REDONDO BEACH PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO
Redondo Riviera Village shopping
RivieraVillage.org
Riviera Village is what shopping was like before malls. But with a contemporary edge. Sidewalk dining, men’s and women’s specialty shops, unique gift boutiques, a farmers market on Friday afternoons and a scattering of medical and professional offices combine for a small town feeling with a sophisticated style. The 300 stores and restaurants are almost all independently owned, which accounts for both their unique offerings and personal service. The streets close the last weekend in June for the Riviera Village Summer Art Festival and again on the Fourth of July for the Village Runner Firecracker 5K. If it’s December, don’t miss the Holiday Stroll with carolers and a chance for kids to visit Santa.
The South Bay Galleria 1815 Hawthorne Blvd.
SouthBayGalleria.com
Prepare to feel like you’ve entered a cathedral to the god of shopping. The three story atrium is topped by a glass ceiling that showers light like diamonds over the 140 fine retailers, ranging from Nordstrom and Macy’s to Ann Taylor and Guess. A dozen restaurants, ranging from California Pizza Kitchen to the Nestle Toll House Café complement the food court. The latest movie releases show at the newly remodeled AMC 16. Don’t leave with- out a Dairy Queen banana split and an Orange Julius.
Redondo Performing Arts Center 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd. (310) 318-0610.
This newly remodeled, 1,400 seat theater is home to the Ovation Award-winning Civic Light Opera South Bay, the Los Angeles Ballet, LA Guitar Festival and the Distinguished Speaker Series. It has plenty of free parking and doesn’t require traveling on a freeway to get to if you’re already in the South Bay.
SEALab 1021 N Harbor Dr. (310)318-7438 PHOTO BY KEVIN CODY
Three generations of Meistrells have helped divers explore kelp beds and wrecks in the Santa Monica Bay. Family patriarch Bob Meistrell (second from right) and his twin brother Bill are credited with inventing the modern wetsuit.
Enjoy marine conservation and education programs at this hands-on science center. Touch tanks and aquariums are accompanied by explanatory descriptions of the marine life. SEALab is also home to a halibut breeding program and an experimental desalination plant. Suggested donation: $2.
Cannery Row
604 N. Francisca Ave. (888) 366-1988.
CanneryRowStudios.com
Cannery Row Studios is one of the few remaining ves- tiges Bohemian art scene in the beach cities, once a low cost haven for artists. Owner Richard Stephens hosts fre- quent shows for local artists, many of whom who have earned widespread critical acclaim.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL 140 Richmond St., El Segundo 310-322-2592.
www.oldtownmusichall.org
Concerts on one of the world’s few remaining 2,000 pipe, Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organs played by Bill Field are followed by classic silent and talkie films accompanied by the Wurlitzer and follow-the bouncing ball sing-along’s. Every film is a clas- sic by Chaplin, Buster Keaton and other pioneer filmmakers. Fri. 8:15 p.m., Sat. 2:30 & 8:15 p.m. Sun. 2:30 p.m. $8.
AUTOMOBILE DRIVING
MUSEUM 610 Lairport St., El Segundo
(310) 909-0950.
automobiledrivingmuseum.org
The Automobile Driving Museum is the only automobile museum in the world that takes guests for rides in cars from its collection of 130 magnificent vehicles. Guests can expect to ride in anything from Joseph Stalin’s 1936 Packard to a 1982 DeLorean. Rides are Sundays only from 10 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. for guest 10 years of age and older. Tues. – Sun. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
16 EASY READER VISITOR GUIDE July 2011
PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO Closed Mondays. Donations only.
CENTER-MUSEUM 6661 West Imperial Hwy. El Segundo 310-215-5291.
www.flightpath.us
FLIGHT PATH LEARNING
Exhibits of airplanes, crew uniforms, and the history of flight. Free admission. Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free parking.
PORT OF LOS ANGELES
PortOfLosAngeles.Org
One of the world’s biggest ports is also one of the most fun to visit. The annual Taste in San Pedro will be held Fri., Sat., and Sun., August 5, 6 and 7 on the Harbor Blvd. Promenade at Berth 87. The free summer concerts at the Gateway Plaza Fanfare Fountain are every Thursday in the summer from 7 to 9 p.m., through September 8. Enjoy fresh fish and shopping at Ports O’Call Village, or simple bicycle, or relax in the grass at the 30-acre Wilmington Waterfront Park.
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