Special Events:

Thursday, March 2Planned Parenthood’s Annual Food Fare – Scrumptious Treats to Tantalize Los Angeles’ Taste Buds – also a Silent Auction. Tickets for Food Fare are $125 for the daytime session (10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.) and $175 for the evening session (6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) if purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $150 for the daytime session and $200 for the evening session. (310) 395-0098.Friday, March 3In Support of the Campaign to Re-Elect Gary Silbiger to Culver City Council, the Actors’ Gang production of George Orwell’s 1984, directed by Tim Robbins, Ivy Substation in Culver City, 9070 Venice Blvd. (at Culver).Saturday, March 4Silk Scarf Painting Workshop, Crestwood Hills Recreation Center, Brentwood, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Chinese Bruch painting workshop, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., $45 each, (310) 472-5233.Women’s Referral Service, monthly networking breakfast at the California Yacht Club, 4469 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, 9:30 a.m., (818) 995-6646.Relax with Tax, disciplines and small arts business. Topics include record keeping, form 1040, Schedule C and self-employment schedule, deductions, hobby losses, home office and more. Includes tax workbook The Art of Deduction at no additional charge, California Lawyers for the Arts, 1527 Fourth street, $20, (310) 998-5590. Brides Against Breast Cancer Wedding Gown Sale, 13534 Bali Way, Marina Del Rey Proceeds Help the Making Memories Foundation Grant Wishes for Terminal Breast Cancer Patients, Making Memories Foundation, 12708 SE Stephens Street, Portland, OR (310) 920-8204.Wednesday, March 8 Dave Wyman, author of The Back Roads of Southern California — slide program. West Los Angeles Sierra Club, public General Meeting, 7pm, Veterans Memorial Hall, Uruapan Room, southwest corner of Overland and Culver Blvds. (310) 391 9690.