THURSDAY, JUNE 5 – THURSDAY, JUNE 12

` THURSDAY, JUNE 5 Author Susan O’Brien will discuss and sign her ‘The Gluten-Free Vegan’ and ‘Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Cooking’ cookbooks, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. FRIDAY, JUNE 6 California Court of Appeal Judge Arthur Gilbert, a resident of Pacific Palisades, discusses ‘Under Submission,’ a collection of his essays published in The Daily Journal, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Final concert of the season by the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra and Choir, featuring music of Handel, Vaughan Williams and Persichetti, 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda. Admission at the door: $25. SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Reception for Cynthia Baskin and her exhibit of abstract art, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Palisades Symphony Orchestra holds its 38th Annual Young Artists Concert, 7:30 p.m. at Palisades High School’s Mercer Hall. Admission is free. MONDAY, JUNE 9 Moonday, a monthly Westside poetry reading, will feature poets Holaday Mason and Robert Carroll, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See story, page 13.) TUESDAY, JUNE 10 The Temescal Canyon Association hiking group will ascend Mandeville Canyon to visit the 1950’s missile site on San Vicente Peak. Public invited. Meet for carpooling at 6 p.m. in the Temescal Gateway parking lot. No dogs. Expect to be back between 8 and 9 p.m. Contacts: visit temcanyon.org or call (310) 459-5931. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 Monthly meeting of the Pacific Palisades AARP chapter, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Public invited. THURSDAY, JUNE 12 Greg Wood, the chief business officer at Palisades Charter High School, will speak at the Palisades Rotary Club breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m. at Gladstone’s restaurant on PCH at Sunset. Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Palisadian Norman Thrower discusses ‘Maps & Civilizations: Cartography in Culture and Society,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.