Friday, Nov. 11
Sawdust Art Festival classes: 10 a.m-noon, ceramic teapot w. Walter Reiss; tidepool bracelet w. Linda Ames. 2-4 p.m, tidepool bracelet w. Linda Ames; pottery wheel w. Nadine Nordstrom www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses 949-494-3030. Also Saturday.
“Into the Woods,” at the LBHS Artists’ Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Also Nov. 12 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 13. Tickets, $15 students, $20 adults. Box office: 4-6 p.m., 949 497-7769.
Jazz with pianist Giovanni Miradi at Romeo Cucina, 249 Broadway.
949-497-6627 www.romeocucina.com
West Coast Strayz, 9 p.m.-1 a.m, Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Nick I & A.D.D of Common Sense, 8:45 p.m to midnight, Mozambique, 1740 Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777
The Clay Studio is celebrating its opening, 11 a.m. 31878 Del Obispo St. #106, San Juan Capistrano. 949-412-9241 [email protected]
Benefit concert for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, 7-11:30 p.m. Galaxy Concert Theater. Presented by Cath Jayasuriya. Tickets: www.galaxytheatre.com/events/coalition-duchenne
web: www.coalitionduchenne.org
Saturday, Nov. 12
Farmers Market, Lumberyard Parking Lot next to City Hall. 8 a.m-noon 714.573.0374.
World Hunger Bowl benefit for Laguna Relief and Resource Center, five soup tastes and silent auction, 6 p.m., Aliso Creek Inn, $45. Buy tickets from Faye Chapman, 949 280 2885.
TopCat (classic rock) 8:45 p.m.-midnight, Mozambique, 1740 Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777 $10
Saturday Wine Tasting. Laguna Culinary Arts, 825 Laguna Canyon Rd. 949-494-0745 www.lagunaculinaryarts.com
Live Jazz from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Laguna Coffee Company, 1050 South Coast Highway. Free. www.LagunaCoffeeCo.com
West Coast Strayz, 9 p.m.-1 a.m at Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Salsa Night w. Ivan Marcello at Romeo Cucina, 249 Broadway. 949-497-6627 www.romeocucina.com
Newport Beach Evening & Sunset Cruises
Davey’s Locker , 400 Main Street, Newport Beach. 949-673-1434 www.daveyslocker.com for times. $25 per person
Sunday, Nov. 13
Inaugural show “On the Edge: Statements in Black and White,” S Cube Gallery opens to the public. 346 N. Coast Hwy. Call for gallery hours: 949-376-8800.
Panel talk, “Art Education Then and Now,” moderated by Laguna Art Museum curator Grace Kook-Anderson with Peter Frank, Kim Abeles, Miles Coolidge and Tony DeLap. 1 p.m. Free with museum admission. 307 Cliff Drive. 949-494-8971 www.lagunaartmuseum.org
Crafts on the Cobblestones, 8:30-dusk, Main Beach949-228-228-6206 www.lagunacraftguild.org
Farmers Market 7 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday. Also today and Dec. 11, children’s gardening workshops at the Great Park, Sand Canyon and Marine Way, Irvine. www.ocgp.org/events 866-829-3829
Dime Stories Open Mic, reading for prose writers: sign-up 5 p.m. reading 5:30 p.m. No reading necessary, Host Terry Black at Salt Fine Art, 1492 S. Coast Hwy #3. [email protected]
Missiles of October, 4-8 p.m. Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Lesterfari & Kings Music, Reggae 5-10 p.m.,. Mozambique, 1740 Pacific Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777
Faculty recital, Wan-Chin Chang, 4 p.m., Soka University, 1 University Dr. Aliso Viejo. For program: 949-480-4000 www.vendini.com [email protected] $10 gen. $6 seniors/students.
Screen printing for beginners, 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m. Great Park, Sand Canyon and Marine Way, Irvine. www.ocgp.org/events 866-829-3829. Reserve: [email protected]
Monday, October 14
Girls’ Night out art class: Bracelet & earrings with Annette Doring-Stearns, 6 p.m. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses 949-494-3030.
Karaoke, 9 p.m. Hennessy Tavern, 213 Ocean Ave. 949-494-2743
Tuesday, November 15
Beth Fitchet Wood’s Songwriters’ Showcase, 8-11 p.m. Marine Room, 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Wednesday, November 16
Karaoke at 9 p.m. Ocean Ave. Brewery. No cover. Over 21, 237 Ocean Avenue.
Wine Club Tasting at the Gourmet Cheese and Wine Shop & Café at 845 Laguna Canyon Road. 6:30 p.m. Reservations. $10 per person. Each tasting incl.6 wines, bread and cheese. 949-494-4000
Thursday, November 17
The Dupp Brothers, 8:30-12:30 p.m. Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Laguna Beach Film Society, 7 p.m. South Coast Cinema, 162 S.Coast Hwy. 949-464-5872 x201
Beaujolais nouveau celebration dinner at the St. Regis, Monarch Beach Resort. $80 Dana Point. 949-234-3405 [email protected]
Ongoing:
“Best Kept Secret:UCI and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California, 1964-1971.” Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive. 949-494-8971 www.lagunaartmuseum.org
“Mixed Bag” Multimedia works by Festival of Arts exhibitors. Reception 11 a.m-2 p.m. Wells Fargo Bank, 260 Ocean Ave. Open Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (Show through Nov. 18)
“Society of Illustrators Children’s Books. Laguna College of Art and Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road. 949-376-6000 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. free.
Irvine Great Park, Sand Canyon&Marine Way, Irvine www.ocgp.org/events 866-829-3829.