ENTERTAINMENT
Dec. 17
Fleetwood Mac vs Heart
Gaslamp Long each 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 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
FILM
Dec. 23
It’s A Wonderful Life 70th Anniversary
Be part of a holiday classic. It’s the 70th Anniversary of Frank Capra’s timeless It’s A Wonderful Life. 1940’s dress encouraged.
Time: 7 p.m. Dec. 23
Cost: $10
Details: http://spiffest-wonderful-life.bpt.me
Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
ARTS
Dec. 16
Have an EPIC Election! Exhibit Opens at CSU Dominguez Hills
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, 2
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 266-9216; corneliusprojects.com
Venue: Cornelius Projects, 1417 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
COMMUNITY
Dec. 17
Gyotaku
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium staff will offer a holiday workshop to teach participants gyotaku, the ancient art of Japanese fish printing. The lab will double as an artist’s studio where beginners and experienced fish printers can create one of a kind holiday gifts.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dec. 17
Cost: $18
Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro
Dec. 18
Salt Marsh Open House
Step out into nature and discover the hidden world of the Salinas de San Pedro Salt Marsh. Join Cabrillo Marine Aquarium educators and Coastal Park Naturalists as they help uncover the world of mud and water that is our local wetland.
Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 18
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 548-7562; www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org
Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro
Dec. 25
Holiday at The Center
Join The Center staff, community and volunteers for a Winter and Christmas day event. Enjoy a meal, play board games and share in fun times.
Time: 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 25
Cost: Free
Details: (562) 434-4455
Venue: The Center Long Beach, 2017 E. 4th St., Long Beach
Jan. 8
CHILL
The Queen Mary’s 5th Annual CHILL returns to the majestic ship. CHILL is Southern California’s coolest holiday adventure complete with ice-skating, ice tubing, swingin’ sleigh rides, visits with Santa, gingerbread decorating and the all-new interactive attraction, Alice in Winterland.
Time: 7 p.m., through Jan. 8
Cost: $30 to $40
Details: www.queenmary.com/events/chill
Venue: Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach