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The Whale & Ale San Pedro CA - Events for May 2009

1) Mother's Day is May 10th, I have put this first because Moms are rather important! Mother’s Day, 2009, Sunday May 10th from Noon to 8 p.m. a large menu, with all sorts of delicious dishes; and we are giving every Mom a glass of French pink champagne, on us! So… it doesn't get much better than that! Come and celebrate Mother’s Day with us Mother's Day Menu at: Rathcoursey Emerald Soup: wild lettuces, arugula, butter lettuce, watercress puréed in chicken stock (18th century Irish recipe) 5.95 The Whale & Ale house salad of fresh mixed lettuces with blue cheese, mushrooms, walnuts & peppery homemade creamy dressing 4.85 Whale & Ale Crab Cakes; served with mixed greens and citrus dressing 11.15 Ploughman's plate: one grilled English banger sausage, small house salad wedge of English Cheddar cheese, Branston pickle 10.55 Fish & Chips Atlantic Cod deep fried in beer batter & English chips 15.95 Filet of Fresh Halibut with puréed English peas 22.55 Baked fresh Scottish salmon filet, fresh vegetables, mashed russet potatoes 19.55 Lobster Raviolis, tossed in Parmesan cream sauce with peas & prosciutto 16.75 Carved Fresh Roast Turkey: fresh vegetables, mashed russet potatoes, country gravy, housemade stuffing & cranberry sauce 15.25 Twice-roasted Duckling & Cumberland sauce (redcurrants simmered in port wine with citrus juices); fresh vegetables, mashed russet potatoes 20.50 Bangers & Mash: two large English pork sausages grilled & served with fresh vegetables, mashed russet potatoes, gravy & Coleman's mustard 16.75 Roast Loin of Pork: rubbed with garlic, mashed fresh potato & vegetables 19.00 Roast Rack of New Zealand Lamb: rubbed with garlic, mild mustard & rosemary; rolled in fresh breadcrumbs, mashed fresh potato & steamed vegetables 27.00 Shepherds Pie: our famous pie with ground roast leg of lamb, ground filet, peas & carrots topped with mashed potato; browned in the oven 16.55 The Whale & Ale Roast Prime Rib au jus: ten-ounce cut with fresh vegetables & mashed russet potatoes 21.50 Grilled Filet mignon melted blue cheese, fresh vegetables, mashed potatoes 24.65 Tiramisu with espresso cream 8.00 Cumberland Sticky Toffee Pudding* & vanilla ice cream 6 English Sherry Trifle with whipped cream 7.50 Queens Apple* in pastry with cinnamon & brown sugar; vanilla custard cream 7.25 Old Fashioned Raisined Bread Pudding* & homemade caramel sauce 6.50 * = served warm 2) On May 2, 2009 The Whale & Ale will offer a small order of Fish & Chips from 10am to 4pm, for $6.00, including a fountain soda and including tax (that's 9.25%!) This represents a whopping 44% discount for one day only, to support our many volunteers performing the Mayor's Day of Service. This offer is not subject to any other discounts, and you do not need to be a volunteer to receive this special deal. The Mayor’s Day of Service is May 2, 2009... so it's SUPER SERVICE SATURDAY in Downtown San Pedro, a free community event to promote and celebrate volunteerism in the San Pedro Historic Waterfront District. The City of Los Angeles has authorized FREE parking for the day and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might drop by to lend a hand. Volunteer service events are scheduled from 10AM to 4PM. There will be storefront and planter beautification projects on 6th and 7t streets, live music, ecology workshops and demonstrations, store discounts, and multiple showings of the family film, Superman Returns at the Warner Grand Theatre. Many, many thanks to the San Pedro Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District. Click HERE to view the flyer. 3) First Thursday of May: On Thursday, May 7th we celebrate First Thursday. We will again offer a large menu with many choices of dishes and prices. & live music form Izon Eden all evening, 6.00 to 9.30 p.m., without a cover charge. HERE is a link to our dinner menu. *PDF file will take a few moments to load. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. Click on the icon below to download it.* 4) Monday, May 4, from 6:30pm- 8:30pm “California Classics”!  Ceja Vino de Casa White, Napa Ceja Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Sonoma Coast Ceja Bella Rosa 2007 (Syrah 80%, Pinot Noir 20%), Sonoma   Zany Zin 2005 Old vine, Lodi Gold Medalist. Stama Napa Valley Merlot 2005 (less than 700 cases made), Napa   Silkwood Duet (Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Syrah 50%), Modesto, CA 98 points   Silkwood Petit Syrah, 2007, Modesto CA, Gold Medalist Cheese and Crackers will be provided along with glasses, wine maps, and tasting notes $30 Per Person (Payable to the Whale and Ale) 25 person maximum RSVP Directly to Jeremy Wilkinson: Mobile: 310-487-1284 Direct: 310-375-4313 Email: JJWloveswine@sbol.com Anyone attending will receive 10% off Dinner afterwards (Food Element) Save the date: June 1st : Spanish Reds from Toro, Riojo, Ribera del Duero & Somontano All wines tasted at this class will be available through  “Off the Vine” in San Pedro for purchase.  10% discount offered with the purchase of 4 bottles or more. Importers and Distributors of Distinguished Family Owned Vineyards  http://4winesplusmore.com 5) Do not forget our promotion for the summer: May is 'Fish & Chips Month': all through May, Monday to Wednesday from 5 to 9.00 English Fish & Chips will be offered at $12.50! So come in & try them, three nights a week. 6) Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Many of you have been asking "When's the Next Wine Dinner?" Well, Here It Is In concert with Dane Throop, winemaker of J. Lohr Winery... Our Spring Wine Dinner; by Chef David Juarez & his talented staff. Soup of puréed fresh peas with truffle oil & Parmesan cap J. Lohr Pinot Blanc 1997 Filet of Pacific Halibut in mustard sauce with braised red cabbage J. Lohr Chardonnay, 'Arroyo Vista,' 1996 Baked double rib-chops of lamb; cassoulet of beans: (white, soy, green & yellow beans) J. Lohr Estates Wildflower Valdiguié 2008 Chocolate crepes & mocha cream sauce Coffee or decaffeinated coffee $60 per person: More on this exceptional winery at: http://www.jlohr.com 7) Dinner/Show package! Reservations: 310.512.6030 or www.littlefishtheatre.org a) Hay Fever by Noel Coward Apr 17 – May 23;  RUNS FRI & SAT @ 8PM; SUN 5/17 @ 7PM; THU 5/21 @ 8PM Tickets $25 ($22 students/seniors) HERE A comedic masterpiece. Unbeknownst to each other, the four members of the eccentric Bliss family each invite a guest to stay at their country house for the weekend. As the guests arrive, it becomes apparent that a weekend in the country with this unhinged family is anything but "bliss." Coward pulls out all the stops and delivers a dizzy mixture of manners, misunderstandings, and absolute madness. b) Betrayal Apr 22 - May 14  -   RUNS WED & THU @ 8PM, SUN 5/3 @ 7PM. Tickets: $20 HERE The romantic triangle is turned inside out in this visceral portrayal of the human condition. Suspenseful, lyrical, human, and complex, Betrayal illustrates the labyrinth of unfaithfulness that extends beyond the infidelity. "... an exquisite play, brilliantly simple in form and courageous in its search for a poetry that turns banality into a melancholy beauty." -- NEWSWEEK c) Cheerios In My Underwear, (and other true tales of motherhood) a one woman show written and performed by Amy Simon; directed by Richard Kuhlman Sunday, April 26 - 3pm Tickets $15 HERE Amy Simon's "Cheerios..." is LA's longest running solo show, and it's coming to Little Fish for a single performance. Follow Amy's hilarious and poignant journey as a modern S.A.H.M. (stay-at-home-mom).  "A delightfully funny and insightful look at the sometimes wacky, always stressful life of a mother." -- Los Angeles Family Magazine   The LA Weekly recommended "Cheerios," calling writer and performer Simon "funny and sensitive" and saying her "observations are shrewd and her delivery terrific." 8) Warner Grand Theatre Too many events to list them all here. Go to http://www.warnergrand.org to see it all, especially the a) 6th LA Harbor International Film Festival (LAHIFF) Thursday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. - free program "Read the Book, See the Movie" no tickets required Kidnapped (1960; 96 min) Friday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Searching For A Storm (2008/9; 88 min) Saturday, April 25 at noon & 7 p.m. West Side Story (1961; 151 min) Sunday, April 26 - Documentary Day noon Lady in Waiting (2008; 57 min) 2 p.m. Chasing Ghosts (2006; 88 min) 4 p.m. Port of Los Angeles (POLA) - four-part documentary 4:00 p.m. From Mudflats to Modern Port: 1542-1920 (30 min) 4:50 p.m. The Birth of An International Port: 1921-41 (30 min) 5:25 p.m. War, Peace & Prosperity: 1941-1960 (30 min) 6:00 p.m. Q&A with filmmakers & representative of POLA, moderated by Dr. Betsy A. McLane, Ph.D. 6:20 pm The Past Is Prologue: 1960-2008 (60 min) For complete listing of sponsors & details, please visit www.laharborfilmfest.com Questions? Please call Stephanie Mardesich, Festival Director at 310 519-0756 Then, continuing on: Sat May 2 The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil 2006) Foreign Films Featuring Fearlessness  7:30 p.m. - $10 Tickets Sun May 3 Who Framed Roger Rabbit ('88) 2 p.m. SUNdays are FUN days It's the story of a man, a woman & a rabbit in a triangle of trouble." Remarks/slides about history of transportation by John Fisher at 1:30 p.m. Sun May 10 Mariachi for Mother's Day 3 p.m. $40/$30/$20 Mariachi Los Toros are joined by Folklore Mexicano Del Sur De California, 14-year old musica ranchera sensation Maureen & Juan Carlos: La Imagen De Juan Gabriel Tickets Sat May 16 Video Game Soundtracks 8 p.m. 8 p.m. $25/$15  GSPO Tickets May 22-24 & 29-31 - Upton Sinclair's "The Singing Jailbirds" Ticket info posted soon  http://www.therelevantstage.com/ Sat May 30 A Gathering for the Grand 6:30 p.m. $100 Benefit for ceiling repair - Honoring Supervisor Don Knabe, at a private home near Portuguese Bend. Please call 310 833-4813 9) Also at The Warner Grand Theatre: 5/16/2009 8:00:00 pm videogame Soundtracks Buy Tickets! 5/31/2009 3:00:00 pm GSPO presents : Chamber Music for Families : A Musical Potpourri Buy Tickets! 10) My great friends, for many years, John & Donna Papadakis Invite You to Sail With Them on their 2nd Annual Crystal Cruise! What a great opportunity this is to explore the Mediterranean with John & Donna Papadakis!  Visit Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Portofino, Florence, Rome, Sorrento, Dubrovnik & Venice on this 12 day voyage beginning July 16, 2009. Crystal Wine & Food Festival Enjoy cooking demonstrations by our celebrity guest chefs, specially prepared four-course dinners featuring the chef's unique dishes, & complimentary wine tastings led by our master sommeliers & guest wine experts. Special Bonus for Whale & Ale email club members! (Book By 5/30/09) >  Receive $1,000 Shipboard Credit Per Person to use As You Wish! >  Save $100 Per Person On Your Cruise Fare! >  Receive Pre-paid Gratuities! >  Bon Voyage Cocktail Party with John & Donna! >  2 Exclusive Onboard Cocktail Parties with John & Donna! In cruising today, “all-inclusive” shouldn’t mean limited options. With Crystal Cruises' new As You Wish promotion you’ll receive $1,000 per person in shipboard credits to spend any way you wish. Indulge in spa treatments, fine wines, a Vintage Room experience with your friends, gratuities for your favorite waiter, something special from the boutiques, or even a unique Crystal Adventures® shore excursion. The choices – all of them – are yours. Contact Leah Bergner at Coastline Travel Advisors to book! lbergner@coastlinetravel.com ~ 800.448.2374 or 714.621.1040 July 16, 2009 – July 28, 2009 Starting At: $6,055.00 Ship: Crystal Serenity Livorno is the gateway to Italy's Tuscany region & to many spectacular sights; including the extraordinary Leaning Tower of Pisa, the charming medieval village of Lucca, the lovely hill town of San Gimignano & the timeless city of Florence. World renowned as a playground for artists & international jet-setters, Portofino boasts spectacular vistas of natural treasures such as the Gulf of Rapallo & its coastline. Theme Cruise: Crystal Wine & Food Festival Visit our website at www.whaleandale.com for even more information. REFER-A-FRIEND Who do you know that will enjoy the benefits of membership in our Email Club? Refer your friends today! Thank you again for your continued patronage. Sincerely, Your Friends At The Whale & Ale 327 West 7th St., San Pedro, CA 90731 - 310.832.0363 Template Graphics by Mike Smith at: Logan Graphics (U.K.) ©1996 to 2007 - Latest Page Update All Rights Reserved - Contact Author for permission to use graphics

 

CHAMBER MUSIC for FAMILIES at the Grand Annex

 

GSPO Presents: Chamber Music for Families at the Grand Annex

The Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) enthusiastically presents it's latest musical adventure in this informal, Sunday afternoon series designed to deliver fun & accessible music in an educational format. Featuring the Chamber Players of Los Angeles & other outstanding performers, this series is produced in collaboration with the Grand Vision Foundation. The new GSPO concert series will be presented in San Pedro's newest performance space, the Grand Annex, 434 West 6th Street, located just steps from the historic Warner Grand Theatre. For more information about the Golden State POPs Orchestra & our Warner Grand Theatre concert schedule, Click Golden State Pops Orchestra.

Sunday March 8, 2009 - Aires Tropicales

A woodwind quintet concert composed by Cuban composer Paquito D'Rivera, featuring the winds of the Chamber Players of Los Angeles. This family event will be a great introduction to the woodwind family & interaction of Jazz & classical music. This is a fun educational event for all young at heart music lovers.

Ticket & Venue Information: Chamber Music for Families Series at the Grand Annes

434 W. 6th Street, San Pedro, 90731

Advance Purchase Tickets available on-line

 

 

Sunday March 22, 2009 at 3 pm - CrossPulse brings percussive dance & body music to Grand Annex Series

CrossPulse is a "body music" performance company; under artistic direction of founder & Guggenheim Fellow Keith Terry, CrossPulse is a self-described non-profit arts organization "dedicated to the creation, performance & recording of rhythm-based, intercultural music & dance."

Part international drill team, part poly-cultural rhythm section, the Crosspulse Percussion Quintet brings together synchronized movement, world drumming, lush vocals, & innovative body music. Each member of the ensemble brings their own deep traditions to the floor, to mix & mingle, creating a unique cultural experience!

"A wonder-producing quintet - they drum, they dance, and they chant, they slap & pat their torsos & limbs, they make visual music that fills a room with physical excitement." The San Francisco Bay Guardian

CrossPulse Percussion Quintet features Keith Terry (Jazz, Body Music), Evie Ladin (Appalachian), Omar Ledezma (Afro-Cuban), Tacuma King (West African) & Amber Hines (African-American).

 

 

I Love You, Your're Perfect, Now Change at Warner Grand Theatre San Pedro, CA

Friday 2/20/2009 and Saturday 2/21/2009 at 8 pm Sunday 2/22/2009 at 2:30 pm.

Tickets: $25/$20/$15/$5

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is the hit Off-Broadway musical revue that ran for over 5000 performances from July 2008. It features music by Jimmy Roberts with a book & lyrics by Joe DiPietro.

The musical comedy celebration of the mating game takes on the truths & myths behind relationships. Act I details the journey form dating a& waiting to lovers & marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies & triumphs of in-laws & newborns, trips in the family car 7 pick-up techniques of th4e geriatric set. It is the longest-running musical revue in New York stage history.

You've seen the musicals about felines, cross-dressing nuns, teapots & candlesticks, old French flags, helicopters, flying pigs, singing murderesses, falling chandeliers, & lousy navigation through an ice field. Now, at long last, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change exposes everything you've secretly thought about dating, mating,  & romance but were afraid to admit. This hit musical will take you on a joyride through the jungle of the modern-day suburban mating game. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is rated PG-13 to some adult subject matter & language.

The Relevant Stage - Warner Grand Theatre

478 W. 6th Street San Pedro, CA 90731

13 O'Clock by Trippplicate at the Little Fish Theatre - San Pedro, CA

Opening in March, the 1st in Little Fish Theatre's Midweek Series

Escanaba in da Moonlight at The Little Fish Theatre - San Pedro, CA

Opening Friday, February 27, 2009

Hot Jazz - Sunday Nights in March at The Whale & Ale - San Pedro, CA

Sunday March 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th 5 pm.

The BEST in Hot Jazz, Fusion, Traditional & just plain GOOD!

No cover - no drink minium

2009 is the Arts District year for downtown San Pedro

Hot new fusion jazz & mellow jazz classics;

some new some old ~ This trio brings the place to life!

The Mike Guerreo Trio consist of:

James Murphy on Chromatic Harmonica

Rocco Persutti on Double Bass

Mike Guerrero on Guitar

The Whale & Ale

327 West 7th Street

San Pedro, CA 90731

First Thursday San Pedro, CA

First Thursday, March 5, 2009.

Patty & Dayton Borders provide live entertainment with no cover charge.

The Whale & Ale is offering selections from their entire menu for this event.

Frist Thursday of March ... Special Art Walk Event.

Izon Eden will play 6 to 9:30.

The San Pedro Downtown Artist, Restaurants & Merchants present a celebration to accompany the Art Walk. Click for more First Thursday information & interactive Art Walk maps.

The Backbeats are back at The Whale & Ale - San Pedro, CA

The Backbeats are back at The Whale & Ale!

Southern California's best Beatles Tribute band!

Saturday February 21, 2009

8 to 11

327 West 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

Hot new fusion jazz in San Pedro, CA

Help support the Arts

  

• To help kick off 2009 as the Arts District year for downtown San Pedro, - starting at The Whale & Ale on Sunday January 11, 2009.
• Then every Sunday, (always from 5 to 8 p.m.)
• Hot new fusion jazz and mellow jazz classics;
• some new, some old. This trio brings the place to life.
• The Mike Guerrero Trio are:

• James Murphy on Chromatic Harmonica

  Rocco Persutti on Double Bass

  Mike Guerrero on Guitar

   No cover charge, no drink minimum, - just come and enjoy. 

The Whale & Ale
327 West 7th Street, San Pedro, 90731
310 832 0363
cross streets Centre & Mesa
email andrew@whaleandale.com
website:  www.whaleandale.com

Nursing (Job) Burnout Retreat in Three Rivers - Sequoia National Park, CA

 

 

 

A personal four-day retreat addressing the issue of burnout in the work environment will be held on January 5-9, 2009, in Three Rivers. The retreat is specifically designed for nurses and healthcare professionals experiencing nursing burnout, but it is open and applicable to anyone with job burnout. Participants will be given practical ways to dive deeper into their inner resources, which often feel very depleted when they finally acknowledge, "I am really burned out." While there may be no magic solutions or quick fixes to burnout, there are approaches that invite transformation and change which are nurtured and explored within the creative assignments and exercises in this retreat. Part of the retreat involves a visit to Sequoia National Parkfor a contemplative gentle walk among the powerful Giant Sequoias. Drawn from "the holistic nursing approach" and the potential of integrative medicine, this retreat is one of two workshops offered by The Deeper Well. They include Transition One called "Beyond Nursing (Job) Burnout: launching your transformation" and Transition Two called "Re-Membering the Healer's Spirit: deepening into the discovery journey." There are additional dates offered for both levels (see The Deeper Well) and California and Nevada nurses will receive 30 hours of continuing education for each retreat (California Nursing Provider #13161.)

The retreat is taught by Elsah Cort, RN, who has practiced as a registered nurse for 39 years in a wide variety of nursing fields, including psychiatric nursing, operating room, pediatrics, ICU, hemodialysis, and, recently, seven years in home health nursing. She graduated from the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1969. Cort has been practicing craniosacral work since 1997, blending the work with a feng shui consultation practice since 1998. She has completed the curriculum in Visionary Craniosacral Work with The Milne Institute and studied with Charles Ridley (Biodynamic Craniosacral Work) and with The Upledger Institute. She has been a resident of Three Rivers, California, since 1977 and is now dedicating her professional work to the care of nurses, and others who also have job burnout, through her teaching and writing via The Deeper Well.

Call 559.561.4671 for more information.

NOTE: Three Rivers, California, is about 4-5 hours Southeast of the Bay Area and 4 hours Northeast of Los Angeles, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, at the entrance to Sequoia National Park, east of Visalia on HWY 198