Ocean Films Buoy Documentary Series Laguna Beach Film Festival is launching a three month-long ocean awareness documentary film series the fourth Friday of each month, beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 at the Forum Theater, 693 Bluebird Canyon Dr. Wyland’s “Blue Planet” will kick off the series and the marine life muralist will be [...]
Recalling the Civil War Note by Note The public is invited to experience the Civil War in Song, an evening of history and fun on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:15 p.m. in Laguna Presbyterian Church’s Tankersley Hall. Taking advantage of interest in Stephen Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” Dr. Jeff McCrory, professor, pastor, and longtime Civil War [...]
For those captivated by Disney Hall’s stunning design, Laguna Beach Film Society screens Sidney Pollack’s documentary, “Sketches of Frank Gehry,” screening Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the South Coast Cinema. Gehry, the notoriously shy architect, is engagingly drawn out by Pollack to trace the creative process in architecture. Tickets are $10 at [...]
Laguna Beach Live! presents Jazz Wednesdays Winter at the Aliso Creek Inn, 31106 S. Coast Highway, kicking off on Jan. 16 with Bijon Watson, followed on Jan. 30 by Nikos Synopolous. Concerts run from 6 to 8 p.m., doors at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 online, and $15 at the door. Season tickets are $90 [...]
Saluting ’13 in 007 Style The St. Regis Monarch Beach hosts its New Year’s Eve party with live music, culinary stations, cocktails, Aston Martins, and a midnight champagne toast. Located at 1 Monarch Beach Resort, advanced entry at 8 p.m. is $105 and includes the culinary stations. Late entry at 10 p.m. is $75 and [...]
Shortest Day Celebrated With Pagan Delights BC Space invites all to its wintry celebration on the day of the solstice, Friday, Dec. 21. There will be a sunset gathering on Main Beach at 4 p.m. Then BC Space 235 Forest Ave. will open its doors at 5:30 p.m. for a potluck and performances beginning at [...]
Film Society Takes On Dark Comedy The Laguna Beach Film Society hosts a premiere of the dark comedy “Struck By Lightning” on Thursday, Dec. 20 at the South Coast Cinema at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, and $5 for students. The showing includes a catechism with the director Brian Dannelly. For $20, there will be [...]
A Feast of Sight and Sound Laguna Beach Live! presents mandolinist Evan Marshall in a free chamber music concert on Thursday, Dec. 13 at the Laguna Art Museum. Country guitar legend Chet Atkins called Evan “One of the few great musicians of our time.” Live! at the Museum takes place the second Thursday of each [...]
Bells Chime in the Season The Laguna Presbyterian choral and hand bell choirs present selections from John Rutter’s Magnificat and other festive music with a concert held in the church sanctuary at 415 Forest Ave., Sunday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. All are invited. No tickets necessary. Book Launches With Studio Gathering Writer Ruth [...]
Weekend Sale At Laguna Art Museum The Laguna Art Museum is offering a 10 percent discount Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23-25 in the refurbished store on all purchases. Museum members receive 20% off. The museum has revamped its store under the direction of Executive Director Malcolm Warner and new volunteer store manager Michele Monda with [...]
Concert Summons Visual and Musical Homage The Laguna Concert Band’s winter concert, “Music at an Exhibition,” adds a visual collaboration to the repertoire and will be performed at the Laguna Playhouse on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. The exhibition will open at 2 p.m. and the concert at 3 p.m. Tickets for the concert will be $10 [...]
A Feast of Sight and Sound Laguna Beach Live! presents a cello duo with Maksim Velichkin and Peter Jacobson in a free chamber music concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Laguna Art Museum. Cellist, pianist, and harpsichordist Velichkin has been active as a solo performer, chamber and orchestra musician, both locally and throughout the world. [...]
Thriller Debuts in Halloween Benefit “Mirror Image,” filmed in Laguna Beach by local resident and executive producer Joey DePinto, will premiere on Oct. 28 at South Coast Cinema in a benefit for Irvine’s Guard A Heart, a non-profit foundation whose “Know Your Risk, Inspire Life” campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of heart disease. The [...]
On Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., Chef Azmin Ghahreman invites guests to enjoy a festive dinner that captures the abundance of delicious and colorful new foods of autumn. The Sapphire family is prepping the kitchen with farm fresh fruits and vegetables like pumpkin, pears and apples, and a variety of peak seasonal [...]
Join Laguna Beach Walks for an engaging, guided, two-hour walking tour through town. Guests will enjoy ocean air while strolling beautifully landscaped walking paths lined with some of Laguna’s most famous public works of art. Walkers will also see and hear stories about local landmarks, restaurants, museums, boutiques and current events in town. Each guest [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
