SAT., JAN. 3
MOUNTAIN BIKING Free mountain biking skills class for beginners at Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu Canyon Rd., 4 miles south of PCH, 9 a.m., 805.480.0500
NATURE WALK A two-hour walk at the Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., 10 a.m., 805.370.2301
NATURE EXHIBITS Nature exhibits, displays, crafts and games at the visitor center at Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu Canyon Rd., 4 miles south of PCH, 1 p.m., 805.480.0500
SUN., JAN. 4
BIRD WATCH A three-hour walk with bird watching, Topanga State Park, 8 a.m., 818.880.0350
TUES., JAN. 6
AWARDS NIGHT The awards night for Keep Christ in Christmas art and essay contest at Pepperdine’s Smothers Theatre, 24255 PCH, 7 p.m., 457.7943
EMERGENCY TRAINING The city is offering free Community Emergency Response Team training at City Hall, 23815 Stuart Ranch Rd., 6 p.m., 456.2489
FRI., JAN. 9
ART EXHIBIT Opening reception for the Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition at the Santa Monica College Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, 5:30 p.m., 434.3434
SENIOR CITIZENS MEETING Malibu Senior Citizens Club monthly meeting at the Point Dume Mobile Home Park club house, 12 p.m., 457.8896
SAT., JAN. 10
PEPPERDINE EXHIBIT Opening reception for the Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal exhibition at Pepperdine’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, 24255 PCH, 6 p.m., 506-4851
MON., JAN. 12
GUITAR SUMMIT Competitors from the 2003 Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition will lead four guitar workshops throughout Malibu on Jan. 12 and 13, call for other times and locations 506.4766
TUES., JAN. 13
NATURE WALK A two-hour walk at the Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., 10 a.m., 805.370.2301
POINT DUME MEETING The Pepperdine University Mary Pickford-Stotsenberg Performances Series will begin with a faculty recital featuring Kathleen Roland, Soprano. Call for other dates. Raitt Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. 506.4522
WED., JAN. 14
POINT DUME MEETING The Point Dume Community Association monthly meeting will be held at the Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School library, 6955 Fernhill Dr., 7 p.m., 457.7711
ONGOING
BARBIE ART EXHIBIT Photo-realistic oil paintings of Barbie from 1959-1970 at McLean Gallery on 23410 West Civic Center Way, Runs through Jan. 6, 456.2226
PARENT-2-PARENT Network for parents of high school children meets at Malibu High School, For dates call 451.5543.
PHOTO EXHIBIT Showcase of work by 19th century British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, runs through Jan. 11 at the Getty Center, 440.6427
MALIBU SENIOR CENTER Free computer lab, first and third Thursday of every month 6-8 p.m.; Chess Club meets the last Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m., 456.2489 ext. 357
ST. AIDAN’S SERVICES St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church services on Sundays at 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Childcare available 8:15-11:45 a.m. 457.7966
CHABAD SERVICES Services at Chabad of Malibu, 456.6588
KIWANIS CLUB Meets every Thursday except the second one of each month at Guido’s Malibu, 7 p.m., 589.9266
MALIBU CHESS CLUB Free meeting for all levels every Tuesday at the Point Dume Club and the last Tuesday of every month at Bluffs Park, 457.1556
CHRISTIAN 12-STEP MEETINGS Various addiction/codependency issues, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd. 317.4293, ext. 104
PT. DUME SHUTTLE SERVICE Drives from Westward Beach to the Point Dume Natural Preserve on weekends and holidays; leaves every half-hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 805.488.1827
HELP FOR HOMELESS Dinner and bible study, Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Malibu Vineyard Christian Church banquet room, call Holly at 818.880.6372
MOMMY AND ME CLASSES At Malibu Gymnastics, 589.5538; at Gan Malibu Preschool, 454.0499
A.A. MEETINGS Fridays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 6:30 p.m., St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 457.7966. Mon to Thurs. and Sat. evenings at the Malibu Community Center, 213.387.8316 or 457.1558
LIBRARY LIMO Weekly bookmobile at Point Dume Shopping Center on Heathercliff Road, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., 456.8572
-Jonathan Friedman