Arts

Public Invited to Art Dedication   The public is invited to the 4 p.m. dedication Saturday, July 16, of “From the Beginning,” in the public parking...

 Showcasing Next Generation Artists By Jennifer Baker, Special to the Independent   Several local Laguna Beach student artists supervised and even took part in hanging their works...

The Laguna Community Concert Band performs at the Festival of the Arts’ grounds at 6 p.m. Monday, July 18. The 60-piece concert band and its...

This July and August go Hawaiian at Miss Linda's Castle, part of the Laguna Beach summer recreation program. Starting Friday, July 8, Rock-A-Hula Stars, a...

As part of a larger grants program, Bank of America presented $60,000 in grants to several Laguna Beach nonprofits last week. Recipients included Art-A-Fair Foundation,...

Top sales/rentals for the week ending July 10: Sound Spectrum 1264 S. Coast Highway Danger Mouse/Jack White/Nora Jones, Rome Bon Iver, Bon Iver Stephen Marley, Revelation Part 2 Airborne Toxic...

Starfish, Wilhelm’s Asian Encore  Entering Starfish, the latest venture for local Laguna Beach resident and business owner Nancy Wilhelm, one entirely escapes from busy Coast...

A free reception open to the public Saturday, July 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. marks the opening of “The Shakespeare Series” exhibit...

  Posing stark naked for 120 long seconds in front of thousands of strangers can be a tribulation. Since 1936, when Margo Goddard posed as...

Lola Gillebaard, the amusing muse Lola Gillebaard came into this world weighing only a pound and a half. Now, at 81, she weighs in as one...

Sculptor Auguste Rodin is best known for his monumental works like “The Kiss,”  “The Thinker,” or the historic “Burghers of Calais,” but Rodin aficionados...

A Newcomer Samples Local Culture   By Mark D. Crantz, Special to the Independent  “Welcome to Laguna,” said the real estate agent as she handed us...

  Local foodie Roger McErlane is chairman of Slow Food Orange County’s third annual fundraising barbeque, to be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m....

  "Yarn bombs" by Twisted Stitchers, from left, Trish Wright, Michelle Madriz, Traci Acosta, and Michelle Boyd adorn the Sawdust Art Festival, where the installation...

McCollum Exhibits Work of a Scene Painter Gallery McCollum exhibits the collection of Italian artist Dante Liberi, the first exhibition of his work since his...