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By Christopher Trela | NB Indy Andy Barnicle has a “thing” for Noel Coward, but it’s a good thing. Two years ago, Barnicle directed an acclaimed production of Coward’s landmark play “Private Lives” at Laguna Playhouse. It was Barnicle’s...

Wyland Galleries Commemorates 35 years Laguna Beach’s Wyland takes the wraps off his latest’s works of art and news of his latest travel and environmental outreach projects at Wyland Galleries, on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 6 – 10 p.m. The show at 509 S. Coast Highway marks...

Jazz-standards vocalist Maureen O’Sullivan, who put her performing career on hold when she became the mother of triplets, returns to center stage accompanying a jazz trio on Sundays, Oct. 13 and 20, at Mozambique Restaurant, 1740 S. Coast Highway. Now that her triplets are...

No Square Theater’s annual production of “Lagunatics” was officially postponed until 2014 and Laguna Playhouse will make substitutions in their season line-up, the two theaters announced separately this week. Film star Val Kilmer will perform at Laguna Playhouse Nov. 21-24 in a...

Maro Grabs Most Delicious Dessert Award Maro Wood Grill’s banana bread pudding received the Golden Foodie Award for most delicious dessert and is the only restaurant in Laguna Beach that took home an award this year. The Golden Foodie Awards honors the best chefs, restaurants,...

 Learning Silk Painting   Laguna Outreach for Community Arts will hold an Art and Sea Lions workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9-10:30 a.m. at Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Canyon. Participants will view live sea lions, then enjoy a silk painting workshop with Reem...

Trying to scare up foot-traffic for Laguna Beach’s merchants, the town’s Chamber of Commerce tapped the creative juices of its members to devise its first ever Scarecrow Fest. Scarecrows of varying size and scariness have already sprouted from rooftops and fence posts around...

Beholding Our Behemoths By Jan Sattler and Mia Davidson Although July through September is the prime viewing time for the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), so far in October our behemoth visitors are still hanging around and easily seen from Laguna’s cliffs and hills.  The blue...

Planning and Growing a Winter Garden Garden designer Cristin Fusano will be presenting her suggestions for winter gardening on Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m., at the South Laguna Community Garden, Eagle Rock Way and Coast Highway.   Stepping Inside Stem Cell Research Gain...

Garden Party Helps Nepalese Children All are invited to a garden party at a private north Laguna home on Sunday, Oct. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. to support Chhahari, (“shelter” in Nepalese), a home for 22 at-risk and orphaned children founded in 2007 by Laguna Beach resident...

  As the pumpkin spice flows and the Halloween lights glow, HIP District merchants are celebrating fall in Laguna Beach with promotions and special events. Located south on Coast Highway between Thalia Street and Bluebird Canyon Drive, Laguna’s HIP District is comprised of...

Patricia Garza-Pinto, a certified personal trainer and holistic lifestyle coach from Laguna Beach, recently completed level-three training with San Diego’s Paul Chek, a holistic health practitioner and neuromuscular therapist. The program combines study of the relationship...

Local Added to Swarthmore Board  Laguna Beach’s S. Leslie Jewett is one of eight new members on the board of Philadelphia’s Swarthmore College, who began their term last month. Founded in 1864, Swarthmore is a highly selective liberal arts college with an enrollment of...

Richard S. Clark, longtime resident of Laguna Beach, died peacefully on Sept. 22, 2013. Clark was born in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Feb 13, 1923. He graduated from Ithaca High School at age 16 and attended Cornell University. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Army where...

At last week’s hearing about the village entrance there were repeated calls for hiring an urban designer.  Someone who can lead us out of the morass of our own lack of consensus.  Someone from somewhere else who has designed award-winning complexes all over the world.  An urban...