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AARP Chapter 239 Encinitas will meet at 1:15 pm Monday at the Encinitas
Senior Center, 140 Oak Crest Drive. Lois B. Kelly, litigation attorney for
elder law …

On a narture walk led by naturalist John Kordela, hear how the Kumeyaay Indians found and prepared their food and how they treated their illnesses. The walk begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve on Espola Road, Poway. Free. (858) 668-4781.

Escondido Public Library’s First Tuesday film series will feature the movie “Tortilla Soup.” In the 2001 film, an old-fashioned Mexican-American father cooks lavish dinners for his three single adult daughters who do not conform to his ideas of what a proper Latina should be. A group discussion will be held after the film. The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 239 S. Kalmia St. Free. (760) 839-4828.

“Adolescence in Hell: Inside the Holocaust” will be presented by OASIS, 10:30 a.m. March 12 at the former Robinsons-May store, Westfield Shoppingtown North County in Escondido. Lou Dunst, a Holocaust survivor who was 14 when he was forced into slave labor, will speak. Cost: $3. Registration required. (760) 432-0635.

The Optimist Club of Carlsbad will hold a St. Patrick’s Day wine and beer tasting social fundraiser, 5 to 7 p.m. March 17 at Carlsbad Wine Merchants, 5814 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad. Proceeds will go to youth events in North County. (760) 633-3096.

Cal State San Marcos will have an Alumni Affair, 6 to 11 p.m. March 17 at the Grand Tradition, 1602 S. Mission Road, Fallbrook. The event will honor two distinguished alumni – Jack Burke, a staff member of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s Washington, D.C., office, and Salvador Garcia, interim vice chairman for Juaneño Band of Mission Indians who works with Viejas tribal government and other tribal communities. With the May 2007 commencement ceremony, Cal State San Marcos will have graduated nearly 19,000 students. Tickets to the gala are $50 in advance or $75 at the door. (760) 750-4405.

Susan Street Fine Art Gallery has an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures titled “Hothouse” on display through April 1 at 415 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. The exhibit features Eleanor Miller, Will Robinson, Barbara Rogers and Nancy Sansom Reynolds. (858) 793-4442.

MEETINGS

Marine Corps reservist Nathan Fletcher, recently appointed to the San Diego Veterans Advisory Council, will speak at the meeting of the Lake San Marcos Republican Women. The meeting is at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Lake San Marcos Country Club, 1750 San Pablo Drive, Lake San Marcos. (760) 471-6146.

AARP Chapter 239 Encinitas will meet at 1:15 p.m. Monday at the Encinitas Senior Center, 140 Oak Crest Drive. Lois B. Kelly, litigation attorney for elder law and advocacy, will talk about laws relating to elder-abuse protection, the rights of nursing-home patients and advanced health care directives. Free.

Kiwanis Club of Rancho Peñasquitos will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday at the Olive Garden Restaurant in Rancho Peñasquitos. Georgette Tagami will talk about “Islander Gifts From Hawaii.” (858) 484-4202.

Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road. Niva Jensen will talk about “Katrina Relief.” (858) 673-9960.

Daughters of the British Commonwealth, Tintagel Chapter of Carlsbad/Oceanside/Vista, will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Call (760) 598-0484 for location.

Team Women, La Costa chapter, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Glenview Assisted Living, 1950 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad. This is a women-only business owners’ networking group. (949) 689-8089.

CLASSES | WORKSHOPS

“How to Draw and Paint With Depth and Dimension” will be offered from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday and March 12 and 19 at Quail Botanical Gardens, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Cost: $50. (760) 944-7800.

A one-stroke painting class will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at Michael’s, 1851 University Drive, Vista. Cost: $20 plus supplies. Students must register at least 24 hours in advance. (760) 941-7350.

A one-day workshop on making quick and easy fabric baskets will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 10 at MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff. Cost: $33, plus $14 for materials. Registration required. (760) 757-2121, ext. 6820.

Chicago-based mixed-media artist Leslie Altman will return to Stamping Details with four new workshops. Explore design technique in texture, line and color to enhance altered cards, 5 to 9:30 p.m. March 23, $69; create a milagros (miracles) shrine out of a hinged metal book, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 24, $79; create wearable art while discovering a fusion of metals and mixed-media techniques, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 25, $74; and create colored backgrounds for metallic embossed rubber stamping, 5 to 9:30 p.m. March 25 or 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 26, $69. Stamping Details, 14009 Midland Road, Poway. (858) 513-8024.

SENIOR LIVING

Rancho Bernardo Senior Services will offer a consultation with health insurance specialist Patty Ann Born on Friday, 16769 Bernardo Center Drive. Call for an appointment. (858) 487-2640.

MISCELLANEOUS

Moonlight Stage Productions has announced its 2007 summer season of musicals. Scheduled are “Annie Get Your Gun,” June 27-July 8; “Me and My Girl,” July 18-29; “West Side Story,” Aug. 15-26; and “Little Shop of Horrors,” Sept. 5-16. Tickets range from $20 to $34 and go on sale April 10. (760) 724-2110.

Coca-Cola mini-grant proposal requests are being accepted. Nonprofit youth service and youth-driven organizations can apply for funding to benefit Oceanside youth. Two grant opportunities are available: the Parks and Recreation Commission’s “Opportunities for Youth,” which is designated for any youth-service provider with a nonprofit status based out of Oceanside, and the Youth Commission’s “For Youth by Youth,” which is exclusively for youth programs initiated and carried out by young people. Funds will be awarded through a competitive request for proposal process and will be distributed in September. Applications are available at 300 N. Coast Highway or can be downloaded at www.ci.oceanside.ca.us. Application deadline is March 26. (760) 435-5039.

The First Presbyterian Church is having a cell phone drive for the Women’s Resource Center. Donated cell phones will be sold to a recycler, and the proceeds will benefit the center’s programs for threatened women and children in North County. A collection box for phones is in the front lobby outside the sanctuary at 2001 El Camino Real, Oceanside. (760) 757-3560.

Volunteer musicians are needed when Patio Playhouse Community Theatre presents “The King and I” this summer at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Aug. 10 to Sept. 2. People who play flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass and harp are needed. A pianist is also needed for rehearsals and performances, as well as an experienced conductor. (760) 738-1472.