South Bay Arts Calendar: the weekend of May 17-19

Friday, May 17
Free Friday
Fallen Rivera performs at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach at “Free Friday” tonight on a bill that also features Allensworth and The Perfect Nines.

Hermosa Beach Events; May 16 – 23

Wizard of Oz
Join Dorothy and all her friends in an adventure like you’ve never seen it before… as a ballet!

About Town in Redondo Beach: Week of May 16

Walk for a cause
The Pregnancy Help Center (PHC) in Torrance is holding its 26th annual Walk for Life Saturday, May 18.

South Bay arts calendar: May 12

Keeping alive the tradition
The South Bay New Orleans Jazz Club meets from 1 to 5 p.m.

Forty years of Sophisticated Snooping: Manhattan Beach home tour opens interesting doors

A year ago, Debbie Walmer was pretty sure she’d just helped organize the best home tour in the 39 year history of “Sophisticated Snoop.” The tour was so varied and featured such consistently fascinating homes that it seemed like an apex of a sort for the cherished event, in which local homeowners open their doors for a weekend that serves both to satisfy local architectural curiosity and raise money for American Martyrs school.

South Bay arts calendar: May 11

Wheels of fire
The Beach Cities Roller Derby League has a match between the Hermosa Hit Girls and the Redondo Riots at 7 p.m.

Picnic with Shakespeare: theater at the beach

Shakespeare by the Sea is presenting two professionally-crafted works of William Shakespeare in 21 parks around Southern California.

About Town in Redondo Beach: Week of May 9

Fire Service Day
In honor of Fire Service Day, the Redondo Beach Fire Department is hosting an open house at its firehouse on 400 S.

Walking in the South Bay’s botanical gardens

Walking through rows of rose bushes, junipers, succulents and a koi pond at the South Coast Botanical Garden, it is hard to believe that you are just blocks away from the Pacific Coast Highway.

Community Policy Update: Hermosa Beach’s Living Streets Policy is #2 in the Nation!

Blue Zones Project™ is working to make the Beach Cities a more livable, walkable, and bikeable place through permanent changes in policy and the built environment.

About Town in Redondo Beach: Week of April 25

Happy birthday, Redondo
The City of Redondo Beach, the Redondo Beach Historical Commission, and the Redondo Beach Historical Society are co-hosting the city’s 121st birthday celebration Saturday, April 27, at 1 p.m.

Hotdogging: South Bay entertainment calendar April 25 to May 2

Thursday, April 25

They’re art supportive
The Associates, one of two support groups for the PV Art Center, meet today (Thursday) at 6 p.m.

South Bay Community Calendar April 25 – May 2

 
Thursday, April 25
Ocean-Friendly Garden opens
The public is invited to the ribbon cutting for the new ocean-friendly, water-wise garden at the Manhattan Beach Strand at the Pier at 10 a.m.

About Town in Redondo Beach: April 18 – 24

Beryl talent show
Beryl Heights Elementary is having a talent show on Friday, April 19, at the Redondo Union High School auditorium from 6 p.m.

Hermosa Beach father-daughter sock hop

Fathers and daughters from Hermosa Beach piled in Valley gym wearing poodle skirts and leather jackets on Friday for the 2013 kindergarten to fifth grade ‘sock hop’ themed Hermosa Valley and View Parent Teacher Organization-sponsored father-daughter dance.