Everything Going on This Week in El Segundo

Hello, Gundo 👋 

The Black Friday emails have started, the stores are playing Christmas music, and we’re still headed to the beach.

Here’s everything that’s going on this week and weekend in El Segundo.

Make sure to watch the Hello Gundo Instagram as we’ll share everything new that pops up.

-Sam & Angie Greenspan

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

We follow 150+ Instagram accounts, Facebook pages and groups, websites, and email lists to put together this comprehensive guide to everything happening in El Segundo this week.

Though we strive for 100% accuracy, as we all know too well: Schedules are subject to change. All event details are based on latest information on websites/social media. We’ve also called, DMed, and/or visited to confirm whenever possible.

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Thursday, November 12th

El Segundo Blue Butterfly Awards
🥳 El Segundo Woman’s Club, 5:30-7:30 PM, $15
Join the El Segundo Chamber of Commerce at their November Networking & Awards Night.

Hyperion Community Forum
🗣️ El Segundo Public Library, 6-7 PM, free

Mahjong Night
🀄️ G’s il Capo Dei Bar, 7-10 PM, free

Farmers’ Market 
🥕 Main St., all ages, 3-7 PM, free

Trivia with MC Ken
🧠 Five Point Five Brewing, 7 PM, free

Goblin Loot Game Night 
 🃏 Stuft Pizza, all ages, 5:30 PM

Live Music
🎵 Old Town Patio, 7-9 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50+

💵 Thursday food, drinks, and deals

• Matisse Warehouse Sale - 12-6 PM. Up to 85% off retail at Matisse Headquarters (1550 E. Franklin)

• G’s Il Capo dei Bar - buy one, get one free lunch, 12-3 PM

• Porterhouse - social hours 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM with food and drink specials

• Stuft Pizza - $1 slice night

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thu, 1 meal per week)

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Friday, November 13th

Happy Hour & Live Music
🍸️ Love.Life Cafe, 5-7 PM, free
Live music + 50% off alcoholic drinks, wraps, and sandwiches.

Don’t Tell Comedy
🤣 Secret location [typically a brewery in town], 21+, 8 PM, $30

Holiday Trees Ceramic Workshop
🎄 Standard Ceramics, ages 12+, 6:30-8:30 PM, $100

Live Music
🧑‍🎤 The Tavern, ages 21+, 8 PM, free

Live Music
🎸 Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

💵 Friday food, drinks, and deals

• BOGO Chipotle - Buy-one-get-one-free entrees for any tattooed guests who stop in between 3-4 PM (temporary & drawn tattoos are acceptable)

• Matisse Warehouse Sale - 12-6 PM. Up to 85% off retail at Matisse Headquarters (1550 E. Franklin)

• Porterhouse - social hours 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM with food and drink specials

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Saturday, November 14th

Ice Skating Fundraiser
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, 7:30-9:45 PM, $30
Support the Richmond Street School 5th grade class and get into the holiday spirit with a chilly night on the ice. (The Hello Gundo team will be there!)

Key Largo
🌴 Old Town Music Hall, 2:30 PM, $20
Screening of the 1948 Bogart & Lauren Bacall classic.

Harold and Maude
🪕 Old Town Music Hall, 7 PM, $10-$12
Screening of the 1971 classic dark comedy.

Holiday Trees Ceramic Workshop
🎄 Standard Ceramics, ages 12+, 6:30-8:30 PM, $100

Live Music
🎸 Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

Live Music
🧑‍🎤 The Tavern, ages 21+, 8 PM, free

💵 Saturday food, drinks, and deals

• The Tavern on Main - kids eat free all day

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

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Sunday, November 15th

Plant Bingo
🌵 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 3 PM, $25
12 rounds of bingo, 24 plant prizes. Everyone goes home with a plant!

Meet the Author: Life Lessons in Pickleball
🏓 Love.Life, 12-3:30 PM, $35-$50 (or free for members)
Conversation, book signing, and pickleball open play with author Amy Johnson.

My Best Girl
👩 Old Town Music Hall, 2:30 PM, $20
Screening of the 1927 silent classic comedy.

Live Music
🎶 Old Town Patio, 1-4 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 1-3 PM, $11.50+

💵 Sunday food, drinks, and deals

• Rock & Brews - NFL Sundays get a hotdog and unlimited nacho bar from 11 AM-2 PM. Adults $22, Kids $15.

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

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Monday, November 16th

Lucky Guess Trivia 
🧑‍🎓 Sugar Monkey Brewing, ages 21+, 6:30-8:30 PM, free

Meditate in El Segundo
🧘 Blue Butterfly Coffee, all ages and levels, 7-8:15 PM, suggested $15 donation

Genealogy Club
🧬 El Segundo Public Library, 11 AM-12PM, free

Crafty Crew
🖼️ El Segundo Public Library, grades 4-5, 2:30-3:30 PM, free
Make a trinket bowl with your friends while eating snacks after school.

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Monday food, drinks, and deals

• EZPZ - buy a slice, get one free… or buy a whole pie and get a second at half price

• Rock & Brews - kids eat free

• Marmalade Cafe - kids eat free 3 PM - close

• Vinny’s Pizza - half off medium pizzas

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thu, 1 meal per week)

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee for kids 5 and under

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Tuesday, November 17th

Bingo Night
⚪️ Richmond Bar & Grill, all ages, 6 PM, free

Two Tags Line Dancing
🤠 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6:30 PM, free

Trivia with Budds
🧑‍🎓 Brewport Tap House, ages 21+, 6 PM, free

Trivia Night at California Smash
🤔 California Smash, 5-9 PM

Dart League
🎯 El Segundo Brewing Co., ages 21+, 4 PM-close

Crafteen
🖼️ El Segundo Public Library, grades 6-12, 3:30-4:30 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

🌮 Tuesday food, drinks, and deals

• EZPZ - buy two slices and get a free small ice cream or buy two pizzas and get a large soft serve.

• Burger Lounge [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

• Sauced - Game Night (discounted games including axe throwing)

• Taco Tuesday at G’s Il Capo dei Bar, Standard Station, and Rock & Brews

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thu, 1 meal per week)

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• Color Me Mine - BOGO studio fee

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Wednesday, November 18th

Sip & Paint
🎨 Color Me Mine, 21+, 6-9 PM, $10+

Karaoke Night
🎙️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6 PM, free

Boardroom Run Club
🏃 Boardroom Brewery, 6 PM, free
A ~5k run to the beach.

El Segundo Mahjong Club
🀄️ Joslyn Recreation Center, 5-7:30 PM, free

Evening Book Discussion
📗 El Segundo Public Library, 6:30-7:30 PM, free
This month’s book is The Promise by Damon Galgut.

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 PM, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Wednesday food, drinks, and deals

• Sauced - Hump Day Wednesday (discounted games, all night happy hour)

• G’s Il Capo dei Bar - Kids eat ½ off

• Marmalade Cafe - ½ off all bottles of wine

• Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thu, 1 meal per week)

• Rock & Brews - burger specials

• Smashburger Manhattan Beach [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

• Porterhouse - Wine Wednesdays (25% off bottles) and food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

• El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

• Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee after 5 PM

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Do you have an event, activity, or local deal you’d like to see included in a future newsletter? Respond to this email and let us know.

“THE SECOND” HALF

Gundo Scoop

Registration is open for the annual Jinglefest Pickleball Tournament
The tournament is Saturday, December 5th. 

A new vintage store is opening soon
Gigi’s Vintage is set to open soon in the Mariposa Shopping Center (at Center and Mariposa).

The El Segundo Police Department’s holiday toy drive has begun
ESPD is partnering with the U.S. Marine Corps for their annual Toys for Tots drive. You can drop off donations in the ESPD lobby or at the Mattel Holiday Tent.

The 4th annual El Segundo Puzzle Hunt is still going
Solve puzzles to find clues all over town.

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New & Ongoing Deals

Mattel Toy Store - Holiday Tent Sale
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 AM-5 PM.

⛳️ Topgolf deals
50% off Mon-Thu all day and/or snag 30 minutes of free play time.

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Save the Date / Get Your Tickets Now

Events coming up, often where it’s wise to get your tickets sooner rather than later.

• Ladies Night Out - 11/19. Add the Ed! Foundation’s mega popular annual event to your calendars.

• The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee - 11/19-11/21. El Segundo High School’s fall musical.

• Joy Around the World - 12/3. The beloved annual festival of holidays and tree lighting.

• Holiday Parade - 12/13.

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Who are you and why are you doing this?

We’re Sam and Angie Greenspan, El Segundo residents and since 2016 and major El Segundo boosters ever since.

We also believed we were the right people to give this town its first newsletter.

Angie’s a realtor who works here in town and all over L.A. — so she’s plugged in to everything happening and has been a de facto source for local event info for years. Sam’s a writer and works in email marketing.

Please spread the word!

— Sam & Angie Greenspan

P.S. If you have any ideas or anything you want to see us include in this newsletter, reply to this email to let us know!