Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of online meetings in the San Fernando Valley.
Wings Over Wendy’s: Veterans of all services and their supporters meet online on Zoom. Meet and greet, 8:30 a.m., followed by meeting, 9:30 a.m. every Monday of the month. Guest speakers scheduled for every meeting. Contact Ed Reynolds for the Zoom link, ID and password. 818-884-4013. Email: wingsoverwendys@outlook.com
Mystery and Thriller Book Club at Studio City Branch Library: Discusses “A Rising Man” by Abir Mukherjee, 6:30 p.m. March 31. Request the Zoom link by email from Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org. bit.ly/2Vy8tP1
Burbank-Valley Garden Club: Guest speaker Yvonne Savio discusses “Container Gardening,” 10 a.m. April 1. Preregistration is required to join the Zoom meeting. Send an email to Kathy Itomura to request registration information and the Zoom link: KathyItomura@pm.com
Film Club at Granada Hills Branch Library: Discusses “Memento” (2000), 3:30 p.m. April 1. Watch the movie on the library’s link to Kanopy by using your library card in advance of the discussion. Request the meeting link to grnhls@lapl.org. (Upcoming discussion: “Election” (1999), April 15). bit.ly/2HuVHfw
Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council: A board meeting is scheduled, 6:30 p.m. April 1. Check the website for the agenda and how to join the meeting on Zoom or by phone. Voice mail, 818-668-5969. www.ghsnc.org
West Hills Neighborhood Council: A board meeting, 7 p.m. April 1. Check the website for the agenda and how to join the meeting on Zoom or by phone (bit.ly/37NniDc). Voice mail, 818-254-9378. www.westhillsnc.org
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers & Native Plants: Wildflower Hotline with information on where to see wildflowers is updated every Friday through May, 818-768-1802, Ext. 7 (theodorepayne.org/learn/wildflower-hotline). Online classes: “Right Plant, Right Place,” with Scott Cher, 1 p.m. April 3 ($35; bit.ly/3s5Tbig). “Native Plant Garden Maintenance,” with Katherine Pakradouni, 10 a.m. April 10 ($35; bit.ly/3rWYHDM). The foundation’s nursery is open 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday with a time slot reservation (see the website). 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. 818-768-1802. theodorepayne.org
Friends of the Chatsworth Library Book Club: Discusses “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens, 1:30-3 p.m. April 7. Request the Zoom link by email to sstamm@lapl.org. www.laplchatsworthfriends.org
School Anxiety – Social and Academic Pressure: Daybreak Health holds an online class for parents on teen emotional well being, 7-8 p.m. April 8. Free. Register in advance. 415-992-5084. www.daybreakhealth.com/event-info/school-anxiety-social-academic-pressure
Current Events Nonfiction Book Club with Studio City Branch Library: Discusses “Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding” by Scott Weidensaul, April 9. Send an email in advance requesting the time and how to join the online meeting to Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org. www.lapl.org/branches/studio-city
American Association of University Women, Glendale Branch: Guest speaker Susan Hallgren, a longtime volunteer docent at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, discusses “The Secret Lives of the Native Trees of Descanso,” 10 a.m. April 10. The retired Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school teacher was inspired by the book “The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben. Send an email request to receive the meeting’s Zoom link to Marilyn_Robinson@hotmail.com by April 7 (include your full name and email). glendale-ca.aauw.net
Book Club at Pacoima Branch Library: Discusses “Up at the Villa” by William Somerset Maugham, 6:30 p.m. April 14. Request the Zoom link in advance to lzoman@lapl.org. bit.ly/2yLw4TR
CHARITY
Eat. Drink. Give. – A Virtual Dinner Party with Chef Wolfgang Puck: Children’s Bureau and Ernst & Young LLP, presenting sponsor), offer the event to bring awareness to Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Host Billy Harris (a former “Iron Chef” judge) and musical guest Marc Cohn entertain on the Zoom meet-up that includes a cooking demonstration by Puck, 6:30 p.m. April 17. Tickets $50 for viewing only; $500 includes ingredients and instructions for a four-course meal, cocktails and a bottle of wine for two (extra fee for delivery with 30 miles of Hollywood; or pick-up option in Hollywood). Tickets must be purchased by April 8. Information on the meal and to register here: www.all4kids.org/eatdrinkgive. Information about Children’s Bureau here: www.all4kids.org
Flair Cares Food Drive – Hang Up Hunger: The sixth annual food drive at their locations in Studio City and Valencia runs through March 31. Drop off nonperishable boxed and canned food (no glass jars or expired dates) during business hours. Donations go to the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry and the nonprofit Santa Clarita Grocery. Donations by customers will be matched up to 250 pounds per location. Customers who donate receive a 50%-off coupon on a dry cleaning order on a future visit. 4060 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Studio City (818-761-3282; flaircleaners.com/locations/studio-city) and 27011 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661-753-9900; flaircleaners.com/locations/valencia). Also contributing to local food pantries are the Redondo Beach and Santa Monica locations. www.facebook.com/flairdrycleaners; flaircleaners.com
Send information at least two weeks in advance to holly.andres@dailynews.com. 818-713-3708.