In addition to weekly art classes on Friday and Saturday, the Sawdust Studio Art Classes will offer specialty classes beginning next month: glassblowing in September, followed by ceramics and photography in October and November, respectively. For its second year anniversary on Oct. 13, 10 classes will be offered. For information on the classes and sign-up [...]
Thurston Middle School eighth-grader student Russell Thomas looked for a bar mitzvah project that would impact families where he lived and find a way to give back. He came up with REACH (Recycling to Enhance and Aid Children’s Homes). Russell connected with Resources In Motion, which brings services and resources to isolated communities, including monthly [...]
The annual celebration of Pacific Ashtanga Yoga Shala’s opening promises to stretch the body and calm the spirit with a complimentary class, food and organic juice, and more on Sunday, Aug. 26, in Dana Point. Laguna Beach resident and founder Diana Christinson opened Pacific Ashtanga at 24901 Dana Point Harbor Dr. in 2005. The Aug. [...]
The Laguna school district is offering English as a Second Language classes beginning Tuesday, Sept. 4. The class is free to adults of all levels of fluency. The three-hour classes are held Monday through Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m. The classes meet in Room 90 across the street from Laguna Beach High School, 760 Park [...]
Sawdust Art Festival is hosting its first Country Western Day on Saturday, Aug. 4, with themed musical entertainment, including Patti Booker and The Players on the Main Deck, art classes and Saloon specials to celebrate the day’s festivities.
Providing an interactive and educational “green” themed day for guests, the Sawdust Art Festival will celebrate its 5th Annual Green Day on Saturday, July 21. Sawdust artists, staff and local organizations will share simple ways of becoming more environmentally aware. Themed activities are planned for 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in various locations around the [...]
Just as the Laguna Beach public-school summer classes end, the Summer Learning Institute, offered through the city’s community services department, begins. It offers students aged six to 12 another crack at improving their language and math skills before returning to school in the fall. The district’s free summer school program ends Friday, July 20. The [...]
Advice for Students & Teachers From an Avant-garde Innovator “My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day.” –Merce Cunningham I’m writing this prior to Tuesday’s City Council meeting over the Social Host Ordinance (SHO), so I don’t know the outcome. What I [...]
Multi-faith Prayer Breakfast Set The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council invites all residents and guests to its fifth annual prayer breakfast corresponding with the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, at 8:30 a.m. at Mission Hospital, 31872 S. Coast Highway. Two speakers will take up this year’s topic, “Service is a Form of Prayer: [...]
Broadway composer John Bucchino conducted a master class with promising student vocalists at Laguna Beach High School earlier this month. LBHS singers each prepared two of Bucchino’s songs. Under his direction, he rehearsed one of them in front of the audience. Each master-student session culminated with a performance of the chosen song accompanied by [...]
Children ages 7 through 17 will have the opportunity to perform live on stage in a Laguna Playhouse spring or summer youth theatre class. Spring classes are scheduled beginning April 3 to June 14, which meets weekly after school. Acting Fundamentals meets Tuesday for ages 9 – 12 and Teen Acting meets Thursday for [...]
Laguna Outreach for Community Arts (LOCA) has announced the appointment of Bonnie Macmillan as its first executive director, thanks to a grant of $3,500, from the Laguna Beach Community Foundation that helped to create this position. Macmillan, who previously served as LOCA board member and president, has 20 years of non-profit experience. Her passion for [...]
Skate Culture Rising at AR4T “Still Life With Wood,” a group photography show documenting 20-plus years of skate boarding, opens at AR4T Gallery, 210 N. Coast Highway, with a free public reception on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. Artists Dave Swift, Grant Brittain, Miki Vuckovich, Jon Humphries, James Cassimus [...]
Registration for Laguna Playhouse’s Youth Theatre Classes, for kids 9 through 17, is Jan. 5. These 8 to 10 week classes start on Jan. 10 and are held Monday through Thursday. They are taught by working theatre professionals. The classes culminate March 19 – 31 with a final performances for family and friends. [...]
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Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
