at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge. Tim
Wheeler will conduct the class. It is held in conjunction with Mount San
Antonio College. The fee is $71. For more information, call 954-4401.
Author Irene Polemis will be appearing at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble,
245 N. Glendale Ave. She will read from her book, "Double Exposure:
Echoes Of Two Cultures." The book is a collection of short stories
focusing on characters exhibiting the "paradox and complexity of being
Greek." For more information, call 246-4677.
TUESDAY
Qigong (chi kung) is held from 5:45 to 6:30 a.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday at Nibley Park, 1103 E. Mountain Ave. This self-healing exercise
is practiced daily by people for health, longevity, creativity and mental
clarity. The charge is $5 per class. For more information, call 507-4807.
Glendale Memorial's Cardiac Fitness Center offers Big Band exercise
classes from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays on the second floor of
the Glendale Heart Center, 1420 S. Central Ave. The class is available to
anyone in the community who wants to get fit to the sounds of Glen
Miller, '50s rock 'n' roll and other contemporary music. The class
consists of aerobic dance, resistance band strengthening and stretching
and flexibility exercises. The fee is $24 for eight sessions or $40 for
16 sessions. The first class is free. For more information, call
502-2303.
The Glendale Memorial 50-Plus Department presents "Slips, Trips and
Falls," a home safety program by the American Red Cross, from 9:30 to 11
a.m. in the auditorium at Glendale Memorial Hospital, 1420 S. Central
Ave. Reservations are required. Call 502-2396.
The Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services Division will
hold a Penny Carnival from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Carr Park, 1615 E.
Colorado St., and from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Glenoaks Park, 2531 E. Glenoaks
Blvd. There will be carnival activities and games. For more information,
call 548-3785.
An Afternoon Film Program is held every Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the
Auditorium at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St. The public
is invited. For more information, call 548-2035.
Glendale One Toastmasters, a public-speaking organization for men and
women, meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Shaker's Family Restaurant, 801 N.
Central Ave. For more information, call (866) 862-7862.
The Barbershop Quartet Singers meet at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the
La Crescenta Women's Club, 4004 La Crescenta Ave. For more information,
call 249-6766.
