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TODAY

PEREZ BENEFIT

There’s a benefit concert for Darnell Perez, wife of Jimmy Perez,

the bass player for Laguna-based Missiles of October. Darnell Perez

has fourth-stage T-cell lymphoma and needs a stem cell procedure.

Missiles of October, Common Sense and others will play. The concert,

silent auction and raffle will be at the Coach House, 33157 Camino

Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, which is donating the space.

Tickets are $25 each, and the doors open at 6:30 p.m. Information and

tickets: 496-8930.

A TASTE OF WINE

Wine Tasting every Friday night from 5 to 9 p.m. at Len’s Wine

Cite. Every week will feature something different. Len’s is at 303

Broadway in Broadway Plaza. For information, call 376-2215.

POETRY MEETING

Laguna Poets meet at 8 p.m. Fridays on the third floor of Wells

Fargo Bank, 260 Ocean Ave. Bring poems to this free evening of poetry

sharing and reading.

SATURDAY

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

The award-winning Laguna Beach High School Jazz Ensemble will hold

its ninth annual Blues and Jazz Festival, featuring Thelma Jones with

John Heussenstamm and the Land of Jam at 7:30 p.m. at the Artists’

Theater on 625 Park Ave. Tickets are $25 reserved, $15 general and

$10 students. Proceeds benefit the Laguna Beach High School Music

Department. For information or tickets, call 497-9779.

HAUPT BOOK SIGNING

German-born artist Joachim Haupt will be having a book signing

featuring his works at Gallery Haupt Art. The event is from 5 to 10

p.m. at 750 S. Coast Highway with live entertainment, food and wine.

Information: 494-2486.

CRYSTAL COVE HIKES

Crystal Cove back country hikes today and tomorrow. Meet at the

flag pole at the El Moro state park visitor’s center. Information:

497-7647.

WINE TASTING AND SILENT AUCTION

Len’s Wine Cite will host a fund-raising event to benefit Laguna

Beach High School’s boys’ and girls’ soccer teams from 6 to 8 p.m. at

303 Broadway. La Sirena Grill will cater the event. The cost is $30

per person and includes one beverage and a raffle ticket.

Information: (949) 497-4495.

SUNDAY

MARION MEYER

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art gallery and the California

Choreographers Dance Festival will present a collaborative event

featuring 9-year-old Native American Flute prodigy Evren Ozan,

choreographer and dancer Kimberly Bixler Leeds and abstract

impressionist artist Eva Carter, who will combine their talents.

Leeds will use the paintings as her inspiration for movements and

will dance to the Evren’s musical interpretation of Artist Carter’s

work. Marion Meyer Contemporary Art is at 354 North Coast Highway.

Information: 497-5442.

FREE MUSIC

Laguna College of Art and Design will resume its “First Sundays”

free music concert from 1 to 4:30 p.m., with the concert from 3 to

4:30 p.m. There will be an exhibition of students’ latest works and a

performance by Laguna Beach Live! featuring pianist Dorothy

Schechtir. The college is at 7777 Laguna Canyon Road.

PATRIOTS DAY BRUNCH

The 37th annual Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade will host a

brunch at Tivoli Terrace at 650 Laguna Canyon Road from 11 a.m. to 1

p.m. to honor Grand Marshal retired Fire Capt. Eugene D’Isabella,

Patriot of the Year Don Black, Citizens of the Year Marilyn and Les

Thomas, and Junior Citizens Liz Nelson and Nathan Greene. Brunch is

$15. Information or reservations: 494-6016.

MARINE ROOM

Missiles of October, a Laguna-based band, will perform from 4 to 8

p.m. at the Marine Room. The Marine Room is at 214 Ocean Ave.

Information: 494-3027.

MOSUN

Live Music 5 to 11 p.m. Sundays with Nick Hernandez of Common

Sense. Roll and drink specials. 680 S. Coast Highway, 497-5646.

TUESDAY

SUPER SENIOR BRUNCH

Wild Oats will host a complimentary Super Senior Brunch from 10

a.m. to noon at 283 Broadway. Information: (949) 376-7888.

OCEAN AVENUE BREWERY

Hip hop and dance music gets the crowd dancing, with DJ Eddie Lee

spinning. Cover is $5. DJ starts at 10 p.m. The Brewery is at 237

Ocean Ave., 497-3381.

WEDNESDAY

EIGHT FUNNY FOLK

One funny Night Comedy show presented by comedienne Lynn Epstein

features eight comics at Laguna Beach Brewing Company, 422 S. Coast

Highway, 499-2337. $5 cover, show starts at 8 p.m.

WORLDLY YOGA

Wild Oats will host a lecture by Steven Sadlier on “Yogas of the

World” at 6 p.m. Sadlier, founder of the Self Awareness Institute and

a master yoga instructor, will give an overview of the various forms

of yoga and meditation. The lecture will take place at 283 Broadway.

Information: (949) 376-7888.

THURSDAY

FIFTH YEAR OF ART WALK

First Thursday’s Art Walk celebrates its 5-year anniversary with

the Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. and a post-party at the Festival of

Arts grounds at 650 Laguna Canyon Road. There will be exciting live

performances following enjoying some of the best art in the world at

the 36 plus participating Art Walk galleries.

FEB. 7

NO SQUARE SHOW

No Square Theatre is having their winter concert “And the World

Goes Around.” Featuring a funny romantic selection of songs by

renowned American songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebb. Favorites

from “Cabaret,” “Funny Lady,” “Chicago,” “Zorba” and “Kiss of the

Spider Woman” will be performed. The show is today and tomorrow at 8

p.m. Tickets are $20. Information: 497-2584. The Artists’ Theater at

625 Park Ave.

YOUTH THEATER

The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre will present their

award-winning show “The Wrestling Season.” It’s a provocative new

drama about high school students search for identity amid relentless

peer pressure and destructive rumors. Performances are at 7:30 Feb.

7, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 and at 1 and 5 p.m. Feb. 9.

Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for children age 5 to 13. Children

under 5 are not admitted.

SENIOR FUND-RAISER

The Laguna Beach Seniors, Inc. will have its first fund-raising

dinner at Villa Romana Trattoria at 303 Broadway. The cost is $20

plus tax and gratuity per person with the restaurant donating $10 of

the proceeds per person to the organization to help their effort to

build a Senior Center in Laguna Beach. The price includes soup or

salad, a choice of four Italian entrees and a choice of nonalcoholic

beverage. To purchase tickets payment should be made out to Laguna

Beach Seniors, Inc. and mailed with your address and phone number to

P.O. Box 536, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. Tickets will be sent by mail.

Reservations for dinner are between 4:30 and 9 p.m. and can be made

at the restaurant after ticket purchase. There are no tickets sold on

the day of the event. Information: 497-2441.

FEB. 8

ART FOR AIDS II

A Benefit for Laguna Art Museum and AIDS Services Foundation

Orange County includes celebrities Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson,

Penny Marshall, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty, Tom Petty, Barry

Manilow and Suzanne Sommers. There is a Gala Dinner with the

celebrity guests which is $2000 per person or a Pacific Ballroom

celebration for $135 per person. The event is at the St. Regis

Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point. There will be food from top

Laguna Beach restaurants and plenty of entertainment Brazilian jazz

band Robert Kyle and a silent and live auction. Information: (949)

809-8760.

FEB. 9

COMMUNITY CONCERT

The Laguna Community Concert is performing a free

patriotic/American music concert at 3 p.m. at the Laguna Beach High

School’s Artists Theater. The concert will feature Native American

flutists Evren Ozan, Greg White on the native drums as well as other

exciting happenings. Emmy and Peabody winner Bob Henry will emcee the

show. The theater is located at 625 Park Ave. Information: 497-0986,

Carol Reynolds, program chairman.

ONGOING

CHILDREN/LIBRARY

The Laguna Beach Public Library presents Preschool Storytime at 11

a.m. every Wednesday. The library is at 363 Glenneyre St.

Information: (949) 497-1733.

The Laguna Beach Library’s Pajama Storytime series starts at 7

p.m. every Tuesday at 363 Glenneyre St. (949) 497-1733.

FARMERS MARKET

The Laguna Beach Certified California Farmers Market is from 8

a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Lumberyard parking lot next to City

Hall. (714) 573-0374.

‘SORDID LIVES’

The hit independent film has been showing for more than 42 weeks

at the Laguna South Coast Cinemas, 162 S. Coast Highway. It’s part of

the theater’s ongoing “Weekend Foreign and Indie Film” series, held

every Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. For more information, call

497-1220.

FUN STUFF TO DO

Friends of the Sea Lion of Laguna Beach, 20612 Laguna Canyon Road.

(949) 494-3050. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. Admission is

free, but donations are welcome. To schedule a group presentation,

please call for an appointment.

THE HERITAGE WALKING COMPANION

Pick up a free flier and take a self-guided tour of the bungalows

and cottages of Laguna on the Laguna Beach Transit. Fliers and

transit schedules are available at the Recreation Department in City

Hall, 505 Forest Ave., or the Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau, 252

Broadway. Information: Laguna Beach Transit, (949) 497-0746; Laguna

Beach Visitors Bureau, (949) 497-9229; or Recreation, (949) 497-0716.