THURSDAY, Jan. 5 • Pen to Paper weekly writing workshop, noon, La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 412-6351, www.lajollalibrary.org, free FRIDAY, Jan. 6 • “Cascading Memorials: Responses to Urbanization and Climate Change in San Diego County” opening reception, 6:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free SATURDAY, Jan. 7 • “Ruby Red Cabaret: Mixed Nuts,” 8 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, evening of modern dance with live music, food, wine and song, (619) 225-1803, www.sandiegodancetheater.org, $10-$45 • “An Unstable World: Future Trends of Radicalism and Political Violence,” 11 a.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., lecture by SDSU political science professor Dipak K. Gupta, (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • French storytime, 10:30 a.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., new program for preschoolers to 2nd graders, (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free SUNDAY, Jan. 8 • “Ruby Red Cabaret: Mixed Nuts,” 6:30 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, (619) 225-1803, www.sandiegodancetheater.org, $10-$45 MONDAY, Jan. 9 • “Is Collective Memory a Figment of the Imagination?” 3 p.m., UCSD Galbraith Hall, 9500 Gilman Drive, lecture by Jeffrey Barash, professor of Modern European Intellectual History at Universite de Picardie Jules Verne at Amiens, (858) 534-2230, http://calendar.ucsd.edu, free TUESDAY, Jan. 10 • Brahms’ violin sonata with Louis Lortie, 7:30 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosympho- ny.com, $30 • San Diego League of Women Voters La Jolla meeting, 9:30 a.m., Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., energy and the LWVSD merger with the East San Diego County League, (858) 454-5019, free • “German Colonialism and the Concept of Transnational History,” 4 p.m., UCSD Social Sciences building, room 107, 9500 Gilman Drive, (858) 534-2230, http://iicas.ucsd.edu, free • Let’s Knit Together, 6 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., all ages and skill levels are welcome to join local author and knitwear designer Kristi Porter, (858) 552-1657, [email protected], free • Spanish language class series, 9 and 10:35 a.m., Coggan Aquatic Center, 800 Nautilus St., advanced and intermediate conversational and reading skills taught every Tuesday for nine weeks, (858) 459-1202, $170 WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 • Mezuzah fused glass workshop, 10 a.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, (858) 362-1154, www.sdcjc.org, $54 nonmembers, $45 JCC members • Grades 1-3 book club, 3 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • Grades 4 & 5 book club, 4 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • eReader library seminar, 6:30 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • “Race to Nowhere” film screening and discussion, 6 p.m., Bird Rock Elementary School, 5371 La Jolla Hermosa Ave., http://rtnbirdrockelementary.eventbrite.com, (925) 310-4242, $10 THURSDAY, Jan. 12 • Pen to Paper weekly writing workshop, noon, La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 412-6351, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • Baby Sign Language class, 9:45 a.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, www.lajollalibrary.org, free • “De Profundis,” 8 p.m., Conrad Prebys Music Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, pianist Catherine Kautsky performs a piece by Frederic Rzewski, inspired by a letter Oscar Wilde wrote while imprisoned in 1895 for gross indecency, (858) 534-3230, http://musicweb.ucsd.edu, $15.50
