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PERIODICAL PARTY
The Magazine Representatives Association of Southern California is hosting its annual holiday cocktail party at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Info: (213) 655-1951
Dec. 2
ROMAN ROMP
Drinking and dancing will be among the festivities at Bacchus, the Bay Area Communicators Community Holiday Unrestrained Social, sponsored by the San Francisco Ad Club and others. Club Townsend, San Francisco. Info: (415) 986-4297
Dec. 4
HOLIDAY GIVING
The Advertising Club of Los Angeles, in conjunction with the United States Marine Corps Reserve, will hold its annual Toys for Tots holiday party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Info: (213) 782-1044
Dec. 5
SELF-MOTIVATION
“Sharpening Your Focus: How to Put the Enjoyment Back Into Self-Employment” is the theme of the next roundtable discussion sponsored by the San Francisco chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. BusinessWire, San Francisco. Info: (510) 253-8359
Dec. 11