1
Willem McCormick and Dakota Emerson (aka Willem & Dakota) are playing the Saint Rocke/Hermosa Beach leg of the Coast to Coast Gulf Coast Benefit at 7:45 tonight. Also on the bill, Iglu & Hartly. Saint Rocke is at 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, HB. More at saintrocke.com.
2
Locally-based Nu Savant opens for The Tubes tomorrow at Brixton, 100 J Fisherman’s Wharf, on the Redondo Beach Pier. Tickets, $25, but if you contact Nu Savant you may be able to score a discount. Try it and see: NuSavant.com or NuSavant@gmail.com.
3
Berry Bly and his band Soul Shaker play high energy funk/hip hop from 9:30 to 11 p.m. on Saturday at Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach. Tickets at the door are $10. More at saintrocke.com.
4
Susan Meiselas, whose books include Nicaragua, June 1978-July 1979 and Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, is among the nine photographers included in “Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography Since the Sixties,” on view through Nov. 14 at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Photo . (310) 440-7300 or go to getty.edu.
5
David Mac Innes created “Red motion” from wood, and it’s on view through July 25 in the group show “In Motion: The Human Body in Movement,” at the Beach Cities Health District, 514 N. Prospect Ave., Redondo Beach. Photo . (310) 374-3426 or go to bchd.org.
6
Amy Thornberry, a San Pedro-based visual artist (this is her work shown here), was recently announced as one of the recipients of the 2010 Alpay Award from the Palos Verdes Art Center. She’s using the grant to frame pieces for her current show “Truce.”
7
Spotlight: Throwing strikes
“If Slater Bowled” is artist Alison Wright’s (left) homage to surfing icon and hero Kelly Slater. The work – pin and bowling ball – are over the escalators at Metlox Plaza in Manhattan Beach through mid-November. Curator Sharon Greco is with her. Photo .
8
Co-curator Ruth Weisberg (with Homeira Goldstein) and artist Caryl Levy at Tuesday’s opening reception for “Four Artists: Singular Impressions,” on view through July 29 at the Creative Art Center, 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach. The group show also features fine work by Jan Handtmann, Gary Brown, and Susan Gesundheit. Photo . (310) 802-5440.
9
Susan Gesundheit and her work at the Tuesday evening opening of “Four Artists: Singular Impressions” at the Creative Art Center in Manhattan Beach. Photo .
