What's Up: Library Artist Meeting, Surf, Tides, Swells, Sunset, Free Concerts

"Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow." ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

Here are five things for your Wednesday in Manhattan Beach: 

1. High tide in Manhattan Beach will hit the coast at 11:48 a.m., according to surf-forecast.com, with low tide at 5:17 p.m. at 26th Street. Surf is measuring about a foot-and-a-half. The wind is from the east and the swell action is consistent in El Porto. At 26th Street, the wind is from east-northeast with a western swell and fairly consistent. Elsewhere, at the pier, the wind is from the east with a southwest swell and consistent. Water temperature is 68 degrees. Sunset will be 8 p.m. The high today is expected to be 71 degrees; the low, 64.
2. Enjoy a "creative exchange" with artist Lita Albuquerque tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center. Albuquerque has been commissioned to create a new art piece for the soon-to-be-constructed new Manhattan Beach County Library. More details here with RSVP info, too.
3. The Murphy's Law Quartet, a Los Angeles-based trombone quartet, will play a free concert at Trinity Lutheran Church Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Back together after a two-year hiatus while members completed graduate degrees, MLQ plays music Bach, Debussy, Ewazen and more. The group was the 2010 TCU Trombone Quartet Competition Grand Prize winners. 
   
4. A Woodstock Tribute takes the stage in Manhattan Beach Sunday as part of the city's free summer concert series. Concerts are outdoors in Polliwog Park from 5 to 7 p.m.
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