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HOMETOWN HEROES MILITARY BANNER 

RECOGNITION PROGRAM

The City of Torrance is proud to announce the Hometown Heroes Military Banner Recognition Program. Applications are now being accepted. There is still an opportunity to include your hero in the first 20 banners to be installed. Visit

 www.TorranceCA.Gov/7491.htm for more information and application.

BE A PART OF TORRANCE HISTORY! 

Deadline to Order: May 1, 2012 

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The Torrance Centennial Committee is excited to announce an exclusive opportunity to be part of the past, present, and future of the City of Torrance by purchasing a Commemorative Centennial Brick.  Centennial Bricks will be incorporated into the beautifully designed Centennial Plaza at El Prado Park.  

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PARADE: SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012

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VOLUME 2  |  ISSUE 12  

APRIL 19 - APRIL 25 , 2012

"TILL BETH DO US PART"

TORRANCE THEATRE COMPANY

A CENTENNIAL EVENT

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 | 8 P.M.

In this side-splitting comic romp about marriage, career-driven Suzannah Hayden needs a lot more help on the home front than she's getting from her husband, Gibby. Enter Beth Bailey, Suzannah's newly hired assistant, a gregarious highly motivated daughter of the South. Beth explodes into the Hayden household and whips it into an organized, well run machine. When Gibby realizes it's Suzannah's career Beth is really after, he sets out to save his marriage aided by Suzannah's best friend. Their efforts to stop Beth at any costs sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry! Read more . . .

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012 | 8:30 A.M. - NOON 

Celebrate Earth Day 2012 by enhancing the beauty on Madrona Marsh Preserve. Join us in planting native grasses and flowering shrubs in the upland areas. Please wear closed toe shoes and long pants.  Read more . . .

BUNKA-SAI JAPANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 & SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2012 
TORRANCE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

This hugely popular festival at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center features performances, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops of Japanese dance, music, martial arts, flower arranging, calligraphy, a tea ceremony, and more! A variety of Japanese foods will tantalize your taste buds and there will be games for the children to enjoy. Don't miss this fun-filled family event.  Read more . . .

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY- 100 NOSTALGIC YEARS OF MUSIC

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012 | 8 P.M.

Celebrate the City of Torrance Centennial at the James Armstrong Theatre through songs with an evening of music from Hollywood movies, pop, Broadway, musicals, and classical masterpieces. Highlights include selections from A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Miserables along with a classical vocal soloist and the Chorale Band.  Read more . . .

NETWORKING RECEPTION

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 | 5 - 7 P.M.

TORRANCE ART MUSEUM

The City of Torrance invites you to a networking reception at the Torrance Art Museum. All Torrance residents who care about and work in the arts and culture are invited to spend some time together. Tours of the Cultural Arts Center will be provided and the museum galleries will be open. Read more ...

WORKS IN PROGRESS- ZANE GREY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 | 7 P.M.

Works in Progress at the George Nakano Theatre features Zane Grey, a failed baseball player turned dentist who had been struggling for ten years to transform himself into a popular writer. Then in 1912, he published a novel that would make him a household name and become the archetype for all Western stories and movies to follow.  Read more . . . 

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