Laguna Beach Third Street Writers invite all to an open reading event from 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Healy House, on the Sawdust Festival grounds, 935 Laguna Canyon Rd.
Celebrate Halloween with hair-raising, seasonal stories and poems written by local writers.
Witte Lectures Start
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who has built her career focusing on humanitarian and human rights issues opens the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation lecture series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.
Lynsey Addario will speak about her memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.”
The 20th season of Witte Lectures featured renowned speakers on a variety of topics and also include Jon Meacham, Joe Nocera, Dr. Wade Davis and Isabel Wilkerson.
Reserve your seat at 949 548-2411.
Local Author Finds Experts Nearby
Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin, a lifelong Laguna Beach resident who teaches at University of Cambridge in England, has written another book.
“First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success” is published by education publisher Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
The book features expertise from two current Laguna Beach school district employees, Top of the World Elementary School teacher Marie Bammer and Chief Technology Officer Michael Morrison, Rankin says in a statement.
The book is dedicated to the author’s former teachers: Hal Akins, Todd Huck, Joan Morrison and Charles Schiller.
If readers know how to contact these individuals or their relatives, Rankin would appreciate hearing from them: [email protected]
