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TODAY

SAWDUST ART FESTIVAL OPENS

The Sawdust Art Festival will be held June 27 through Aug. 31. The

festival will have more than 195 local artists displaying and selling

their handcrafted and original items in a village nestled in an

eucalyptus grove. There will be live entertainment, art workshops and

demonstrations, three cafes and a saloon. The Sawdust is at 935

Laguna Canyon Road. Tickets are $6.50 for adults, $5.50 for seniors,

$2 for children 6 to 12 and $12 for a season pass. It will be open

daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Information: 494-3030.

ART-A-FAIR OPENS

The Art-A-Fair Festival will run June 27 through Aug. 31. It’s at

777 Laguna Canyon Road. Season passes for adults are $5, children

under 12 free with adult; senior discounts are available. It’s open

Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday to

Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visitors are offered the opportunity to

view and acquire art directly from the artist exhibitors. There will

be special artist demonstrations and lectures. Free workshops.

Information: 494-4514.

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE

‘THE SECRET ORDER’

Laguna Playhouse is showing the West Coast premier of Bob Clyman’s

“The Secret Order.” It’s a play about what happens when an obscure

cancer researcher achieves a breakthrough and is whisked into the

hidden world of high stakes medicine. Tickets are $27 to $49 and it

runs through June 29. The playhouse is at 606 Laguna Canyon Road.

Information: 497-2787.

FAMILY SING ALONG

Every fourth Friday of the month from 6 to 9 p.m. No Square

Theatre will have a family sing along with the renowned musician

Terry Alaric on piano. Show tunes and standards are encouraged for

live piano accompaniment. Participants can bring their own sheet

music or choose from what is provided. No Square Theatre is at 221

Broadway.

A TASTE OF WINE

Wine tasting takes place every Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Len’s

Wine Cite. Different wines will be sampled each week. Len’s is at 303

Broadway in Broadway Plaza. Information: 376-2215.

POETRY MEETING

Laguna Poets meet at 8 p.m. Fridays on the third floor of Wells

Fargo Bank at 260 Ocean Ave. Bring poems to this free evening of

poetry sharing and reading.

SATURDAY

‘MENAGE A TROIS’ EXHIBIT

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art is having the exhibit

“Menage-a-trois,” an exhibition featuring an intimate union of three

styles and aesthetic liaison among Georges Monfils, Paula Schoen and

Christian Lopez. It opens with an artist reception from 7 to 10 p.m.

June 28 and is free. The gallery is at 354 North Coast Highway.

Information: 497-5442.

LATIN JAZZ AND DANCING

Romeo Cucina will feature Latin jazz and dancing with Ivan

Marcello and his band. The fun will begin at 8 p.m. Romeo Cucina is

located at 249 Broadway. Information: 497-6627.

CRYSTAL COVE HIKES

Crystal Cove backcountry hikes today and Sunday. Meet at the flag

pole at the El Moro State Park visitor’s center. Information:

497-7647.

SUNDAY

BREAKFAST WITH THE BEAR

The public is invited to have “Breakfast with the Bear” from 9:30

to 11 a.m. today at LagunaCanyonArtists.com at 3251 Laguna Canyon

Road, studio H-1. See the work in progress by eight artists as they

decorate a giant grizzly bear statue. Painted as a vintage postcard,

this bear will be displayed at the Orange County Fair and later at

the California State Fair in Sacramento. Breakfast will include

coffee, grizzly-bear-claws, Orange County juice and straw-bear-ies.

Attire is anything orange. For information, call 497-3597.

MARINE ROOM

Missiles of October, a Laguna-based band, will perform from 4 to 8

p.m. at the Marine Room. The Marine Room is at 214 Ocean Ave.

Information: 494-3027.

MOSUN

Listen to live music, from 5 to 11 p.m. Sundays, by Nick Hernandez

of Common Sense. Roll and drink specials. 680 S. Coast Highway,

497-5646.

MONDAY

NO SQUARE OPEN MIC NIGHT

No Square Theatre will present its open mic night from 7 to 10

p.m., where adults can sing with professional piano accompaniment.

Bring your own sheet music. No Square is at 221 Broadway.

FREE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSES

The Chakra Shack is offering free spiritual development classes

with meditations from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday. Meditate to the

sounds of the chakra using different techniques. Learn about the aura

and chakras, do breathing and balancing exercises. Information:

715-6930.

OPERA BELL’ARTE

Villa Romano Trattoria at 303 Broadway offers Opera Bell’Arte --

an enchanting evening in Tuscany with live opera performances and

dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. Information: 497-6220.

‘WHITENESS’ AT LAM

The exhibit “Whiteness, A Wayward Construction” at the Laguna Art

Museum is a group exhibition of 28 individual artists and

collaborative teams working in various media, who explore

representations of whiteness. The underlying assumption of the

exhibit is that everyone in the United States is constructed in the

political imagination as a racial subject. The exhibit is curated by

Tyler Stallings. Laguna Art Museum is located at 307 Cliff Drive.

Information: 494-8971 or online at www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

TUESDAY

LEONARD KAPLAN EXHIBIT

“Waking Dreams: The Art of Leonard Kaplan,” will run through July

6. The exhibit will include surrealistic drawings and mixed-media

collages by the artist, from 1980 to today. Laguna Art Museum is at

307 Cliff Drive. Information: 494-8971 or online at

www.lagunaartmuseum.org.