February 9
Body Talk through Art: A Studio Workshop, 10am-1pm, $165, Infinity Studio, 1605.5 Ocean Front Walk, 310.392.5042.
February 9-10
Navy Seal Fitness Challenge, personal fitness test using Navy Seal physical screening test, UCLA, WW, sealfitnesschallenge.com.
February 12
Healthy Women, Healthy Hearts, lecture with physicians from St. John’s Medical Center, 6:30-8:30pm, free, Pacific Palisades Lutheran Church, 15905 Sunset Blvd., PP, 310.829.8453.
February 13
Macular Degeneration: What You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk, with Judy Delgado, 10-11:30am, free, WISE and Healthy Aging, 2125 Arizona Ave., 310.394.9871 x390.
ONGOING
The Center for the Partially Sighted has free support groups for adults with impaired sight. You do not need to be a client of the Center to participate. For more information, contact Pam Thompson, Ph.D., at 310.458.3501 x146.
Salsa Dancing Lessons with Ana Maria Alvarez, 7:30-8:30pm Wednesdays, $15 per class, free dancing after 8:30pm, Danny’s Deli, 23 Windward Ave., Venice, 310.566.5610.
Santa Monica Hiking Group meets every other Saturday at a different hiking spot. The group is a nonprofit that donates back to the community by having beach cleanups. To register, go to hiking.meetup.com/354/about.
The Santa Monica Laughter Club meets Thursdays, 11am-noon, Shakti’s Elements, 717 Broadway. Donations of any amount accepted. Call Kim Selbert, Certified Laughter Yoga Leader, 310.471.5773.
Sharing Strength and Hope, breast cancer support group, meets the second Monday of each month, 6:30pm, Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club, 1210 4th St., 310.395.1308.
Therapeutic Hatha Yoga, with Bea Ammidown, E-RYT 500, Wednesdays, 7-8pm; Thursdays, 10-11am; Fridays, 10-11am, Yoga Prose, a yoga and writing workshop continues to 12:45pm; and Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am, 310.358.3338 or beayoga888@verizon.net.
The 12 Steps for Everybody’s Writing Workshop meets every Wednesday, 7-8pm, 16730 Bollinger Drive in Pacific Palisades. Also, every third Saturday, 3-hour writing workshop, 9am-noon. Call 310.454.5138 or e-mail info@12stepsforeverybody.org.
Westwood Co-Op Folk Dancers offers International Folk Dancing every Thursday evening. This month features a dance from Bulgaria, Takanata, beginning at 7:30, followed by general dancing until 10:20pm, $3, Felicia Mahood Senior Center, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd., WLA, 310.474.5953.
