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TODAY

GLENDALE

A tai chi beginners class begin at 8:30 a.m. weekly at the First

Congregational Church of Glendale, 2001 Canada Blvd. The cost is $4.

For more information, call 243-2109.

The Voices of the Past Quilt Club meets from 9 to 10 a.m. the

second Saturday of the month through April at Quilt ‘n’ Things, 2411

Honolulu Ave., Montrose. For more information, call 957-2287.

The Roger Barkley Community Center holds the 35th annual Holiday

Ceramics Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday at the Roger Barkley Community Center, 4469 Chevy Chase

Drive, La Canada Flintridge. More than 50 artists will show and sell

their creations. For more information, call 790-4353.

The YWCA of Glendale holds a women’s designer apparel fund-raiser

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Regency Room, 735 E. Lexington Ave.

Admission is free. For more information, call 242-4155 ext. 220.

Glendale Galleria holds Build-A-Bear and Nesquik Holiday Tea Party

with Santa from 9 to 10 a.m. at 2148 Glendale Galleria. The event

will have special arts and crafts, a visit with Santa and holiday

treats. The event is open to the public. For more information, call

240-9481.

Duplicate bridge games are at 1 p.m. weekly at the Regency Bridge

Club, 303 W. Glenoaks Blvd. Card games and refresh- ments are $6;

first-timers play for free. For reservations and more information,

call 500-8669.

Borders Books Music & Cafe holds story time for children

featuring readings of picture books and activities at 1 p.m. weekly

at the bookstore, 100 S. Brand Blvd. For more information, call

241-8099.

Glendale Beautiful and the Parks, Recreation and Community

Services Division holds a pinata party from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is

open to the public and admission is free. For more information, call

502-9080.

Glendale Community College Ceramics Department holds a holiday

ceramics sale from 1 to 5 p.m. at 1500 N. Verdugo Road. For more

information, call 240-1000, ext. 5543.

Glendale Community College presents its Faculty/Alumni Dance

Production at 2 and 8 p.m. today, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at 1500 N.

Verdugo Road. Admission is open to all except children younger than

5. Seating is limited on a first-come, first-served basis. For more

information, call 240-1000.

Library Grandparents read stories to children of all ages from 3

to 4:30 p.m. weekly at Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St.

For more information, call 548-2035.

Glendale Beautiful and the city’s Parks, Recreation and Community

Services Division holds the annual Christmas Open House and Fiesta de

Las Luminarias (Festival of Lights) from 5 to 8 p.m. through Sunday,

at the Casa Adobe de San Rafael, 1330 Dorothy Drive. The event is

open to the public and admission is free. For more information, call

502-9080.

LA CRESCENTA

La Crescenta Women’s Club Juniors presents the 11th Annual

Breakfast with Santa from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the La Crescenta

Women’s Clubhouse, 404 La Crescenta Ave. Admission is $7 per person.

For more information, call 353-2245.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

Descanso Gardens offers a Holiday Family Brunch with seating on

the hour at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. at 1418 Descanso Drive. Brunch tickets

are $25, $15 for children. For reservations and more information,

call 790-3663.

SUNDAY

GLENDALE

The Glendale Adventist Medical Center has a holiday boutique sale

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 300 Vallejo Drive. The event raises funds

for the Annual Children’s Party. For more information, call 409-3513.

The Writers and Authors Group meets at 9:30 a.m. weekly at Barnes

& Noble Booksellers, 245 N. Glendale Ave. For more information, call

246-4677.

The Glendale Church of Religious Science presents the Hollywood

Hornets to teach swing dancing from noon to 1 p.m. in Egger Hall,

2145 E. Chevy Chase Drive. All four classes are $50 per person,

individual classes are $20. For more information, call 244-8171.

The Young Readers and Writers Workshop meets at 1:30 p.m. the

first Sunday of the month at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E.

Harvard St. The event, for children 8 to 14, will focus on writing

school compositions, short stories, screenplays, news and feature

stories and photojournalism. Admission is free. For more information,

call 548-2030.

Glendale Community College presents a Faculty/Alumni Dance

Performance at 2 p.m. at 1500 N. Verdugo Road. This event is free

and open to the public. The dancers are students and artists, with

choreography by faculty, alumni, students and guests. For more

information, call 551-5161.

The Assn. Of Latin American Students is sponsoring a Pena from 4

to 7 p.m. in the Glendale Community College J. W. Smith Student

Center Conference Room, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. The event features

Andean music by Esmeralda, exhibits, books and CDs, crafts and Latin

American food. Admission is $10, $5 for students and parents with

children. For more information, call 240-1000, ext. 5470.

The First Baptist Church of Glendale presents “Simple Gifts” at 6

p.m. at 725 N. Central Ave. The play is a comedy written by Brandon

Oropallo and directed by Richard Hartman. For more information, call

246-2408.

The Alex Theatre will play host to the 28th Annual Merry Tuba

Christmas at 6:30 p.m. at 216 N. Brand Blvd. The event is free and

open to the public. For more information, call 243-2539.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

The Towne Singers of La Canada presents its 16th annual holiday

concert at 4:30 p.m. at the Lanterman Center for the Performing Arts,

4490 Cornishon Ave. Tickets are $15. For more information, call

790-7017.

Descanso Gardens holds the first of Two Family Nights from 5:30 to

8:30 p.m. at 1418 Descanso Drive. Garden general admission is $7,

$3.50 for children. For more information, call 949-4200.

MONDAY

GLENDALE

Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center holds an Annual Toy

and Food Drive for its adopted school family, Cerritos Elementary

School, through Dec. 12 at 1420 S. Central Ave. The hospital is open

24 hours for drop-off donations. For more information, call 502-2373.

The art exhibit “Scissors, Paper, Rock” runs through Dec. 12 at

Glendale Community College Art Gallery, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. Echiko

Ohira, Yoshikawa, Todd Frahm, Douglas Tharalson and Nobuya Okuda will

display their artwork made from stone, steel and paper. Gallery hours

are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays. Admission is free. For more information,

call 240-1000, ext. 5663.

The Blue Shield of California and Southern California Senior Life

presents “Medicare, What you Need to Know” from 10 a.m. to noon at

the Glendale Public Library, 222 E. Harvard St. This event is free

and open to the public. For more information, call (800) 796-0222.

The West Glendale Chapter of AARP No. 1886 meets at 1 p.m. at the

YWCA, 735 E. Lexington Drive. R. D. White Elementary School’s choir

will perform at the event. Admission is free. For more information,

call 243-4728.

Joy of Living, a discussion class about life for seniors, meets

from 1 to 3 p.m. weekly through Dec. 15 at Glendale Community

College’s Life Skills Building, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. Admission is

free. For more information, call 243-5196.

Seniors read stories to children from 3 to 4:30 p.m. weekly at

Casa Verdugo Library, 1151 N. Brand Blvd. For more information, call

548-2047.

Glendale Adventist Medical Center offers pool exercise programs

for participants with arthritis, muscle pain and weakness from 11:15

a.m. to 1:15 p.m. weekdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through

Thursdays at 1519 Wilson Terrace. The cost for individual sessions is

$6. For more information, call 409-8100.

The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, Glendale

Chapter, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Monday of every

month in Conference Room C at Verdugo Hills Hospital, 1812 Verdugo

Road. For more information, call 262-6540.

Glendale Community College presents a piano recital at 7:30 p.m.

in the auditorium, room 211, 1500 N. Verdugo Road. Admission is free.

For more information, call 240-1000, ext. 5622.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

The Verdugo Hills Art Assn. displays its fall juried competition

and show through the end of the month at the La Canada Flintridge

Library, 4545 Oakwood Ave. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mondays through Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5

p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and closed on Sundays. For more

information, call 548-7708.

La Canada Flintridge Library presents Opera Talks with Rody

Stephenson from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 4545 Oakwood Ave. Stephenson

will talk about the Gluck opera “Orfeo ed Euridice.” For more

information, call 790-3330.

LA CRESCENTA

Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus meets at 9:30 a.m. weekly at La

Crescenta Presbyterian Church, 2902 Montrose Ave. No tryouts required

and all ages are accepted. For more information, call 790-2374.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets at 6:30 p.m. for a weigh-in and at

7 p.m. weekly for a meeting in Chaffee Hall at the Church of

Religious Science, 4845 Dunsmore Ave. For more information, call

248-3080.

TUESDAY

GLENDALE

The 2003 L.A. Multathlon For Peace and Human Rights will start at

7 a.m. from San Fernando City Hall, 117 Macneil St., San Fernando to

Glendale City Hall, 613 E. Broadway Blvd.. For more information, call

243-0585.

Qigong (chi kung) classes meet from 6:30 to 7:15 a.m. weekly at

Nibley Park, 1103 E. Mountain Ave. The cost is $5 per class. For more

information, call 507-4807.

“Book Buddies,” a stories and crafts event for children 2 to 5,

meets at 11 a.m. weekly at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 245 N.

Glendale Ave. For more information, call 246-4677.

Duplicate bridge games are at noon weekly at the Regency Bridge

Club, 303 W. Glenoaks Blvd. Card games and refresh- ments are $6;

first-timers play for free. For reservations and more information,

call 500-8669.

The Glendale Public Library presents “Calamity Jane” for its

Tuesday Afternoon Film Program at 2 p.m. in the library auditorium,

222 E. Harvard St. Admission is free. For more information, call

548-2051.

The Canasta Players meet from 5 to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday

of every month and from 2 to 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every

month in the community room of Citibank, 2350 Honolulu Ave.,

Montrose. Admission is $2. For more information, call 769-7707.

The Jewel City Kiwanis meet for dinner at 6 p.m. weekly at

Clancy’s Crab Broiler, 219 N. Central Ave. For more information,

call 949-4603.

The Voices of the Past Quilt Club meets from 6 to 7 p.m. on the

second Tuesday of the month at Quilt ‘n’ Things, 2411 Honolulu Ave., Montrose. The event will run through April. For more information,

call 957-2287.

Glendale One Toastmasters meet at 7 p.m. weekly at Shaker’s Inn,

801 N. Central Ave. For more information, call 242-5586.

The Glendale Square Dance Club offers a square and round dance at

7 p.m. weekly at the Glendale YWCA, 735 E. Lexington Drive. The cost

is $5. For more information, call 846-4173.

Foothill Dianetics Center offers a discussion of L. Ron Hubbard’s

book “Clear Mind, Clear Body” at 7:30 p.m. weekly at 2254 Honolulu

Ave., Montrose. For more information, call 957-1500.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

The Kiwanis Club of Montrose- La Crescenta meets at noon weekly at

Le Betulle Restaurant, 2383 Foothill Blvd., La Canada Flintridge. For

more information, call 248-9335.

A quilt exhibition runs through Jan. 22 in the Lanterman House

Ballroom, 2040 Hilldale Drive. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays,

Thursdays and the first and third Saturdays of the month. Admission

is $3, $1 for students and free for children 12 and younger. For more

information, call 790-1421.

The Crescenta Valley Chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club meets at

7:15 a.m. weekly at Dish, 734 Foothill Blvd. Learn how to expand

your business. For more information, call 952-5657.

LA CRESCENTA

The Crescenta Valley Rotary Club meets at 7 p.m. weekly at

Grandview Palace, 2650 Foothill Blvd. For more information, call

243-6282, ext. 106.

WEDNESDAY

GLENDALE

Glendale Community College offers a lip-reading course from 10

to 11:30 a.m. weekly at the Glendale Adult Recreation Center, 201 E.

Colorado St. The course is free. For more information, call 240-1000,

ext. 5754.

Montrose-Crescenta Library presents a story time for children 18

months to 5 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. weekly at the library, 2465

Honolulu Ave., Montrose. The event will feature stories, songs and

crafts. For more information, call 548-2048.

The Foothill Service Club for the Blind meets from 10 a.m. to 1

p.m. weekly at 117 E. Los Feliz Road. The organization is sponsored

by the Eagle Rock, Glendale Host, Griffith Park and Northwest

Glendale lions clubs. For more information, call 242-3551.

MOMS Club of Glendale West meets at 10 a.m. at the Red Cross

building, 1501 S. Brand Blvd. Club activities include service

projects, age appropriate playgroups, field trips and moms’ time out.

The annual membership fee is $30. For more information, call

623-7225.

The Foothill Autism Alliance Inc. presents its 2003 Holiday Party

from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Incarnation School auditorium, 1001 N.

Brand Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. For more

information, call 662-8847.

The Glendale Public Library presents “It’s a Gift” from 3:30 to

4:30 p.m. in the library Children’s Room at 222 E. Harvard St.

Admission is free and materials will be provided. Children 6 and

older are invited to attend. For more information, call 548-2035.

The Jewel City Knitters Guild meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the first

Wednesday of the month in the Citibank Community Room, 2350 Honolulu

Ave. For more information, call 248-7686.

The Glendale Quilt Guild meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the second

Wednesday of the month in the Glendale Central Library Auditorium,

222 E. Harvard St. Membership dues are $20, guest fees are $5. For

more information, call 337-8438.

Duplicate bridge games are at 7:15 p.m. weekly at the Regency

Bridge Club, 303 W. Glenoaks Blvd. Card games and refreshments are

$6; first-timers play for free. For reservations and more

information, call 500-8669.

Providence High School Choir performs their annual Christmas

Concert at 7:30 p.m. today and Thursday in the school audi- torium,

511 S. Buena Vista St. Admission is $10 for adults; $8 for students;

$5 for senior citizens, children 8 and younger, and attendees with

special needs. For more information, call 846-8141, ext. 100.

Free career and job placement is available at the Verdugo Jobs

Center, 1255 S. Central Ave. Free workshops on resume writing,

interview skills, computers, library and more are available. For an

appointment, call 409-0476, ext. 7331 or 7308.

A legal representative of Bet Tzedek provides free legal

assistance for economically needy seniors by appointment only at the

Glendale Adult Recreation Center, 201 E. Colorado St. For more

information, call (323) 939-0506.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

The Kiwanis Club of La Canada A.M. meets at 7:30 a.m. weekly at

The Church of the Lighted Window, 1200 Foothill Blvd. For more

information, call 249-8411.

The Kiwanis Club of La Canada Noon meets at noon weekly at

Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive. The event features lunch and a

program. For more information and reservations, call 248-6556.

The African Violet Society of Montrose meets at 11 a.m. the fourth

Wednesday of the month at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive. For

more information, call (323) 663-0973.

The Crescenta Valley Chapter of Business Networking International

meets at 7 a.m. weekly at the La Canada Flintridge Country Club,

5500 Godbey Drive. For more information, call 951-6248.

THURSDAY

GLENDALE

Glendale Memorial Hospital presents “Staying Healthy During the

Flu Season” from 9 to 10 a.m. at 1420 S. Central Ave. Reservations

are required. For more information, call (800) 639-4325.

The Glendale Certified Farmers’ Market is from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30

p.m. weekly on Brand Boulevard between Broadway and Wilson Avenue.

The Forest Lawn Museum presents “Light and Hope: The Forest Lawn

Christmas Stained- Glass Windows” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

through Jan. 4 at 1712 S. Glendale Ave. Admission is free. For more

information, call (800) 204-3131.

Casa Verdugo Library presents Preschool Story hour, a family

event featuring songs, stories and finger plays, from 10:30 to 11

a.m. weekly at the library, 1151 N. Brand Blvd. For more information,

call 548-2047.

The Women’s Civic League has its luncheon and meeting at 11:30

a.m. at 120 E. Colorado Blvd. For more information, call 242-9799.

The Rotary Club of Glendale meets at noon at Brandview Collection,

109 E. Harvard St. Speakers will be Tracy Fletcher from the YMCA and

Andrew Messer from Boy Scouts of America. For more information, call

548-7931.

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Glendale, CA 91209, or fax to 241-1975, or call 637-3217.