Advance Notice. 4th Street in Motion.

Encouraging carlessness and promoting exercise, Long Beach's "Retro Row" is scheduled to host the first annual "4th Street in Motion" event May 9, as part of the Long Beach Bike Festival.

Among the scheduled attendants is the LB-based vintage bike crew the Cyclone Coasters, as well as the Long Beach roller derby team, the Retro Rollers -- it's an event open to all self-propelled commuters on wheels.

On the docket are indie films about biking set to project at the Art Theatre, bike safety and repair clinics, and alt-transportation vendors, as well as live, local bands, and a few food vendors.

4th Street in Motion is scheduled to take place between Cherry and Junipero Avenues between 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

-- Lauren Williams

Eat Out. 4th Street Wine [Thirsty Thursdays!].

This tiny wine shop on Fourth Avenue and Junipero Street is an excellent place to pick up a good bottle of wine any day of the week, but on Thursdays the happy hour here is unbelievable with $3 glasses of excellent wines from around the world and a hearty selection of exotic beers, too.

A cozy, if not small, seating area, good music, and a relaxed atmosphere make this an ideal place to sample a few pricey bottles of wine at an incredible cost. They also have racks of wine, so you can take home the one you fancy at the end of the night.

Snacks aren't served here however, so if you need something in your stomach before you drink, a neighboring wine bar, Art du Vin, serves up very good homemade hummus, avocado bruschetta, and glasses of the good stuff too, but at a heftier price.

Art du Vin is attached to the recently renovated Art Theatre of Long Beach and Portfolio's little sister coffeeshop, The Portfolio Annex.

This Thursday, neighboring {open}, possibly the most adorable/useful bookstore I've been to, is also having a show for $3 at 8 p.m. since it's the third Thursday of the month. (The "who" of that who/what/where/when is still a mystery.)

Sorry, I was getting carried away. But Thursdays are definitely a good place to find yourself on Fourth Street in Long Beach.

4th Street Wine is located at 2142 E. 4th Street in Long Beach.

-- Lauren Williams

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