TODAY GLENDALE The Glendale Adult Center has...

TODAY

GLENDALE

The Glendale Adult Center has a Valentine’s Day-themed luncheon

with desert from 10 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. In honor of sweethearts young and old, the center will

host dancing, entertainment and prizes. For more information, call

(818) 548-3778.

Swing Inc. performs swing music at 8:30 p.m. at the Rusty Pelican,

300 Harvey Drive. The cover charge is $10 and a dance lesson is at

7:30 p.m. For more information, call (818) 242-9191.

Valentine’s Day dining is from 6 to 8 p.m. at Descanso Gardens,

1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge. Camellias and

candlelight will decorate the Boddy House for a romantic evening. The

cost of meals range from $60 to $80. For more information, call (818)

790-3663.

The West Glendale Chapter of the AARP #1886 meets at 1 p.m. every

second Monday at First Congregational Church,

2001 Canada Blvd., Glendale. Paul Baker will play the harp at

today’s meeting. For more information, call (818) 243-4728.

Glendale Community College and Crescenta Valley United Methodist

Church offer free English-as-a-second-language classes from 8:30 to

11:45 a.m. at Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church, Education

Building, Room 23,

2700 Montrose Ave. Classes are available on a drop-in basis. For

more information, call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5033.

The Executives Toastmasters Club meets at 7 a.m. at Glendale

YWCA, 735 E. Lexington Drive. For information, call (818) 248-2229.

The city of Glendale presents an adult-recreation nutritional

meals program for seniors from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays at the

Maple Park Community Center, 820 E. Maple St. For information, call

(818) 548-3784.

The Pioneer Club of the Foothills, an ecumenical, nonprofit

organization for people 55 and older, meets at 11 a.m. the first and

third Monday of each month at Holy Redeemer Church,

2411 Montrose Ave. For more information, call (818) 249-6671.

Volunteer grandparents read stories to children from 3 to 4:30

p.m. at Glendale’s public libraries. For more information, call (818)

548-2047.

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

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

Science, 4845 Dunsmore Ave. For more information, call (818)

248-3080.

The Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus meets for rehearsals at 9:30 a.m.

each Monday at the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church, 2902 Montrose

Ave. For more information, call (626) 403-5622.

The Glendale Women’s Soccer League will meet from 8 to 9 p.m. at

the Glendale Sports Complex, 2200 Fern Lane. For more information,

call (818) 618-8336.

The Cancer Center at Glendale Adventist Medical Center has a

cancer support group for patients and their families from 7 to 9 p.m.

on the first and third Monday of the month. The meeting is in the

Cancer Center Conference Room, 381 Merrill Road, Glendale Adventist

Medical Center. For more information, call (818) 409-8198.

Monday Night Book Group meets from 7 to 7:45 p.m. at the Montrose

Branch of the Glendale Public Library, 2465 Honolulu Ave. For more

information, call (818) 548-2048.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

Opera Talks features a discussion of Charles Francois Gounod’s

opera “Romeo et Juliette” at

6:30 p.m. at La Canada Flintridge Library, 4545 Oakwood Ave. For

information, call (818) 790-3330.

Higley’s Coffee House presents “Laffter Effects,” a stand-up

comedy show, at 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at 714 Foothill Blvd.

Admission is free. For more information, call (818) 952-3137.

TUESDAY

GLENDALE

The Jewel City Camera Club of Glendale meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at

the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 134 N. Kenwood St.

The group will evaluate slides. For more information, call Donna

Jackson at (818) 244-9096.

Glendale Community College presents the “Art of Discount Travel”

seminar at 6:30 p.m. at Hoover High School, Room 125, 651 Glenwood

Road. The cost of registration is $29. For more information, call

(818) 548-0864, ext. 5015.

Central Library Book Group discusses Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin

Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster,” at 7 p.m. at

222 E. Harvard St. For more information, call (818) 548-2020.

Managers in government and the nonprofit sector can attend a

graduate level class from 6 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday through March

15. The “Policy Implementation and Program Evaluation” class will be

at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, 1509 Wilson Terrace.

Registration is required.

For more information, call

(818) 677-5635.

Duplicate bridge games are at noon at the Regency Bridge Club, 303

W. Glenoaks Blvd. Card games and refreshments are $7; first-timers

receive a coupon for a future replay. For more information, call

(818) 500-8669.

Central Library presents its Tuesday Afternoon Film Program at 2

p.m. at 222 E. Harvard St. For more information, call (818)

548-2040.

The Jewel City Kiwanis Club meets 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Clancy’s

Crab Broiler, 219 N. Central Ave. For more information, call (818)

949-4603.

The Glendale Community Jazz Band will perform at 7 p.m. the first

Tuesday of each month, at the Glendale Adult Recreation Center, 201

E. Colorado St. Admission is free. For more information, call (818)

548-3775.

The Glendale Square Dance Club meets from 7 to 10 p.m. at the

Glendale United Methodist Church, 1015 N. Central Ave. A $5 donation

is requested. For information, call (818) 846-4173.

Glendale One Toastmasters meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Maurizio’s

Italian Kitchen and Bar, 135 N. Maryland Ave. For more information

about the club, call (818) 543-0863.

Canasta Players meet from 2 to 5:30 p.m. every second and third

Tuesday in the Community Room of Citibank, 2350 Honolulu Ave. A $2

donation covers rent and refreshments. For more information, call

(818) 769-7707.

The Teen Book Club meets at 4 p.m. in the Central Library Special

Collections Room, 222 E. Harvard St. For information, call (818)

548-2020.

Wellspring Therapy Inc. has a free seminar called Fit for Life at

7 p.m. at 500 W. Glenoaks Blvd. For more information, call (818)

637-2127.

Kenneth Village Merchants Assn. meets at 9 a.m. at Emmaline’s,

1413 W. Kenneth Road. For more information, call (818) 265-9833.

Practice reading skills with a dog from 3 to 4 p.m. at the

Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St. Space is limited. For more

information, call (818) 548-2020.

The MOMS Club, a nonprofit organization that provides support and

activities for at-home moms, meets at 10 a.m. at the Red Cross

Building, 1501 S. Brand Blvd. Annual membership fee is $30. For more

information about the club, call (818) 623-7225.

LA CRESCENTA

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

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

more information, call (818) 248-9335.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE

The Genealogical Friends of the La Canada Flintridge Library meets

from 1 to 3 p.m. at 4545 Oakwood Drive, La Canada Flintridge. For

information, call (818) 790-0516.

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Wilson Ave., Suite 200, Glendale, CA 91209, or fax to(818) 241-1975.