About Town
Manhattan Beach resident Chelsea Berg (right) helps Kelly Bath make crafts at the kids’ art table at last Sunday’s Healthy Living Festival in downtown Manhattan Beach. Photo by Amy Berg
Sophisticated Snoops Tour
American Martyrs Catholic Church will host its 37th Annual Sophisticated Snoops Home Tour this Friday through Sunday.
Attendees will have the chance to visit six unique homes in Manhattan and Hermosa. Homes are within comfortable bicycling distance.
Tickets cost $25 and are available at American Martyrs’ parish center and school office, Christie’s, Hillside Pharmacy, Corner Cottage, Bristol Farms and Banner Stationers. Proceeds go to American Martyrs School. For more information, contact Debbie Walmer at (310) 376-2318.
‘Buffy’ star
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Emma Caulfield, and a host of comic creators and models, will launch The Webcomic Factory from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 26 at The Comic Bug, 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Caulfield and writer Camilla Rantsen co-created “Contropussy,” a new webcomic that chronicles the adventures of an ordinary housecat that searches for a more exciting life by night, described as “Sex and the City” with animals.
“Maxim” model and radio personality Diana Falzone also will be on hand to introduce readers to her new title “Hot Mess,” and will broadcast a special episode of her live show “paltalk” from the store at 7 p.m.
“Comics have a history of being a sandbox full of boys, so it’s nice to see some stories told from a female perspective,” said store owner Jun Goeku.
Webcomic Factory CEO and comic book writer Christian Beranek will be signing at the Bug event along with artists Geoff Skinner, Tony DiGerolamo and Chris Moreno.
For more see thewebcomicfactory.com and thecomicbug.com.
Is your Child Safe?
Manhattan Beach Police Department will host a child safety awareness booth Tuesday at the city’s farmers market for parents and guardians who are interested in getting information on how to protect their children. The event is being held in observation of National Missing Children’s Day.
The event is part of Take 25, a national child safety campaign that encourages parents and guardians to take time to talk to their children about ways to stay safer, by promoting ongoing dialogues between children, families, and communities about child safety.
MBPD School Resource Officer John Loy will also present internet safety information to students at Mira Costa High School, as part of the event.
“The City of Manhattan Beach and its Police Department has always made child safety a priority in our community and schools,” said MBPD Officer Stephanie Martin. “Through our Crime Prevention Office and School Resource Officer programs, the youth of our town receive safety messages from pre-school age to high school,”
The event takes place from noon to 4 p.m. The farmers’ market is located at the intersection of 13th Street and Morningside Drive. Participants may choose to have their children photographed.
First proclaimed National Missing Children’s Day by former President Ronald Reagan in 1983, May 25th serves as an annual reminder to the nation to renew efforts to reunite missing children with their families, remember those who are still missing and make child protection a national priority.
Protecting your skin
Noah Craft, MD, PhD, a LA BioMed principal researcher who specializes in dermatology, will discuss his melanoma research at a talk titled: “Treating Melanoma with a Vaccine: A new use of the Trojan Horse” at the city library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 26.
Dr. Craft graduated from Brown University and received his MD and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. His PhD research focused on the molecular biology of prostate cancer. He completed his dermatology residency and his post-doctoral research in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA.
The event is part of L.A. Biomedical Research Institute’s Science Soirée Series and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.labiomed.org. ER