Palisades Neighborhood News

In collaboration with nationwide Fridays for Future events, students from Palisades Charter High School and other area schools will make their way up Temescal Canyon Road to Palisades Village Green in a parade for climate justice on Friday, September 15.

“The youth are rising up, just like our oceans, in a climate march,” according to an announcement. The march will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 6 p.m.

Locally founded environmental organization Resilient Palisades announced its support of the Pali High students, and will be setting up a table and helping close off the street ahead of time.

“Please join us … as we show our kids that we care about the climate too and are willing to show up to support a better future for our youth,” according to Resilient Palisades. “Kids and adults of all ages are encouraged to attend. Parents, please spread the word at your kids’ schools.”

—LILY TINOCO

The 27th season of Chamber Music Palisades will begin on Wednesday, September 20, with an “exciting” program—Music from Many Countries—in the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s Parish.

The concert will feature a tango by Piazzolla and danzas by Ginastera, both from Argentina;“Fantasia” by Italian Castelnuovo-Tedesco; “Tarantelle” by French composer Saint-Saens; and other pieces featuring flute, clarinet, guitar and piano.

“Enjoy the sounds of our extraordinary performers: Kenton Youngstrom, guitar professor at the Colburn School, Pierre Long-Tao Tang, conductor and pianist at Pepperdine University, Michele Zukovsky, former principal clarinet with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and Susan Greenberg, former flutist Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, principal flute at Santa Monica Symphony, and president and artistic director of Chamber Music Palisades,” according to a press release.

Tickets will be available for $35 online or at the door at St. Matthew’s Parish, located at 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. Full-time students will be admitted free of charge with an ID.

For more information, visit cmpalisades.org.

—LILY TINOCO

‘Layer Up’ Clothing Drive | Palisades Village

Volunteer Collective will be collecting donations in Pacific Palisades as part of its Layer Up Warm Clothing Drive, beginning September 15 through September 25.

Volunteer Collective will be collecting new and gently used warm clothes, shoes, new socks, scarves, hats and blankets. Community members can bring these items to the donation box located at Erewhon, at 15285 Sunset Boulevard.

Donation boxes will also be located all across Los Angeles County. For more information, or to find another collection site, visit bit.ly/VCLayerUp. —LILY TINOCO

Community members can give blood by making an appointment to donate at American Legion Ronald Reagan – Palisades Post 283, which is hosting a Community Blood Drive for American Red Cross on Tuesday, September 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Donors can choose between donating Power Red, a donation that collects the red cells but returns most of the plasma and platelets to the donor, or Blood, where approximately one pint of blood is given.

As the Palisadian-Post went to print Tuesday evening, 25 appointments were open.

For more information or to make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Post283.

—LILY TINOCO

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine will observe International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 17, by hosting inspirational services for the first time since 2019.

Lake Shrine events include “World Peace Meditation” at 10 a.m. at the hilltop temple, followed by the “Offering a Gift of Peace to Our World” service at 11 a.m. and a ceremonial release of white doves after the service at 12 p.m.

“It’s beautiful and quite emotional for those attending,” Brother Satyananda said in a statement.

All events are open to the public. Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is located at 17080 Sunset Boulevard. For more information, visit lakeshrine.org or call 310-454-4114.

—LILY TINOCO