Search Results: best of the beach 2018

All tomorrow’s parties

By Ryan McDonald / June 8, 2018

In 1980s New York, Hermosa resident Patti Astor and the Fun Gallery brought graffiti from the street to the studio. With a slate of upcoming local shows, the art world is still trying to keep up In 1992, the New York Times dispatched reporter Rick Marin to Seattle to write about “grunge,” the fashion and…

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Librarian Melissa McCollum departs for El Segundo library

By Mark McDermott / June 8, 2018

More has changed at the Manhattan Beach Library over the last few years than the transformation of the building, itself, from a one-room, fluorescent-lit relic into a multi-level, sunlit 21,500 sq. ft. architectural wonder. The library has become an attraction, and not just because of the building, but what began to happen inside. Melissa McCollum,…

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South Bay Community Calendar 6-7-18

By Judy Rae / June 7, 2018

Fantastic weather for a fantastic weekend

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South Bay arts calendar for June 7 to 13

By Bondo Wyszpolski / June 7, 2018

Thursday, June 7 Taking flight “Grounded,” featuring photographs by John Divola and Zoe Crosher, opens at ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. The show, curated by Colin Westerbeck, looks at LAX but in oblique angles, unlike any perspective you’ve seen before. Through Sept. 22. Call (424) 277-1020 or go to esmoa.org. It’s not over yet…

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Letters to the Editor 5-31-18

By Judy Rae / June 4, 2018

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Pinewood Derby rolls on

By Easy Reader Staff / June 1, 2018

Editor’s note:  The Pinewood Derby celebrated its 65th year on Memorial Day at the Jocelyn Community Center. Below is an investigation into the history of the event and its local origin published in the Easy Reader on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 2003. by Jerry Roberts When the police investigate the Cub Scouts…

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South Bay arts calendar for May 31-June 6

By Bondo Wyszpolski / May 30, 2018

Thursday, May 31 That’s a milestone St. Francis Episcopal Church is hosting its 50th annual “Palos Verdes Antiques Show and Sale” on Thursday and Friday from from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the church in Palos Verdes Estates. All sort of items from furniture to jewelry…

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Villaraigosa campaigns at Fiesta Hermosa

By Ryan McDonald / May 28, 2018

During a campaign swing through the Hermosa Beach Memorial Day Weekend Fiesta, Democratic Gobernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa advocated an aggressive homebuilding push. Part of the solution, he said, would be for the state to incentivize cities to loosen regulations on constructing new housing.

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Surfing in the Material World

By Ryan McDonald / May 28, 2018

The Founders’ Cup brought perfect waves and thousands of fans to the WSL Surf Ranch. Will it change surfing as we know it? Joel Parkinson, a square-jawed Australian and surfing’s 2012 world champion, was sitting in the water, waiting for a wave. And waiting. In the ocean, waves tend to come in “sets,” groupings of…

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South Bay Community Calendar 5-24-18

By Judy Rae / May 24, 2018

Memorial Day Weekend. A lot to do in Hermosa with the Fiesta and Memorial Day Services

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Tower of Torrance: Torrance Memorial CEO Craig Leach

By Kevin Cody / May 24, 2018

Lundquist Tower and the Hunt Cancer Center were preludes to Torrance Memorial CEO Craig Leach’s latest achievement, the affiliation with Cedars-Sinai

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Letters to the Editor 5-17-18

By Judy Rae / May 23, 2018

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South Bay Community Calendar 5-17-18

By Judy Rae / May 17, 2018

Tour de Pier on the Manhattan Beach Pier this weekend. Sophisticated Snoop 45th Annual home tour

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Surf City Theatre does Christopher Durang

By Bondo Wyszpolski / May 17, 2018

And Now for Something Completely Different Surf City Theatre presents “An Evening of Christopher Durang” Everyone loves an old chestnut, but on the other hand who can resist a fresh bowl of cherries? Surf City Theatre dishes out the staples, and generally they do a good job of it, too, but this weekend we’re getting…

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Sandbox: Nothing sweet about sugar subsidy

By Easy Reader Staff / May 16, 2018

  by Margarita Rodriguez Manhattan Creamery likes to embrace the whimsical side of everything. We want our shop to be fun, and above all, for customers to enjoy the opportunity to indulge in our sweet treats. That experience represents a vote of confidence not only in our products but in our community here in Manhattan…

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JÉNE NÉTE (Water World) an exhibition to benefit the Shipibo-Konibo community in Peru

By Judy Rae / May 14, 2018
When: May 14, 2018 @ 7:58 pm – 8:58 pm
Where: CA 101 2018 Gallery, 200 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA

Mike Saijo Artist JÉNE NÉTE (Water World) Sunday, June 10, 2018 5 – 10 p.m. CA 101 2018 Gallery located at 200 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach, 90277 presents JÉNE NÉTE (Water World) an exhibition to benefit the Shipibo-Konibo community in Peru. Los…

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