The wide variety of activities offered in the South Bay on any given weekend never fails to amaze me. For example, this weekend there is a celebration of stand up paddle boarding coupled with public art, a Black History Month event featuring wines from around the world made by African-Americans and a huge quilt festival. Yep, a quilt festival.
On Saturday, Redondo Beach is taken over by stand-up paddleboarding and public art. The Lanakila Classic starts at the Seaside Lagoon at 8:30 a.m. with a mini-course paddle race for kids, followed by an SUP, kayak and outrigger short course at 10:00 a.m. and then a long course at noon. This will be followed by live music, food and fun. At 1:30 p.m., King Harbor Marina will hold a commemoration ceremony for the finalized Mosaic Wall along the bike path on Harbor Drive. What was once a brown, dingy eyesore is now solid white, stuccoed and decorated with six mosaic scenes, each one capturing an iconic activity in the beach cities.
The quilting festival I mentioned is at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center on Saturday and Sunday and is held by the South Bay Quilters Guild. Over 200 quilts and garments will be on display in the Quilt Gallery and there will be a large Merchant Mall with many new quilting supplies, vendors, and vendor gift drawings, as well as an auction and raffle on Sunday. It is kind of nice to know that in 2014, there are still quaint, old-fashioned events like this going on!
Sunday afternoon finds the "Black History Month Sip n Shop" going on at Barsha Wines in Manhattan Beach. This event includes wine tasting, charcuterie, cheese, crackers, and special vendor discounts as it celebrates the history of African-Americans in the world of winemaking. One of the things that makes this such a special event is that Bobby Watson, the world-renowned jazz guru who has played sax with everyone from Wynton and Branford Marsalis to Carlos Santana and Chaka Khan, is providing the live entertainment.
On Saturday, Redondo Beach is taken over by stand-up paddleboarding and public art. The Lanakila Classic starts at the Seaside Lagoon at 8:30 a.m. with a mini-course paddle race for kids, followed by an SUP, kayak and outrigger short course at 10:00 a.m. and then a long course at noon. This will be followed by live music, food and fun. At 1:30 p.m., King Harbor Marina will hold a commemoration ceremony for the finalized Mosaic Wall along the bike path on Harbor Drive. What was once a brown, dingy eyesore is now solid white, stuccoed and decorated with six mosaic scenes, each one capturing an iconic activity in the beach cities.
The quilting festival I mentioned is at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center on Saturday and Sunday and is held by the South Bay Quilters Guild. Over 200 quilts and garments will be on display in the Quilt Gallery and there will be a large Merchant Mall with many new quilting supplies, vendors, and vendor gift drawings, as well as an auction and raffle on Sunday. It is kind of nice to know that in 2014, there are still quaint, old-fashioned events like this going on!
Sunday afternoon finds the "Black History Month Sip n Shop" going on at Barsha Wines in Manhattan Beach. This event includes wine tasting, charcuterie, cheese, crackers, and special vendor discounts as it celebrates the history of African-Americans in the world of winemaking. One of the things that makes this such a special event is that Bobby Watson, the world-renowned jazz guru who has played sax with everyone from Wynton and Branford Marsalis to Carlos Santana and Chaka Khan, is providing the live entertainment.
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