Tickets on Sale for Jazz Benefit Concert
Blues guitarist John Heussenstamm returns to Laguna Beach High School's Artists' Theater stage March 7 for the 15th annual blues and jazz romp. Full Story
Local Author's Novel Set in her Adopted Home
Local novelist Alyson Noel is nobody's fool when it comes to choosing glorious places to live. London? Check. Paris? Manhattan? Check, check. Mykonos, Greece? Check, for seven long, sunny years, yet. Full Story
Applications Due for Arts Grants
Applications are now available from the Festival of Arts Foundation for 2009 art grants. Nonprofit organizations whose programs promote fine arts in Laguna Beach may apply. Submission deadline is Feb. 15. Full Story
College Gallery Shows Illustrations
Laguna College of Art and Design will display 50 works from the Society of Illustrators Museum in an exhibit Feb. 12 through March 15. A reception will be held March 5 during First Thursdays Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. at the college gallery, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road. Full Story
Hotel Earns Eco Honors
Casa Laguna Inn & Spa received an excellent rating from iStayGreen.org, which audits the lodging industry for eco initiatives. Paul Blank, owner of the Casa Laguna Inn & Spa, said "It is our goal to become the most earthcaring hotel in California. That goal is embraced by both staff and guests. Full Story
Ruby's Offers a Sweet Discount
Ruby's Diner wants to "shakeup" the economic downturn for Southern California residents by offering value-conscious consumers a discount on its shakes. Full Story
She's Got Fans
Submitted photo She's Got Fans Students of Miss Linda's Castle celebrate the debut of their classmate, Melissa Diehl, fourth from left, in the just concluded production of "ABBAsolutely Fabulous." From left are Vanessa Gee, Caitlin and Camron Ostrander, Alyssa, Ethan and Danielle Gee. Full Story
Etiquette Added to Lumberyard's Kids' Menu
Lumberyard Restaurant will host the fourth annual Elbows off the Table event, a dining etiquette class for children, Sunday, March 8. The goal of the class is to expose young diners to the world of eating out. Full Story
Film Society Screening a French Comedy
What can the pampered, only son do when his sisters and mother decide that at 43 he should be married and living elsewhere? Maybe fake an engagement to a woman hired to leave him at the alter? Find out by seeing the Laguna Beach Film Society's premiere of the French romantic comedy, "I Do (How to Get Married and Stay Single)," Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. Full Story
Filmmaker Shows His Work
Laguna Beach filmmaker Robin Williams, whose new film recently won best documentary at an England film festival, will introduce his new film at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in Laguna Woods' Clubhouse 3. Full Story
Author Focuses on Mideast Conflict
Author, journalist and public radio producer Sandy Tolan will make an appearance Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. at Laguna Bookstore, at 1200 South Coast Highway. Full Story
Ella Tells Her Life Tale in Song
Laguna Playhouse's "Ella" opens Feb. 17, a new musical about Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest jazz and pop vocalists of the 20th century. The musical returns to 1966 while the legendary songstress prepares for an important concert. Full Story
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