Around Town: Irvine schools foundation offers Enrichment Day classes on Presidents Day
The Irvine Public Schools Foundation will hold an Enrichment Day on Monday, Presidents Day, offering educational activities for students in grades two through eight.
Classes will include Lego engineering, break dance, cooking, filmmaking, Jedi academy, hand sewing and caricature drawing.
Enrichment Day hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jeffrey Trail Middle School, 155 Visions, Irvine.
Admission is $90 per student. The event is a fundraiser for the Innovative Teaching Award, a program that provides grants to select Irvine Unified School District teachers.
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Irvine food drive begins Friday
The city of Irvine, in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, will present Irvine Has Heart, a community food drive, from Friday to March 31 to collect 3,500 pounds of canned food for needy families and senior citizens.
Collection barrels will be available at city facilities including the Civic Center and Police Department, along with libraries and faith-based organizations.
For a complete list of locations or more information, visit cityofirvine.org or call (949) 724-6680.
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2 Concordia alumni recognized during homecoming
Concordia University in Irvine presented awards to two alumni at the school’s homecoming festivities Jan 30.
Xavria Schwarz of San Diego, from Concordia’s class of 1996, was named Alumnus of the Year. Erik Rees of Rancho Santa Margarita, class of 1992, received the Distinguished Service Award.
Alumnus of the Year is presented for a person’s performance as an authority in his or her professional field. The Distinguished Service Award is given to someone who has made significant contributions to his or her community.
Schwarz is the principal of Christ Lutheran School in La Mesa. Rees formed the Jessie Rees Foundation in 2011 to help children fighting cancer.
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OCC to host student opera performances
Orange Coast College’s annual “Opera Magnifica” performance will feature student singers Feb. 26 through 28 at the campus’ Music Recital Hall.
Students will perform scenes from operas such as “The Pirates of Penzance” and “Hansel and Gretel.”
Show times are 7 p.m. Feb. 26, 3 and 7 p.m. Feb. 27 and 3 p.m. Feb. 28.
Admission is $10. For tickets, visit occtickets.com.
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Lecture on brain and music to be held at Segerstrom
Neuroscientist and musician Charles Limb will be the featured speaker at the seventh annual Creative Edge Lecture on March 14 at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa.
Limb has conducted research on how the brain creates and responds to music. He currently is a professor and chief of otology/neurotology and skull base surgery at UC San Francisco.
The presentation also is scheduled to include musicians from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA.
The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the concert hall, 600 Town Center Drive. Tickets are $25 before Feb. 29 and $35 afterward. Admission for students is $10.