Around Town: Beatles tribute band to play Newport’s last summer concert
The last show of Newport Beach’s 2015 Summer Concerts on the Green series will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday on the lawn of the Civic Center.
Beatles tribute band Britain’s Finest will perform Beatles classics, along with costume changes representing every stage of the Beatles’ musical career.
Concerts on the Green are free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Civic Center parking structure and at the Central Library parking lot at 100 Civic Center Drive.
Guests can bring a picnic, blankets and low-slung beach chairs.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters dinner raises more than $1 million
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County raised more than $1 million during a dinner last week in Newport Beach.
Thursday’s event, the organization’s annual Gourmet Dinner at the Balboa Bay Resort, broke records for the Santa Ana-based nonprofit, which aids children from single-parent or low-income families by partnering them with a mentoring network and adult volunteers.
“We work every day with an incredible group of leaders and volunteers throughout the community who give so generously of their time and resources,” Melissa Beck, chief executive of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, said in a statement. “Our Gourmet Dinner is the centerpiece of our year, not only in terms of fundraising but as a celebration and look ahead. We are extremely grateful to everyone who attended and participated in the event.”
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Newport Harbor dance team holding online fundraiser
The Newport Harbor High School dance team had raised $13,770 as of Tuesday in a fundraiser on the website Snap Raise. Its goal is to reach $15,000 by Oct. 2.
Funds donated to the team will cover the costs of costumes, props, uniforms, travel expenses and choreographers, the team says.
Donations can be submitted through app.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/4835.
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Books of all types to be featured at Newport Beach fair
Sixty books representing the work of 35 authors will be featured at the Newport Beach Book Fair on Oct. 4.
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet local authors, buy autographed books and discuss the works, which include children’s books, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, science and technology.
The book fair will be at the Tennis Club, 2601 Eastbluff Drive. Admission is free. For more information, visit lidovillagebooks.com.
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Dedication set for OCC math, business, computing center
A dedication of Orange Coast College’s Mathematics, Business and Computing Center will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 13.
It is the first facility to be completed as part of a multiphase building plan that also includes a new student union, planetarium and recycling center.
Construction of the 90,000-square-foot Mathematics, Business and Computing Center was completed in August and opened to students on the first day of the fall semester.
The center contains 10 computers labs, three lecture halls and 30 faculty offices.
The dedication event will include a ribbon cutting and a reception on the building’s second-floor outdoor patio.
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Stephanie Argyros joins We Day California
Newport Beach resident Stephanie Argyros was recently selected as co-chairwoman of We Day California, a youth empowerment event scheduled for April 7 at the Forum in Inglewood.
Argyros will work with area schools to “celebrate and inspire this generation’s shift from ‘me’ to ‘we’ — toward acting with intention, leading with compassion and a belief in the power of community,” according to a news release.
The effort will include encouraging students in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine to commit to a local or global service project as part of the “We Schools” challenge. Those who fulfill it will receive tickets to the April event.
—From staff reports
[For the record, Sept. 23, 5:23 p.m.: An earlier version of this post gave an incorrect date for We Day California. The youth empowerment event will be held April 7.]