A Fitting Substitute
By Ruth Yunker
Christmas Eve has come to Laguna Beach yet once again. I'm remembering a Christmas Eve in 1983. I'd just moved with my...
An American Export at Home in Futurist Shanghai
Chinese-American microbiologist Robert Mah discredits the conventional wisdom that thought processes fueling art and science are relegated to opposing sides of the brain.
For the...
Artist Open Studios
David Solomon Hosts Holiday Sale
Laguna Beach plein air painter and watercolorist David Solomon will hold his annual holiday sale event “Paintings of Nostalgic Views”...
Pagan Rite Reborn With Modern Irreverence
The public is invited to join the oldest holiday in human history on Tuesday, Dec. 21, or MMX CE by the Gregorian Civil Calendar.
Kindred...
Concert Dec. 29
Tennis – or Music – Anyone?
Laguna’s new 40-Love Tennis Shop is teaming up with HelpBlueWater and Orange County Grand Prix Tennis to host the...
Wisdom Workout
Plain Speaking
Mark Dressler, a drama teacher extraordinaire who has supplied leadership for the drama programs at Laguna Beach schools for many years, took the...
Laguna Observed
We'll Always Love Santa
Last Friday, Hospitality Night came to Laguna yet once again. I am always amazed at how fast Christmas comes round again....
Celebrating the Season with a Concert
Laguna Community Concert Band performs their Christmas concert at the Laguna Beach High School’s Artist’s Theatre from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday,...
Art Seen
Live Drawing With a Twist
Performance artists Barbara Berk returns to Joanne Artman Gallery to reprise her work at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, 326...
The Write Stuff
Fisherman Casts Into a New Spot
“Flawed,” a first novel by Laguna Beach resident Michael Fowlkes, blends romance into an action-adventure story.
His extensive experience...
Film screening, Dec. 16
Kevin Spacey Is Jack Abramoff in ‘Casino Jack’
The Laguna Beach Film Society will debut “Casino Jack” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, at...
Film Documents Diet’s Affect on Diabetics
“Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days,” an independent documentary film that chronicles six Americans with diabetes, will be shown Thursday, Dec. 16 at...
Sober Pairs With Send-Ups in Biennial Exhibit
The much anticipated California Biennial exhibition by the Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art justified its build-up. The 150 works now on display are...
Star Studded ‘Stories of Home’ Benefits Homeless
Combine the power of the written word with the immediacy of an actor’s visceral, live interpretation, and the result is a performance that literally...
Tenth Sawdust Winter Fantasy Holiday Festival Opens Saturday
The Sawdust Art Festival is ringing in the 2010 holiday season with its annual Winter Fantasy. The 10th such holiday fest, it features 170...