WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Thursday, July 29 La Jolla • Pre-school story time and crafts, 10:30 a.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, free • Steering committee will meet to discuss options for new La Jolla Business Improvement District, 4 p.m., 1150 Silverado St. • “Flicks on the Bricks” film and wine event, 8 p.m., La Jolla Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St.; guests will sip French wine during a screening of “To Catch a Thief,” (858) 454-5872, ljathenaeum.org, $17 members/$19 nonmembers Downtown • Poetry and Art 3 for $300 Slam, 7 to 9:30 p.m., The Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park, www.sandiego-art.org, $5/free to members WHAT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW: Friday, July 30 Del Mar • Miss Cougar Del Mar contest, 4 p.m., Del Mar Racetrack, women compete for title while at the horse races, www.delmarscene.com San Diego • “Here I am” and “The Pact,” runs July 30-Aug., 29, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m., Community Actors Theatre, 2957 54th St., (619) 264-3391, www.communityactorstheatre.com, $14 Downtown • An Evening of Hot Chocolate Soul, 6:30 p.m., Anthology, 1337 India St., fundraiser for the San Diego Association of Black Journalists, evening of entertainment, www.sdabj.org, $15/$20