Pennywise’s new lineup plays Bro Hymn
The uplifting ballad of Diego’s Umbrella
This is the story of Diego, his umbrella, a long-dead whistling woman, an elk’s horn, a Jewish wedding, a unicorn and a small troop of well-equipped madmen who wander across the land in search of minor chord women and musical mayhem. It begins, around the turn of the century, with the arm of a man […]
Education Foundation rallies for schools
The Redondo Beach Education Foundation hopes to double its contribution this year and give $200,000 towards elementary music and arts, teacher grants, and various other educational programs. But thus far only four percent of parents in the district have joined.
Artist, activist Gordon Evans remembered for his passions
For over 50 years Gordon Evans sculpted and painted in the studio behind the Valley Park Drive home that he and his wife purchased shortly after World War II. Evans died Saturday, March 20, following a short illness. He was 83.
Pipeline: Surf bros Beatty and Hall
Surfing may be an individual sport, but every surfer has a buddy out there with him in case you get hurt and, more importantly, to see your best rides. Conor Beatty and Austin Hall push each other to new limits on every wave. Conor, the 16-year-old 5-foot-10, 135 pound regular foot (left foot forward), and […]
Barfly: ECC’s Rent deserves an audience
Last Chance: Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer prize winning musical, “Rent,” closes this weekend at El Camino College, so you have three chances left to see it: Friday, March 26, Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. I highly recommend you do.
South Bronx to South Bay: Indefensible to indepensable
By Roger Repohl
Last Sunday’s rush to passage of the health-care reform bill by the House of Representatives was an example of high drama you never thought happened in a place better known for droning diatribes made to an empty chamber.
March 25, 2010
Help
Dear ER:
I found out Friday about one of our school’s teachers getting laid off because he has not been here as long as the other teachers (“Teacher gets NASA award and pink slip,” ER Mar. 18, 2010). He is the first person who has made me want to come to school.
Benoit, Okura hook up at Norris
Prior to welcoming violinist and er-hu player Meg Okura to the Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion stage in Palos Verdes on Saturday night, conductor David Benoit told the audience he found Okura on the Internet. “In keeping with the Asia America Symphony’s mission statement to break down the barriers between jazz and classical music, I was […]
Pennywise to take on the world with new lead singer
I’d just sat down with guitarist Fletcher Dragge and singer Zoli Teglas. Addressing the former but indicating the later, I put forth the question that Pennywise fans could now ask after several months of wondering who would replace the band’s original member and lead vocalist Jim Lindberg. Why him?
South Bay Beat Songwriter Showcase at Club 705 Wednesday night: James Hurley
New comic!
Behold, the Hermosa Beach you dream at night!
Local trio freed entombed Haitians
Three search and rescue workers from Hermosa had grown accustomed to performing dangerous operations under harrowing conditions. But they found a new level of chaos and devastation in the Haiti earthquake, as they tunneled through compressed stories of caved-in buildings to save people buried deep in concrete tombs, along streets lit at night by campfires […]
In memoriam
Hermosa students under the direction of the Builders Club have collected more than 8,000 buttons to be embedded in and around a bench to commemorate the people who died in the 9-11 terror attacks. Hermosa Kiwanis raised money for the bench itself, the location of which was being determined. The students brought buttons from home, […]
Hermosa Beach: About Town – March 24, 2010
Appeal sought As promised, attorneys for the city have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss an oil company’s $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit. The city attorneys have filed a petition for a hearing before the high court, at which they would ask justices to partially overturn a recent ruling by a state appeals court. City […]
In memoriam: Hermosa Beach students commemorate 9-11 victims
Hermosa students under the direction of the Builders Club have collected more than 8,000 buttons to be embedded in and around a bench to commemorate the people who died in the 9-11 terror attacks. Hermosa Kiwanis raised money for the bench itself, the location of which was being determined. The students brought buttons from home, […]