BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

“102 Dalmatians,” “The Kid” and “Air Bud” have already come and gone.

But movie fans still have a chance to catch family films on a 9 foot by

12 foot open air screen right on the beach at the Newport Dunes Resort

until the end of June.

Screenings will take place Fridays and Saturdays and begin at dusk.

“Man of the House” will appear Friday, followed by “Field of Dreams” on

Saturday, “The Borrowers” on June 22, “Remember the Titans” on June 23,

“The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle” on June 29 and “Rudy” on June 30.

The screenings are free, but parking costs $7 per car. The resort is

located at 1131 Back Bay Drive. Information: (800) 765-7661.

Night racing series at Nautical Museum

The Lyle Galloway Tuesday Night Sailing series will hold its second

event on Tuesday.

Traditional wooden sailboats and pre-1970 classic design fiberglass

sailboats will compete in the harbor. The hour-long race will start and

finish at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, which sponsors the event.

The public is invited to participate in the festivities, which include

a pre-race happy hour, available crew positions, an awards ceremony and a

post-race barbecue, where a video of the night’s racing will be shown.

The series runs every Tuesday through Aug. 28. Happy hour begins at 5

p.m.

The museum is located at 151 East Coast Highway on the Pride of

Newport riverboat. Information: (949) 675-8915.

No Kidding! Chapter launched in Newport Beach

No Kidding!, an international nonprofit organization for adults who

have no children by choice, has launched its first Orange County chapter

in Newport Beach.

The organization helps people who don’t have children to cope with

societal pressures and to gain a feeling of acceptance and belonging in a

society that often alienates them because they don’t conform to the

majority.

No Kidding! offers people without children a forum “to get together to

share common interests without anyone asking why we don’t have children,”

said Pamela Hobson, the Newport Beach chapter president. “It takes a lot

of pressure off.”

The Newport Beach chapter is the organization’s 50th chapter in North

America. Chapters also exist in Africa and South Korea.

The first meeting of the new chapter will take place on June 19 at

6:30 p.m. at McCormick and Schmick’s restaurant on Main Street in Irvine.

Information: https://www.nokidding.net or call (949) 650-9229.