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TODAY

The American Cancer Society will host a day of beauty makeovers

for cancer patients from 10 a.m. to noon today in building 41 at Hoag

Hospital. Volunteers from the National cosmetology Assn. and the

Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Assn. will teach cancer patients

makeup, wigs and turban tips to help hide the ravages of radiation

and chemotherapy treatment. The hospital is at 1 Hoag Drive in

Newport Beach. Free. To register call (949) 261-9446.

SUNDAY

The 41st annual Sandcastle Contest will be held from 11 a.m. to 4

p.m. at Big Corona del Mar Beach. All registered participants will

receive one free round-trip ticket to Catalina. The event, sponsored

by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, will

consist of four categories. The fee is $30 for the family and

organization categories, $40 for the business category and $60 for

the masters category. Teams may not exceed eight people. Entries must

be received before Sept. 6. (949) 729-4400.

A Balboa Beach Blanket Barbecue will be held from noon to 5 p.m.

today at the Balboa Peninsula Park. The event, hosted by the Divas of

the Balboa Theater Arts Foundation, will include a Surfin’ Ducky Wave

Race, hula hoop and limbo contests and many more family games.

Proceeds from the barbecue and the duck race will go toward the

renovation of the historic Balboa Theater. The park is adjacent to

the pier. Admission is free. (949) 706-7249.

TUESDAY

Mother’s Market and Kitchen will host a seminar on the power of

hyaluronic acid from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Patio Cafe in Costa

Mesa. The cafe is at 225 E. 17th St. Free. (949) 631-4741.

SEPT. 12

The Thursday Morning Women’s Club will hold its first luncheon at

noon at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach. Entertainment will be

provided by Stephen Plummer, the Los Angeles Opera understudy for

Placido Domingo. The hotel is at 4545 Macarthur Blvd. $23. (714)

842-5863.

SEPT. 14

The Costa Mesa Historical Society will host an event with speakers

Paul Apodaca of Chapman University and Edith Behrens of the Bowers

Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Diego Sepulveda Adobe Open House

in Estancia Park. The speakers are scheduled at noon and 2 p.m. The

park is at 1900 Adams Blvd. Free. (949) 631-5918.

SEPT. 17

A seminar on how to stay young at heart will be held from 6:30 to

7:30 p.m. at the Patio Cafe in Costa Mesa. The seminar, which is

hosted by Mother’s Market & Kitchen, is free and open to the public.

The cafe is at 225 E. 17th St. (949) 631-4741.