Luther Hughes at Hotel Laguna Laguna Beach...

Luther Hughes at Hotel Laguna

Laguna Beach Live! presents Jazz @ the Beach with Luther Hughes

and the Cannonball/Coltrane Project, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The

performance will take place in the rose garden of the Hotel Laguna.

Orange County bassist Luther Hughes and his quintet -- alto

saxophonist Bruce Babad, tenor saxophonist Glenn Cashman, keyboardist

Tom Ranier and drummer Paul Kreibich -- will play original

compositions inspired by their musical idols, Cannonball Adderley and

John Coltrane.

Tickets are $10 per person.

The series continues on July 14 with vocalist Jamie Shew, pianist

Eric Dries and bassist Roger Shew for a performance of straight-ahead

swing, lush Latin rhythms and elegant ballads, and on August 18 with

the Latin Jazz Syndicate featuring Bijon Watson. September dates are

the 15th and 29th . For more information, visit

www.lagunabeachlive.org or call 949-715-9713.

‘Step Into Liquid’ screening outdoors

The Laguna Beach Film Society will present a free outdoor showing

of the 2003 surf film, “Step Into Liquid,” at 8 p.m. Saturday, June

25 at Heisler Park.

Director Dana Brown will be present to discuss the making of the

film. Attendees are encouraged to bring beach chairs and picnic

dinners to enjoy the show. For more information, call (949) 395-0879.

Festival artists exhibit at mall

The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters is joining once

again with South Coast Plaza for a special satellite art display, to

be presented in Jewel Court at the plaza in Costa Mesa.

The exhibit runs through June 26. South Coast Plaza hours are

Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

and Sunday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The exhibit will include artwork from the Festival of Arts

permanent art collection and local artists, as well as rarely seen

sets and costumes from the Pageant of the Masters. The installation,

curated by Laguna Beach artist Mike Tauber, features the work of

Randy Bader, Gavin Heath, Mark Kerckhoff, Regina Jacobson, Troy

Poeschl, Carolyn Reynolds, Greg Riley, Miriam Shelton, Dan Skaggs,

David Speck, Shockley, John Warren, Scott Young and many other

notable festival artists.

On the weekends Festival of Arts artists will be demonstrating a

variety of art techniques from noon to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 3 p.m. at

Jewel Court at South Coast Plaza. A concierge table will be staffed

daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. offering information and free gate

passes to the Festival of Arts. Pageant tickets are also still

available for purchase.

The Festival of Arts runs July 5th through September 1 (admission

$7) and the Pageant of the Masters runs July 7th through September 1

(tickets $15-$80). This year’s theme is “On The Road -- A Crash

Course in Art and Popular Culture.” Proceeds support the arts in

Orange County. For tickets, call the Festival of Arts ticket office

at (949) 497-6582or (800) 487-3378 or visit the website at

www.LagunaFestivalofArts.com.