Fun for the whole family. Carnival Games, Rides, Live Music, Delicious Food, and More! Walk-n-ride from town. Catch the suttle at LaCruz and Swarthmore!

Ellen, the wife of a successful author, has herself just written a sizzling tell-all autobiography and assembles four of her closest East Coast friends to her Malibu beach house to read it. Imagine their surprise as they read their own secrets exposed…then step back and watch the sparks fly! A sharply funny play that pokes fun at both the Malibu Colony and New York sensibilities. The Supporting Cast runs the gamut from slapstick to satire-a hilarious play not to be missed!

The 2012 FILManthropy Festival Showcasing Films that Inspire and Raise Awareness to Create a Better World. Open your eyes and your heart at the FILManthropy Society’s 3rd annual FILManthropy Festival. This unique event is a canvas for instigating and inspiring change by showcasing films that inspire, educate, raise awareness and motivate, so that audiences may open their minds and their hearts to creating a better world. The FILManthropy Festival encourages patrons to not only watch these inspiring films, but to do something – to work for change. Each filmmaker attaches a charity to his/her film and 100% of the Festival’s net proceeds are distributed between the winning filmmakers’ charities.

Summer at Brentwood is a day program that provides a safe and nurturing environment where students entering Kindergarten-12th Grade can engage in a broad range of classes, sports, and activities within a vibrant and diverse community. We offer Day Camp,Sport Camp, Middle Division Academic and Service Camps, Upper Division Credit Courses. Programs begin at 8am and we offer extended care until 5pm. Registration and detailed information online: www.summeratbrentwood.com 310-873-1045

Join Marymount High School for a fun-filled summer taking classes such Theatrical Performance, Creative Writing, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Digital Photography, InDesign, Writing, Public Speaking, Engineering & Robotics and more! Marymount SUMMER runs from June 25- July 27 and is geared toward students entering grades 6-9. Come for a week, come for the SUMMER!!

ts back!!! Palisades Recreation has not had a Sports Camp in years. We have put together a fun-filled camp that is geared towards sports and game. Have a child who cannot get enough sports and games? Send them to Palisades Recreation Summer 2012 Sports Camp. A wide variety of Summer Camp activities are offered. Campers will enjoy a wide range of sports skills and active games.

Stories, fingerplays, rhymes: bulding reading skills while having fun. Program FREE all are welcome. READ MORE for complete schedule and events.

Watch a fabulous film with your friends. Film is picked by the Teen Council. Call 310-459-2754 for more information. Bring your own snacks and sit back and relaxt and watch a movie. Read More for title and complete information.

The Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club is hosting the World Monuments Fund at their clubhouse. They are the leading private organization devoted to saving the world’s most treasured places. For the Palisades community, they will present some of the fascinating themes and sites highlighted by the 2012 World Monuments Watch, telling compelling stories of human aspiration, imagination, and adaptation. It will be a wonderful evening and take the audience to faraway places. Must RSVP to Kristin Sibson at kristin.sibson@gmail.com

Everyone is invited to explore our exotic and adventurous English sea port town! We have over 1500 costumed performers, 150 booths with crafts, hand-powered rides, games, hearty English ales, fine wines and gourmet foods. For more info call 626-969-4750 or go online at www.renfair.com/socal…

Strawberry pizza anyone? A delicious destination for family fun, the 29th Annual CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL gets underway May 19 and 20. Among the nation’s top outdoor events, the Festival serves up a menu of delectable strawberry delights, along with concerts on two stages, Strawberryland For Kids with free rides and attractions, gooey contests, 200+ Fine Arts & Crafts booths, the Strawberry Promenade with cooking demonstrations, the Green Scene, and more…

Hamilton Galleries and Tony Shalhoub present One-Night only 100cameras, Exhibition Fundraiser: Through the Lens of a Child. 100cameras Gives Cameras to Marginalized Children and teaches them how to them how to tell their story through photography. Come see their perspective. Come celebrate their voice. It will be an evening to enjoy good wine, honor stories of children and purchase their photography to raise funds to better their communities.

What is experimental accordion? For Amy Denio, it has included playing accordion and saxophone and accompanying herself using extended vocal techniques since the late 80′s, making music that dips and swings through world and folk music traditions and avant-garde jazz.

The Santa Monica Festival offers an eclectic mix of live music and dance, DIY art workshops with recycled and repurposed materials, guilt-free shopping featuring earth friendly artistic wares and local services offered by a variety of City, environmental and local non-profit organizations.

Mangos are starting to roll into the markets, cheap and delicious! Modernize a classic Caprese salad by adding ripe mango chunks to your fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil. You can dust with a touch of truffle salt, or a splash of your insanely expensive balsamic, or eat it naked. It’s all good.

Spend your Memorial Day weekend with us! The Malibu High School Theatre Department presents 9 to 5: The Musical, an adaptation of Dolly Parton’s 1980 classic comedy film. Three female employees, tired of trying to move up the corporate ladder in a male dominated world, team up against their sexist boss in this hilarious workplace revenge comedy. Reserved seats for 9 to 5: The Musical are $20 for adults and $15 for students/seniors.

A powerful, moving and humorous study of a lovable, curmudgeon. Colonel Kincaid is the oldest living graduate of the Mirabeau B. Lamar Military Academy. Confined to a wheelchair, he resists the loss of his ideals and values.

Walk for Warriors is a fun, community-oriented 5K run/walk to take place on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 at the West LA Veterans Affairs Campus. Proceeds from Walk for Warriors will help New Directions provide transitional services for returning veterans. By participating in Walk for Warriors, you will help support our nation’s veterans and the thousands of men and women who are currently serving our country.

This is an all-trail race which is rugged and steep in parts and which takes place in one of the most beautiful State Parks in the Santa Monica Mountains. Note that Race Day parking is limited — please carpool! All proceeds to benet youths sport and tness in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Make the most of your OUTDOORS experience in the Santa Monica Mountains. Read More to link to the events calendar and search for National Park Service programs in the recreation area near you.

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Every Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., there will be basic computer classes taught by our computer aide. Need to sign-up in advance. Call 310/459-2754 for more information.

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