Downtown Culver City’s Third Wednesday ‘SummerTini Tasting’— July 20 from 5-9 pm, Escape the summer heat with a neighborhood-wide ‘SummerTini Tasting’ on the Third Wednesday of July. Check in at any participating business in Culver City’s downtown area to pick up your “Third Wednesday Passport,” then get it stamped each time you cool off with a SummerTini (virgin ‘SummerTea-ni’ options available for the under-21 set). At the end of you night, make your way over to the Kirk Douglas Theatre, where you can turn in your passport and be entered in a raffle to win summertime prizes (no purchase necessary). Summertime is the best season to explore Downtown Culver City — Southern California’s best-kept secret, with its wonderful mix of historic buildings, boutiques, theaters, galleries and unique restaurants opening onto tree-lined streets. Take advantage of Downtown’s universal valet parking system: drop your car off at any one of four convenient locations, then pick it up at another. Free parking is also available for up to one hour in any of Downtown’s three municipal parking structures.Downtown Culver City (south of the 10 Fwy and east of the 405, between Culver and Washington Blvds at Duquesne Ave.); FREE; www.downtownculvercity.com