TODAY’S LIVING BEST BETS

FASHION

A trunk show of Oscar de la Renta’s spring collection. Today, Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills. Noon. (310) 550-5900.

DISCUSSION

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Ford gives a talk Friday at the Skirball Cultural Center, L.A. (310) 335-0917.

HISTORY

Scenes from 18th century life will be reenacted Saturday and Sunday at San Marino’s Huntington Library. (626) 405-2141.

FILM

Vittorio De Sica’s classic “The Bicycle Thief” screens today at the Nuart Theater, L.A. (310) 478-6379.

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