Frontline returns to Ebell on April 27

By Casey Russell

Stories From the Frontline, a storytelling platform working to raise awareness and elevate voices of lived homelessness, is holding an event at The Ebell of Los Angeles Thurs., April 27.

Featuring Molly Smith Metzler, creator of “Maid,” a Netflix miniseries inspired by Stephanie Land’s memoir, the event is sponsored by Imagine LA, Corporation for Support- ive Housing, the John and Marilyn Wells Family Foundation and The Ebell of Los Angeles.

Locals Marilyn Wells and Allison Schallert brought the team at Stories From the Frontline together. The group highlights perseverant, formerly homeless people with strong wills to survive, and its programs strive to understand and find solutions to homelessness in our area.

Casino games, hookah lounge at local fundraiser

By Nona Sue Friedman

Play your hand at blackjack or poker or roll the ball for roulette at Casino Night at the House of Lebanon’s (HOL) fundraiser on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. HOL has been doing this fundraiser for over 10 years, but this is the first time it will be held in the group’s newly remodeled headquarters at 4800 Wilshire Blvd.

The evening proves to be festive, past attendees report. There will be casino games, delicious Middle Eastern finger food and a DJ with dancing. And this year, for the first time, organizers are setting up a hookah lounge outside! Attendees also will be entered into a raffle.

The price for this evening of entertaining and supporting HOL is $150; $125 if under age 30. RSVP at tinyurl.com/ mr49jjs8.

Dr. Lauren Estrada joins Larchmont Pediatrics

Dr. Lauren Estrada recently joined the practice at Larchmont Pediatrics, 321 N. Larchmont Blvd., Ste. 1020. The doctor, who completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has been practicing privately in general pediatrics in the Los Angeles area.

Dr. Estrada finds joy in working with children and is constantly inspired by their strength and resilience, according to Dr. Neville Anderson, who founded the well-respected Larchmont practice in 2014.

To learn more about the office, visit larchmontpediatric. com.

Doors at The Ebell will open at 6:30 p.m. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. Member tickets are $10; tickets for the public, $15. Student tickets are free. For more information, visit storiesfrontline.org.

YomHaShoah: remembering survivors April 16

Honor survivors and remember those who perished in the Holocaust at YomHaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sun., April 16, at 2 p.m. at Holocaust Museum LA, 100 The Grove Dr.

This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and uprisings at Sobibor and Treblinka death camps.

Attendees in the April 16 event will include Jeffrey Abrams, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, and Consul General of Israel, Dr. Hillel Newman. A musical composition by the late Holocaust survivor Herbert Zipper will be performed by musicians from The Colburn School. RSVP at HMLA.org.