Kristin's List: A Guide to Cultivated Los Angeles

“The Thrilling Adventure & Supernatural Suspense Hour” team brings the Golden Age of radio to kids at a mock broadcast workshop. Students will learn how to write their own radio plays with memorable characters, witty dialogue, music and sound effects. At the end of the afternoon, genre-appropriate actors and a sound effects artist will perform all of the plays live.

WHEN: 12noon
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: Hammer Museum
ADDRESS: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
PHONE: (310) 443-7000
CONTACT: www.hammer.ucla.edu

As the longest serving broadcaster in Iraq, Richard Engel went on marine patrols, survived ambushes and saw the grim details omitted from nightly newscasts. In conversation with NPR’s Mike Shuster, Engel will discuss his new memoir “War Journal, My Five Years in Iraq,” which includes his interviews with Sunni insurgents, Shiite militias, US military officials and President Bush.

WHEN: 7:30pm
ADMISSION: $20
TICKETS: www.townhall-la.org/programs/register/1212
WHERE: UCLA Faculty Center
ADDRESS: 480 Charles Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095
WEBSITE: www.townhall-la.org

Long before roses were prized for their beauty, the flower was used in recipes dating back to 13th c. Persia. In a hands-on cooking class at the Huntington, hear about the edible history of this much-loved flower and learn how to create your own rose confections.

WHEN: 10am-12noon
ADMISSION: $70 General/$60 Members
REGISTRATION: (626) 405-2128
WHERE: The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
ADDRESS: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
PHONE: (626) 405-2100
WEBSITE: www.huntington.org

“No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign,” remarks James Norwood Pratt, tea specialist and author of the “New Tea Lover’s Treasury.” To celebrate the grand opening of the Chado Tea Room at the Japanese American National Museum, join Pratt for a presentation on tea lore followed by a full afternoon tea.

In addition to writing the “New Tea Lover’s Treasury,” Pratt has been Honorary Director of the first traditional Chinese teahouse in America, instrumental in creating the American Premium Tea Institute and editor-in-chief of the magazine Tea Trade.

WHEN: 1pm
ADMISSION: $40 General/$30 Members
TICKETS: (213) 625-0414, ext 2313
WHERE: Japanese American National Museum
ADDRESS: 369 E. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
PHONE: (213) 625-0414
WEBSITE: www.janm.org

Over the past year one-third of US honeybees have mysteriously disappeared. Though this crisis has not made headline news, the survival of up to 100 crop plants depends on the honeybee’s pollination. Join Professor May Berenbaum for a look at the “pollinator crisis,” the plight of the honeybee and how dependent it appears we are on them.

Professor Berenbaum will also share recent research that shows how honey is a potentially rich source of antioxidants. Among other things this suggests that if honey is incorporated into one’s diet, particularly in place of sugar, it may have important health-promoting values.

WHEN: 7pm
ADMISSION: $12
TICKETS: www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/6416
WHERE: Beverly Hills Public Library
ADDRESS: 444 N Rexford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
WEBSITE: www.slowfoodla.com