Chronicler of California Art Honored
Laguna Art Museum will honor Ruth Lilly Westphal, a Newport Beach resident, as the first recipient of the California Art Award on Saturday, June...
Cliff’s Offers Rides to its Fireside Showcase
The Cliff Restaurant’s 6 p.m. music showcase, 577 S. Coast Highway, features the Kenny Garcia Band, Jason Feddy, Poul Pederson and Rob Eller, respectively,...
Gershwins’ Music Concerted
No Square Theatre is presenting “George and His Lovely Wife Ira: The Gershwins,” Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30. The event will take...
Inviting New Women Behind the Curtain
The Laguna Playhouse is inviting women who are interested in the arts to join “Playhouse Women,” a membership group that supports the iconic 91-year-...
Arts Calendar
Friday, June 29
Arts Anonymous. 5:30 p.m., 12-Step program to unlock creativity. The Living Room, 303 Broadway #107. Free. 949-494-5031
Jazz pianist Giovanni Miradi at Romeo...
Art Sleuth Maps Plein-Air Locations
Few painters have captured the majesty of California’s mountain terrain as dramatically as Edgar Payne, at home in the Sierra Nevada as well as...
Looking at Art in a Meditative Way
The average museum or gallery goer spends less than a minute sizing up a painting. That’s enough time to take in a toothpaste commercial...
Ancient Tree Seeds a Newly Minted Author
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent
Gilbert G. Thibault, a 36-year Laguna Beach resident, recently published his first nonfiction work, “I Am the World’s...
Peace Dividend Yields Cold-Warrior Novel
Longtime Laguna Beach resident Stephen Ricker (also known as Len, the wine guy), is hosting a book launch and signing of his 450-page novel,...
Music to Celebrate Summer’s Arrival
By Justin Swanson, Special to the Independent
Both amateur and professional musicians took to the streets of Laguna Beach this past Saturday, June 16, to...
The Romanians Are Coming!
Laguna Folkdancers presents an evening of Romanian folkdance instruction at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at the Susi Q Center, 380 Third St.
Bucharest-born Mihai...
Jazz Wednesdays Jams On
Following a sold-out opening night of Jazz Wednesdays, Laguna Beach Live! continues its popular jazz series in Hotel Laguna’s Rose Garden on Thursday, June...
Finding a Pulpit for Social Protest
Folk musician Peter Dobson performs Sunday, June 24, singing the songs of ordinary people who fight wars and fight for peace, advocate for justice...
Locals in Interior Design Show
Nirvana restaurant’s chef owner Lindsay Smith will offer live cooking demonstrations as a Miele table artist June 22-24 during the Dwell on Design show...
Cerno To Exhibit New Show
Laguna Beach-based light maker Cerno will be exhibiting at the show for their third consecutive year. In booth 811 Cerno will display a lineup...