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🚂 Top wine festival comes to town | 11.7.24
California Wine Festival, Star Wars event, and lots of live music
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My name’s Ethan 👋
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Here’s what’s on tap this weekend:
California Wine Festival is in town
HBPL gets an upgrade
Public Works Department wins some $$
Pet of the Week, Home of the Week, and more
NEWS
HBPL has new tech 🤖
Huntington Beach Public Library gets more than 600k visitors each year. They just announced new self-checkout machines to better serve them (LINK)
Public Works Department wins grant 💸
Shoutout to our city’s Public Works Department on winning a $240k grant from the Orange County Transportation Authority to keep trash out of the ocean (LINK)
EVENTS
🍷 Voted one of the top 10 wine festivals in America, the California Wine Festival is here this weekend at the Paséa Hotel & Spa (LINK)
🖼 The Huntington Beach Art Center presents Inspired, their 10th annual member exhibition Friday evening (LINK)
🍁 Join the Shipley Nature Center on Saturday for their plant sale & art show (LINK)
🎨 It is Star Wars Miniature Paint Night at The Amazing Comedy Theater this Saturday night (LINK)
🌊 Stop by the closing ceremony on Saturday for the ISA World Para Surfing Championship (LINK)
📓 Close out your weekend with SafeLUV Sunday Journaling, a monthly workshop hosted by LUV Collective (LINK)
PET OF THE WEEK
Oreo & Cookie are up for adoption at non-profit Cat Nap Hangout & Adoptions (LINK)
HOME OF THE WEEK
Listed by Nguyen Nguyen, eXp Realty of California
This beautiful, family-sized 4 bed 4 bath includes a small yard and sits on a corner lot. Looks like they’re asking $1.399M (LINK)
JOBS OF THE WEEK
LIVE MUSIC
Thursday, Nov 7
Brightwaters · Pacific Breeze at 6:30p
2nd Floor · Viricide at 8p
Friday, Nov 8
Mother’s Tavern · Ashe Brothers at 5p
Pacific Hideaway · Joe Blanchard at 5p
Beale’s Texas BBQ · West Coast Blues Savants at 6p
Baci · Jennifer Heart at 6:30p
Biergarten at Old World HB · Redneck Rodeo at 8p
Huntington Beach Central Library Theater · Tunes of the Zagros at 8p
Perqs · Yankee Azteca at 9p
Tumbleweeds · M Street at 9p
Saturday, Nov 9
Lōrea · Joe Blanchard at 12p
Pacific City · Sabrina Rose at 1p
SeaLegs at the Beach · Fan Halen 1p
Mother’s Tavern · Cat Reed at 1p
Mother’s Tavern · Eric Roebuck at 5p
Beach Hut Deli · Chris Cruz at 6p
Baci · Dave Alcantar at 6p
Beale’s Texas BBQ · The Blue Byrdes at 6p
Biergarten at Old World HB · Michael Dean at 12p
Biergarten at Old World HB · Queen Nation at 8p
Perqs · Off The Vinyl at 9p
Tumbleweeds · Parkaimoon at 9p
Old Crow Smokehouse · Jenna Bryanne at 9:30p
Sunday, Nov 10
SeaLegs at the Beach · Let It Be 12p
Pacific City · Alan Levin at 1p
Mother’s Tavern · The Apes at 1p
Mother’s Tavern · Celso Salim Band at 5p
J King Neptune’s · George Fryer at 5p
Biergarten at Old World HB · School of Rock at 6p
WEATHER
Thursday, Nov 7
75 🌡️ 47 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 NE 18 mph (15 knots)
Friday, Nov 8
72 🌡️ 49 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 SSW 6 mph (5 knots)
Saturday, Nov 9
71 🌡️ 52 | ⛅️ | 1% | 💨 WNW 5 mph (4 knots)
Sunday, Nov 10
69 🌡️ 54 | ⛅️ | 3% | 💨 SSW 5 mph (4 knots)
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-Ethan