Highlight: Spanish with Sylvia: Classes for beginners through advanced including introductory communication skills, reading skills and conversation Beginner: Tuesdays, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., $112 for nine weeks Intermediate: Tuesdays, 11 a.m., $112 for nine weeks Advanced: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., $168 for nine weeks Textbooks required for all levels, (858) 459-1202 Italiano with Paola: Classes for beginners and intermediate Beginner: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Intermediate: Tuesdays, 11 a.m. $112 for members for nine weeks, $130 non-members Textbooks required for both levels, (858) 459-0831 THURSDAY, Jan. 6 • La Jolla Community Planning Association meeting, 6 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 456-7900, [email protected] FRIDAY, Jan. 7 • “Concepts Realized: The Stuart Collection at 30,” 6:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., opening reception of exhibit featuring UCSD’s Stuart Collection in honor of the university’s 50th anniversary, (858) 454-5872, free • “Defragmentation: or, how to get rid of my memory voids,” 6:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., opening reception featuring mixed-media works by Tijuana-born artist Omar Pimienta, (858) 454-5872, free SATURDAY, Jan. 8 • New member information meeting, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 9:30 a.m., UCSD Extension, Rubinger Center, 9600 North Torrey Pines Road, information for new members interested in adult education for students over 50, (858) 534-3409, [email protected], free • The Children’s School’s Nelson Middle Years Program open house of newly-renovated 14,000-square-foot facility, 10 a.m., 2225 Torrey Pines Lane • La Jolla Town Council Nell Carpenter Beautification/Streetscape Post-Storm Cleanup, 9 a.m. to noon, sign in on Girard Avenue between Prospect and Wall Streets, supplies, refreshments and snacks provided, (619) 742-1373 SUNDAY, Jan. 9 • Jazz concert featuring Endangered Speciez, 2 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., concert by four-piece contemporary jazz ensemble, (858) 552-1657, free • “Real to Reel” lecture event with filmmaker Roberta Grossman, 7 p.m., David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, lecture presented by the San Diego Jewish Film Festival where Grossman will present her film, “Hava Nagila,” (858) 362-1348, $10 for members, $12 non-members • UCSD campus guided architectural bus tour, 9 a.m., Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club, 9500 Gilman Drive, (858) 534-4414, free with purchase of “The Campus Guide: University at California, San Diego” • “Turandot: The Operatic Designs of David Hockney,” 3 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., discussion of Hockney’s designs for various operas, (858) 454-3541, free MONDAY, Jan. 10 • Terrance Rattigan’s “Table Number Seven,” 7:15 p.m., Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., spontaneous reading of the one-act play with parts for eight women and three men, (858) 459-0831, free for members, $5 non-members • Business Forum for La Jolla Business Improvement District, 4 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., www.lajollabusinessesunite.org • Douglas Kennedy, “A Special Relationship,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., book release party for new novel, (858) 454-0347, free • “Postponing the End of Oil: The Search for Offshore Energy Resources,” 6:30 p.m., Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, lecture by geophysicist Steve Constable discussing marine electromagnetic techniques to find offshore reserves, RSVP requested, (858) 534-5771, $8 public, $5 students and educators TUESDAY, Jan. 11 • Head and figure drawing classes with Mark Slusser, 1 p.m., Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0831, $100 members, $125 non-members • University Community Planning Group meeting, 6 p.m., University Town Center Forum Hall, 4315 La Jolla Village Drive, (619) 917-4067 • Susan Vreeland release party for new novel “Clara and Mr. Tiffany,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., (858) 454-0347, free WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12 • T’ai Chi, 7 p.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0831, $4 members, $5 non-members • Children’s storytime, 3 p.m., The Atheneaum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, free THURSDAY, Jan. 13 • La Jolla Town Council meeting, 6 p.m., La Jolla Women’s Club, 715 Silverado St., (858) 454-1444, www.lajollatowncouncil.org