Thursday, April 28 – Thursday, May 5

THURSDAY, April 28

  The Palisadian-Post’s Citizen of the Year dinner, also featuring the Community Council Sparkplug Awards presentation, 6:15 p.m. (social hour) at the American Legion Hall on La Cruz. The event is sold out.   Palisades High students will display their ceramics, drawings, paintings and photographs during the school’s annual Art Showcase from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Mercer Hall on campus. The choir, marching band, jazz band and dancers will also perform. The public is invited to attend.   Pacific Palisades resident Fredde Duke and her childhood friend Debi Fries discuss their book, ‘Love, Mom Love, Dad,’ a colorful collection of love letters from parents to their children, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

  Pacific Palisades resident Alan Eisenstock discusses ‘In Stitches,’ the book he co-authored with Anthony Youn, M.D., 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.   Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors,’ a Theatre Palisades production directed by Sherman Wayne, continues Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., through May 8 at the Pierson Playhouse, Haverford at Temescal Canyon Road. Ticket reservations: (310) 454-1970 and www.theatrepalisades.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30

  Friends of the Palisades Library book sale, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the library parking lot, 861 Alma Real.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

  Vivian’s Boutique and Carly K’s will feature spring ensembles for a mother-daughter fashion show to benefit the Westside Food Bank, 11:30 a.m. in Tauxe Hall at the Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. Tickets ($10-$20) are available at Carly K’s on Swarthmore, Vivian’s Boutique on Via de la Paz or the Methodist Church office. Contact: Jan Gentry at (310) 351-5288.   The Palisades Symphony Orchestra will feature Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach in a program with the Brentwood Palisades Chorale, 7:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. Admission is free.

MONDAY, MAY 2

  Leslie Jamison discusses her novel, ‘The Gun Closet,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Originally from Los Angeles, Jamison attended Harvard and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in English literature at Yale.

TUESDAY, MAY 3

  Theatre Palisades presents ‘The Letter Writer,’ a play by Palisades High School teacher Steve Yusi, at 7:30 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse on Haverford Avenue, as part of the second annual Palisades Playwrights Festival.   Christine Schwab reads and signs ‘Take Me Home from the Oscars,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Schwab writes about her ordeal with rheumatoid arthritis and her need to hide it from people for years because she was a well-known television personality, deeply embedded in the world of Hollywood, where any disfigurement and disease spells ‘end of career.’   Chamber Music Palisades concludes its season with music by Damian Montano, Beethoven and Johann Hummel, 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

  Storytime, a lap-sit mix of songs, finger plays, stories and flannelboards for babies and toddlers under the age of 3 and their grown-ups, 10:15 a.m., Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real.   Celebrated New York Times.com food columnist Martha Rose Shulman discusses her new book, ‘The Very Best of Recipes for Health,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

  Celebrating Children’s Book Week, author-illustrator Deborah Nourse Lattimore presents an ‘art-ful’ program for children ages 5 and up, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.