Week of Feb 18-24

This week: Poets, Goats, Art, and more!

Question of the Week

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🌳 What’s your favorite park in the Beach Cities?

🗣️ TAYLOR SAYS I really like the concrete slide at South Park in Hermosa Beach. That thing goes FAST. There’s also a really neat community garden on the side!

🩸 Give Blood on Feb 18th from 9am to 3pm at the Manhattan Beach Farmer’s Market. You can book an appointment or walk-in, THEN walk out with a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks or In-N-Out.

🤫 Don’t Tell Comedy is coming back to the Beach Cities, this time to Hermosa Beach on February 21st at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. But it’s all a SECRET: secret comedians and a secret location.

🏂 The Manhattan Beach Teen Center is running a Ski & Snowboard Trip to Snow Summit on Feb 22nd. This trip is for ages 11-18, so grab your skis or board and hit the slopes!

🚗 The Manhattan Beach Cars & Coffee group is hosting an event at The Point on Feb 22nd from 8-10am. Come by to see some rad cars, take pictures, and sip some coffee.

💞 Pages: a bookstore is hosting a “Love Is In The Air” Romance Author Chat on Feb 22 from 11am-12:30pm with Suzanne Park (One Last Word) and Elissa Sussman (Funny You Should Ask, More Than a Feeling). Come on by for a chat followed by book signings.

👂️ Learn to set set a 5mm stone in a pair of earrings in this “Silver Metal Clay: Earrings” workshop at the Manhattan Beach Art Center on Feb 22 at 9:30am. Fee includes all materials and the use of all tools.

🎤 The Fly Poet Classic Slam, the nation’s best spoken word artist competition with cash prizes, DJ beats, and dance battles is coming to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Feb 22 at 8pm.

🎨Love LA Style” is a night of art and music on Feb 22nd benefiting the LA Community Fire Relief Fund as well as Indivisible Arts' scholarship fund for youth displaced by the fires. Come on by to support and enjoy art of all kinds.

🐐 If you like Yoga and Baby Goats, this Baby Goat Yoga event in Redondo Beach is sure to lift your spirit! Tickets are available now for this event on Feb 23 at 11am.

Reader Recommendation

🍜 Soni H recommends Ryu-Ku Ramen:

“The employees that work there know their customers well and the community, and their ramen broth is incredible! It's also nestled among a few other great spots such as an Izakaya spot and next to the tiki bar The Hula Hula room.”

Soni H

🎙️ Live from South Bay

WEDNESDAY THE 19th

🎸 The Exploited w/ Total Chaos | Saint Rocke - 8pm

THURSDAY THE 20th

🎤 10 Comics Show | Comedy & Magic Club - 8pm

FRIDAY THE 21st

🎤 10 Comics Show | Comedy & Magic Club - 8pm
🎸 Radio Rebels | The Strand House - 9pm
🎸 Filthy Rotters | The Bull Pen - 9pm

SATURDAY THE 22nd

🎸 Hunter Benson & Friends | The Lighthouse Cafe - 4pm
🍿 “It Started With Eve” | Old Town Music Hall - 2:30pm
🍿 “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” | Old Town Music Hall - 7pm
🎤 10 Comics Show | Comedy & Magic Club - 6pm & 8pm
🎸 Fan Halen w/ Cheaper Trick | Saint Rocke - 8pm
🎸 Tres Hombres | The Bull Pen - 9pm

SUNDAY THE 23rd

🎸 K-Tel All-Stars (70s) | The Lighthouse Cafe - 2pm
🎹 Them Ol' Piano Blues | Old Town Music Hall - 2:30pm
🎤 Jay Leno | Comedy & Magic Club - 7pm

Adoptee of the Week

🐶 Meet Taco! A maltese / terrier mix dog now available in Manhattan Beach at the King of Hearts Foundation. Learn more about him here!

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