A reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, opens an exhibit of Mark Chamberlain’s work, at BC Space, 235 Forest Ave. The exhibition and sale of  “Mark Chamberlain Cibachrome Prints,” created and printed during the 1970s and 80s will also include works of art from the artist’s...

Thirty Passports to the Arts were presented to the residents of the Glennwood House, which is home to young adults with special needs. The passes allowed them unlimited admission to all three Laguna Beach art festivals, art workshops, music, and special events all summer long...

Laguna College of Art and Design MFA alumnus and fine arts faculty member, Timothy Robert Smith, has unveiled two murals just in time for the fall semester. Momentum(60 feet by 30 feet) is now on the art building at Laguna Beach High School and Glimpseon the Studio Building at...

The City Council is accepting applications for the Historic Preservation Ordinance Task Force.

A work by early plein air artist William Griffith and never exhibited publicly before is on display at City Hall. It was donated by a great-grandson of a Laguna Beach homesteader.

By Susan Anderson, Special to the Independent Artist Annette Wimmer unveiled her latest work, “Mercury Rising,” among friends at a reception earlier this at her painting studio and salon in Laguna Beach. Wimmer moved to Laguna Beach from Munich after marrying Paul Brian in 1985....

LOCA invites everyone to its annual meeting on Sunday, Sept. 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Healy House on the Sawdust Festival grounds. Attendees will enjoy brunch and meet LOCA’s board of directors. Updates on LOCA’s community service programs, such as arts in schools...

This is the last weekend theatre lovers will be able to catch Laguna locals Martin Bergman and Rita Rudner in their well-received new musical “Two’s A Crowd” at the Laguna Playhouse. The show’s run concludes on Sunday, Sept. 16, before it heads on tour. With music and lyrics by...

Award-winning blues pianist Victor Wainwright will make a stop at Mozambique during his tour promoting his new album, “Victor Wainwright & the Train,” on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. Wainwright is a composer, producer, vocalist, piano player and award-winning entertainer. A...

  Laguna’s literary laureates, Suzanne Redfearn and Lojo Simon, invite local poets and authorsto participate in the inaugural art-inspired writing contest. The laureates selected Jeff Rovner’s photograph “Yangon Monastery, Myanmar,” as the source of inspiration for the...

To kick off this year’s Literary Laureate program, appointed leaders Suzanne Redfearn and Lauren Simon along with the city’s Arts Commission are offering an art-inspired writing competition. The challenge to local poets and authors is to respond in verse or prose to Jeff Rovner’s...

Local author Gordon McAlpine will discuss his latest work, “Holmes Entangled,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. McAlpine’s novel takes on the voice of Sherlock Holmes. Set in 1920s, Holmes’s final adventure leads him through labyrinths of...

Women’s rights advocate Eileen Padberg will discuss her new book, “Out of My Lane” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 20, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Padberg, a 60-year-old Republican political consultant from Orange County, embarks on a journey to aid Iraqi women start...

Past, Present Come Alive in Columnist’s Book By Victoria Kertz | LB Indy James Utt doesn’t change his mind easily or often. The writer behind the “Heart Talk” column in the Laguna Beach Independent is possibly one ofthe most stubborn defenders of his beliefs in print today. Even...

Author and Independent columnist Thomas Osborne will describe his latest work at the Laguna Beach Library this coming Thursday, April 19, at 5:30 p.m., 363 Glenneyre St. Osborne, longtime Laguna Beach resident and retired history professor at Santa Ana College, will speak abo...