Thursday, March 10 – Thursday, March 17

THURSDAY, MARCH 10

  Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. Palisadian Lynn Borland discusses and signs ‘Gilmour Dobie: The Pursuit of Perfection,’ a biography of the legendary yet relatively unknown football coach whose teams at the University of Washington went undefeated from 1908 to 1916.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

  Traditional Pancake Breakfast to launch the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association season, 7:30 a.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real. Tickets are $5; the community camaraderie is free. (See story, page 8.)

MONDAY, MARCH 14

   ‘Randy Young and the Mystery of Murphy Ranch,’ 7 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon. The Pacific Palisades Historical Society invites residents to learn about this once self-contained compound, built by Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s in Rustic Canyon. Refreshments served. Visit: pacificpalisadeshistory.org.

  Moonday, a monthly Westside poetry reading, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Come early to sign up for open mike. Visit: moondaypoetry.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15

  Monthly meeting of the Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association, 7 p.m. in the Gallery Room at the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center. The public is invited.

  The monthly Culture in the Canyon series features a free talk by Dr. David Lynch about the origin, mechanics and impact of the web of fault lines connecting us to the San Andreas Fault, 7 p.m. in Woodland Hall in Temescal Gateway Park. Admission and parking are free. Contact: (310) 454-1395.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16

  Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be guest speaker at a special breakfast gathering for Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce members, 8:30a.m. at the Aldersgate Retreat Center on Haverford Avenue. Reservations: (310) 459-7963.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17

  Storytime for children ages 3 and up, Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.