Guide to the Week Ahead by LATimes.Com

Events on the InternetToday

* 6 p.m.: Miss America 1999, Nicole Johnson, leads a chat on diabetes awareness. Johnson was 19 when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

https://www.planetrx.com/community/specialguests/default.html

Friday

* 3:30 p.m.: Chat live with the pomo-folk-hop-funk king, Beck, whose slamming new release “Midnite Vultures” has just dropped.

https://www.spin.com

Saturday

* 11 a.m.: Take a virtual trip to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for a live Webcast from the exhibition: “Body Art: Marks of Identity.” Panelists will discuss body art and its relationship to trends and beauty.

https://www.discovery.com/exp/humancanvas/live.html

Sunday

* 6 p.m.: Is your pet looking for a place to meet other pets online? Send him to this “No Hoo-Mans Allowed” online chat to meet up with other cyberpups or kittens.

https://www.acmepet.com/chat

Monday

* 9 a.m.: Join NPR Online and the Kentucky Author Forum for an online chat with John Glenn. The former U.S. senator and astronaut has just released his autobiography, “John Glenn: A Memoir.”

https://chat.yahoo.com/c/events/info/1999 /12/13/121399glenn.html

Tuesday

* 1 p.m.: In 1997, Bob Chase, president of the National Education Assn., announced the advent of “New Unionism,” a movement to reduce labor-management conflict and improve school quality. On this edition of “The Merrow Report,” John Merrow and Chase discuss the movement and the past, present and future of the NEA.

https://www.pbs.org/merrow/tmr_radio/unionism

Wednesday

* 12 p.m.: Watch a live interview with the amazing “8,000 Meter Man,” Ed Viesturs, who will discuss his recent travels and his quest to become the first American to climb 14 of the world’s tallest peaks.

https://www.mountainzone.com/live