Special events will celebrate Hanukkah Several events will be held this week to mark Hanukkah, the “Feast of Lights.” Festivities begin Friday, Dec. 19, with the annual seniors party at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive. “Executive latkes” made by JCC staff are the centerpiece of a light lunch that begins at noon. To RSVP, call (858) 362-1141. On Sunday, Dec. 21, the Chabad Center of University City will light an 8-foot menorah at Westfield UTC mall, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive. The commemoration begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Sears Court area, and includes food and traditional music. Finally the JCC’s annual “Place To Be”fund-raiser is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 24, at BELO nightclub in the Gaslamp, 919 Fourth Ave. A live cover band and DJ, prizes and other surprises will fill the evening, which runs from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. For tickets ($40-$47) and information, call (858) 362-1347 or visit www.lfjcc.org/jaba. La Jolla High accepts donations for family La Jolla High School (LJHS) officials are reaching out to area residents in an effort to help a local family whose possessions were destroyed in a Dec. 9 fire. “They lost everything but the clothes they had worn to school,” La Jolla High School district counselor Cathy Zimmer wrote in an e-mail. LJHS administrators are asking La Jollans to donate extra clothes and appliances. The family includes two teenagers — a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. “If you have a computer, printer or clothes that you would like to donate, you may bring them to the counseling conference room,” Zimmer wrote. Zimmer said the male teenager wears size 32 by 32 pants, medium or large shirt, large sweatshirt and size 10 shoes. The female teenager wears size 9/10 pants, medium shirts, large sweaters and size 6 ½ shoes. La Jolla High School is located at 750 Nautilus St. For more information call Zimmer, (858) 454-3081, ext. 2216, or e-mail [email protected]. Fleet’s refurbished IMAX theater opens The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s Space Theater in Balboa Park is back in business following a $20 million renovation that features a new sound system and a seamless NanoSeam screen. The theater reopened Saturday, Dec. 13, with IMAX-format films “Wild Ocean,” “Van Gogh:?Brush with Genius” and “Animalopolis” among the first presentations. The new 76-foot dome is the main component to the refurbishment project, which began in early September. For information, call (619) 238-1233 or visit www.rhfleet.org.