Thursday, September 20 – Thursday, September 27

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

  Family storytime for children ages 3 and up, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Stories, fingerplays and rhymes: building reading skills while having fun.

  The Pacific Palisades Library Association’s Author Series hosts Palisadian James Jennewein, co-author of the popular ‘RuneWarriors’ series, 6:30 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Contact: (310) 459-2754. Jennewein’s books are aimed at middle-school readers, but the evening promises to provide fun and entertainment for all ages as he takes his audience on a trip to the ancient Viking world.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

  Palisades Beautiful holds its monthly board meeting, 3 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Residents are invited to attend if they have a problem with parkway trees on their street, want to have a designated parkway tree planted in front of their homes, or are interested in joining the new Palisades Tree Task Force that will address the growing number of serious street-tree problems in the community.

  ‘Twelve Angry Men,’ a Theatre Palisades production directed by Sherry Coon, 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd., through October 14. Tickets: Friday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.: adults $18, seniors and students $16; Saturday at 8 p.m.: adults $20, seniors and students $18. Box office: (310) 454-1970 or visit www.theatrepalisades.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

  Kids, teens and adults are invited to the monthly Harry Potter Film Festival s it screens the third of eight films, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,’ 2 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Admission is free. Join in the fun and play the Harry Potter Trivia Quiz and possibly win a prize. Ask for the quiz at the Reference Desk and bring it completed to the movie.

  The public is invited to join an easy one-mile walk in Temescal Gateway Park and discover how the Chumash used the natural resources of their environment for thousands of years to create a sustainable way of life, 4 p.m. Meet at the entrance parking lot off Sunset. Parking is $7.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

  Monthly meeting of the Pacific Palisades Civic League, 7:30 p.m. in Tauxe Hall at the Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. The public is invited. New business: 15300 Earlham St. (new two-story residence with basement). Old business: 1034 Fiske (new two-story addition, 1017 Iliff (new two-story residence) and 1027 Iliff (new two-story residence), all tabled last meeting.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

  Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. The guest speaker will be Kevin James, a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles in next year’s election.