Religion Notes

POPULATION AND RELIGION TALK: Peter H. Kostmayer, executive director of Zero Population Growth, will speak in a program titled “Population, Sustainability and the Religious Community,” starting at 6:45 tonight at Reseda First United Methodist Church, 18120 Saticoy St. Responding will be minister-environmentalist Peter Moore-Kochlas. (818) 344-7870.

PURIM CARNIVALS: Temple Beth Knesset Bamidbar will celebrate a Purim Carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at 1611 E. Avenue J, Lancaster. Free admission. Information: (805) 942-4415. North Valley Jewish Community Center will host a carnival from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 16601 Rinaldi St., Granada Hills. Free. Information: (818) 360-2211. Temple Beth Haverim will hold its carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. Information: (818) 889-2501. Valley Cities Jewish Community Center will hold a carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the center, 13164 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Information: (818) 786-6310. And the West Valley Jewish Community Center will celebrate its festival from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills. Free admission. Information: (818) 587-3300.

JAZZ TRIO: Vibraphonist Dave Pike and his trio will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Glendale First Lutheran Church, 1300 E. Colorado St., in the congregation’s periodic series of “Jazz Celebrations.” (213) 245-4000.

HOLOCAUST TESTIMONY: Julie Kohner, whose parents survived the Holocaust and wrote their autobiography “Hanna and Walter, A Love Story,” will discuss the Holocaust’s effect on its survivors in “Voices of the Generations: Teaching the Holocaust,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Road, Encino. Kohner includes memorabilia and a video that tells her parents’ story. The cost is $25. Information: (818) 784-4515.

BLUES CONCERT: The Onion Coffeehouse will present a Blues Night featuring blues singer Janiva Magness and instrumentalist Jeff Turmes at 7 p.m. at the Sepulveda Unitarian-Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. Admission is $5. Information: (818) 894-9251.

PEACE WALK: Burbank Church of Religious Science will host Walk for Peace, a candlelight walk and prayer vigil, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 21 at the church, 260 N. Pass Ave., Burbank. The walk supports a nationwide 64-day Season of Nonviolence, which began Jan. 30. Information: (818) 848-4158.