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ENTERTAINMENT

Nov. 26
Mac Sabbath
Come out to the Gaslamp in Long Beach and see the great Mac Sabbath. Also performing are Los Pendejos, The Great Pumpkin (Smashing Pumpkins Tribute), Room Service (Kiss Tribute), Disraeli Gears (Cream tribute), The Approach & Execution & Seeds of War. This show is for all ages.
Time: 5 p.m., Nov. 26
Cost: $18 to $25
Details: http://tinyurl.com/MacSabbath-gaslamp
Venue: Gaslamp, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

Kick Off Gig For The Holidays
First gig after a break in the action. Rick’s Jamnesia is the band that brings the party. The offer a large variety of music such as blues, funk, rhythm and blues, soul, jazz and old school.
Time: 9 p.m. Nov. 26
Venue: Godmothers Saloon, 302 W. 7th St., San Pedro

Nov. 28
DMT, Fracture, Meridian
Get your introduction to Black Light Lounges Metal Mondays.
Time: 8 p.m.  Nov. 28
Cost: $5
Details: http://tinyurl.com/BlackLightLounge
Venue: Blacklight District Lounge, 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Dec. 2
Night Owl Party by the Sea
Come drink and play pool with us as we rock out in San Pedro at Harold’s Place. It’s free and the drinks are cheap. And check out a band called, Klaymation,
Time: 9 p.m. Dec. 2
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 832-5503; jenrules323@aol.com
Venue: Harold’s Place, 1908 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

Dec. 3
Wagman’s Gold, Silver Celebration
KJazz 88.1 FM presents a concert celebrating the career of Gary “The Wagman” Wagner, host of the station’s long-running weekend show, Nothin’ But the Blues, Headlining this special evening are Walter Trout and Friends, Janiva Magness, Coco Montoya and The Alastair Greene Band.
Time: 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: $25 to $55
Details: www.jazzandblues.org, http://tinyurl.com/Wagman-Gold
Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Woodie & The Longboards
Named America’s No. 1 Beach Boy Tribute Band, Woodie and the Longboards began performing music from the 60s and 70s in 2002 and haven’t looked back. Be part of a night packed with Good, Good, Good, Good Vibrations.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: $25 to $35
Details: www.grandvision.org
Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Frank Unzueta
Join jazz pianist-composer-guitarist Frank Unzueta for an unforgettable night of Latin and Brazilian jazz sounds featuring his original compositions. Also featuring vocalist Jonathan Karrant.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: $25
Details:  (310) 519-1314; www.alvasshowroom.com
Venue:  Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Dec. 4
Handel’s Messiah
Light up your Holidays with a chamber version of Handel’s magnificent Messiah, featuring professional soloists and baroque instrumentation.
Time:  4:30 p.m. Dec. 4
Cost: $10 to $50
Details: http://longbeachcameratasingers.org
Venue: Beverley O’Neill Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Dec. 9
Anita Chang, Rodney Oakes
The Los Angeles Harbor College Music Department presents Anita Chang and Rodney Oakes during an evening concert. Chang will perform two Brahms’s intermezzos, Two leider from Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, and Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in D major. Oakes will premiere his Bag of Tales for trombone and electronics, Prelude and Fantasy for two trombones with guest trombonist Greg Lee and a new piano work with video accompaniment, Piano Odyssey. Together, they will premiere Oakes’ Four Bagatelles for sackbut and piano.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 9
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 233- 4429
Venue: LA Harbor College Music Recital Hall, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington

Jim Kimo West, Ken Emerson
Celebrate the holiday season with some kick-back, stress-reducing island vibes. Kimo’s annual Holiday Slack Key Show will feature terrific hula.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 9
Cost: $20
Details:  310-519-1314; www.alvasshowroom.com
Venue:  Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Dec. 10
Warehouse One Holiday Show
The second annual ska-rock holiday show with San Pedro’s favorite local band. Originals, covers and classics will put you in a festive spirit with a rockin’ hometown twist. Opening act: Law.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 10
Cost: $15 to $30
Details: www.grandvision.org
Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 10
Nili Brosh
Instrumental progressive rock-fusion will feature original music by Nili Brosh.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 10
Cost:  $20.00
Details: alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St, San Pedro

Dec. 11
The 19th Annual Carlos Vega Memorial Birthday Concert
Carlos Vega was a renowned recording artist who had recorded and/or performed with Freddy Hubbard, Boz Scaggs, Lee Ritenour, Vince Gill, Reba McIntire, Olivia Newton-John, Larry Carlton, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, and Randy Newman, before he died in 1998. Those paying tribute at this show include David Garfield (keyboards) and special guests Frank Gambale, Michael Thompson, James Harrah, Denny Dias (guitars); John “JR” Robinson, Gary Novak, Jimmy Branly, Steve Ferrone, Walfredo Reyes Jr. Oscar Seaton (drummers); Jimmy Earl (bass), Alex Ligertwood (vocals).
Time: 4 p.m. Dec. 11
Cost:  $50.00
Details: alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Dec. 11
Joy to the World!
Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team invite the public to a free, 90-minute “Joy to the World” Christmas concert. All ages and all sizes of groups are welcome.
Time: 4:30 p.m. Dec. 11
Cost: Free
Details:  https://2016joytotheworld.eventbrite.com
Venue: Bay Shore Church, 5100 E. The Toledo, Long Beach

Dec. 17
Fleetwood Mac vs  Heart
Gaslamp Long Beach presents Fleetwood Mac vs Heart featuring Mirage and Dog n Butterfly.  This is a concert and dinner show you don’t want to miss.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17
Cost: $15 to $58
Details: www.gaslamptix.com
Venue: Gaslamp Lounge, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach

Dec. 17
Holiday POPS Spectacular
The annual “Holiday POPS Spectacular” continues with festive music and high spirits. Celebrate the holiday season by joining the Golden State Pops Orchestra, Maestro Steven Allen Fox, and the GSPO Chorale, led by Maestra Marya Basaraba.
Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 17
Cost: $29 to $60
Details: www.grandvision.org
Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 18
Celtic Music
World’s Most Recorded Piper” Eric Rigler (soloist on Braveheart, Titanic, The Simpsons, etc.) and multi-talented string player Dirk Freymuth team-up to create a musical panorama of Celtic spirit and energy. Drawing from haunting Irish melodies, barn-burning jigs and reels, and themes from Eric’s film and television work, the duo produce a hearing-is-believing sonic experience.
Time: 4 p.m. Dec. 18
Cost:  $20
Details: alvasshowroom.com
Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro

Jan. 1
New Year’s Eve 2016 in DTLB
The DLBA will not only once again host the largest party in town, it has shifted gears to one-up itself as it welcomes a plethora of the world’s finest musicians to take part in a three-stage, three-block festival in the heart of Downtown located on Pine Avenue between 1st and 4th Streets. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Citizen Cope are headlining this year with each bringing guests to perform throughout the evening. Those guests include a special DJ set from Cut Copy, electro-dance master Big Data, reggae songstress HIRIE, house DJ Plastic Plates, and Latin soul group Boogaloo Assassins. Joining them are The Delta Bombers, DJ Paul V., DJ Taharba, and Sizwe the DJ.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 31
Cost: $40
Details: http://tinyurl.com/DTLB-NYE
Venue: Downtown Long Beach

THEATER

Dec. 3
Don’t Dress For Dinner
Bernard’s plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a gourmet caterer and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own… setting the stage for a collision course of assumed identities and outrageous infidelities.
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 3
Cost: $14 to $24
Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Dec. 3
She Loves Me
She Loves Me follows the story of Georg and Amalia, two parfumerie clerks who aren’t quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can’t seem to find common ground.
Time: 7 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: $27 to $32
Details: (562) 856-1999, ext. 4; www.musical.org
Venue: Beverly O’Neill Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Dec. 10
The Nutcracker
San Pedro City Ballet returns with a holiday season tradition, featuring their corps de ballet and some of San Pedro’s ballet stars of the future. This is truly a magical experience for the entire family.
Time: Dec. 10 and 11
Cost: $19 to  $39
Details: www.sanpedrocityballet.org
Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro

Dec. 10
A Very Special Holiday Special
The Palos Verdes/South Bay Group of the Sierra Club invites you to a holiday outing to see A Very Special Holiday Special, a light comedy by Mark Harvey Levine. From a talking Christmas tree, Grandma’s visit to the babe in the manger, the sons of Israel watching a flame, and Les Miz — elf-style — you’ll love this holiday evening full of theatrical stocking stuffers.
Time: 8 p.m. Dec. 10
Cost: $22
Details: (310) 383-5247
Venue: Little Fish Theater, 777 Centre St., San Pedro

ARTS

Nov. 30
Ambiguity
The Long Beach Playhouse Gallery presents Paula A. Prager exhibit, Ambiguity.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 30
Cost: Free
Details: (562) 494-1014
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse Gallery, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach

Dec. 10
On Being Blue
TransVagrant and Gallery 478 are pleased to present On Being Blue, Recent Works by Jay McCafferty. Electing the neutrality of the grid as an organizing principle, McCafferty has been creating artworks by focusing rays of sunlight on its points of intersection for more than three decades.
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through Dec. 10
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 600-4873
Venue: Gallery 478, 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro

Dec. 12
Altered Objects
Altered Objects offers a reimagining of everyday objects by three Los Angeles artists: Julie Schustack, Tina Turturici, and Nicolas Shake. Shake builds his ghost sculptures from a tire, a shovel, or a palm tree frond, but they change within the context of the media and color he employs. Turturici recreates everyday objects in multiple media including ink drawings, collage, paintings and 3D objects. While Schustack combines found objects with her unique ceramic forms to create mysterious sculptures that capture the essence of time and change, especially her works related to music.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, through Dec. 12
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 243-3334
Venue: University Art Gallery, LaCorte Hall, A-107, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson

Dec. 16
Have an EPIC Election!
An election history exhibition Have an EPIC Election! 100 Years of National and California Elections is showing at California State University Dominguez Hills Library Cultural Arts Gallery. Through newspaper headlines and campaign materials of older campaigns juxtaposed with more recent elections, the exhibition presents a case for how much things have changed and how much they’ve stayed the same.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Dec. 16
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 243-3895
Venue: CSUDH, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson

Dec. 31
L.A. Noir
Since 1999, Mark V. Lord has plied his trade as a professional screenwriter in New York and Los Angeles, while maintaining a mostly private practice as a photographer.
Lord’s images of Los Angeles are filled with the deep shadows and low-key lighting characteristic of these films, but with a decidedly contemporary twist.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
Cost: Free
Details: www.pvartcenter.org
Venue: Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes

Jan. 15, 2017
Chiaroscuro
Cornelius Projects is pleased to present new paintings by San Pedro artist Candice Gawne. The exhibition will also include an installation of several of Gawne’s signature plasma glass sculptures in the Cornelius Projects’ screening room.
Time: 12 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Jan. 15, 2017
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 266-9216; corneliusprojects.com
Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro

COMMUNITY

Dec. 2
Candy Cane Lane
For the past 31 years Weymouth Corners Merchants have sponsored this free community event. The street is lit with twinkling lights and Santa is expected to arrive for the children to enjoy.
Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 2
Details: (310) 519-0966
Venue: Weymouth Corners, 8th Street, between Weymouth and Averill, San Pedro

Dec. 2
Victorian Christmas Luncheon
Join the friends of the Banning Museum in kicking off the holidays in style at their annual Christmas luncheon in the historic Stagecoach Barn. Guests will enjoy an elegant plated lunch, special live holiday entertainment, an exclusive look at the Banning Mansion decorated for Christmas and a viewing of our newest exhibit, The March of the California Column: 900 Miles to Battle in the Norris Luncheon Visitor Center..
Time: 11:30 a.m. Dec. 2
Cost: Tickets are $95 for non-members and $85 for Friends of Banning Museum members.
Details: (310) 548-2005; www.thebanningmuseum.org
Venue:  Banning Museum, 401 E. M St., Wilmington

Dec. 3
Victorian Christmas Weekend Celebration
Join the friends of the Banning Museum in opening the holiday season in grand style at the Banning Museum’s Annual Victorian Christmas Celebration and Open House. Visitors will get to enjoy period entertainment, tours of the Museum decorated in holiday splendor, refreshments, a children’s craft, a blacksmith, a horse-drawn trolley ride between The Banning Museum and Drum Barracks Civil War Museum as well as local food and craft vendors.
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3 and Dec. 4
Cost: Free
Details: www.thebanningmuseum.org
Venue:  Banning Museum, 401 E. M St., Wilmington

Dec. 3
Wilmington Winter Wonderland
In previous years the Wilmington Winter Wonderland has exceeded 2,500 people, with lines wrapped around the block filled with children looking to play in the snow bought by the port.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: Free
Details: www.portoflosangeles.org
Venue: Wilmington Waterfront Park, near C Street at Harry Bridges Boulevard, Wilmington

Los Angeles Holiday Harbor Afloat Parade
The parade of boats lit like Christmas trees will start in the East Basin near Banning’s Landing Community Center in Wilmington and will take about 90 minutes to cover the entire parade route up POLA’s Main Channel. Spectators may view the procession from several points along the channel, including the Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St., Wilmington; the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro; Ports O’ Call Village, 1100 Nagoya Way, San Pedro; the Cruise Ship Promenade at Harbor Boulevard and Swinford Street, San Pedro; 22nd Street Landing, 141 W. 22nd Street, San Pedro; and Cabrillo Marina, 200 Whaler’s Walk, San Pedro.
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 3
Cost: Free
Details: www.portoflosangeles.org
Location: Wilmington and San Pedro

Dec. 4
San Pedro Holiday Parade
The Spirit of San Pedro Holiday Parade is celebrating its 36th year, from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 4, along Pacific Avenue and 6th Street in the heart of Los Angeles’ Harbor Area. The parade steps off at 13th Street and Pacific Avenue.
Time: 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 4
Cost: Free
Details: www.portoflosangeles.org, www.sanpedrochamber.org
Venue:  Downtown San Pedro

Dec. 10
San Pedro Democratic Club Meet and Greet
Celebrate the holidays with fellow San Pedro Dem Club members.
New members welcome. Light hors d’oeuvres & drinks will be served. A special tribute to President Robert Brandin.
Time: 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Venue: Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles, 112 E. 22nd St., San Pedro