THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Pacific Palisades resident Matt Miller discusses and signs his latest book, ‘The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra will perform the rarely heard ensemble arrangement of Gustave Mahler’s Fourth Symphony (with Rachelle Fox, soprano), plus Broughton’s Saloon Music, 8 p.m. in the sanctuary, 1031 Bienveneda. Tickets at the door: $25, adults; $10, students. Contact: 310-573-7422; visit www.stmatthews.com/musicguild MONDAY, MARCH 2 Palisadians Barbara and Ed Kanegsberg will present a photographic journey through the gardens of Italy to Palisades Garden Club members and guests, 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Palisadian Beverly Delott reads and signs ‘Pretty.Scary: Memoirs of a Plastic Surgery Consultant’ at 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. A memoir written under the nom de plume ‘Anne J.,’ this true story exposes the nightmarish excesses of doctors and patients alike, as one woman speaks out and tries to save what was nearly destroyed by the surgeon’s scalpel: her self-respect.
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