FRIDAY, APRIL 4 Volunteers are invited to join a two-day project to revitalize Will Rogers State Historic Park, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday. Work teams will paint fences, whitewash the barn, and perform cleanup and minor repairs. Lunch provided. Opening night for the Palisades Charter High School Drama Department’s spring musical, ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie,’ 7 p.m., in Mercer Hall. Tickets at the door $10; preferred seating $15. Additional performances are April 5 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and April 10, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. J. Michael Walker discusses and signs ‘All the Saints of the City of Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Playfully borrowing from various artistic genres, this beautifully offbeat volume peels back layers of Western history to reveal the humanity underneath. Theatre Palisades presents Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off,’ 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, through May 11 at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Ticket prices: Friday and Sunday, adults $16, seniors and students $14; Saturday, adults $18, seniors and students $16. Tickets: (310) 454-1970 or visit theatrepalisades.org. Concert by the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m. in the church sanctuary, 1031 Bienveneda. The program features Aaron Copland’s “The Tender Land” with soprano Diane Plaster and tenor Daniel Plaster, as well as music by Vivaldi and Handel. Admission at the door: $25. SATURDAY, APRIL 5 The Jazz Forum and friends host a third annual tribute to ‘Rosy’ McHargue, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. All proceeds benefit the McHargue Memorial Scholarship Fund. Admission is $30 for nonmembers, which includes a buffet lunch. Reservations: (310) 395-1471 or (310) 829-9789. SUNDAY, APRIL 6 An interfaith blood donation and bone marrow/stem-cell donor screening, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kehillat Israel Synagogue, 16019 Sunset Blvd. Register to donate a pint of blood and get screened (a simple cheek swab) as a potential bone marrow or blood stem-cell donor by calling (310) 459-2328. MONDAY, APRIL 7 Florist Tom Nuccio will talk about azaleas at the Palisades Garden Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. Refreshments will be served. TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Singer and comedienne Cali Rose will entertain at the Woman’s Club meeting in the clubhouse, 901 Haverford Ave. The meeting begins at 11 a.m., followed by the program and luncheon at 11:45. Reservations: (310) 454-7144. Three speakers will offer advice about how to nurture sustainable gardens and landscaping, 7 p.m. at Calvary Christian School on Palisades Drive. (See story, page 3.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 Monthly meeting of the Palisades AARP chapter, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Public invited. THURSDAY, APRIL 10 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Public invited. Pioneer TV news reporter Stan Chambers discusses his memoir, ‘KTLA’s News at 10: 60 Years With Stan Chambers’ (co-authored by Lynn Price), 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.
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