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By Loreen Berlin – Special to the Independent Local artists currently exhibiting their specialties in the Festival of Arts also applied their talent to other mediums and fashioned outfits from the fun and the youthful to the flirtatious and phenomenal during Saturday’s...

Fashion reinvention takes the stage at the Festival of Arts this Saturday, Aug. 12. Competing to create the most inspired couture using reclaimed, reused or recycled materials are Festival exhibitors Carla Bosch, Antje Campbell, Stefan Cummings, Brad Elsberry, Elizabeth McGhee,...

The newest juried show “August Nights,” by members of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, opens with a 5-8 p.m. public reception Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Forest & Ocean Gallery in Laguna Beach. The award winning paintings and artists will be announced at...

Friday, August 11 “Chicago,” 7:30 p.m., No Square Theater, 384 Legion St. $25. Also 8/12, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. 8/13. Gary Turner, 5 p.m.; Laguna Art-A-Fair, 777 Laguna Canyon Rd. 949 494-4514 Melanie Taylor, 5:30 p.m., Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. Sawdust Festival, 935...

As the Festival of Arts celebrates its 85th year, it is no longer an aging beauty, but a head-turning stunner thanks to $10.5 million worth of architectural surgery. Now, the redesigned and rebuilt festival grounds serve as the summer home of 140 artists, including many longtime...

Laguna Beach Live! presents YuEun Kim and Etienne Gara performing at 7 p.m. in the Laguna Art Museum Thursday, Aug. 10. Born in South Korea, violinist Kim attends the USC Thornton School of Music. French-born violinist Gara has performed extensively since making his orchestral...

Laguna local Ellen Giradeau Kempler’s latest book of haiku and photographs, “Thirty Views of a Changing World” is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. The book was inspired by the Japanese artist Hokusai’s series of woodblock prints, “Thirty-six Views of...

Miche McClendon, a Virginia Beach transplant, found a new home in Laguna Beach and opened a jewelry studio and gallery at 241 Forest Ave. There she makes and sells necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets by weaving chains using an ancient technique or hand fabricating each link...

A Festival of Arts Foundation grant of $3,000 made possible three of summer art enrichment programs on the Festival of Arts’ grounds. Festival of Arts hosted seventh and eighth grade students participating in the Pacific Symphony’s summer arts immersion program, Arts-X-Press. The...

Friday, August 4 Upstream, 5 p.m., Laguna Art-A-Fair, 777 Laguna Canyon Rd. 949 494-4514 Catte Adams, 5:30 p.m., Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. Sawdust Festival, 935 Laguna Canyon Rd., April Strong, Sam Bybee, George Butts Duo, 11 a.m.; Upstream, 11:30 a.m.; Calafia...

An artist’s reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. for James Verbicky in the JoAnne Artman Gallery, 326 N. Coast Highway during Artwalk on Thursday, Aug. 3. Verbicky uses antique and vintage paper and magazines to make media omnipresent in his collages. In 2008, the U.S. government...

Capturing Maui’s Natural Wonders By Fitz Maurice, Special to the Independent What could be more exciting than flying to the Hawaiian Islands? To top off their tropical beauty, there are two national parks there, Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui and Volcanos National...

Friday, July 28 Duchicella, 5 p.m., Laguna Art-A-Fair, 777 Laguna Canyon Rd. 949 494-4514 Leslie Page, 5:30 p.m., Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. Sawdust Festival, three stages, 935 Laguna Canyon Rd.: Poul and Richard, Jodi Siegel, 11 a.m.; The Farm, 11:30 a.m.; April...

Of 17 episodes scheduled for “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel beginning Sunday, July 23, local Marc Ostrick produced two of them and directed a third with Radley Studios. Ostrick says he’s at work on another Shark Week episode next year for the 30th anniversary of the sho...

Eric Marienthal All Stars perform at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 22 at the Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. The Grammy-nominated sax player’s band also features Mitch Forman, Franklin “Third” Richardson, Nathaniel Kearney, Jr., and Adam Hawley. As part of Chick Corea’s Elekric...