Angeleno Datebook- October 14, 2011

Saturday, October 15, 2011

• Gary Phillips, Penny Mickelbury, John A. Imani, and Larry Fondation read stories from Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! Stories of Crime, Love, and Rebellion at the Southern California Library. 2-4 PM
• 6th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival runs from 10 AM to 6 PM, where Intersections South LA and USC radio will be recording residents' oral histories.
• Pacific Asia Museum hosts its Festival of the Autumn Moon Gala at the California Club.
• Tango Club in the Hacienda at the La Senora Institute in Pacific Palisades. 7 PM. Reservations required.
• Hugh Jackman and Catherine Zeta-Jones host "A Fine Romance" gala to benefit Motion Picture & Television Fund. Sony Pictures Studios.
• Saint John's Health Center honors Pierce Brosnan at its Irene Dunne Guild Caritas Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. 6 PM
• Members party for "Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement" opening at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. 6:30 PM start.
• Home Movie Day at the Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N Alvarado, LA. 8 PM

• MAK Center hosts its Fall Fundraiser 2011 at the Lovell Beach House in Newport Beach.
• The Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation hosts the "Worldwide Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor" at Warner Bros. Studios.
• AxS Festival of Art & Science at Pasadena Museum of Calif Art, 490 E Union St, Pasadena
• NBA legend Jerry West reads his book, West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life at the Barnes & Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market, LA. 2 PM. See him again on Tuesday at LA Talks Live
• Yangzom Brauen will sign her book Across Many Mountains from 12-2 PM at Chevalier Books on Larchmont.

• ELLE magazine honors Jennifer Aniston,Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Freida Pinto,Stacey Snider and Barbra Streisand at its 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. 6:30 PM
• Blue Ribbon of the Music Center / ASCAP-American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers host "Love Sweet Love" A Musical Tribute to Hal David In Celebration of His 90th Birthday" at the Mark Taper Forum. 7:00 PM

• Nile Rodgers discusses and signs Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny in conversation with director, Brett Ratner at Book Soup. 7 PM
• Community Advocates Inc. award KPCC's Larry Mantle, Warren Olney and Patt Morrison with the first Bill Stout Memorial Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism at the Central Library at 7:30 PM
• Susan Ashbrook lecture on her book, Will Work for Shoes: The Business Behind Red Carpet Product Placement at FIDM Museum Shop starts at 12:30 PM
• "How Does Architecture Imitate Life?" Zócalo Public Square presents architect Brad Cloepfil in conversation with filmmaker Gus Van Sant at UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire, Westwood. 7 PM
• Gregory Orfalea lectures on "[Junipero] Serra's Women: A Bilocating Nun, a Witch & a Sorceress," at Lundring Center, Cal Lutheran University, 60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks. 7:30 PM. h/t Rina Rubinstein's The Culture Alert newsletter

• Valley Community Clinic honors Corbn Bernsen and Scott Aney at its 40th Anniversary Gala at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City.
• Aloud presents neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, discussing his memoir Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon in the Taper Auditorium, LA Public Library, 5th & Flower, Downtown LA. 7 PM

• Free screening of "Of Scrap & Steel," at the Union Rescue Mission, Downtown at 7 PM
• South Asian Bar Association of Southern California hosts its Starry Night Reception and Award Ceremony on the Target Terrace at LA Live. 6:30 PMsc.org.
• CoachArt hosts the Champions Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
• Cocktail party at the new Charles David store in the Beverly Center to celebrate the shoemaker's partnership with Breast Cancer Charties of America, donating a % of the evenings sale to the charity.