Thursday, October 14 – Thursday, October 21

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14

  Storytime for children ages 3 and up, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.   Monthly Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., hosted by the historic Aldersgate Retreat and Cultural Center, 925 Haverford. Chamber members are admitted free; nonmembers are $25.   Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.   Former District Attorney Gil Garcetti, now an accomplished photographer, discusses his latest book, ‘Paris Women and Bicycles,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Dressed with a quintessential French flair, Parisian women of all ages commute to work, run errands, meet friends for coffee, catch a movie, or go to the theater. Through snow, rain, and summer heat they eschew cars, doing their part to clear the air in the city of light.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15

  Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical ‘Oklahoma,’ starring Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae, screens at 1 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Free admission.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

  The Fall of Ai Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Alexander Tseitlin, inaugurates its first concert season, 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Church, 701 Palisades Dr. Admission is free, but reservations are required at fallofai.org. (See story, page 11.)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17

  The Village Green Committee holds athank-you party for the community, 2-3 p.m. on the Village Green, the pocket park between Sunset, Antioch and Swarthmore. Enjoy cookies and lemonade along with music by the town’s OomPaPa Band. Everyone is invited.   In memory of his mother and co-author Betty Lou Young, local historian and photographer Randy Young will present a slide show, 6 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Betty Lou, a longtime resident of Rustic Canyon who wrote books about the history of Pacific Palisades and campaigned to save the Santa Monica Mountains and other open spaces from development, died July 1 at the age of 91. Her book with Randy, ‘Pacific Palisades: From the Mountains to the Sea,’ has sold more copies than any other book at Village Books.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18

  Pacific Palisades resident John Sharer reads and signs his novel, ‘Honor Knows No Borders,’ which paints a vivid picture of life, intrigue, danger and death in 1941 wartime England and North Africa, 5 to 8 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19

  Season opening concert by Chamber Music Palisades features music by Ginastera, Barber and Schumann, 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda. Admission at the door: $30; students with ID are free. One evening highlight is the world premiere of Palisadian Peter Golub’s Quintet for Oboe, String Trio and Piano will be performed. (See stories, page 14.)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20

  Magician Tony Daniels provides an entertaining Read-to-Me L.A. program for children ages 3 and up, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

  Bo Caldwell, author of ‘Distant Land of My Father,’ returns to Village Books to discuss and sign her new novel, ‘City of Tranquil Light,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Having felt a call from God, Will Kiehn travels to the vast North China Plain in the early 20th-century, where he weds a fellow missionary, Katherine. Will their faith and relationship be enough to sustain them as the couple works to improve the lives of the people of Kuang P’ing Ch’eng?   Methodist Church Country Bazaar today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 801 Via de la Paz. (See story for details, page 16.)