Friendship Campus imagines the ‘unimaginable’
Twelve years ago, Rabbi Yossi Mintz had a dream. Mintz, the founder and director of the Jewish Community Center Chabad of the South Bay, envisioned a state-of-the-art facility where cutting-edge research, technology, and expertise would help people with special needs carve pathways into society. Statistics pointed to a need for this kind of place, and […]
“Louis van Beethoven” – A symphony [MOVIE REVIEW]
“Louis van Beethoven,” written and directed by Niki Stein, is film biography of the composer better known as Ludwig. Made for German television, “Louis van Beethoven” has all the production values of a fine film. And a fine film it is, indeed. Stein has chosen to frame the history of one of the greatest composers […]
Tilling the pier: Half a century of Manhattan Beach Pier photos by John Post
Shortly after returning to Manhattan Beach from Vietnam, in 1969, 21-year-old John Post photographed a mirror reflection of the Manhattan Beach pier from his small, 9th Street apartment, half a block up from the beach. He took the photo with a Pentax, the poor man’s Nikon. Though Post was studying photography on the GI Bill […]
COVID-19: City launches emergency loan program for small businesses
The Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved an emergency loan program to help small businesses struggling to stay afloat through the pandemic. The program will allocate $250,000, drawn from the city’s general fund reserves, which will be disbursed in $10,000 loans to businesses that employ 50 people or fewer. Highest priority will […]
The Book of Henry
March 1973 was a time of disarray. The Watergate scandal was engulfing the Nixon Administration and the last American troops were about to leave Vietnam. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon had just been released, speaking to the sense of desolation taking hold of society. Meanwhile, the Russian lunar rover Lunokhod 2 began […]
Council loves Classic concept, but balks at cost
A request for $350,000 to help fund a lifesize sculpture of three paddleboarders at the Manhattan Beach pier received a guarded reception from the city council during Tuesday evening’s meeting. The money would come from the Public Art Trust, which is funded by a city fee on new construction. The request was submitted by the […]
Beach handball draws line in Hermosa Beach sand
The first time Ebiye Udo-Udoma saw handball being played was during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was a highschool student at the time and didn’t know much about the sport — but he knew he wanted to be a professional athlete. Today, Udo-Udoma is one of the top players in the world of […]
The Grinch who stole happiness
Don’t get your hopes up “In the Presence of Schopenhauer,” by Michel Houellebecq (Polity Press) Every volume by Arthur Schopenhauer, and in particular “The World as Will and Representation,” should carry a warning label: Not to be read before the age of 30, especially by those maintaining a “Romantic” outlook on life. Why? because the […]
Hermosa Beach Police seek lost owner of found money
Hermosa Beach police are looking for the owner of what they describe as “a large sum of money” found in north Hermosa Beach on Monday and brought to the police department for “safekeeping.”
COVID-19 vaccine arrives. Torrance Memorial, Providence Little Company of Mary medical staffs get first shot
COVID-19 vaccine arrives. Torrance Memorial, Providence Little Company of Mary medical staffs get shots this week.
Sleight-of-hand and quick-of-wrist
Christmas/Holiday-Themed Magic Show Manhattan Beach resident Dan Manson, award-winning magician and producer, presents the magic performance “Christmas Light,” with an international cast of Magicians. It takes place at 5 p.m. on Saturday and offers an interactive, family-friendly holiday-themed magic show, with interactive holiday magic appropriate for all ages. Manson is a veteran magician who has […]