Get the leis out for some fun

EYE ON ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hide Tides and High fun in Laguna Beach

Aloha, Aloha

Tomorrow afternoon from noon to 4 p.m. the Laguna Art Museum, as

part of its surf culture exhibit, and the Festival of the Arts will

bring you Hawaiian Culture.

There’s a ton of cool stuff going on that day that you won’t want

to miss. Plus it’s a date, friends or family kind of event, meaning

it’s a lot of fun for everyone.

The event looks at the customs, culture, crafts and history of

Hawaii.

There will be performances including music and dance and fine art,

as well as hands-on crafts, demonstrations and cultural education.

There are crowd-stopping hula performances to enjoy. Other

exciting activities include lei making, traditional crafts and making

gifts.

So don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy the culture, history and

tradition of Hawaii in our own neighborhood.

Per usual Laguna residents can go to the festival for free with

proper photo identification.

The Festival of Arts is at 650 Laguna Canyon Road. For more

information about this special event or other events, please call

(949) 494-1145.

Cuban music to light your fire

Sunday’s ever-popular

musical delight -- Concert in the Park at Bluebird Park hosts

Caravana.

“This will be an exciting blend of African and Cuban music. This

exciting line-up by Caravana is their first performance in Laguna

Beach. We’re looking forward to seeing their performance this Sunday

at 5 p.m.,” said Sian Poeschl arts coordinator.

The concert starts at 5 p.m. at Bluebird Park -- where Cress and

Bluebird Canyon Drive meet. Bring your picnic basket, blanket,

beverages, friends and family.

Surf’s Up at Laguna Art Museum

Surf’s up, way up at Laguna Art Museum and their latest and

greatest exhibit Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing. It’s a

veritable tidal wave of information about surfing, artists who surf

and vice versa, about culture, attitude, subculture, lifestyle and

every minute detail that weave these things together from the

inception of surfing to today.

Upon entering surf culture, it’s fascinating from the start. To

get in the mood, you cross through Robert Irwin’s pseudo-huge wave

with a hypnotic discs mirror shining within a green tubular space --

which represents the transcendence surfers often feel in the tunnel

of a perfect curl.

Between the old photos, to underwater shots, surf videos,

artifacts galore, to surfboards from every size, made of different

materials, representing different decades to paintings of every genre

and style to the scarily real retro hula girls wielding M-16 assault

rifles and grenades, it’s an absolutely fun journey on a timeline

that says a lot about the times.

It’s a must experience and see, see again and again.

Stuart Byer marketing director explains that there is a lot going

on related to surf culture.

“It’s not an exhibit, it’s a whole series of events that are

happening the entire summer to the last day.”

On a weekly basis there are seminars, lectures, films and events

once or twice a week. So enjoy it. Tomorrow at 11 a.m.: Perspectives

on Surf Culture: Steve Pezman, publisher of Surfer’s Journal,

moderates a discussion with Bolton Colburn, Laguna Art Museum

director, 1976 U.S. Amateur Surfing Champion; Greg Escalante,

collector and curator of Juxtapoz magazine; and artist Craig Stecyk,

co-curator of Surf Culture, as well as co-writer and production

designer of the skateboard movie Dogtown and Z Boys.

Aug. 8: The Seedling and Longer -- Shot in 16mm, The Seedling

documents a crew of California longboard riders on location in

Mexico, France, California, New York, and the Canary Islands.

Among the featured surfers are Devon Howard, Joel Tudor, Brittany

Quinn, Seitaro Nakamura, and Kassia Meador. Directed by Thomas

Campbell, who will make a live appearance.

Also on Aug. 8: Longer, an intimate look at the surfing of Joel

Tudor, featuring classic Hawaiian music, Bob Marley, and Jimi

Hendrix. Directed by JBrother.

Aug. 11, at 5 p.m. Warhol’s film “San Diego Surf”: filmmaker and

journalist Aaron Sloan, photographer Bob Smith, and surfboard

designer and inventor Carl Ekstrom recall Warhol’s visit to San Diego

to make his last film.

Laguna Art Museum is located at 307 Cliff Drive. For more

information, call (949) 494-8971 or go online to

www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

No Monkey Business

It’s just been announced that the world famous Jane Goddall will

be doing an upcoming lecture at the Festival on Sept. 18. It will be

her first orange County appearance. Stay tuned for much more on the

subject ... soon!

* SUZIE HARRISON is a reporter for the Laguna Beach Coastline

Pilot. She may be reached at 494-4321.