Apr. 4: Learn How to Cook Up a Career in the Food Industry

Hi there, and welcome to the first full week of April 2011.

If you broke away from your computer over the weekend, here's what you missed on Santa Monica Patch: the latest installments of , , the and ; a on the Santa Monica Fire Department participating in an emergency-response drill; and a by proponents of Propositions Y and YY.

Now, here's the lowdown on today:

Weather Forecast

• sunny
• high temperature: 71 degrees
• low temperature: 54 degrees
• chance of precipitation: 0 percent
• humidity: 55 percent
• sunrise: 6:37 a.m.
• sunset: 7:17 p.m.

The Main Event

• If you're a teen who's interested in pursuing a career in the food industry, you won't want to miss a related panel happening today at the . "So You Want To ... Work With Food," which is co-sponsored by the Teen Center, will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room on the second floor.

The Runner-Up

• Meanwhile, at another local library, aspiring actors can get some food for thought at a workshop led by director Adam Collis (Sunset Strip). At the workshop—which will go on from 6 to 8:45 p.m. at the —participants will do on-camera cold readings, learn tips for auditions and get a DVD of their workshop performance.

Other Happenings

• Also at the Montana Avenue Branch, from 2 to 4 p.m., the library's "Classic Film and Discussion Series" continues with a viewing of one of the best-regarded movies of all time, Casablanca. Film scholar Vivian Rosenberg will talk about the movie after the free screening.
• The Main Library must be jealous of the aforementioned series, because starting today, it's launching its own similar program. A movie will be shown in the library's MLK Auditorium on the afternoon of the first Monday of every month. First up is the iconic Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles; it will be screened from 1 to 3 p.m.
• Musicians from Vermont's Marlboro Music Festival—which Time magazine has called "the most exciting chamber music" in the U.S.—will introduce themselves to Santa Monicans with a performance of Janacek, Mozart and Mendelssohn compositions at . The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets range from $45 to $95.

Last but Not Least

• The Disabilities Commission meets at the starting at 6:30 p.m.

(Go here for more events happening today.)

This Day in Santa Monica History

• On Apr. 4, 2010, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Baja California was felt in Santa Monica.

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