Sunday, April 2 — 2 p.m. to 3:30 — Ballona Nature Walk.
Book Sale
The Friends of the Library are sponsoring Saturday’s six-hour Book Sale that will feature a range of texts, covering art, biographies, children’s books, romance, science fiction, self-help, mysteries, cooking, foreign languages, history, home and garden, travel, along with CDs, DVDs and videos.
Concert
When Frank Fetta, conductor of the Culver City Symphony, raises his baton at tonight’s free concert, the program will feature three winners of the Parnss Young Artists Concerto Competition.
Rachel Hyojae Chung will be spotlighted on the piano for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.2.
Violinist Anne Lee will stand in the spotlight for Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole.
Nicholas Pappone will perform on the violin for Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2.
At 7:20, Mr. Fetta will be available for a pre-concert talk, an opportunity for Symphony Society members only. 310.837.5757.
Ballona Nature Walk
With spring migration here, the Wetlands Action Network — which protects and restores wetlands along the Pacific Migratory Pathways — is sponsoring its regular nature walk.
Del Rey Lagoon Park, on Pacific Avenue, Playa del Rey, is the starting point, and the walk is one and a half miles.
Sand dunes, lagoons, the Ballona Creek Estuary, the Ballona Saltmarsh, wetlands transition areas and beautiful birds will be available for the viewing.
Hundreds of black-bellied plovers are still along Ballona Creek and in the salt pans of the Ballona Wetlands. A few Bufflehead are still at Del Rey Lagoon.
In addition to comfortable walking shoes, participants are asked to bring water, a hat, sunscreen and l;ayered clothing for weather that remains unpredictable this spring.
Del Rey Lagoon Park can be reached by traveling west on Culver Boulevard, from the end of the Marina Freewaym through the Ballona Wetlands, through Playa del rey, almost to the sand on Toes Beach. Turn right on Pacific. Go past the basketball courts and picnic tables on the right, and meet in the park’s parking lot. 310.821.9045.
