TODAY, April 28 • LJCPA Traffic and Transportation Board, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St, (858) 456-7900, [email protected] • “Working with La Jolla’s History,” 7 p.m., Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., event will show how artists restore historic houses and create places with scale, joy and beauty, hosted by artist and designer Matthew Welsh, (858) 459-5335, www.lajollahistory.org, $10 members, $15 non-members • Author Luanne Rice, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., bestselling author Luanne Rice will discuss and sign her new novel, The Silver Boat, (858) 454-0347, visit www.warwicks.com, free • Afro Classics, 8:30 p.m., The Loft at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, rap duo based in Los Angeles, www.artpwr.com, $10 UCSD students, $12 general • Art lecture Roman ruins: Ancient Italy from the Riviera to Calabria, 7:30 p.m., Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room, 1008 Wall St., exploring the ruins of Italy, including those of the emperor Tiberius, suburban villas near Stabiae and the Roman town of Paestum, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $12 members, $17 non-members (individual lectures) • La Jolla Traffic and Transportation meeting, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900 FRIDAY, April 29 • Author Event: Mark Kurlansky, “World Without Fish,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free • Dark Dark Dark, 8:30 p.m., The Loft at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, live blues/jazz/folk ensemble, www.artpwr.com, $10 UCSD students, $12 general SATURDAY, April 30 • La Jolla Symphony performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Passion According to St. Matthew,” 8 p.m., Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, www.lajollsymphony.com, $15-$29 • Between the Depiction and the Depicted: A Conversation with Yishai Jusidman, 3 p.m., MCASD, 700 Prospect St., (858) 454-3541, www.mcasd.org, free • Clara C, 8 p.m., The Loft at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, live performance by singer/songwriter Clara C on her Loveprint Tour, www.artpwr.com, $11 UCSD students, $13 general • Les Violons du Roy, Labadie, Weimann, 8 p.m., Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St., program includes J.S. Bach and a prelude lecture by Eric Smigel, www.ljms.org, $25-$75 • Bus to the L.A. Times Festival of Books, 7:30 a.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., Warwick’s will be chartering two buses to the LA Times Festival of Books, held at the USC campus in Los Angeles, tickets include transportation to and from the Festival, a continental breakfast, an afternoon snack and book-related goodies, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, $65 • Magic Tree House Live Reading Tour, 1 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., hosted by Warwick’s, this event will center around Mary Pope Osbourne’s bestselling “Magic Tree House” series, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free • La Jolla Town Council Nell Carpenter Beautification/Streetscape clean-up, 9 a.m. to noon, Girard Avenue east of Prospect Street, gloves, pickers, trash bags and refreshments are provided, (619) 742-1373 SUNDAY, May 1 • La Jolla Symphony’s Johann Sebastian Bach, “The Passiion According to St. Matthew,” 3 p.m., Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, www.lajollsymphony.com, $15-$29 • The Millennia Consort Concert, 7 p.m., La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7715 Draper Ave., organ, brass quintet and percussion ensemble, (858) 729-5531, www.ljpres.org, free • San Diego Community Holocaust Commemoration, 1:30 p.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Garfield Theater, 4126 Executive Drive, (858) 737-7152, free • Open tryouts for San Diego Surf Basketball Team, 2 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, register online by April 30 for a 25-percent discount, www.sdsurfhoops.com, $100 day-of registration MONDAY, May 2 • National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 17th annual MS Golf Invitational, 10 a.m., La Jolla Country Club, 7301 High Ave., raising funds for MS research, San Diego Chargers’ head coach Norv Turner will play, (760) 448-8434, $750 TUESDAY, May 3 • Lecture-Concert Series: Music & Art since 1945, 7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., the seventh installment in Victoria Martino’s annual lecture-concert series exploring the interrelationship between music and the visual arts, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $14 members, $19 non-members • Using your computer as a crime awareness tool, 6:30 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., online resources provided by police department, sheriff and other law enforcement to keep residents informed about crime via computer, (858) 552-1657, limited seating, free WEDNESDAY, May 4 • Children’s Storytime, 3 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • Relax and De-stress with Aromatherapy, 1 p.m., Scripps Memorial Hospital, 9888 Genesee Ave., experience a Healing Touch demonstration with essential oils, hot packs, lotions, creams and lavender products, 1-800-SCRIPPS, free THURSDAY, May 5 • Art of Success gala, 6 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., a gala and auction to benefit the Second Chance Program, which provides four-week rehabilitation classes to assist the homeless and ex-convicts re-enter the workforce, (619) 839-0954, [email protected], $150, $250 VIP tickets • National Day of Prayer, 7:30 a.m., La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7715 Draper Ave., (858) 729-5514, nationaldayofprayer.org, free • Using your computer as a crime awareness tool, 10 a.m., La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., online resources will be provided by the San Diego Police Department, Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement to keep residents informed about crime via computer, (858) 552-1657, limited seating, free • 20th Anniversary Spinoff: Auction for Life and “Wonders of the World,” 5:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency La Jolla, 3777 La Jolla Village Drive, live and silent auction event with cocktails and dinner benefiting clinical research and early detection, education and patient support services at Scripps Cancer Center, Stevens Division, (858) 678-6349, www.Scripps-Spinoff.org, $125 • La Jolla Community Planning Association meeting, 6 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900