Local craft beer heroes from the depths of Midwestern South Bay, El Segundo Brewing Company, honor their array of new labels with a bottle release this Friday. ESBC has completely re-branded their bottles with new labels and have also begun offering home delivery bottle service to thirsty patrons who want to join their “Freshies Club.” A triple IPA with the moniker Power Plant goes on sale Friday in bottles and will be available on draft this Saturday. more info
In a strange twist of marketing fate, craft brewers, fans and enthusiasts have united in an online front against Budweiser’s Super Bowl commercial that hooks, jabs and upper-cuts it’s way through the craft beer industry with a couple cheap-shots at mustachioched hipsters too. Take a look for yourself below at what is an absolute “shots fired” by Budweiser. If nothing else, now it’s a little easier to find that culture war brewing in your glass of beer.
Unwritten Law w/ Special Guests at Saint Rocke: Friday, February 06, 2015 – 8:30 PM – Close Formed in San Diego in the early ’90s, Unwritten Law was a major part of the pop-punk movement that swept the decade. As the band developed, UL started writing bigger songs that retained the punk energy but featured more of a rock sound. Unwritten Law plays with special guests eken id dead and Wraths featuring Jim Lindberg of Pennywise this Friday night at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. more info
Special guest: Wraths featuring Jim Lindberg of Pennywise at Saint Rocke.
Torrance Theatre Company: Mrs. Parliment’s Night Out: Friday, February 06, 2015 – Saturday, February 07, 2015 – Various Canada’s most produced playwright, Norm Foster, introduces us to Teresa Parliament, who’s in a bit of a rut. Her husband is more interested in watching the news and having the same old thing for dinner every night. But when he forgets their 32nd wedding anniversary, Teresa decides it’s time for a change! She sets out to find a life for herself outside of the home, filled with new friends, new adventures and new life lessons. Torrance Theatre Company brings “Mrs. Parliment’s Night Out” to Downtown Torrance every Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and on Sunday at 2 pm. There will be a Thursday February 1st show with a Q & A to follow. more info
The 3rd Annual Community Health Fair at South Bay Pavilion: Saturday, February 07, 2015 – 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM SouthBay Pavilion Mall is hosting their 3rd Annual Community Fitness and Health Fair on Saturday, February 7th, 2015 from 11am-3pm. This is a FREE Event which will include Vision, Hearing, BMI, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, and more screenings. PLUS Fitness Demos and giveaways! They will be raffling off an IPOD Shuffle. more info
Battleship USS Iowa Presents: Music Under the Guns: Saturday, February 07, 2015 – 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Bring the entire family on board Battleship IOWA for “Music Under The Guns.” The Shoreline Symphonic Winds will be performing a selection of Broadway and Movie soundtracks culminating in a Patriotic closing. This unique concert series features local community musicians performing a variety of music styles. Held outdoors on the ships’ fantail, guests are reminded to dress appropriately. Tickets are $10 for Adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Battleship USS Iowa is located at 250 South Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro. more info
Reel Rock Films: AKA Doc Pomus: Saturday, February 07, 2015 – 7:30 PM Doc Pomus was the most unlikely of rock & roll icons. Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then as a songwriter, creating some of the greatest hits of the early rock and roll era: “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” “A Teenager in Love,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and a thousand others. Doc used crutches and a wheelchair. He lived life fully, if not always happily or easily. His rock n roll biography “AKA Doc Pomus” screens at Warner Grand Theatre Saturday night located at 478 W. 6th St. in San Pedro. (310) 548-2493 more info
Bottle release at El Segundo Brewing Co. this weekend (Photo Courtesy of ESBC)
Make your own Virtual Valentine Website an Intro to HTML: Sunday, February 08, 2015 – 2:30-4:30 UCode teaches kids how to code! Youth ages 6-18 learn various computer programming languages to create their own mobile apps, video games, websites & robots. Coding and computer science is the future, and now is the time to give your kids the opportunity to excel beyond the standards of education. UCode is located at 980 Artesia Boulevard in Hermosa Beach. more info