Name: Blessing of the Animals
Start: 2026-08-22T10:00:00-07:00
Location: Manhattan Beach Community Church

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Celebrate the pets that bring joy to our lives at this special community gathering featuring treats, music, and a photo booth. Join neighbors and friends as we offer blessings to the animals that walk beside us and bring comfort to our hearts.

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Join us as we hear from Undead Voice, an organization that helps gender diverse people find their true voice. We’ll talk about everything that makes up our voice, understand voice dysphoria, and how this curriculum uniquely addresses the specific needs of trans and gender diverse persons. BONUS! Our PFLAG MB families have a unique opportunity to join a cohort of voice training for free!
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Nicole Gress (she/they), MS, CCC-SLP, is a licensed speech-language pathologist, trans voice expert, and the founder of Undead Voice—the leading voice transition training company for trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people. With over 12 years of experience, Nicole has helped more than 100,000 voices across 20 countries align their voice with their identity through a groundbreaking, community-centered methodology that replaces outdated, medicalized models of care.
To attend via Zoom, send a request to rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org

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Paul Henry Fresco's reception for his solo exhibition at Destination:&nbsp;Art includes new artwork for the month of August,&nbsp; featuring a sampling of his prolific paintings and now, jewelry.&nbsp; Meet the self-described "Wizard of Weird" and enjoy hearty refreshments.

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Working in oil, Waggner’s visual storytelling captures urban scenes, bars, and darkly noir rabbit characters as well as more bucolic landscapes. Born and raised in Southern California, Los Angeles, his work is infused with the rhythms of Southern California and the surfing/skateboarding culture of the 70s.
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Clavel is a galvanizing mixed-media abstract painter who grew up in Paris, France. Moving to Long Beach, California in 2006, drawing on a background in science, her work explores perpetual motion, cosmic space, and the idea of infinity, evoking mystical landscapes, emotions, and countless untold stories. 
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Grounded in an enduring connection to nature, Stelling’s art practice is shaped by the earth and its living rhythms. Abstraction allows her to express this dialogue with freedom, using fluid curvilinear lines and layered surfaces to evoke a visceral response. Dreams and memory also weave through her process, guiding color and form as pathways between the inner and outer worlds.

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