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Calendar of Events

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Peter's Landing Farmers Market & Craft Fair - come by boat and dock, tie it up and shop! What a concept. Guests slips available for shopping at Peter's Landing weekly farmers market, a waterfront event with pony rides, petting zoo, food vendors, live entertainment, artisan, crafts and the best produce anywhere. Time: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cost: Free admission. Location: 164000 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA. localharvestfarmersmarkets.com

Sweet 112 and Bullrides - at Black Bull Chophouse. The back dining area transforms into the Largest Dance Floor in downtown Huntington Beach! Enjoy the body moving beats of guest DJs such as DJ Shaggy playing top dance re-mixes. Starting at 10 p.m. you can ride "Bo"-dacious mechanical bull. V.I.P. room and bottle service in booths offered. Location: 300 Pacific Coast Highway, #112, Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714) 969-6700.

Hollywood Blonde - at Tumbleweeds Bar & Grill. Time: 9 p.m. 21094 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714) 960-2776

The Rockers, band - at Nadine's Irish Mist. Time: 9 p.m. Jamie Wood starts the evening with music at 4 p.m. Cost: Free. Location: 16655 Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach, CA. Call:

Rat Pack Revisited, music - at Brix Sunset Beach. Time: 8:30 p.m. Location: 16635 Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach, CA. Call: (562) 592-3167

Willie Barcena & Paul Morrissey, comedy show. Cost: $15, plus 2 drink minimum. Location: Surf City Comedy Club at Endless Food & Fun, 7227 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA. Reservations, call: (949) 287-3161 or online surfcitycomedyclub.com

Electronic Recycling Fundraiser - at Huntington Beach High School parking lot. Bring old and unwanted computer monitors, computers, TVs, phone equipment, fans, heaters, satellite equipment, keyboards, mice, microwave ovens--basically all working/non-working electronics that plug into a wall or run on batteries. No large household appliances are accepted. Early collections pickup call (714) 724-2453. Proceeds help HBHS Boys Volleyball programs. Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: 1905 Main St., Huntington Beach, CA

Electronic Recycling Fundraiser - at Edison High School. Event Hours: 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Location: 21400 Magnolia Street, Huntington Beach, CA

The Surftones, band - at Mahe Seal Beach. Time: Evening. Cost: Free admission. Location: 1400 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach, CA. Call: (562) 431-3022.

Rum Soaked Raisin, band - at Luggatti's Italian Grill, 210 5th St. Huntington Beach, Ca. Time: 8:30 p.m. (714) 536-3773, luggattis.com

Zero G, band - at Taco Surf. Home to the Surfside Margarita, Taco Surf invites local surfers and all others to check out Happy Hour specials, evening entertainment most weekends, and the Pacific Ocean half a block away. Location: 16281 Pacific Coast Highway, Surfside, Ca. Call: (562) 592-2290

Back to the 80s - at Perqs. Time: 9 p.m. No cover. Location: 117 Main St., Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714) 960-9996

Marathon Extravaganza - Small event. Participants have results posted with their names and times plus free pictures for everyone posted on facebook page after the event! Pacers and crew are welcome at any time. Time: 7:15 a.m. Cost: 13.1/$31, 26.2/$42. Location: Bolsa Chica beach path near parking lot at Warner and PCH, Huntington Beach, CA. rocketracingproductions.com

Shenanigans, band - 80s and classic rock music at Harvey's Steakhouse, 6060 Warner Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 842-5111

Donut Derelicts car gathering with Hot Rods, Street Cars, Woodies, Imports and a variety of restored vehicles at Adams and Magnolia Ave., Ace Hardware strip mall. Time: 6:30 -9 approx. Just show up.

Wine & Words - Huntington Beach Public Library (HBPL) Literacy Volunteers hosts a wine tasting event for age 21 and older in support of literacy program, featuring wines from Orange County winery ONEHOPE. Raffle prizes include gift certificates to local restaurants, with a grand prize item: 4 One-Day Park Hopper tickets to Disneyland Resort valued at $500. Cost: $30 by Feb. 1, $35 after. Location: Huntington Beach Central Library, 7111 Talbert Avenue, Room C/D, Huntington Beach, CA. Call, 714-375-5102, or hbpl.org/literacy_programs

Music at the Center with Susan Gibson and Elizabeth Wills, Texas-American-folk/pop music. Time: 7 p.m. Cost: $20. Location: Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main St. Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714) 374-1650. huntingtonbeachartcenterfoundation.org.

Bird Talk and Nature Walk - free tour at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. You will be led by an Amigos de Bolsa Chica docent and birder who explains the feeding and nesting habitat hosting thousands of birds. It is considered one of the prime birding sites in Southern California. The variety of bird species changes throughout the year as they migrate during each season. The walk takes place the last Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. Location: Pacific Coast Highway between Seapoint and Warner Streets across the street from the main entrance to Bolsa Chica State Beach. Cost: This free tour. amigosdebolsachica.org

The Mikado, musical. This 1885 comic opera in two acts takes place in Titipu, Japan where, having introduced themselves, Japanese nobles meet a wandering minstrel named Nanki-Poo. He tells them of his love for Yum-Yum whom he first saw as he was playing in the Titipu town band. Yum-Yum was engaged to Ko-Ko, a cut price tailor, but he has been sentenced to death for flirting, so Nanki-Poo returns to find his beloved Yum-Yum and marry her. The topsy-turvy carryings on involve a wandering minstrel, a Lord High Executioner, a Lord High Everything Else, three little maids from school, a yumyummish heroine, a timidly bloodthirsty tyrant, a dragon lady whose bark is worse than her bite, and some of the wackiest and most athletic gentlemen the stage has ever seen. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $20, $18 child, student, senior. Location: Huntington Beach Playhouse, 7111 Talbert Ave., Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714)375-0696

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