Hermosa Arts Foundation sponsors annual 10-minute play festival
The Hermosa Arts Foundation is sponsoring “Take Two,” the second annual 10-minute play festival brought together under the production of Gerry Athas-Vazquez. It is an evening consisting of four plays individually written and directed by members of a Hermosa Beach writers group. “It is a chance to come experience theater and see a variety of […]
About Town Hermosa Beach: Heal the Bay, GI Joe Run
More accolades: Heal the Bay has recognized the City of Hermosa Beach for the two innovative storm water runoff projects completed last year that helped achieve top grades for ocean water quality in all categories of the organization’s 2010-2011 Annual Beach Report Card, announced Mayor Peter Tucker. “We are pleased that Heal the Bay recognized […]
Swell magnet surf forecast: Don’t put away those 4/3s
Those howling winds have sent us back to square one as far as ocean water temps are concerned. The South Bay has dropped to 60, after clawing up to as warm as 63 degrees. Malibu has plummeted to an ungodly 51 degrees and Newport did another one of it’s devastating dips, dropping from 67 degrees […]
Good Shepherd
One of the first things people notice about Monsignor John F. Barry is the strong and resonating voice. That such a small-statured man could possess a pair of vocal cords that allow parishioners to hear his charming Irish accent all the way to the vestibule of the church, often without a microphone, would be the […]
Barfly: Hermosa Ink, Fishbar, Wee Man’s offers half-price pitchers
Stand up for art: Pro standup paddleboarder Gene Smith has partnered with local restaurateur Shane McColgan (Sharks Cove, HB & MB) to open up an upscale tattoo parlor, Hermosa Ink on Hermosa Ave at Eighth Street. The two-story shop is a class act filled with the artists’ artwork on canvas as well as on skin. […]
DVD Review: “William Kentridge: Anything is Possible”
The South African artist William Kentridge (he’s based in Johannesburg) has impressed many of us as a major figure in the art world at least since he was given a grand exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the summer and early fall of 2002. Of course, calling him an “artist” doesn’t […]
Songs from the city: Katie Costello releases her second album, Lamplight.
In late 2008, a 17-year-old woman showed up in New York City, alone. Katie Costello came to the city to write songs. She was technically still a senior at Mira Costa High School, but she’d already released her debut album, Kaleidoscope Machine. She had recorded part of the album in New York and subsequently convinced […]
Huey, Hahn square off in race for U.S. Congress
Candidates Janice Hahn and Craig Huey disagree on nearly every key issue at play in the July 12 runoff election for the seat in the U.S. Congress vacated earlier this year by Jane Harman. But nowhere are their respective differences starker than on the issue of Medicare’s future. The government entitlement program intended to provide […]
Redondo Beach honors war dead with Memorial Day tribute
Several hundred people attended the annual Memorial Day tribute at Veteran’s Park on Monday. The ceremony, which included a keynote address by Mayor Mike Gin and remarks from special guest Col. Arnold Streland from the Los Angeles Air Force Base, concluded with members from each branch of military service laying poppies along the memorial. Lt. […]
New Year, New Band, New Company, New Gun: A Sand Section EP Release Party
Since the release of their debut LP “Truth Over Harmony” nearly a year ago, Sand Section has been building up their proverbial castle without fearing the tides. Their perpetual remodeling has effected considerable change and growth within the band, and has included many open doors. “Last summer we toured extensively with [fellow South Bay band] […]
Proposed Redondo Beach budget balanced with pay cuts
City Manager Bill Workman this week introduced his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a budget that for the third consecutive year depends on employee wage concessions in order to meet a gaping deficit. Workman’s proposed budget addresses a $3.8 million deficit largely through a proposed $2.8 million in savings that would be realized […]