THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Santa Monica Canyon resident Gabe Rotter discusses and signs his debut novel, ‘Duck Duck Wally,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Movies in the Afternoon features ‘Now, Voyager,’ starring Bette Davis, at 1 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Free admission. Palisades Beautiful meeting, 10 a.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Upcoming neighborhood tree planting will be discussed. Members, friends and the general public are welcome. Contact: www.palisadesbeautiful@earthlink.net.’ Final ‘Read to Me L.A.’ preschooler & parent Storytime, suggested for children ages 3 to 5 and their adults, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. St. Matthew’s annual Christmas Faire, 6 p.m. in the Sprague Center at St. Matthew’s Parish, 1031 Bienveneda. Theatre Palisades presents Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit ‘The Unexpected Guest,’ Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., through December 16 at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Call (310) 454-1970 for ticket information, or go to www.theatrepalisades.org. (See story, page 16). SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Fourth and final flu-shot clinic, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Knolls Pharmacy on Marquez Avenue. Cost: $25. No appointments necessary. Volunteers are invited to join the monthly work party on the community-owned Village Green, 9 to 11 a.m. Just bring shears and gloves. Contact: Marge Gold at 459-5167. Center for the Jazz Arts is providing live jazz music at Tivoli Caf’ each Saturday in November from 8 to 11 p.m. at the caf’,15306 Sunset. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Annual fall fashion show benefiting the Sisters of St. Louis and hosted by the St. Louis League board at Corpus Christi Church, 11 a.m. at the Riviera Country Club. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 The new Classics Under 200 Pages Book Club will discuss Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Notes from Underground,’ 6:45 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 7:30 p.m., Corpus Christi Church, corner of Sunset and Carey. Public invited. Refreshments will be served. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Orchid grower and habitat conservationist Peter Tobias addresses the Malibu Orchid Society, 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. (See story, page 12.) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 A weekly writing meeting for all 12-Step programs or anyone with a habitual problem or illness, 7 to 8 p.m. at 16730 Bollinger. Every third Saturday there’s a three-hour writing workshop at 9 a.m., same address. Contacts: (310) 454-5138 or info@12stepsforeverybody.org.
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