Thursday, March 26 – Thursday, April 2

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., hosted by Affinity Bank, 15310 Sunset. Public invited. Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Robert Jameson discusses and signs ‘Keys to Joy-Filled Living,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. His book explores how to truly love yourself and have a healthy, long-term relationship.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

Kids Pajama Storytime, featuring Palisadian Teresa Ann Power reading and signing her new book, ‘The ABC’s of Yoga for Kids,’ 6:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.   Members of the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra will be joined by KUSC host Kimberlea Daggy, reciter, for a performance of William Walton’s satirical spoof ‘Facade,’ 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. Tickets ($25) at the door.   Last weekend to catch PaliHi’s production of ‘Honk!,’ the musical comedy based on Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Ugly Duckling,’ tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., in Mercer Hall on campus. For tickets (students, $10; adults, $15), e-mail palisadespublicity@gmail.com. (See review on page 12.)

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

Pacific Palisades playright and screeenwriter John Gay and his daughter Jennifer Gay Summers discuss and sign ‘Any Way I Can: 50 Years in Show Business,’ 3:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

TUESDAY, MARCH 31

Author Hank Rosenfeld discusses and signs ‘The Wicked Wit of the West,’ his entertaining book about the late Marx Brothers screenwriter Irving Brecher, who also punched up ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and created TV’s ‘The Life of Riley,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

Baby and Toddler Storytime, a lap-sit mix of songs, finger plays, stories, and flannelboards for children under the age of 3 and their grown-ups, 10:15 a.m. sharp in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Palisadian Kathy Jackson moderates a discussion of the Palisades Reads selection, ‘The Soloist: A Lost Dream, An Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music,’ by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books. The public is invited. (See story, page 12.)   Dr. Damon Raskin, a Pacific Palisades internist for 13 years, will talk about ‘Osteoporosis: Prevention and Treatment,’ 7 p.m. at Sunrise Senior Living, 15441 Sunset. Admission is free.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

New York writer Timothy Mason reads and signs his comical suspense novel for preteens, ‘The Last Synapsid,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Rob, 12, and his best friend Phoebe try to find out what’s been killing pets in their Colorado mountain town. What they find is The Last Synapsid, a squat dinosaur-like creature who claims he’s wandered into a time snag from his own era, 30 million years before the dinosaurs. Best for ages 8-12.