What's Up: Free Flu Shots, Donate Blood Friday, Walk with the Mayor, Catch 'The Crucible'

Here are five things for your Thursday and beyond in Manhattan Beach:  

1. The Los Angeles County Department of Health is offering free shots for all from 1–4 p.m. Thursday. The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is hosting the clinic in the district office board room at 325 S. Peck Ave. Parking is available in the visitor spaces in the district office parking lot.
   For information, email Ellyn Schneider at eschneider@mbusd.org. Details here.
2. Sign up now to donate blood Friday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. during a Manhattan Beach Middle School/UCLA blood drive. The blood drive will be held in the multi-purpose room at the middle school, and all donors will receive a movie ticket for their participation. Sign up online here.
3. Join Mayor David Lesser for a casual "Meet, Walk and Chat" Monday at 8 a.m. at Peet's Coffee and Tea, 328 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Details here.
4. Make sure you're "Patched In" to get alerts on breaking news as it happens in town this week (and after), make sure you are signed up to get our emails. Click on the 'get the daily newsletter' at the top, right corner of this page. (If you see something that says, "hi, username," then you're already registered. In that case, click on "email settings" under the drop-down tab under your name.)
   
5. The Salem witch trials are coming to Manhattan Beach later this week when Mira Costa High School drama students stage Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Opening night is Friday; showtime is 7:30 p.m. More shows are available. Details here.