The following list is a curated roundup of weekend events in Long Beach published every Wednesday on the Hi-lo and Long Beach Post. Have an event to share? Email <\/i>robert@lbpost.com<\/i> with \u201cThings to Do\u201d in the subject line.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Long Beach is celebrating its military personnel this weekend. Houghton Park honors veterans in an all-day party, and the Long Beach Community Band gives a special Veterans Day concert. In addition, the Long Beach Symphony presents \u201cGershwin and Friends\u201d at the Terrace Theater; a Pink Floyd laser spectacular comes to the Carpenter Performing Arts Center; and an author talk takes place at Page Against the Machine.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n Long Beach Veterans Day celebration (Saturday, Nov. 9)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houghton Park will host the city\u2019s Veterans Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., but the party will be expanded this year into the streets. It will coincide with Beach Streets<\/a>, a popular open-streets event that will shut down stretches of Atlantic Avenue and Artesia Boulevard so pedestrians and cyclists can roam free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This event will feature a resources fair, all-day DJ sets by Mr. Quick, live music by The Satin Dollz and Knyght Ryder, flyovers with historic aircraft, food trucks and a beer garden, a boot camp-style obstacle course, skateboarding lessons and demos, a kids zone and the Aquarium of the Pacific\u2019s Aquarium on Wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Houghton Park is at 6301 Myrtle Ave. For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gershwin and Friends (Saturday, Nov. 9)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n