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SATURDAY

FESTIVAL OF ARTS

The Festival of Arts will host “Take a Walk on the Wild Side.”

Visitors can interact with exotic wild animals while artist Chris Hoy

captures their beauty on canvas. The event will take place from noon

to 4 p.m. at 650 Laguna Canyon Road. Reservations are required. $5.

Information: (949) 497-6582. Web: www.foapom.org.

SUNDAY

LAGUNA ART MUSEUM

The museum will open “Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing.”

The exhibit will examine the history of modern surfboard design from

1900 to the present. The collection will run through Oct. 6.

Information: (949) 494-8971. Web: www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

VILLAGE LAGUNA

Village Laguna, citizens devoted to preserving the village

character of the community will hold a beach party and potluck in the

Historic District of Crystal Cove State Park. Longtime, new, and

prospective members will meet at 3 p.m. in Los Trancos Parking Lot

off Coast Highway to celebrate public access to this beach with

games, conversation and a group picnic at 4 p.m. Information: (949)

494-5960 or (949) 494-9638.

MONDAY

THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE

The Playhouse will host an informal conversation with three

playwrights who have been associated with the theater. They are: Jon

Marans who is in residence this summer as the Playhouse prepares the

world premiere production of his newest play, “Jumping for Joy”; Mary

Murfitt who is in residence at the Playhouse preparing a new

historical musical play for the youth theater program and Sherwood

Kiraly who is a Laguna Beach novelist and playwright. The event will

take place at 6 p.m. in the Moulton Theatre, 606 Laguna Canyon Road.

Admission is free. Information: (949) 497-2787. Web:

www.lagunaplayhouse.com.

TUESDAY

THE SANDSTONE GALLERY

The gallery will open two new collections -- “California Vision,”

watercolors by Shirley DiAmburgey, and “Back Bay Scapes,” by Luke

Spencer. The collections will be available for viewing through Sept.

3 at 384A N. Coast Highway. Information: (949) 497-6775.

WEDNESDAY

COMMUNITY BAND

The Laguna Beach Community Band will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. at

the Sawdust Festival, 965 Laguna Canyon Road. Information: (949)

494-2216. Web: www.lagunacommunity-concertband.org

[SEVEN-DEGREES]

The gallery will celebrate the opening of an exhibit of work by

Christopher Schulz with an artist reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at 891

Laguna Canyon Road. Information: (949) 376-1555. Web:

www.seven-degrees.com.

THURSDAY

GALLERY 821

The Laguna College of Art and Design will hold an artist

reception, an evening of fine art, entertainment, refreshments and

the opportunity to meet emerging artists. The event will begin at

5:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at 821 Laguna Canyon Road. Information: (949)

376-6000. Web: www.aiscnews.org.

MARION MEYER CONTEMPORARY ART

The gallery will celebrate three simultaneous show openings. They

will be: “The Reflection of Space” by Quim Bove; “Dreaming in

Technicolor” by Natasha Shoro; and “Business & Sex” by Marques de

Jadraque. There will be an artists reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The

shows will run through Sept. 15 at 354 N. Coast Highway. Information:

(949) 497-5442.