Banking on Art Art Project presents “Drawing Backwards,” an exhibit of artists who are dedicated to and have an appreciation for drawing, opening in the Wells Fargo second floor rotunda gallery, 260 Ocean Ave. The public is invited to a reception Saturday, Feb. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The show runs through March […]
Join Bob Allen and Fred Roberts, renowned biologists and authors of “Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains,” as they discuss and sign their new book at the Nix Nature Center in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Feb. 12, 6- 8:30 p.m. Your book purchase supports Laguna Canyon Foundation, the organization that helps save […]
Friday, Jan. 31 Sawdust Art Festival: Bezel setting gemstones at 10 a.m.-noon; tidepool bracelet at 2 p.m. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses 949-494-3030. Also 2/1. Nick I & ADD, 9 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 Coast Hwy. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777 Jason Feddy, 8:30 p.m., Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast Hwy. 949-494-1151. Also 2/1. Crimson Crowbar, 9 p.m., Marine Room Tavern, 214 […]
She plays piano and the viola, but majored in English literature at UC Berkeley and medieval literature in Oxford, England. At a South Coast Repertory internship in stage management, she helped produce plays, but in London she juggled budgets for a tutoring firm. Meet Carla Neuss, 27, whose already diverse portfolio fits the job […]
Laguna Beach High School graduate Amanda Saunders is featured in the upcoming premiere of “Firemen” opening Friday, Feb. 7, at Los Angeles’ Atwater Village Theatre. Saunders directed plays and taught drama classes for 10 years at Laguna Beach High School; she currently lives in Corona del Mar with her husband and young daughter. Saunders graduated […]
Laguna Beach High School’s performing arts director Mark Dressler will receive a lifetime achievement award during the annual Art Star Awards on Sunday, April 6, the Laguna Beach Alliance for the Arts announced last week. Photographer and gallery owner Mark Chamberlain, sculptor Cheryl Ekstrom and dance festival founder Jodie Gates are nominees in the artists […]
Gallery Showcases a Printmaker’s Blended Landscapes The art of “Vinita Voogd – Printmaker” now rings the Festival of Arts’ satellite gallery, foaSouth, which will remain on display through April 11. The public is invited to a meet the artist at a special reception on Feb. 6 from 6 – 9 p.m., 1006 S. Coast Highway, during First Thursdays Art […]
The Linden String Quartet will perform in a one-hour free concert at the Susi Q Senior Center on Friday, Feb. 7, at 10 a.m. The Ohio quartet recently completed the two-year residence program at Yale University’s School of Music, where the ensemble was mentored by the Tokyo String Quartet. Meet the extraordinary young artists […]
Sean Strub charts his remarkable life in “Body counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival,” which he will discuss and sign at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. Strub is founder of POZ magazine, producer of the play “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me,” and the first […]
By Roberta Carasso, Special to the Independent A new musical organization tuning up in Orange County will hold its second concert in its inaugural season next month in one of the county’s newest performing spaces. Laguna Beach resident Ronald Harris, continuing in his 12th year as one of the original members of Laguna Music Festival […]
Swedish automaker Volvo, the corporate sponsor of the recently concluded LA Art Show 2014, invited Laguna Beach photographer Tom Lamb to be the signature exhibitor. Though his acclaimed aerial photographs with an environmental focus certainly got their attention, but his ownership of a vintage 1962 Volvo-Jensen PI 800 Coupé sealed the deal. Lamb’s meticulously maintained […]
The Laguna Beach Concert Band will perform a new work by Laguna Beach local and Cal State Fullerton music professor Pamela Madsen on Saturday, Feb. 1, in Crystal Cove State Park. The premiere takes place from 4-7 p.m. at the grand opening of the Bern Environmental Study Loop and Amphitheater, 871 N. Coast Highway. […]
Local author and Laguna Beach Independent columnist Randy Kraft will read from and sign copies of her new book, “Colors of the Wheel,” at Laguna Beach Books, 1200 S. Coast Highway, on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m. Kraft also writes a book blog for OCinSite.com and her short play was staged last year at […]
Celebrating a 25-Year Itinerary A three-week long exhibition of work by Tom Swimm, a San Clemente oil painter and former Festival of Arts exhibitor, opens Saturday, Jan. 25 with a public reception from 5-8 p.m. at Laguna Beach’s Pacific Edge Gallery, 540 S. Coast Highway. To seek inspiration, Swimm travels extensively, working from photos and […]
Loss has been on the front-burner bombarding many of my clients lately. These losses include not only relationship endings and departures of loved ones but also losses of romantic dreams, impossible expectations, illusions of safety and the loss of a younger self that thought it would always be invulnerable and immortal. Some of the words […]
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