Thursday, July 30 – Thursday, August 6

THURSDAY, JULY 30

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy’s weekly Family Fun Campfire Night, featuring nature tales, campfire songs, games and, of course, marshmallows, 7 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park. Parking is $7, but the campfire is free. East Coast writer Adrienne Kane discusses and signs ‘Cooking and Screaming: Finding My Own Recipe for Recovery,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Kane, who blogs on nosherteria.com, provides a recipe-filled memoir about loss, recovery, and finding oneself through food and cooking. Theatre Palisades Youth’s production of ‘Annie, Jr.,’ 7:30 p.m. at the Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Performances continue July 31 and August 1 at 7:30 and August 2 at 2 p.m. For tickets ($12), call the box office at 310-454-1970. (See Sue Pascoe’s review, page 11.)

FRIDAY, JULY 31

‘Forrest Gump,’ the 1994 film featuring Pacific Palisades resident Tom Hanks, will screen at 1 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Dr. Admission is free. Fun Family Friday Nights, a free Palisades-Malibu YMCA community event series sponsored by the Palisades Rotary Club, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Simon Meadow in Temescal Gateway Park. Pre-registration is not required. Parking inside the park is $7. Tonight’s theme: Hawaiian Luau, featuring songs, games, sports and dinner. Contact: Nicole Rosenloecher at (310) 454-5591. PaliHi alumnus Denise Roig, author of ‘Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School,’ will discuss her book at 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. (See story, page 10.)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

The sixth annual Movies in the Park series debuts with ‘Men in Black,’ 8 p.m. on the Field of Dreams at the Palisades Recreation Center. Free admission.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

Palisadians Gavin MacLeod and Linda Jackson star in a reading of playwright Josh Greenfeld’s ‘Whooosh!,’ 7 p.m. at the Pierson Playhouse on Temescal Canyon Road. Tickets at the door: $15.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3

  Pajama Storytime, for children of all ages (parents and teddy bears welcome, too), 7 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

Story-Craft Time, ‘suggested’ for ages 4 and up, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. The Temescal Canyon Association’s summer evening hiking group will seek out the secret stairways of Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica Canyon. Meet in the Temescal Gateway parking lot at 6 p.m. for carpooling. No dogs! Expect to be back by 9 p.m. Information: temcanyon.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

Former newspaper reporter Deirdre Shaw discusses and signs ‘Love Or Something Like It,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Shaw’s insightful first novel (published by Random House) depicts a woman in her 30s redefining her life as she moves from New York to Hollywood, where she and Toby, a TV writer, share a Laurel Canyon cottage.’