Arts

Laguna Beach Community Center begins new workshops in the new year that explore film and writing. Readers Theater begins on Monday, Jan. 6 at 4...

By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent Choices abound for New Year’s celebrations in and around Laguna Beach this year, including two different Gatsby-themed costume...

Friday, Dec. 27 Nick I & A.D.D., 9 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 Coast Hwy. www.mozambiqueoc.com  949-715-7777 Jason Feddy, 8:30 p.m., Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast Hwy. 949-494-1151....

Artist Eye Laguna Gallery will feature fine art paintings by San Clemente artist Edward G. Beyer from Jan. 1-31. Beyer will be on hand, along...

The exhibit by the Artman Gallery features the work of Los Angeles-based photographer Brooke Shaden, whose goal it “is…to make beautiful that which others...

The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition is seeking submissions for its third photo competition that showcases Laguna’s marine protected areas. Photos must have been taken between Jan....

Six comedians from Southern California will be featured in Brent Goodman Presents Stand Up Comedians, taking place at Hennessey’s Tavern on Thursday, Jan. 2,...

“The Hidden Lives of Librarians,” a novel by local author and community activist Bette Anderson, has recently been published by Publish Americas.  The story...

By Randy Kraft Laguna writer Julie Brickman must be a very good writing teacher. At a book launch party recently at the home of Ed...

Board members, patrons and singers of the acclaimed Pacific Chorale celebrated the season at a Dickens Feast fundraiser on Dec. 22, preceded by a...

“It was a perfect night. Everyone involved gave this event their all, and the results are outstanding,” say co-chairs Heidi Miller and Michelle Bendetti. Stop...

     The Present and the Future have agreed to a blind date. They each have considerable charisma and are highly regarded as substantial within their...

By April Johnson, Special to the Independent Christmas is a time of heightened bliss, but for some it can be a bit disturbing. In “Reindeer...

“Selections from the Collection,” a new exhibit from the Festival of Arts, is open to the public at City Hall, 505 Forest Ave., during...

The newly expanded Forest & Ocean Gallery kicks off its artist series with glassblower and sculptor Bill Kasper and photographers Elizabeth Attenborough and Cheyne...