioch through March 30. For more information, go to www.timedimensionalart.com

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25

  Palisadian Howard Gordon will discuss and sign copies of ‘Gideon’s War,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore. Gordon, who served as executive producer on the television series ’24,’ makes his novel debut with an action thriller centered on themes of political intrigue and international terrorism. (See story, page 12.)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26

  Friends of the Palisades Library hold their first book sale of the year, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the library parking lot, 861 Alma Real. If there is rain, the sale will be postponed to March 5.   Native Plant Garden workday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Temescal Canyon Park (below Bowdoin Street). Volunteers will help mulch the area and continue pulling weeds prior to a spring planting. Bring gloves, hand tools and drinking water.   The Methodist Church will hold a community yard sale, 9 a.m. to noon, 801 Via de la Paz. Early donations range from a high-end sound system and vinyl records (favored by some teens) to quirkier items, like a porcelain pig holding a blackboard. One sale table will feature antiques and other collectibles.   Kids storytime with Palisadian Richard Rosser, who reads ‘Piggy Nation: A Day at Work with Dad,’ 11 a.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. The author will be joined by illustrator Shane Sowell. (See story, page 10.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

  Monthly meeting of the Civic League, 7:30 p.m. in Tauxe Hall at the Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

  Celebrating Read Across America Day, a storytime for toddlers (under the age of 3) and their grown-ups, featuring a lap-sit mix of songs, finger plays, stories and flannelboards, 10:15 a.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

  Storytime for children ages 3 and up, Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.   Pacific Palisades resident James Pagano reads ‘The Bleed,’ a smart, edgy and humorous tale of what happens when the worlds of medicine, the law and the uninspired collide, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.