In Library Leads, LW Library staff highlight new additions to the collection at the Leisure World Library. The library is open 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. on weekdays and until 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays. To place an item on hold, call ahead at 562-598-2431. “Playground” by Richard Powers Genre: Science Fiction The tiny atoll of French Polynesia has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure:

COMMUNITY CHURCH LW Community Church presents Quartet Aido, which will perform the music of Franz Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, at Community Church, located at 14000 Church Place. Tickets are $20; seniors and students are $15. Refreshments will be served after the performance. The church has an all-are-welcome ticket policy. If the ticket price is a

GRF BUS TRIP The Recreation Department is conducting a GRF bus trip to see the Nixon Presidential Library on Wednesday, March 5. The bus departs from the Amphitheater bus stop at 8:45 a.m. Tickets are $94 per person, which includes a two-hour docent guided tour of the museum, “The Ancient World: Unlocking the Middle East” exhibit, box lunch outside the colonnade, facing the rose garden,

LW GONG CLUB Anew entertainment group called the LW Gong Club will perform at Clubhouse 2 on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. The show admission is free, but donations are appreciated. The club is scheduled to perform on the last Friday of every month at the same place and time. Founder and club president Lu DeSantis will be the show’s host and will lead the audience through a path of madness

After getting her soil situated in late July, Community Gardener Anna Derby planted late-season tomatoes, kale, green onions, lettuce, eggplants and hot peppers, many of which grew decently enough to provide crops to enjoy. Two days before Christmas, gardeners began to prepare for winter crops. Derby, Jessica Choi and Michael Oh cleared out Korean white turnips and some unsuccessful green tomatoes.