Annual Boat Parade of Lights returns on December 9-11 with a “Surfin USA” theme among other holiday happenings throughout the Harbor

Dana Point Harbor Partners (DPHP) is spreading holiday cheer by hosting the annual holiday light display, consisting of over 700,000 LED lights, set to illuminate the Harbor beginning November 16. Themed light exhibits throughout the Harbor include a giant whale sculpture, lighted palm trees, giant beach-ball-like ornaments, and the popular “Merry Kiss Me” arch. Locals and visitors alike can enjoy visits with Santa, pet photos with Santa to support the Pet Project Foundation, waterfront restaurant offerings, boutique holiday shopping and more.

The Harbor’s much anticipated 47th annual Boat Parade of Lights will take place December 9-11 with a “Surfin’ USA” theme. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. on December 9 and at 6 p.m. on December 10 and 11. Boaters will decorate their vessels to the theme of the parade, for a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash prizes across several award categories, courtesy of Dana Point Harbor Partners. Award categories include Best Use of Theme, People’s Choice, Supervisor’s Cup, Mayor’s Cup and more. Boaters can sign up at The Marina at Dana Point office. 

Santa’s coming to the Harbor on November 27 and December 10 from 10 am – 1 pm and taking residence in the Clock Courtyard. Visitors can book professional photos with Santa in front of a holiday-themed photo op created by Style My Holiday. The holiday display will remain up throughout the month of December for all to enjoy. 

Visitors are invited to participate in Dana Point Harbor’s “Holidays at the Harbor” social media contest on Instagram from November 17 – December 22. Take a photo in front of one of the many light installations throughout the Harbor, tag @danapoint_harbor on Instagram and use the hashtag #HolidaysattheHarbor. At the end of the campaign, one lucky winner will be chosen at random and awarded a special Dana Point Harbor package.

Additional Holiday Happenings:

DPHP in partnership with the Chabad Jewish Center of Dana Point will place a 12-foot Menorah in the Harbor for the duration of Hanukkah from Sunday, December 18 to Monday, December 26. 

Pet Project Foundation will host the 10th Annual Santa Paws on December 17 & 18 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Clock Courtyard. Pet photos will be offered for a small donation with all proceeds supporting the Pet Project Foundation. 

Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching will also host the annual Boat Rides with Santa on December 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Take photos with Santa and his holiday helpers on this adventure at sea for a $5 donation with proceeds supporting Soroptimist of Capistrano Bay. Reservations will be required. Visit danawharf.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

WHEN

• Holiday light display will illuminate the Harbor November 16 – early January 
• 47th Annual Boat Parade of Lights to take place December 9 starting at 7 pm and December 10 and 11 at 6 p.m. 
• “Holidays at the Harbor” social media contest will run from November 17 – December 22.
• Visit the Harbor events calendar on the website for additional holiday happenings.

WHERE

Dana Point Harbor, 34555 Golden Lantern St., Dana Point, CA 92629 

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on Holidays at the Harbor visit DanaPointHarbor.com/holidays-at-the-harbor.

Credit: Dana Point Harbor.

Boo! The popular Booritos are back at Rubio’s all day long this Halloween, October 31, when every Rubio’s Rewards Member can get any burrito on the menu for just $7.99. Simply place an order though the Rubio’s app, or scan your phone at the register to get the offer. There’s plenty of time to sign up for Rubio’s Rewards before Halloween. New Rewards members can sign up at Rubios.com, or through the Rubio’s App, place an order, start earning points and enjoying free Rubio’s food and drinks.

Rubio’s Borritos feature responsibly sourced seafood, USDA choice steak, all-natural chicken raised without antibiotics, and vegetarian options. Favorites include the Ancho Citrus Shrimp Burrito, Burrito Especial with all-natural chicken, California Burrito with USDA choice steak or the Bean & Cheese Burrito, just to name a few.

Rubio’s locations across California, Arizona and Nevada are open, and guests are encouraged to order through the Rubio’s app and Rubios.com. For more information about Rubio’s Coastal Grill and to view the menu, visit Rubio’s, Facebook,  Instagram, and TikTok.

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This holiday season will be even brighter, merrier and more colorful as Magic of Lights transforms the Empire Polo Club into a vibrant drive-through holiday-themed light display. The festive event kicks off Friday, November 18 and runs through Sunday, January 1.

Produced by Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC, “Magic of Lights” will make its Coachella Valley debut at the sprawling Empire Polo Club, featuring dozens of displays, illuminated canopies, and digital animation, all constructed with millions of individual LED lights to create a memorable holiday experience for the whole family.

“We are excited to bring Magic of Lights to the Coachella Valley community for the first time ever and believe it will become an annual holiday tradition,” says Ken Hudgens, CEO of Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC. “Our innovative creative team has designed a drive-through holiday wonderland light experience that promises to dazzle and delight guests of all ages.”

“Our entire team is excited to bring a fun and festive nightly event to the Empire Polo Club and the entire Coachella Valley region this holiday season. We appreciate Magic of Lights’ commitment to hosting an affordable, one price per carload family-friendly event, and we believe the installation will become an annual tradition for years to come,” says Mark Girton, VP of Operations and Special Events at Empire Polo Club/Empire Grand Oasis.

Inside the comfort of their own vehicle, guests will enjoy Magic of Lights’ classic holiday favorites including Winter Wonderland, the 12 Days of Christmas, Toyland, festive Elves and Reindeer Road. In addition to the 200 foot long Enchanting Tunnel of Lights, there will also be three other brand new tunnels to delight and amaze – the Blizzard Light Tunnel, the Snowflake Tunnel and the Candy Cane Light Tunnel.

Other brand-new displays include the 32-foot-tall animated Mattel’s Waving Christmas Barbie®, Prehistoric Christmas featuring life sized dinosaurs celebrating the season and BIGFOOT® Monster Trucks. Created with over two million sparkling lights, Magic of Lights is a nostalgic and festive event everyone will enjoy. 

QUICK FACTS – MAGIC OF LIGHTS

·        2+ million lights per Magic of Lights event

·        12.6 miles of light cord per Magic of Lights event

·        3,750 staff hours to set up each Magic of Lights event

·        The steel displays are designed, bent, cut and welded into about 800 frames that are combined in different configurations to create each show’s giant winter holiday scenes. Each frame of each scene is designed using the latest CAD technology and hand built in-house from 15 pages of design specifications each.

·        Each Magic of Lights show uses about 10 miles of steel to build the displays and 10 miles of LED lighting installed inside the displays, there are 10 different colors of LED bulbs used in the shows.

·        Scenes, such as the animated Mattel’s Waving Christmas Barbie, are as high as 32 ft. tall and as long as several hundred feet.

Magic of Lights shines daily from 6pm until 10pm beginning Friday, November 18 through

Sunday, January 1. Tickets for this colorful seasonal event are on sale now and can be purchased starting at just $15 for Weekdays and $20 for Any Day per vehicle.

For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, visit MagicOfLights.com/CoachellaValley

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About Empire Polo Club

Empire Polo Club is a world-class event facility located in Indio, CA in the greater Palm Springs area, just 2 hours by car from Los Angeles and San Diego. With nearly 1,000 acres of lush gardens and pristine fields, Empire Polo Club is an unexpected desert oasis offering four unique venues: The Rose Garden, Hacienda Del Toro, Medjhool Lake and The Forum. The venue’s services range from corporate meetings and private parties, to festivals, concerts and sports-related events.

About Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC

Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC is a diversified, family-oriented entertainment holding company that seeks to develop successful live event formats and other entertainment intellectual property. The Company’s live event formats include Magic of Lights®, an outdoor holiday lights experience displayed at venues throughout North America and Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live™, a Hot Wheels-themed monster truck show presented both in North America and internationally. The Company is headquartered in Medina, Ohio.

For additional information, visit https://magicoflights.com or https://hotwheelsmonstertruckslive.com.

Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30, 2022

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Aquarium will celebrate its 23rd annual Scarium of the Pacific, a Halloween event for the whole family featuring costume and coloring contests, a vampire magician, underwater pumpkin carving, creepy critters, and more.

Where: Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802

Cost: Included with general admission: $36.95 per adult (ages 12+), $26.95 per child (ages 3-11), $33.95 per senior (ages 62+), and free for Aquarium members and children under age three / Advance reservations required 

Info: (562) 590-3100 or aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/scarium_of_the_pacific/

Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific.

With Special Entertainment and Activities on Weekends
10 a.m.–4 p.m. daily!

The Halloween spirit will be in full swing for 31 frightfully fun days at the L.A. Zoo, where guests can enjoy spooktacular sights daily. Weekends are even sweeter, with treats like open-air live shows, animal pumpkin feedings, themed photo ops, education stations, and much more. Costumes are encouraged!
 

WHEN:
Saturday, Oct. 1 – Monday, Oct. 31, 2022
10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily 

COST:   
Free with paid admission 
 

INFO:
To learn more about Boo at the L.A. Zoo weekend programming, please visit https://www.lazoo.org/boo.

**Free parking is available in the Zoo’s surface lot**

Credit: The L.A. Zoo.

A CELEBRATION OF LETTERPRESS, BOOK ARTS & PAPER

The Los Angeles Printers Fair is the largest annual celebration of letterpress, book arts, and paper in the West. With the backdrop of the Museum’s world-famous collection of antique presses, the LA Printers Fair annually brings together 80 artistic vendors and 2,000 visitors to explore the creative worlds of handmade books and printing. 

Exhibitors include some of the finest letterpress and printmaking artists in the Southwest and beyond, offering custom posters, prints, hand-printed cards, memorabilia, decorative papers, and antiquarian books for sale. Throughout the Museum’s galleries visitors can also print their own keepsakes on antique letterpresses, have their name cast in printer’s type, make paper by hand, or even screen print their own shirt! 

All proceeds from the Fair go to the International Printing Museum, a non-profit institution dedicated to the heritage, preservation, and advancement of the printing arts.

The 2022 Los Angeles Printers Fair will be held in-person at the International Printing Museum in Carson.  Tickets and additional information can be found on printersfair.com

Credit: International Printing Museum.

It’s that time of the year when wild-caught and certified sustainable Langostino Lobster returns to Rubio’s. Guests can enjoy the seasonal favorite from October 12 through January 3. Drizzled in warm garlic herb butter and featuring authentic Baja flavors, this year’s dishes include the Langostino Lobster Two Taco Plate, the Langostino Lobster Bowl, the Puerto Nuevo Burrito and brand-new to the menu this year, the Más Queso Quesadilla. 

“Guests look forward to the return of Langostino Lobster each year,” said Rubio’s Co-Founder, Ralph Rubio. “Our culinary team continuously develops recipes that offer guests new ways to experience seafood, and our tender, delicious Langostino Lobster is always highly requested. Its return coincides with the holiday season, so guests can enjoy these Baja-inspired flavor combinations with fresh, quality ingredients all winter long.”

The four entrées are:

• Langostino Lobster Two Taco Plate: Responsibly sourced, wild-caught Langostino Lobster drizzled with garlic herb butter, toasted cheese, fresh Hass avocado slice, crisp cabbage, cilantro/onion, and creamy chipotle sauce served on a warm flour tortilla. Served with chips and “no-fried” pinto beans^™.
   
• Langostino Lobster Bowl: Responsibly sourced, wild-caught Langostino Lobster atop citrus rice, black beans and romaine, topped with guacamole, salsa fresca and creamy chipotle sauce and a grilled lemon wedge. Served with a side of drawn garlic herb butter and two warm flour tortillas. 
   
• Puerto Nuevo Burrito: Responsibly sourced, wild-caught Langostino Lobster, Mexican rice, pinto beans, drawn garlic butter, salsa fresca and guacamole, wrapped in warm flour tortilla.
   
• Más Queso Quesadilla: Responsibly sourced, wild-caught Langostino Lobster and melted three cheese blend in a warm flour tortilla. Served with our handmade guacamole, salsa fresca, drawn garlic herb butter and a side of tortilla chips.

Rubio’s guests in California, Arizona and Nevada can earn free drinks, desserts, tacos and entrées by joining Rubio’s Rewards. Members can sign up online or through the Rubio’s App, place an order and start earning points toward free food. Rubio’s offers take-out, curbside or express pick-up and delivery. For more information about Rubio’s Coastal Grill and to view the menu, visit Rubio’s, Facebook and Instagram. 

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