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TODAY

Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,” a collection of one-act plays, will be

presented at 8 p.m. at the Central Library Theater, 7111 Talbert Ave.

Call for tickets and additional show times. Information: (714)

375-0696.

FRIDAY

Friday-night funnies will be led by headliner Johnny Dam at 8:30

p.m. at Martini Blues, 5874 Edinger Ave. There will be a $5 cover

charge and a $10 drink minimum. Information: (714) 840-2129.

SATURDAY

A ukulele exhibit, featuring vintage instruments, is open from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. at the International Surfing Museum, 412 Olive Ave.

The cost is $2 for adults and $1 for students. Children 6 and under

get in free. Information: (714) 960-3483.

The Huntington Beach Christian Singles will hold a dance from 8

p.m. to midnight at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 16351 Springdale St.

Tickets are $8 to $12. Information: (714) 625-3508.

SUNDAY

The Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum will host a

Surfin’ Sunday summer concert featuring the Torquays from 1 to 3 p.m.

in the museum parking lot, 411 Olive Ave. Information: (714) 960-3483

or www.surfingmuseum.org.

Jazz vocalist Dee Dee McNeil will perform from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at

the Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main St. Tickets are $20.

Information: (714) 374-1650.

Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Road Runners will perform an eclectic

mix of Louisiana music from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Pier Plaza, Pacific

Coast Highway at Main Street. The concert is free. Information: (714)

536-5486.

The 2005 Summer Series Concerts in the Park will be held at 5 p.m.

at Central park, 7111 Talbert Ave. The Huntington Beach Concert Band

will perform in the first of many free concerts held throughout the

summer. Information: (714) 962-2293.

MONDAY

Surfers from around the country will begin competing for the USA

championship crown at 8 a.m. south of the Huntington Beach pier,

Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street. The contest is free to watch.

Information: (714) 848-8851.

TUESDAY

“Tuesday Tons of Laughs” will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Martini

Blues, 5874 Edinger Ave. There will be no cover charge but a $10

drink minimum. Information: (714) 840-2129.

Aussie Tuesdays, an adventure in the tastes and flavors of down

under, will be held 5-10 p.m. at Pete Mallory’s Surf City Sunset

Grille at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa, 21500

Pacific Coast Highway. The restaurant’s Australian chef Chris Savage

will prepare Australian favorites in addition to the regular dinner

menu. Information: (714) 845-4775.

ONGOING

CHILDREN/LIBRARY

The Main Street Library Branch will accept book donations for the

Friends of Library book sale 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. Information: (714) 375-5071.

Huntington Beach Central Library will host Book Art Story Time

every Saturday from 11-11:45 a.m. Children 5 through 9 are invited to

enjoy stories and related crafts at the library, at 7111 Talbert Ave.

Information: (714) 375-5107.

Saturday Sunrise Car Cruisers, billed as the best free car show in

the world, is a 15-year tradition that brings classic and hot rod car

collectors, known as the Donut Derelicts, to the parking lot near

9025 Adams Ave., every Saturday from 6 to 9 a.m. Admission is free.

Information: Rodding Around at (714) 963-2928. https://www. River

road.net/oldcars.

The Clara Barton Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters

of the American Revolution meets at 9:30 a.m. every third Saturday at

Community United Methodist Church, 6652 Heil Ave. Membership in

Daughters of the American Revolution is open to any woman who is at

least 18 years of age and can prove lineal descent from an ancestor

who aided in achieving American independence. Information: (714)

848-4297.

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. (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 and Noble

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

Mondays. Story Time is held at 11 a.m. Saturdays. (714) 897-8781.

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

525 Main St. The library’s preschool story time will be 10 and 11

a.m. Wednesdays. (714) 375-5071.