Baywatch Community Calendar 8-25-22
Spotlight: Hermosa Fiesta Fiesta Hermosa returns Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 3 through Monday, Sept. 5. There will be four days of live music from four different areas: on the beach, in the Garden where beer and other libations are poured; Java Man on Pier Avenue; and at the Community Center carnival. The Hermosa Beach […]
September 2022 Peninsula Event Calendar
2 September, Friday Volunteer opportunity Volunteer with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Rapid Response Team 9 a.m.-noon Fridays and Saturdays. Work alongside the field staff at the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve to help protect important wildlife habitat. Help with trail maintenance, fence building, installing signage and more. No experience needed. Ages 15 and up. […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 8-18-22
Spotlight: The Manhattan Beach Art Center’s annual community art exhibition is on display through Oct. 2. The exhibition features diverse and innovative artworks ranging from photography and paintings to sound generating sculpture and woven fiber. More than seventy artists are featured. This marks the center’s fifth annual community art exhibition. The center is located at […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 8-11-22
Spotlight The Tower 26 Hermosa Beach Triathlon returns Sunday, Aug. 14 with a quarter-mile ocean swim, a 10-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run on the Strand. Registration is sold out, but spectators are welcome. The transition area is at the Hermosa Beach Pier. The race, an entry-level triathlon, gets underway at 7 a.m. Awards are scheduled to […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 8-4-22
SPOTLIGHT: International Surf Festival weekend The International Surf Festival, the Beach Cities most popular participatory sporting event of the year started Wednesday with youth sailing, and continues through Sunday Aug. 7. Over 1,000 swimmers will compete in the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim Sunday morning. Thousands more will compete in the Charlie Saikley Six […]
August 2022 Peninsula Event Calendar
4 August Thursday First Thursday Art Walk The First Thursday Art Walk is 5:30-9 p.m. in San Pedro. The guided art walk tour will gather at 5:30 p.m. in Sirens Java and Tea, 402 W. 7th St., and end at the Artistry, 491 W. 6th St. Galleries will also be welcoming guests. A selection of […]
Baywatch Community Calendar 7-28-22
Spotlight: Symphonic soundtracks Music lovers can enjoy an evening of popular movie tunes when conductor Gary Berkson leads the Peninsula Symphony in a concert at the Redondo Union High School Auditorium, 631 Vincent St., at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 31. Doors open at 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free. The symphony will be […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 7-21-22
Spotlight: Local musician Gavin Heaney, known as Latch Key Kid, will take the stage at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach on Sunday, July 24 as part of the city’s annual Concerts in the Park series. The series, presented by Chevron, features concerts every Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at the Polliwog Park amphitheater through Sept. 4. […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 7-14-22
Spotlight Chevron Manhattan Grand Prix The Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix, one of the oldest professional bicycling races in the country, takes place Sunday, July 24. Local racing legend Ted Ernst and the South Bay Wheelmen founded the race in 1962, the year he opened Ted’s Manhattan Cycles. Chevron has been the title sponsor for […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 7-7-22
Spotlight The Satin Dollz opened the Concert in the Park at Polliwog Park Sunday, July 3 with a USO style tribute to our Armed Forces. The annual series continues Sundays, 5-7 p.m., through Sept. 4. Here’s the lineup: July 10: Doo-Wah Riders; July 17: Hollywood Stones; July 24, Latch Key Kid; July 31, Dietz Brothers; […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 6-30-22
Spotlight If you’re looking for a way to celebrate America’s Independence, there’s plenty going on in the South Bay this weekend. Sunday, July 3 The sixth annual Salute to the Troops: Picnic and Concert is set for Sunday, July 3 at the Polliwog Park amphitheater, 1601 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach. The concert features […]
July 2022 Peninsula Calendar
1 July, Friday Beading Meeting This special interest group of the Azure Verde Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will meet from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 2200 Via Rosa, Palos Verdes Estates. The group has different beading projects every month. Visitors are welcome, with masks required by the church. Information, https://azureverdeega.com/current-beading-projects.html […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 6-23-22
Event Spotlight: The Hermosa Pride Festival returns to Hermosa Beach for the second year this weekend. Friday at 6 p.m. Happy Hour, 7 p.m. screening of “Gender Outlaw” and 8 p.m. Drag Show, all at The Stanton on Hermosa Ave. Saturday 9 a.m. Breakfast Meet & Greet at El Tarasco on Pier Ave.; 11 a.m. […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 6-16-22
Spotlight: The Roundhouse Aquarium is back with its second annual summer sand sculpture contest. Registration has opened for the competition dubbed Sunsational Sandcastles. The rules state that participants may build their sand sculpture on their own time at any location. They don’t even have to be near a beach. They’re welcome to build their sculpture […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 6-9-22
Spotlight: Redondo Village festival returns The Riviera Village Summer Festival returns for its 44th year. Enjoy exhibitors, a beer garden, live music, rides, food and more June 24 – 26. The hours are 4 – 9 p.m. on Friday, June 24, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, and 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. […]
Bay Watch Community Calendar 6-2-22
EVENT Spotlight: Benoit headlines El Camino College 75th Anniversary Jazz pianist and composer David Benoit, a Hermosa Beach native and El Camino College Distinguished Alumnus, headlines the El Camino College 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Concert this Friday, June 3. Benoit will conduct his own composition,“Soul to Seoul, East Meets West: A Time for Hope.” Featured […]