Thursday, February 3 – Thursday, February 10

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

  Author, commentator, broadcaster and filmmaker John Ziegler will talk about the current political climate at the Pacific Palisades Republican Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., in Luther Hall at the Lutheran Church, corner of Sunset and El Medio. The parking lot is entered off El Medio. Club officers will be elected at this meeting. Information: (310) 454-4345.   Pacific Palisades resident Betty Lussier discusses and signs ‘Intrepid Woman: Betty Lussier’s Secret War, 1942-1945,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. A college student in Maryland when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion. Armed with a private pilot’s license, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was soon ferrying planes and pilots for the RAF. Her experiences with a special liaison unit in Algeria, Sicily and France helping to set up a chain of double agents and transmit misinformation to the enemy are described in compelling detail.   An exhibit of Michael Degtjarewsky’s landscape photographs is at Mayberry, 1028 Swarthmore, through the month of February. A portion of sales proceeds will benefit Palisades Beautiful. (See story, page 18.)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4

  Corpus Christi Church Concerts presents ‘Concerto d’Amore,’ an evening of opera and song, 7:30 p.m. at the church, 880 Toyopa. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors, $15 for general admission. Contact: (818) 943-3150.   Theatre Palisades presents ‘The Diviners,’ 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2 p.m. through February 20. For tickets ($20-$16), call (310) 454-1970 or visit theatrepalisades.org.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6

  The Palisades Symphony will perform an all-Mozart concert, 7:30 p.m., Palisades High School’s Mercer Hall, 15777 Bowdoin. Admission is free. (See story, page 12.)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

  The Palisades Garden Club will host landscape designer/writer Diane Beeler in a discussion of low-cost/no-cost sustainable gardening at 7:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. (See story, page 12.)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

  Historical impressionist Peter Small will appear costumed as George Washington to address the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club and offer engaging vignettes of our first president’s life, 11:45 a.m., with lunch to follow at 12:30 p.m. (See story, page 12.)   American Legion Post 283 hosts the Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 15247 La Cruz. The public is invited. Non-Chamber members: $25.   Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association board meeting, 7 p.m. at the Rustic Canyon Park clubhouse, 601 Latimer Rd. The public is invited. ‘

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

  The Jazz Forum’s Danny Bergen and Friends will give a free one-hour concert at the monthly Palisades AARP meeting, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. The public is invited.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10

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