Community calendar

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Reservations

Heart and stroke awareness: Rock Your Red, a Temecula Valley nonprofit, hosts a heart and stroke awareness fundraising event 10a.m.-2:30p.m. Feb. 23in the grand ballroom at Pechanga Resort Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula. Tickets are $55 and provide lunch, beverages, swag bag, live music and more. Information, tickets: rockyourred.info/

Registration

Natural garden design: Diverse Habitat Garden Ecological Enterprise will offer a permaculture design training and certification course the second Saturday of every month through August. Classes will be held at the Landuse Learning Center, 4500Glenwood Drive, Riverside. dihgeco.org

Heart Health Expo: Riverside Community Hospital hosts a free Heart Health Expo 10a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 24at the Health Education Center on Riverside Community Hospital’s campus at 4445Magnolia Ave., Riverside. Event includes heart health education; lunch; hands-only CPR sessions; blood pressure, diabetes and grip-strength screening; vendors and giveaways; and mobile C cardiac CT display. Register at 951-788-3463or Riversidecommunityhospital. com/calendar.

Saturday

Southwest Riverside County Book sale: The Friends of the Murrieta Library’s Corner Bookstore, 39445Los Alamos Road, Murrieta, offers an overstock sidewalk sale 10a.m.-5p.m. Hundreds of books will be available, at $1 for hardbacks and 25-50cents for paperbacks. Mountain communities Jazz concert: Idyllwild Arts Academy presents its annual free Black History Month jazz concert at 7:30p.m. in Lowman Concert hall, 52500 Temecula Road, idyllwild. idyllwildarts. org/event/black-historyconcert/

From staff reports

Tuesday

Western Riverside County Genealogy: Corona Genealogical Society offers a class 12:30-1:45 p.m. in the Computer Learning Center at the Corona Public Library, 650S. Main St. Donna Polentz presents “The Mystery of the Two Adolphs.” Free. 951-739-4860 or Coronagensoc.org

Wednesday

Western Riverside County Lecture series: Author, poet, actor, winemaker and teacher Rob Crisell will present “Wine Makes Everything Fine” at 2 p.m. at the Westmont Village Community Events Center, 17050 Arnold Drive, Riverside. The presentation is part of the Westmont Village Lecture Series. Crisell’s will talk about historical research, his interviews with Temecula winemakers and personal insights. RSVP is requested at 951-697-2060. Lifestream blood drive: A blood drive is scheduled to occur 8a.m.-3p.m. at the Corona Fire Department, 735 Public Safety Way, Corona. Donors receive a free miniature physical, including readings for blood pressure, pulse, cholesterol levels, iron level and temperature, with results being posted on the donor’s private online portal. For appointments, call 800-879-4484or go to Lstream.org.

Southwest Riverside County Line dancing: Beginning to intermediate line dancing for ages 12and older is offered 3:30-5p.m. Wednesdays at the Lake Elsinore/wildomar Elks Lodge, 33700Mission Trail, Wildomar. Cost: $5per lesson. Joyce Hohenadl at 951-6742159

Thursday

Western Riverside County Bingo: The Martin Luther King Senior Citizens Club, in cooperation with the Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, offers bingo noon-2p.m. Thursdays at the Stratton Center at Bordwell Park, 2008Martin Luther King Blvd., Riverside. The cost is $5 for 10 games, and players must be 18 or older. Stratton Center at 951-826-5355or Donna at 951-235-4181

Farmers market: The Norco Rural Farmers and Artisans Market is open 5-8p.m. Thursdays at the Ecological Agriculture Training Center, 3954Old Hamner Road, Norco.

Author event: Cellar Door Bookstore, 473E. Alessandro Blvd., Suite B, Riverside, presents Tlotlo Tsamaase, author of the sci-fi novel “Womb City,” in conversation with Liz Harmer, author of “The Amateurs” and “Strange Loops,” at 6p.m. at the bookstore. cellardoorbookstore.com/wombcity

A new event, the Southern California Dance Festival, will occur at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Lakeside High School in Lake Elsinore.

The festival, hosted by the Lake Elsinore High School’s dance department, is produced by Tracy Kofford, director of dance at Santa Barbara

City College; Myshia Leboss, past president of California Dance Education Association; and Rosalina Macisco, executive and artistic director of Santa Barbara Dance Institute.

The festival’s objective is to provide a platform for choreographers to present their work, and performers will range from high school and college groups to professional and preprofessionals, according to a news release.

Among the participants are CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts; FUSE Dance Company, Joshua D. Estradaromero, artistic director; Jazz Spectrum Dance Company, Janell Burgess, artistic director; Jose Costas Contempo Ballet; Kairos

Dance Company, Hazel Clarke, artistic director; Lebosscodance, Myshia Leboss, artistic director; SBCC Dance Company, Tracy R. Kofford, artistic director; and State Street Ballet professional track, Meredith Ventura, artistic director.

Tickets are $15 for the general public, available at lebosscodance.org/ scdf.html. Those who live in the 92530 ZIP code may buy discounted tickets at the door.

Lakeside High School is at 32593 Riverside Drive in Lake Elsinore, and doors will open at 5:30 p.m.

For information and a complete list of participants, go to lebosscodance.org/scdf.html.

From staff reports