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Lavender Bass explores the varied repertoire for their unique instrument combination Thursday, May 11, during a Live! at  the Museum performance at Laguna Art Museum. Bassonist Christine Phelps Webb performs with cellist Jeness Johnson in the 7 p.m. concert, which will include...

Laguna local Karen K. Redding will show her newest photographic images, No Mud No Lotus, from the Kingdom of Bhutan, at the Gallery de Fox, 171 W. Second St. in the arts district of Santa Ana. Join her at the opening reception from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, during Santa Ana’s...

Signifying Seasons By Bill Sorrell Can you fault a tree for Losing its leaves? As it aches for the lushness And longingly cleaves?   Summers of shade For the life below Wind blown leaves Rustling low.   Children mounting From limb to branch, Climbing high, Taking a...

“Going Home – A Journey with Terrell Washington Anansi” is a two day event at Neighborhood Church, 340 St. Anne’s Dr., Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29. Anansi focuses on the importance of the human voice in spoken-word and song as well as musical sounds, dance and...

An exhibition of work by eight seniors in the Laguna College of Art and Design’s fine arts program opens at the college’s satellite gallery, 374 Ocean Ave., Thursday, May 4, with 6 p.m. Art Walk reception. The exhibition offers a selection of work developed for senior’s thesis...

By Cassandra Reinhart, Special to the Independent Veteran broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl, a White House correspondent for CBS News during three presidencies and a 25-year “60 Minutes” correspondent, spoke Friday evening at the Norman P. Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo...

Local author Dr. Edward Kaufman will discuss ‘Tales of a Prison Psychiatrist: 50 Years of Criminalization of the Mentally Ill and Addicted,” at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. Using the stories of mentally ill and addicted patients and...

“Washington is a great city, but we are always glad to be home in Laguna Beach,” said Suzanne and James R. Mellor, taking in the ocean view and carefully tended gardens of their home on the Montage resort. The couple recently returned from the nation’s capital, enthusiastic about...

Members of Honk plan a special benefit and live performance of music from the legendary “5 Summer Stories” film Wednesday, April 26, which will accompany the musicians. Billed as a living documentary on the history of Honk, the audience will learn the backstory behind their sense...

Laguna Beach author Jean Hastings Ardell and her co-author, baseball player Ila Jane Borders, will discuss their new book, “Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, with a reading at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway. They tell the story...

Laguna College of Art and Design trustees and local gallerists Sue Greenwood and Carla Arzente and honorary chairs Kate and Jared Mathis host the annual college scholarship fundraiser from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the new LCAD administration building, 2265 Laguna...

“Expressions,” a 33-artist show at Virga Gallery, 305 N. Coast Highway, will conclude Sunday, April 23. Nearly all of the artists, working in varying styles using different subjects, are from Laguna Beach. More information at: Virgaart.com. or 949-338-0554.      ...

“There is no time to dwell on what hell we came from or what may be heaven. Now that we know what we have done. Now we all know what we must do. We must keep going. We must stop the Americans. We must stop us. We must become Peace-Makers. We must change the world.” These words...

Kate Buckley was approved as the first poet laureate of Laguna Beach by the City Council this week. The Art Commission chose Buckley from among four applicants. Laguna College of Art and Design professor Grant Hier headed the selection process. A local resident, Buckley’s duties...

A foggy mist rises from the ground in patches and tentacles as sunrays penetrate cloud cover to enter the majestic Yosemite Valley, a background of timeless splendor. So unfolded an Ansel Adams-type vista that Laguna Beach photographer Cheyne Walls captured and parlayed into...