ANNOUNCEMENTS

LB District 6 Town Hall Meets

District 6 Councilman Dee Andrews to host a town hall meeting, from 6 to 7 6 p.m. June 28 at Veterans Park Community Center in Long Beach.

The event will feature special guest City Clerk Larry Herrera, who will be giving a presentation on the new e-comment, and Stella Ursua and Marcia Tolentino, president and vice president of the North American School of Green technology, who will provide an overview of their newest workshop on green jobs and green homes.

Details: (562) 570-6816 | www.longbeach.gov.

Venue: Veterans Park Community Center

Location: 101 E. 28th St., Long Beach

PCAC Meeting Changes Venues

Beginning July 6, the Pacific Corridor Community Advisory Committee meetings will take place at the Port of Los Angeles High School’s multipurpose room (instead of the Crowne Plaza Los AngelesHarbor Hotel).

Venue: Port of Los Angeles High School

Location: 250 W. 5th St., San Pedro

Wells House Volunteers

Wells House Hospice is accepting applications for volunteers to work during the summer with people living with terminal illness in Long Beach. Training is available.

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QSpeak

The Center of Long Beach continues with its tradition of QSpeak, a lecture series that features university scholars, activists, artists, and public figures in the LGBTIQ community once a month throughout 2011.

On June 30, Judith Halberstam, a professor of English and gender studies at USC will present, “Pregnant Men, Heteroflexible Women and the End of Gender as We Know It,” discussion how in the early years of the 21st Century, the press thrilled to the images and testimony of the world’s “first pregnant man.” The talk is offers a map to the new terrain of gender, sexuality and pleasure in a post-marriage, post-heterosexual, post-gay, post-post world. post-heterosexual, post-gay and post-post world.

Details:: (562) 434-4455

Venue: The Center Long Beach

Location: 2017 E. 4th St., Long Beach

Chinese American Chamber of Commerce Officially Opens

Connect to success at the South Bay Chinese American Chamber of Commerce grand opening and mixer, from 6 to 8 p.m. June 30, at the Yami Tea House in Lomita.

Details:: www.sbcacc.org

Venue: Yami Tea House

Location: 24705 Narbonne Ave., Lomita

DWP Rate Increases Community Meetings

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is seeking input on the 2011

Water and Power Rates Process, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 27, at the Crowne Plaza

Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro. This is your opportunity to be heard about DWP rates.

Venue: Crowne Plaza

Location: 601 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

405 Closes

A full closure of the Interstate 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will take place from July 15 through 18, to add a northbound high occupancy vehicle lane.

Part of the project scope necessitates the demolition and reconstruction of the Mulholland Bridge. The bridge will be demolished one half at a time. The first demolition is scheduled for the weekend of July 16 and 17. The second demolition will occur one year after.

Details:: www.metro.net/405.

Fourth of July in Carson

You are invited to the second annual Fourth of July event, at 7 p.m. July 4, at the Home Depot Center in Carson.

This event is free and made possible through corporate donations from local businesses. This is a great opportunity to picnic with your friends and family and enjoy the Home Depot Center fireworks extravaganza.

Details:: (310) 830-7600, ext. 1480.

Venue: Home Depot Center

Location: 18400 Avalon Blvd., Carson,

51 In Quarters

Be part of the Los Angeles County Fire Museum’s 51 in Quarters Event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9 at Station 127 in Long Beach.

This event is inspired from the television showEmergency, where Squad 51 and Engine 51 reunite at the “home of the show” for the first time in more than 30 years. The event features an awards ceremony honoring NBC Universal and Delaware North Companies, celebrity appearances by Randolph Mantooth and Mike Stoker, door prizes, station tours, an autograph session, displays, food and beverage stands.

Details:: www.lacountyfiremuseum.com

Venue: Los Angeles County Fire Department, Station 127

Location: 2049 223rd St., Long Beach

San Pedro Music Project

The Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles will be hosting a San Pedro Music Project information meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 7, to inform locals about this community outreach and music education program, which is open to all San Pedro K-12 students.

Details:: (310) 863-6422 | This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Venue: The Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles

Location: 510 W. 7th Ave., San Pedro

POLA Board Meeting

There will be a public hearing at the Port of Los Angeles Board Room, at 8:30 a.m. July 7, at Port of Los Angeles Board Room in San Pedro.

Details:: (310) 732-3850 | www.portoflosangeles.org

Venue: Port of Los Angeles Board Room

Location: 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro

Music by the Sea

The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, San Pedro Coastal Neighborhood Council and the Harry Bridges Institute present the 14th Annual Music By the Sea 2011 Summer Concert Series from noon to 5 p.m. on July 3 and 10, at Point Fermin Park. On July 3, “Identity Theft,” with “Bad Jack and Seat belt,” will be performing. On July 10, “110 South” with “Hindsight & Lavendar Velvet,” will be performing.

Details:: (424) 477-6628 | www.musicbythesea.org

Venue: Point Fermin Park

Location: 807 Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro

July 1

Cars & Stripes Forever

The Port of Los Angeles presents the third annual “Cars & Stripes Forever,” motorcycle and car show from 5 to 11 p.m. July 1. Admission and activities are all free. There will be patriotic music at the fountain, food, live bands and fireworks at 9 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society, Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Los Angeles Port Police Foundation and Clean San Pedro.

Details:: www.portoflosangeles.org

Location: Harbor Blvd. and the Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro

July 3

Fourth of July Volleyball Tournament

Float Serve will be hosting its “4th of July Grass 2’s and 4’s Volleyball Tournament,” on July 3, at Marina Vista Park in Long Beach. There will be free pizza and water provided. Each team costs $40 to enter and there will be prizes awarded to the first and second place teams in each division.

Details:: Brad (562) 858-9338 | www.floatserve.com

Venue: Marina Vista Park

Location: 5355 E. Eliot St., Long Beach

June 25

Long Beach Bayou and Blues Festival

Gates open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 25 at Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach. Blues, Cajun and Zydeco music, plus free kids arts and crafts and free dance lessons. Tickets are $30 at the gate for seniors and adults, $10 for youths and $65 for VIP.

Details:: (562) 424-0013

Venue: Rainbow Lagoon Park

Location: Shoreline Dr at Linden Ave., Long Beach

July 10

In The Garden

Art Fair and Concert from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10.Fine arts, artists, Taiko drum ensemble and South Bay Coast-liners Barbershop Chorus, plus fresh flowers and strawberry shortcake.

Details:: (310) 377-4867 x225

Venue: Mary and Joseph Retreat Center

Location: 5300 Crestroad, Rancho Palos Verdes

ART

Heidi Pollard, Recent Works

A collection of Heidi Pollard’s recent works will be on display in theTrans Vagrant and Warschaw gallery daily through July 4. The exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Details:: (310) 600-4873

Venue: Warschaw Gallery

Location: 600 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

Emilio Mercado, Life Stills

Photography and Selected Works at Gallery 478. Gallery hours are11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday through Aug. 26.

Details:: (310) 732-2150

Venue: Gallery 478

Location: 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro