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location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

FRIDAY

The 15th Taste of Newport, featuring food samplings from more than

30 local restaurants, spectacular live entertainment, more than 15

wineries, cocktails and beers, will run today to Sept. 21 at Fashion

Island. Today’s hours are 6 to 11 p.m. Information: (949) 729-4400.

The Festival of Children continues today at South Coast Plaza

with events starting at 11 a.m. Information: (714) 546-0110,

https://www.festivalofchildren.org.

The Lido Yacht Expo, California’s all-big-boat show, will be held

from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. The

boat show offers the largest display of American and international

motor yachts in the Western U.S. The cost is $10 for adults, children

12 and younger get in for free. Information: (949) 757-5959.

SATURDAY

Free train rides at the Goat Hill Junction train station will be

given from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is being put on by the Model

Engineers of Orange County and the Costa Mesa Lions Club. Hamburgers,

hot dogs and soda will be sold. The train station is across from the

Estancia High School tennis court, at Fairview Park on Placentia

Avenue and Swan Drive in Costa Mesa.

Mother’s Market will celebrate its 25th anniversary from 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Specials and free samples will be available while they

last. Mother’s Market is at 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information:

(800) 595-MOMS

“Celebrating the Past ... and Rebuilding for the Future” is a

two-day fund-raiser to benefit education, interpretation and

restoration efforts at the Crystal Cove State Park Historic District.

The events, from 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sept. 21, will celebrate four years of preservation efforts and the

beginning of restoration scheduled for October under the park’s

direction. For more information, call (949) 640-5220.

Volunteers and owners of flat-bottom boats can participate in the

13th annual Upper Newport Back Bay Cleanup Day from 8 a.m. to noon

and receive a complimentary lunch after combing the bay to dispose of

refuse carried down to Orange County waterways. Information: (949)

640-9959, scholl@dfg.ca.gov.

The 15th Taste of Newport, featuring food samplings from more than

30 local restaurants, spectacular live entertainment, more than 15

wineries, cocktails and beers, will continue today at Fashion Island.

Today’s hours 4 to 11 p.m. and noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 21. Information:

(949) 729-4400.

Board a Hornblower yacht in Newport Harbor and relive the fun of

summer camp -- for grown-ups only -- with elegant food and harbor

views. The $100 ticket includes dinner, live music and dancing.

Proceeds will benefit underserved girls. For more information, call

Girl Scout Council of Orange County at (714) 979-7900, ext. 315 or

397.

Maisy visits a special story time for children at 11 a.m. at

Borders Books, Music & Cafe, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St.

Information: (714) 432-7854.

“Divorce: A New Beginning,” a workshop for men and women who are

divorced or getting divorced, will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

at 180 Newport Center Drive. Information: (949) 644-6435.

An open house will be held at the Diego Sepulveda Adobe in

Estancia Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Costa Mesa Historical

Society is holding the event. Estancia Park is at 1900 Adams Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-5918.

The Festival of Children continues today at South Coast Plaza

with events starting at noon. Information: (714) 546-0110,

https://www.festivalofchildren.org.

The Irvine Thalia Chapter of the American Business Women’s Assn.

will hold its second wine sampling event from 5 to 7 p.m. at the

Country Inn & Suites. Attendees can bid on theme baskets and

participate in a Chinese auction. The event is $35 per person. The

proceeds benefit the Thalia Chapters Education Fund. Information:

Susan Hashioka, (909) 624-0618.

The Earth Resource Foundation will host its Trails 4All’s seventh

annual Inner-Coastal and Watershed Cleanup at four locations: the

Talbert Marsh and the Santa Ana River Jetties in Huntington Beach;

the Vista Park/Talbert Preserve in Costa Mesa/Huntington Beach;

Victoria Pond and Sheephill in Costa Mesa/Newport Beach; and the

Irvine Ranch Water District Sand Diego Creek. Those who preregister

will receive a free T-shirt. Information:

https://www.earthresource.org, https://www.trails4all.org, (949)

645-5163.

The Lido Yacht Expo, California’s all-big-boat show, will be held

from noon to 7 p.m. at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. The boat

show offers the largest display of American and international motor

yachts in the Western U.S. The cost is $10 for adults, children 12

and younger get in for free. Information: (949) 757-5959.

Principles Over Politics, a Republican Party support group, will

hold a breakfast at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club at 8:30 a.m.

State Sen. Tom McClintock is scheduled to appear. Arnold

Schwarzenegger and Congressman David Drier have been invited to

attend. The cost is $15 per person. Reservations: (949) 644-7094.

SUNDAY

The 15th Taste of Newport, featuring food samplings from more than

30 local restaurants, spectacular live entertainment, more than 15

wineries, cocktails and beers, will conclude today at Fashion Island.

Today’s hours noon to 8 p.m. Information: (949) 729-4400.

Chef Sumiko Matsumoto will discuss and sign her book, “Japanese

Healthy, High-Style Cooking,” at noon at Borders South Coast Plaza.

Matsumoto’s approach to cooking has brought her an exclusive

clientele in select settings such as Lake Forest, Illinois, La Jolla,

Palm Springs and Boca Raton, Fla. Information: (714) 279-8933.

Antonello Ristorante in South Coast Plaza Village will host the

11th annual “La Dolce Vita” at 6 p.m. to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis

Foundation. The evening includes an exquisite four-course meal

prepared by Franco Barone, who was recognized as “Chef of the Year”

by the Southern California Restaurant Writers. Tickets cost $150 or

$1,500 for a table of 10. Information: (714) 938-1393.

The Festival of Children continues at South Coast Plaza with

events starting at 11 a.m. Information: (714) 546-0110,

https://www.festivalofchildren.org.

The Lido Yacht Expo, California’s all-big-boat show, will be held

from noon to 7 p.m. at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. The boat

show offers the largest display of American and international motor

yachts in the Western U.S. The cost is $10 for adults, children 12

and younger get in for free. Information: (949) 757-5959.

The Pacific Symphony will give “A Concert In The Park” from 5 to

6:30 p.m. at Grant Park on 5th Street and Iris Avenue in Corona del

Mar. Parking is available at 5th and Marguerite. The symphony will

feature Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.”

The Southern California Plein Air Painters Assn. and the Newport

Bay Naturalists & Friends will present “Paint the Back Bay” starting

today. The paint-out will consist of artists painting all along the

Back Bay during the week. The event ends on Sept. 28. Information:

(949)-923-2269.

MONDAY

Dr. Khosrow Mahdavi will present “Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal

Cancers” as part of Hoag Hospital’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Patient

Education Series from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Hoag Cancer Center.

Admission is free, but registration is required by Sept. 15.

Information: (949) 7-CANCER.