South Bay Arts Calendar 9/15 – 9/21
Symphomaniax performs music of the ages at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. Free. (310) 524-2728
Grant Hungerford, who is the featured trumpet player for several regional orchestras, performs tonight, Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m. with select musicians at the Torrance Art Museum as part of the Thursday Tunes at TAM monthly series. (310) 376-5577
Thursday, September 15
Man with a trumpet
Grant Hungerford and Friends perform from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of the “Thursday Tunes at TAM” series, taking place in the main gallery of the Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. Suggested donation, $20. Hungerford is currently the principal trumpeter with the Burbank Philharmonic, the Downey Symphony, the Peninsula Symphony, and more. (310) 376-5577.
Folk, rock, Americana
Former Hermosa Beach resident Garrick Rawlings is back in town after five years, and he’s opening for country artist K. Phillips at Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach. The show starts at 8 p.m. and Shannon Rae is also on the bill. Admission, $10. Call (310) 372-0035 or go to saintrocke.com.
Friday, September 16
Pulling his whistle
Buster Keaton stars in “Steamboat Bill, Jr.,” screening Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m., as well as Saturday at 2:30 p.m., in the Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. The 1928 silent is being accompanied live on the Mighty Wurlitzer. Tickets, $10 general ($8 seniors). Call (310) 322-2592 or go to OldTownMusicHall.org.
Are there snakes and ‘gators?
The Pacific Arts Group of the Palos Verdes Art Center has its opening reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center, 3201 Plaza del Amo, Torrance. Pastels, oils, and watercolors depict this oasis in the urban desert. The work is up through Oct. 8. Call (310) 782-3989.
Buster Keaton stars in “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928), screening Friday and Saturday in the Old Town Music Hall, El Segundo. With live organ music. Tickets, $10 general ($8 seniors). Call (310) 322-2592 or go to OldTownMusicHall.org
Saturday, September 17
Debut novelists
Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of “Be Frank with Me,” and Steven Rowley, author of “Lily and the Octopus,” are in conversation at 6 p.m. at {pages}, 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach. Both works are highly inventive. (310) 318-0900 or go to pagesabookstore.com.
The last Malaga Cove Art Show and Sale of the season takes place Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. outdoors at Malaga Cove in Palos Verdes Estates. About 30 artists affiliated with the Palos Verdes Art Center will have works for sale. Pictured, Tom Truelove at work
Dancers in flight
“T.R.U.S.T.,” the newest work from the Diavolo Dance Theatre Education Company, is being presented by the Art Attack Foundation, and it takes place at 10:30 a.m. in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. Diavolo dancers are all over the place. Tickets, $12. Call (310) 781-7171 or go to artattackfoundation.org.
Musical addicts
Symphomaniax performs Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music as well as pop and contemporary favorites at 2 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room of the El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. Free. (310) 524-2728.
The Encore Saxophone quartet performs at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the First Lutheran Church and School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance. Free; donations appreciated. (310) 316-5574
Before the nights grow short
The last Malaga Cove Art Show and Sale of the season takes place Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. outdoors at Malaga Cove in Palos Verdes Estates. About 30 artists affiliated with the Palos Verdes Art Center will have works for sale.
Graceful onslaught?
The Encore Saxophone quartet performs at 3 p.m. in the First Lutheran Church and School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance. Free; donations appreciated. (310) 316-5574.
All right, on three
The Richard Sherman Trio performs a benefit concert at 7 p.m. for Seaside Community Church, and it takes place in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. Tickets, $25. Call (310) 375-4441.
This is your break, little one
Boys and girls ages 5 to 12 are invited to join the cast of “Disney’s Mulan Jr.,” at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes, 28 Moccasin Lane, Rolling Hills Estates. Everyone accepted, because this is a tuition-based program, with 12 weeks of rehearsal culminating in three performances. Presented by the South Bay Conservatory Youth Musical Theatre Company. (424) 262-9722 or go to southbayconservatory.com.
Hermosa-based Barley is headed south on Friday to play at the KAABOO Festival in Del Mar. The festival is headlined by Aerosmith, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, etc. Travel there with the band. They’ll leave at 10 a.m. and come back in the wee hours. Tickets, $24. Event info at KAABOODelMar.com, and travel-with-the-band info at partybus.barleyband.com
Sunday, September 18
International business thriller
Grey Bryan, author of “Big Beginnings,” visits {pages}, 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, at 4 p.m. to talk about this debut novel. (310) 318-0900 or go to pagesabookstore.com.
“LAX, Tonight” (2016), by Alex Weinstein, is one of three works by the South Bay artist on view at the Leslie Sacks Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., B6, in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station. “Power Lines” (that’s the collective name) is up through Oct. 22. Call (310) 264-0640 or contact gallery@lesliesacks.com
Are you coming aboard?
The Riverboat Dixie Jazz Band performs at 2:30 p.m. in the Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. The group does early American jazz, with tunes composed between 1897 and the 1920s. Tickets, $20. Call (310) 322-2592 or go to OldTownMusicHall.org.
Monday, September 19
Look at me now
“Embrace,” Taryn Brumfitt’s exploration of the global issue of body loathing, the result being to inspire us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies, screens at 7:30 p.m. in the Del Amo Imax theater at 3525 W. Carson St., Torrance. Go to gathr.us/screening/17052 or to learn more: bodyimagemovement.com. ER