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TODAY

HOSPITALITY NIGHT

It’s the biggest holiday event of the year -- “Hospitality Night”

is from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 with Santa arriving in Laguna Beach and

Downtown becomes a place for entertainment and holiday events. For

information, call the chamber at (949) 494-1018 ext. 1.

EXHIBIT AT

LAGUNA COLLEGE

Laguna College of Art and Design in association with Forum Gallery

of New York and Los Angeles will host “New Directions in Figurative

Painting.” This fine art exhibition presents new work from four

figurative Artists. The exhibit is being held on the campus of Laguna

College, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road and runs through Dec. 18.

Information: (949) 376-6000.

FAMILY SING-ALONG

Every fourth Friday of the month from 6 to 9 p.m. No Square

Theatre will have a family sing-along with the renowned musician

Terry Alaric on piano. Show tunes and standards are encouraged for

live piano accompaniment. Participants can bring their own sheet

music or choose from what is provided. No Square Theatre is at 221

Broadway.

A TASTE OF WINE

Wine tasting takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. every Friday at Len’s

Wine Cite. Different wines will be sampled each week. Len’s is at 303

Broadway in Broadway Plaza. Information: (949) 376-2215.

POETRY MEETING

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

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

poetry sharing and reading.

SATURDAY

FSL HOLIDAY PARTY

Friends of the Sea Lion Marine Mammal Center will have its fourth

annual Holiday Gathering to benefit the Laguna Canyon facility’s

animal care and education programs today from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The

event will include an open house, carnival games, marine mammal

inspired arts and crafts, ornament making, cookie decorating an

opportunity drawing, a surprise guest appearance and a silent

auction. Tickets are $12 for adult nonmembers, $10 members and $12

for children 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased in advance or

at the door. Reservations can be made by calling (949) 494-3050.

Friends of the Sea Lion is at 20612 Laguna Canyon Road.

13th ANNUAL

WINTER FANTASY

The 13th annual Sawdust Art Festival Winter Fantasy featuring more

than 170 fine artists and crafts people will be from 10 a.m. to 6

p.m. Saturday and Sunday Nov. 28, 29, 30 and Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14.

Live entertainment, music, Santa and art workshops for children and

adults. The Sawdust Art Festival is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road.

Information: (949) 494-3030.

OPEN ART STUDIOS

Laguna Canyon Artists’ Open Studio Event is today and Sunday from

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 21062, 3251, 3275 Laguna Canyon Road and 21121

Castle Rock Road. Thirty artists’ studios are open to the public for

two days only. See working studios and works in progress, find unique

gifts, or add to your collection. Painting, sculpture, photography,

jewelry, glass and more are featured. Refreshments and free parking.

Watch for the “Art Studios Open” signs. www.lagunacanyonartists.com

(artists, map, and information) or contact: Marsh Scott (949)

494-8672.

RENOWNED HONG KONG ARTIST IN LAGUNA

Art Affair at Gallery 1951 on S. Coast Highway will feature the

works of Hong Kong artist, journalist and documentary film cameraman

Mak Siu-Fung from Dec. 4 to 14 and Siu-Fung will be present today

from 6 to 10 p.m. The gallery is proud to present such a fine

overseas artist to the local community and to host the artist’s debut

in the U.S. Information: (949) 715-1842 or (949) 497-1932.

RICHARD MACDONALD HOLIDAY PARTY

Richard MacDonald Fine Art Gallery will be holding its annual

Christmas party from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 6 and is proud to present the

Hartfel Ballet as a featured guest artist. The gallery has a history

of showcasing artists of excellence and world acclaim and supporting

national outreach programs. The ballet will be appearing at the

gallery for its fourth time and the program will feature a new body

of work titled “In Spirit,” set to the music by Arvo Part and 15th

Century hymns. The pieces seek to honor all manner of spirituality

without focusing on a particular religion. Richard MacDonald Fine Art

Gallery is located at 326 Glenneyre St. Information: (949) 497-4988.

NEW EXHIBITS AT LAM

Laguna Art Museum is exhibiting, “Rebels in Clay: Peter Voulkos

and the Otis Group.” In the mid 50s, Voulkos led a revolution in clay

by questioning the tradition that ceramic forms must be functional

and instead created sculptural works that gave the medium a new

freedom of expression. “Feat of Clay: Five Decades of Jerry Rothman”

opens. In the 60s Laguna Beach ceramic sculptor Rothman became

well-known nationally for struggling to enlarge the scope of and to

overcome the limitations of ceramics that made it unsuitable for the

sculptural ambitions of the time. The exhibit includes his

controversial large scale triptychs of erotic figures and images of

birth. Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. Information: (949)

494-8971.

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE

Laguna Playhouse will present “The Romance of Magno Rubio,” which

is about a Filipino migrant farm laborer Magno Rubio who has fallen

in love through a lonely harts as, but his English is not so good.

His literary friend comes to the rescue and corresponds with Rubio’s

sweetheart until they are able to meet at last. Tickets are $39 to

$62, call (949) 497-1950 for information. Laguna Playhouse is located

at 606 Laguna Canyon Road.

NO SQUARE OPEN MIC

No Square Theatre’s Open Mic Nights: Local Vocals is back from 8

to 11 p.m. Saturday’s at the theater’s rehearsal studio, 221

Broadway.

LATIN JAZZ AND DANCING

Romeo Cucina will feature Latin jazz and dancing with Ivan

Marcello and his band. The music will begin at 8 p.m. Saturdays.

Romeo Cucina is located at 249 Broadway. Information: (949) 497-6627.

CRYSTAL COVE HIKES

Crystal Cove backcountry hikes today and Sunday. Meet at the flag

pole at the El Moro State Park visitor’s center. Information: (949)

497-7647.

SUNDAY

LPAPA EXHIBIT

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. will hold a “Signature Membership

Exhibition,” featuring 29 signature artists exhibiting at the studio

from 6 to 8 p.m. It’s free and at 3251 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite F3.

Information: (949) 376-3635.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Lagunatunes Community Chorus and Laguna Community Concert Band

will perform a “Christmas Concert,” featuring Christmas classics and

pop favorites ring in the holiday spirit. It will be performed at the

Neighborhood Congregational Church at 340 St. Ann’s Drive from 5 to 6

p.m. and is free. Information:(949) 494-8119.

LECTURE AT LAM

Laguna Art Museum will present “Talk of the Town Lectures,” with

Mary MacNaughton, director of Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and

professor of Art History at Scripps College since 1985. There will be

a slide lecture and gallery talk on the exhibition, “Rebels in Clay:

Peter Voulkos and the Otis Group.” The museum is at 307 Cliff Drive.

It will start at 11 a.m. Information: (949) 494-8971.

LAGUNA BEACH LIVE!

Laguna Beach Live! in conjunction with Laguna College of Art and

Design will have its “First Sundays” concert and art event from 3 to

4:30 p.m. today. The free event will feature Eric Kinsley on

Harpsichord performing Italian style or Italian composers to include

works by Bach, Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Special Guest: Counter Tenor

Don Krim. Laguna College is located at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road,

Studio 12.

Information: (949) 376-6000 or https:/www.lagunabeachlive.org.

LIVE MUSIC AT PARTNERS

Partners Bistro at 448 S. Coast Highway offers live music from

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. blues and jazz. Information: (949) 497-4441.

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: (949) 494-3027.

MOSUN

Listen to live music, from 5 to 11 p.m. Sundays, by Nick Hernandez

of Common Sense. Roll and drink specials. 680 S. Coast Highway, (949)

497-5646.

MONDAY

‘LATE NITE CATECHISM’

Laguna Playhouse extends again the international hit comedy

sensation “Late Nite Catechism” due to its continued sell-out

performances. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and

it has been extended a third time to run through Dec. 18. For

information and tickets, call (949) 497-ARTS or visit

https://www.laguna playhouse.com. Laguna Playhouse is at 606 Laguna

Canyon Road.

OPERA BELL’ARTE

Villa Romano Trattoria at 303 Broadway offers Opera Bell’Arte --

an enchanting evening in Tuscany with live opera performances and

dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. Information: (949) 497-6220.

TUESDAY

BLUES AT PARTNERS BISTRO

Partners Bistro features “Blues for Tuesdays” from 7 to 10 p.m.

with blues masters Dave Cross and Will Brady. Cross and Brady have 30

years of experience and will cover all forms of blues and jazz.

Tuesday night is also “Two for Tuesdays,” offering two glasses of

house wine with the second one free. Partners Bistro is at 448 S.

Coast Highway. Information: (949) 497-4441.

OUR TOWN IN

THE EARLY 1900s

“Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s” just

opened at the Laguna Art Museum and will feature paintings,

photographs and memorabilia that chronicle life in Laguna Beach circa

1900 to 1930. The exhibit includes works by William Wendt, Joseph

Kleitsch, Clarence Hinkle, Edgar Payne and Anna Hills. In 1910,

Laguna’s population was around 300 and many of its residents were

writers, artists and musicians -- much like today. Featuring many of

Laguna Beach’s landmarks, past and present, it’s a vivid history of

Laguna Beach. Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. Information:

(949) 494-8971 or online at https://www.lagunaart museum.org.

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., (949) 497-3381.

WEDNESDAY

‘DREAMGIRLS REVIEW’

The Boom Cafe and Boom Boom Room invite the public to have dinner

at the cafe and then stay for the “Dreamgirls Review,” a Vegas style

show featuring female impersonators starting a 10 p.m. The Boom is at

1401 S. Coast Highway. Information: (949) 494-7588.

EIGHT FUNNY FOLK

One Funny Night comedy show with a special “Ho Ho Ho Holiday

Special” will take place Dec. 10, presented by comedienne Lynn

Epstein. It will features eight comics at Laguna Beach Brewing

Company, 422 S. Coast Highway, (949) 499-2337. $5 cover, show will

start at 8 p.m.

THURSDAY

ART WALK

ACTIVITIES AT LAM

Laguna Art museum is having “Sketching in the Galleries” from 6 to

8 p.m. Feb. 5. Participants can sketch in the museum’s galleries

working from the three-dimensional ceramics on view. An artist from

the Laguna College of Art and Design will lead this informal

sketching group. Material provided and all ability levels welcome.

The museum will also host “Artists in Action” from 6 to 8 p.m. during

First Thursdays Art Walk through Feb. 5. (There won’t be an Art Walk

in Jan.) Laguna Outreach Community Arts will present a series of art

making demonstrations in the galleries. Laguna Art Museum is at 307

Cliff Drive. Information (949) 494-8971.