PPTFH Online Community Meeting | Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness will host its next online community meeting on the topic of “Together on a New Path” on Monday, November 13, from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
Featured speakers include PPTFH 2024 Co-Chairs Carmen Kallberg and Cindi Young, The People Concern CEO John Maceri, and LAPD Captain Richard Gabaldon.
“We invite you to hear our featured speakers discuss the restructuring of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness,” read a statement from PPTFH. “As new leadership steps forward, the task force, along with The People Concern and LAPD, will continue to compassionately and effectively address homelessness in Pacific Palisades.”
More information and a link to register can be found at palisadeshomeless.org.
—SARAH SHMERLING
‘Little Women’ | Pali High
Performances of “Little Women” at Palisades Charter High School will continue through Saturday, November 11.
The play, by Kate Hamill, is adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
“Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady. She’s indecorous and headstrong, and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist,” according to a synopsis on the Pali High website. “In a war-torn world defined by gender, class and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.”
Performances will take place on November 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. in Mercer Hall. Tickets are $17 for general admission, $10 for students and $25 for VIP.
For additional information or to purchase a ticket, visit go.palihigh.org/gofan.
—SARAH SHMERLING
PPLA Updates | Palisades Branch Library
Pacific Palisades Library Association announced a plan for the return of its Palisades Branch Library parking lot book sales in early 2024, and is now seeking “committed volunteers” to receive and sort book donations one to two times per month.
“Volunteers must be able to safely and comfortably lift and move boxes of books,” according to a statement from PPLA. “We will need at least two or three volunteers for each shift. Volunteers will receive and sort donations at tables set up in the library parking lot on scheduled donation days.”
Four volunteer shifts will be available beginning in January: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12 to 3 p.m. An orientation will take place for all volunteers in December.
For more information or to sign up to volunteer, email wendypacpal@yahoo.com.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Free Community Concert | The Village
Chamber Music Palisades will host a free community concert on Sunday, November 19, beginning at 3 p.m. at Pacific Palisades United Methodist Church, located at 801 Via De La Paz.
“This program includes several ever-popular pieces, as part of our outreach efforts to help people become familiar with and appreciate classical music,” according to the CMP website.
The concert will feature a “world-class, professional” woodwind quintet—comprised of a flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn—as well as KUSC-FM host Alan Chapman, who will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.”
“Other works on the program are ‘Carmen Variations’ by Georges Bizet, ‘Animalogy’ by local composer Adrienne Albert, ‘The Entertainer’ by Scott Joplin, ‘The Pink Panther’ by Henry Mancini and excerpts from ‘Quintet’ by Jacques Ibert,” the CMP website continued.
The special concert is sponsored in part by Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club. It is free to attend, but donations will be accepted at the door as well as online at cmpalisades.org.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Senior Writing Group | Palisades Branch Library
Kathy Katims, founder of Saved By A Story, will lead a two-part Senior Writing Group at Palisades Branch Library on November 13 and 27 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
“Write, share (if you want), draft stories and workshop them,” according to a statement from Palisades Branch Library. “If you’ve been thinking of trying to put yourself on paper, this is your chance.”
Saved By A Story is a “salon-style reading series” designed for writers, storytellers and songwriters.
“Sometimes hilarious, often heart wrenching and always meaningful, each event, held in an intimate setting, raises money to help people in underserved communities tell their stories,” according to its website.
Space is limited, so RSVPs can be sent to kathleenkatims@gmail.com. —SARAH SHMERLING
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