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MAY 17, 2013
An 8-Day Cultural People-to-People Exchange with WISE & Healthy Living
• Round trip air • First class hotels • 16 meals • Daily tours/admissions • UNESCO Sites • Professional drivers/guides
Thursday, 2/7 W E S T C H E S T E R DEMOCRATIC CLUB — presents a LA City candi-
dates forum at the club’s annual meeting/club elections event, all major Democratic candidates are scheduled, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, and Jan Perry for mayor, Mike Feuer for city attorney, Ron Galperin and Cary Brazeman for controller, Mike Bonin, Tina Hess and Odysseus Bostick for City Council District 11,Steve Zimmer and Kate Anderson for LAUSD school board, and Nancy Perlman for LA Community College District, each candidate will speak and take a few questions, at end of meeting, candidate for each city office will be endorsed, and club officers will be elected for 2013, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., doors open at 9:30 a.m. for registration and light refreshments, due to candidate’s obligations, meeting must begin promptly at 10 a.m., St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista, 90066, suggested donation $5, no one turned away, Information, Cara Robin, (310) 804-6854, www. westlademclub.org.
For information please call:
(310) 394-9871 WISE & Healthy Aging is a nonprofit social services organization.
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VENICE- ABBOT KINNEY MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY— presents STARS
storytelling and reading, Thursdays, Mondays, Tuesdays, trained volunteers read to children of all ages in Children’s Reading Room, call or visit branch for specific times, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 821-1769.
Friday, 2/8 haleARTS
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presents animator Charles Swenson (Rugrats), featured in a Valentine’s special group art exhibit, Love and Lust, opening reception 5 – 8 p.m., Swenson’s show features high-heeled stilettos, sexy, tied-up boots, and the classic nude, 2443 Main St., Santa Monica, (310) 314-8038, www.halearts.com.
VENICE- ABBOT KINNEY MEMORIAL BRANCH CONSCIOUS LIFE EXPO LIBRARY— presents Toddler — four day event through Storytime, stories, songs, stretches for newborns to 3-year-olds, 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and Chess Club, ages 6 – 15, all levels, parents welcome, 4:15 – 5:15 p.m., 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 821-1769.
VENICE HIGH SCHOOL — presents two events, coffee with the principal, special guest from the Education Service Center West, representative Grisell Brito, 8:30 a.m. – 10 am., in Parent Center, also Parenting the Adolescent, six workshops, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m., Parent Center, first workshop starts at 9:30 a.m.,
Monday, Feb. 11, features transformational lectures, panels and workshops with speakers, musicians, filmmakers, authors, visionaries exploring progress in wellness, science, spirituality, and healthy lifestyles, plus film festival, Program Latino, three exhibition halls, live music, healthy foods, LAX Hilton Hotel, 5711 Century Blvd., Westchester, 90045, Information, tickets, 1 (800) 367-5777, www.consciouslifeexpo.com.
charity fashion show, features models from every stage, toddlers, youth, adults, includes dance, spoken word, musical performances, hosted by TV star Amanda Jane Cooper, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres served 4 – 6 p.m., fashion show, 6 – 7 p.m., silent auction before and after fashion show, Santa Monica Place, inside the L3 space, third floor, 395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, parking in mall structure, directional signage for event, show ID during check-in, www.smywca.org.
SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY — prepare for disas-
ters with an informative puppet show featuring Big Bird, Elmo and the Sesame Street gang, question and answer after the show, program for ages 3 -11 a.m. – noon, Children’s Activity Room, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 458-8606.
VENICE HIGH SCHOOL — presents beautification, VHS needs your assistance, please volunteer, 8 a.m. – noon, any portion of time appreciated, sign in at front lawn with PTSA, bring your own gloves, brooms, rakes and rags, maps available when you sign up and join team, 13000 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista, Information, Parent Center (424) 272-7074, main office (310) 5774200.
YOGA VISTA STUDIO — presents Power in the Park
yoga for charity class, admission, donation only to benefit Huntington’s Disease Society of America, registration, 9 a.m., starts at 9:30 a.m., Information, Concert Park, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista, (310) 862-0444, www.yogavista.com.
YWCA
CITY OF SANTA MONICA — celebrates grand SANTA
Understanding Principles for Better Living
Rev. Della Reese Lett
MONICA/WESTSIDE — presents Valentine’s Day
Saturday, 2/9
The UP Church
• Modern motor coaches • Cuba entry visa • World Famous Tropicana Show included and more ...
Download the itinerary at www.wiseandhealthyaging.org
competency-based course offers overview of developmental needs of adolescents and challenges/ rewards of parenting a teenager and state of life, physical, emotional, social and dynamics, family crises, role of schools and community resources, 13000 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista, Information, Parent Center (424) 272-7074, main office (310) 577-4200.
“Faith, Hope, Love — the greatest of these is Love.”
Sunday Services at 1:00 pm Meeting at First Lutheran Church, 600 W. Queen, Inglewood
Church website: www.UPChurch.org
opening from Nielson Way to Lincoln Boulevard, Ocean Park Boulevard has been turned into a Complete Green Street, the final concept, partly funded by Measure V, includes range of improvements to enhance streetscape environment that’s pedestrianfriendly, bicycle-oriented, attractive, green, environmental benefits such as capturing volumes of urban runoff from entering Santa Monica Bay, live jazz, bicycle demonstrations, bicycle-made ice cream, Santa Monica Spoke bike ride down green lanes, speakers, Terry O’Day, mayor pro tem, Ocean Park Assoc. representative, Cynthia Rose, Santa Monica Spoke, 2 p.m., in front