THURSDAY, June 30
Closing night at Village Books features Sugar Ray Leonard, the town’s new honorary mayor, who will sign his autobiography (co-authored with Michael Arkush), ‘The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring,’ at 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. A celebration of the store and its owner, Katie O’Laughlin, will follow at about 8:15 p.m., hosted by Arkush and his wife, Pauletta Walsh.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
Theatre Palisades presents the Stephen Sondheim comic musical ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,’ 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd., through July 10. Performances will be 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. For tickets ($20-24) call (310) 454-1970 or visit theatrepalisades.org.
MONDAY, JULY 4
Palisades-Will Rogers 5K/10K Runs, 8:15 a.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center entrance. The half-mile kids’ run starts at 9:15 a.m.
VIP pre-parade luncheon, 12:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church courtyard, 801 Via de la Paz.
Fourth of July parade, ‘Red, White and Palisades Blue,’ starting at 2 p.m. from Bowdoin and Via de la Paz.
Palisades Rocks the Fourth pre-fireworks concert, 6:30 p.m. in Palisades High’s football stadium. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Traditional fireworks display by Pyro Spectaculars, 9 p.m. Admission: $2 per person.
TUESDAY, JULY 6
The Temescal Canyon Association hikers will take the beautiful Los Liones Trail to capture the views from the East Topanga Fire Road. Meet at 6 p.m. in the Temescal Gateway parking lot. Visit: temcanyon.org.
THURSDAY, JULY 7
Story-Craft Time, ‘suggested’ for ages 4 and up, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.
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