Arts

  Dawson Cole Gallery Marks 25 Years Dawson Cole Fine Art hosts two receptions this weekend for a retrospective exhibit of Richard Macdonald’s work from the...

Dylan Rouda taught himself the drums at age 6. Two years later, he’d moved on to the bass and guitar. At age 10, he...

Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 Sawdust Art Festival Classes: 10 a.m., 2 p.m. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses  949-494-3030. Also 11/9. Jazz on the Patio, 6:30 p.m. Zinc Cafe, 344 Ocean...

  Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 Sawdust Art Festival Classes: 10 a.m., Figurative drawing with Deborah Paswaters;  2 p.m., fused glass Sushi dish w. Maggie Spencer www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses ...

Sunbathers who languidly make squiggles in the sand rarely draw much attention. Not so for Jim Denevan, a land artist whose work elevates the...

California historian and author Kevin Starr will deliver the keynote address for the Laguna Art Museum’s first symposium at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov....

“Beauty will save the world,” said a character in a novel written in the late 1800s by Feodor Dostoevsky, one of the most revered...

Historic Venue Hosts Rock Concert By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent For the first time in nearly a decade, a rock show plugs in at...

  Yart Sale Benefits CAP and LOCA A Yart Sale (art-themed yard sale) will take place on Saturday Nov. 2, 8-11 a.m. at the Laguna Canyon...

Author Revisits First Female Olympic Track Competitors Author Victoria Patterson, author of “The Peerless Four,” signs her sports work at Laguna Beach Books, Sunday,...

By Donna Furey, Special to the Independent For the first time in nearly a decade, a rock show plugs in at the Festival of Arts’...

Museum Takes the Initiative Laguna Art Museum’s first annual Art and Nature initiative, Nov. 7-10, is complemented by three nature-themed exhibitions, two of which open...

The second annual “Music Matters” Halloween party takes place at the Cliff’s Fireside Theatre, 577 S. Coast Highway, Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6-10 p.m. The...

Book Blooms With Local Flora The latest publication from Laguna Wilderness Press is “Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains” by Robert L. Allen...

Friday, Oct. 25 Boo Blast, 2:30-7:30 p.m., El Morro Elementary, 8681 N. Coast Hwy. 949-497-7780 Pageant of the Monsters, 6 p.m., Festival of Arts grounds, 650...