Free comics for food
The Comic Bug, 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd. is offering a free comic book to each person who donates an item to its food drive between now and Jan. 5. Donors who bring in 10 food items will receive a free trade paperback or graphic novel.
Last week, The Comic Bug reached a quarter of its goal to collect 800 cans and boxes of food. All donations will go to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank (www.lafoodbank.org), a 37-year-old non-profit organization that operates roughly 900 centers, including abused and abandoned children homes, battered women’s shelters, senior centers, local food pantries, soup kitchens and AIDS hospices. Last year, L.A. Foodbank distributed 54 million pounds of food for the hungry in the county.
For more information, contact Mike Wellman at (310) 372-6704 or info@thecomicbug.com.
Theater winter break camp
Residents can unleash their inner thespians at a two-week Theater Winter Break Camp that will culminate in a performance of “BAH HUMBUG…A Very Merry Musical!” in which participants will perform on the last day.
Campers will learn to act, sing, dance, improvise, and more. All acting levels, from first timers and advanced performers, are eligible to sign up.
The cost is $350 per person.
Campers will meet from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Dec. 20 to 23 and Dec. 27 to 30 at the Live Oak Park Hall and the Joslyn Community Center, 1601 N. Valley Dr. in Manhattan Beach.
The camp is put on by Performing Arts Workshops Education, an organization that provides after-school enrichment programs to schools throughout Los Angeles County.
For more information or to register, call (310) 802-5448.
Coffee with the mayor
Manhattan Beach Mayor Richard Montgomery this month launched his Coffee Dialogue program, where residents can meet with him to discuss thoughts, questions and concerns over a cup of joe.
Every first Thursday of the month, Montgomery will be at Peet’s Coffee & Tea, 328 Manhattan Beach Boulevard from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Te 2nd Saturday of each month, he will be at Manhattan Bread and Bagel, 1812 North Sepulveda Boulevard from 10 a.m..
Montgomery will set up a one-on-one meetings with residents for whom the scheduled times do not work. For more information, contact Montgomery at rmontgomery@citymb. ER
