THURSDAY, May 12 • La Jolla Town Council Speaker Series addresses redistricting, 5 to 7 p.m., guest speakers Joe LaCava and Midori Wong, La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., free • Music lecture: Opera and Instrumentalism: Handel, Wagner and Puccini, presented by Erica Miner and David Amos, 7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $12 members, $17 non-members FRIDAY, May 13 • San Diego State University (SDSU) Art Council scholarship students’ opening reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m, The Athenaeum Rotunda Gallery, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, free • “Children of Eden,” David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, opening performance of show based on Garden of Eden and Noah’s Ark that runs through May 22, (858) 362-1348, www.sdcjc.org/jcompany, $14 children, $16 adults • Film Noir Classic: “Cornered,” 3 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, free • “Radical Coherency” by David Antin, 7 p.m., D.G. Wills, 7461 Girard Ave., author discussion and book-signing event for this compilation of selected essays on art and literature, (858) 456-1800, dgwillsbooks.com, free SATURDAY, May 14 • 5:11 Contemporary worship gathering, 5:11 p.m., University City United Church, 2877 Governor Drive, free • La Jolla Town Council Nell Carpenter Beautification/Streetscape cleanup, 9 a.m to noon, Girard Avenue just east of Prospect Street, organizers provide gloves, pickers, trash bags, refreshments, (619) 742-1373 • Desjardins and Tuan, 6 p.m., Monarch Gallery, 1205 Prospect St., exhibition featuring artists Tuan and André Desjardins, RSVP requested, [email protected], free SUNDAY, May 15 • Sunday Family Concerts at Methodist presents “Peter and the Wolf,” a composition commissioned in 1936 to cultivate musical tastes in children from the first years of school. La Jolla United Methodist Church, 6063 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 454-7108 • The Holocaust as a Living Memorial, 1 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., a two-part program, each of which will include one half of the film “Miracle at Midnight,” followed by a discussion for young people and their parents, (858) 552-1657, free MONDAY, May 16 • “Meditation for Self Healing” with Will Bowen, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0831, $20 per month • “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace,” by Rye Barcott, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., author discussion and book-signing event, (858) 454-0347, warwicks.com, free TUESDAY, May 17 • “Caleb’s Crossing,” by Geraldine Brooks, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., author discussion and book-signing event, (858) 454-0347, warwicks.com, free • “A Dram of Drummhicit,” 7:30 p.m., Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, opening ni­­ght, www.lajollaplayhouse.org, $35-$45 WEDNESDAY, May 18 • Registration day for kindergartners and new first- through fifth-grade students, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., activities for youngsters, attendees to receive invite to pizza party, Bird Rock Elementary, 5371 La Jolla Hermosa Ave., (858) 488-0537 • “San Diego Noir,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., book-signing with five of the authors from this local compilation of short stories, (858) 454-0347, free