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listing may be found at www.hbindy.com.

SATURDAY

Pier Plaza Art A-Faire weekend will kick off at the outdoor Pier

Plaza adjacent to the Huntington Beach Pier at 10 a.m. This craft

fair will feature more than 50 vendors selling unique, hand made

gifts and crafts from 10 a.m. to sunset today, Sunday and Monday.

Admission is free. Information: (714) 536-2213.

Surfer’s Hall of Fame

inductions will honor the legends of surfing at Surf City’s

version of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at 10 a.m. at Pierside Pavilion.

Mike Doyle, Paul Strauch and Bud Llamas will be immortalized with

hand and footprints and autographs set in cement. Sponsored by

Huntington Surf & Sport the event is free to watch. Information:

(714) 841-4000. www.huntingtonsurfand sport.com

Robert August Day will allow aspiring young surfers to meet a

legend of surfing and board shaping -- Robert August, of Endless

Summer fame. August and local surf champion, Corky Carroll, will sign

autographs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Huntington Surf & Sport, 300

Pacific Coast Highway. The event is free. Information: (714)

841-4000, www.huntingtonsurf andsport.com

TUESDAY

Barnes & Noble’s Booksellers

Classics Reading Group will discuss “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia

Woolf at 7 p.m. at the 7777 Edinger Ave. store. Information: (714)

897-8781.

MAY 30

The Community United

Methodist Church Music Ministry will present Coffee House on

Broadway, an evening of your favorite show tunes, coffee, dessert and

more at 7:30 p.m. at 6652 Heil Ave. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8

for seniors and $5 for children under 12. Also May 31 at 7:30 and

June 1 at 2 p.m. Information: (714) 846-9045.

Tebot Bach will present a special poetry night with RAC and Ellen

Maybe at Golden West College Community Room 102. Open reading

sign-ups begins at 7:30 p.m. Reading begins at 8 p.m., Parking is

free. Contact: Mifanwy Kaiser at [email protected] or at

www.tebotbach.org

Barnes & Noble

Booksellers will present Garfield Creator, Jim Davis from 7 to 9

p.m. at , 7777 Edinger Ave. The feline cartoon character known and

loved by millions of people throughout the world will be the subject

of a new book, “Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I’d Be Dead.” Cartoonist

Jim Davis will discuss and sign copies of the book. Admission:

free/book costs $34.95 plus tax. Call: (714) 897-8781.

MAY 31

The Academy for the

Performing Arts will present “Catch A Rising Star,” which will

showcase excerpts from the season’s musicals, comedies, dramas, and

dance and music concerts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for orchestra seats and $10 for balcony at the Huntington Beach Auditorium. Tickets

are available in advance or at the box office 45 minutes before the

show. Information: (714) 536-2514, ext. 302.

JUNE 1

The International Surfing

Museum of Huntington Beach will present its Surfin’ Sundays

Concert Series at the pier featuring the Closet Surfers, Insect

Surfers and Davie Allan and the Arrows from noon to 5 p.m. The pier

is at 401 Pacific Coast Highway. The show is free. Information: (714)

969-9575.

Huntington Beach Concour

d’Elegance will hold a fund-raising car show in the park at

Huntington Beach Central Park. Cost of attendance is $10, which will

benefit the Huntington Beach Library’s Resource Center. A $2 discount

is available with the flier. The show will feature more than 40

classes of cars, motorcycles and bicycles plus live entertainment,

auto memorabilia, special programs for children, food vendors and

merchants. Information: hconcours.org or (714) 375-5023.

JUNE 14

Local health author Jean

Krueger will hold a free lecture and book signing along with her

puppet “Candy” at California Greetings, 301 Main St., from 7 to 9

p.m. Free wine and crudites will be provided. Information: (714)

375-5071.

ONGOING

CHILDREN/LIBRARY

The Main Street Library Branch will accept book donations for the

Friends of Library book sales during normal library hours, 10 a.m. to

7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, at 525

Main St. (714) 375-5071.

The Huntington Beach Library’s popular Sandcastle story time

series is shown at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays on Time Warner Cable Channel

6. (714) 375-5107.

The Huntington Beach Children’s Library presents Folktale Story

Time, for kindergartners through fourth-graders, starting at 3 p.m.

Thursdays at 7111 Talbert Ave. Information: (714) 375-5107.

Enjoy stories, activities and fun at a story time held from 11

a.m. to noon Saturdays in the children’s section of Barnes & Noble

Booksellers, 7777 Edinger Ave. Pajamarama is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Mondays and at 11 a.m. Saturdays. (714) 897-8781.

The Huntington Beach

Library presents Laptime Storytime at 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesdays and

at 10 a.m. Saturdays at 7111 Talbert Ave. for children 18 months to 3

years old. The library’s Preschool Storytime for children 3 to 5 are

held at 10 and 11 a.m. Fridays. (714) 842-4481.

The Main Street Library presents a story time at 3 p.m. Fridays at

525 Main St. The library’s Preschool Storytime will be 10 and 11 a.m.

Wednesdays. (714) 375-5071.

The Tumble-N-Kids program

is offering gymnastics classes for children ages 10 months to 12

years old. Classes run for eight weeks. Three new classes have been

added: Teeny Tumblers, Tumble-N-Yoga and Kiddycise. Classes are held

at Murdy Community Center, 7000 Norma Drive, (714) 960-8895; Edison

Center, 21377 Magnolia St., (714) 960-8870; and City Gym and Pool,

1600 Palm Ave., (714) 960-8884. Class descriptions can be found in

the winter Sands publication. Information: Dayle Lusk, (714)

842-3586.

DANCE

Pacific Dance Center, 9596 Hamilton Ave., holds swing dance

classes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 7 p.m. Saturdays. (714) 964-3354

or sign up at dance.netfirms.com.

FARMERS MARKETS/SWAP MEETS

The Craft Fair and Farmers Market are held from 1 p.m. to dusk

Fridays at Pier Plaza. Information: Craft Fair (714) 846-5509 and Farmers Market (714) 573-0374.

FITNESS

The Vibe Tribe offers free yoga sessions to new students at 12:15

p.m. Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m. Thursdays, and 5:15 p.m. Fridays at 301

Main St., Suite 109. Information: (714) 536-4988.

The Sierra Club’s Orange County Sierra Singles holds a fast-paced

four-mile walk around Mile Square Park at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. The

group meets in the parking lot at Brookhurst Street and Heil Avenue.

Information: (714) 963-6345.

The Comprehensive Martial Arts and Wellness Center offers free

introductory tai chi chuan classes at 9 a.m. Saturdays at 17308 Beach

Blvd. (714) 841-7129.

HOBBIES/RECREATION

Huntington Beach Disc

Golf Tournaments are held the first Saturday of each month in

beautiful Central Park. Enjoy one of the nation’s first 18-hole

(basket) disc courses for two-round tournaments held the at

Goldenwest Street entrance of the park across the street from the

Huntington Beach Public Library and Cultural Center. Information:

(714) 425-9931.

The Senior Citizens Club of Huntington Beach hosts bingo at 12:30

p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Rogers Senior Center, 1706 Orange

Ave. Bingo cards are four for $1 and prizes are $2 gift certificates

from Ralph’s.

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 53, offers an

eight-lesson course in “Boating Skills and Seamanship” at 6 p.m. on

Wednesdays at Boat U.S. Marine Center, 16390 Pacific Coast Highway

(Peter’s Landing Marina). Cost is $25, includes books. Information:

Paul Busher, (714) 840-0232 or Sam Emer, (714) 890-1808.

The Huntington Beach Scrabble Club meets at 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays at

the International House of Pancakes Restaurant, 18782 Beach Blvd.

Information: Penny Baker, (949) 380-1764 or Paul (714) 968-7546.

The Huntington Beach Concert Band is an all-volunteer community

organization with approximately 70 members, led by music director Tom

Ridley. Founded in February 1973, the band plays a wide variety of

musical styles -- from classical to Broadway and contemporary. They

perform frequently at events and locations throughout Southern

California, including Disneyland, Leisure World, the Huntington Beach

Pier Plaza and the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Rehearsals are held

at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the band room at Marina High School

at 15871 Springdale St. Information: (714) 963-3681.

The American Shortwave Listeners Club meets from noon to 4 p.m.

the first Saturday of each month at 16182 Ballad Lane. The group will

listen to international broadcasts via the shortwave radio bands. The

public is invited to attend. Coffee and doughnuts will be available.

Stewart MacKenzie, (714) 846-1685 or visit www.ocnow.com/

community/groups/ shortwaveradio.

The Poetry Pleasure Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursdays

at the Rodgers Seniors’ Center, 1706 Orange Ave. (714) 842-3479 or

(714) 960-4897.

The West County YMCA presents Y-Indian Maiden meetings for girls

in kindergarten through third grade and their mothers at 7 p.m. once

a month at 7262 Garfield Ave. Days vary. (714) 847-YMCA.

A group for angel devotees meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first

and third Tuesdays of each month. Space is limited. Registration

required. $10. Location varies. (800) 797-2960.

The Amateur Radio Club meets every first Thursday of the month at

1 p.m. at the Michael E. Rodgers Seniors’ Center, 1706 Orange Ave.

Free. (714) 963-2986.