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TODAY

The Tijeras Golf Club in

Rancho Santa Margarita will host the Crossing’s fourth annual Golf

Classic benefiting the educational outreach program of the Maple

Learning Center in Costa Mesa. There will be $10,000 hole-in-one

prizes and chance to win a 2004 Volkswagen Beetle convertible or a

2004 Chevrolet Tahoe. Information: (949) 764-1520,

istevenson@crossingonline.com.

Overstreet’s Bar will

host a special recall election party at 6 p.m. at 3400 Via Lido,

Newport Beach. Admission is free, but guests must show their “I

Voted” receipts. Information: (949) 566-9463.

The Decorative Arts Society invites you to attend the ninth annual

Series Programs on the Decorative Arts. The society will host

“America at Home: The Tradition of Our Past, the Challenge of Our

Future” with guest speaker David Easton, an interior designer from

New York. Information: (714) 708-2555.

A free Feng Shui seminar,

7 p.m., Oct 7 at Visions & Dreams, 2482 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa

P.K. Odle worldwide instructor for the American Fen Shui Institute

explains how Elemental remedies are implemented where advised, as

elegant accessories that complement your decor to improve health ,

relationships and prosperity. Reservations required. Information:

(626) 288-1669, https://www.fenshui advantage.com

WEDNESDAY

Dr. Richard Haskell will present a

discussion on Drug-Eluting Stents: Setting a New Standard. A new

medical device, the drug-eluting stent, and how it can help deal with

coronary artery disease will be discussed from 6 to 7 p.m. at the

Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach.

Information/reservation: (800) 514-HOAG.

The California Retired Teachers

Assn. Harbor Division No. 77 will have a meeting today at noon at

the Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa. The

association will host “Project Vote Smart,” which will provide

unbiased voting information. (949) 551-5082.

Barnes & Noble at Metro Pointe will have a discussion and signing

at 7 p.m. with Michael Grossman and Jodi Jones, authors of “The

Vitality Connection: Ten Practical Ways to Optimize Health and

Reverse the Aging Process. There will be a book signing after the

discussion. Information (714) 444-1653.

THURSDAY

South Coast Plaza will host

the 19th annual Food, Wine and Micro-Brew Fest, featuring live

music with dancing and drawings for prizes. The event will take place

in the Macy’s Home Store and Crate & Barrell wing of the center.

Tickets are $45 in advance, $35 for groups of 10 or more and $55 at

the door. Proceeds will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of

Orange County and KTLA charities. Information: (714) 771-1343.

Sterling BMW will host BMW’s seventh annual Ultimate Drive for the

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at

3000 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. For every mile driven in

specially badged fleet cars, BMW will donate $1 to the Komen

Foundation. Information: (877) 4A-DRIVE, https://www.bmwusa.com.

FRIDAY

Costa Mesa Antique Show

at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center Friday to Saturday

from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show will

be in Building s No. 10, No. 12 and the Parade of Products. Admission

is $8 for adults and children under 18 are free with adults.

Information: (800) 943-7501.

Gem, Jewelry, & Bead Show

at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center. Friday noon to 7

p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in

Building No. 14. Adults are $5 and children under 12 are free.

Information: (760) 747-9215.

SATURDAY

Orange Coast College’s

disabled students club, the Campus Collogues, will host a

wheelchair rugby exhibition to benefit disabled students. The match

will begin at 11 a.m. in OCC’s Peterson Gymnasium. Tickets are $3 and

are available in advance at the Disabled Students’ Center and the

Disabled Students’ High Technology Center. Tickets will also be sold

at the door. Information: (714)432-5505.

https://cmspeedway.com.

European Fall Street Fair will be at 31st St. in Cannery Village,

Newport Beach. Saturday at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be art from

local cannery artists. Children and dogs are welcome. Information:

(949) 675-0851.

The third annual Car Show and

Car Care Fair presented by the Automobile Club of Southern

California. The family and community fair, to be held at 3333

Fairview, Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., features free vehicle

maintenance inspections and child safety seat checks. The event also

features a 100-plus show car festival with world class vintage and

historic cars, muscle cars, street rods, sports cars, customs and

imports. The event also includes free food and beverages , exhibits

and show car trophies. There will be free parking. Information: (800)

713-0003.

The Mariners Foundation for

Mariners Elementary School will host the Mariners’ Open at the

Newport Beach Tennis Club, 2601 Eastbluff Drive, from 6:30 to 10 p.m.

The event is for adults only. The event is to raise funds for

educational and developmental programs at Mariners Elementary.

Information: (949) 574-4850.

The Queen of Hearts Tux and Tennies Tennis Tournament will

continue at 6:30 p.m. at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. The

tournament will continue Sunday at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $60 per

person for first entry and $30 per person for the second entry.

Information: (714) 744-3414, https:www.gohfoundation.org.

Orange County Coastkeeper

will host its third annual benefit and silent auction at 5:30 p.m.

to recognize people and organizations that have been involved in the

preservation and cleanup of Orange County’s marine environment. The

event will be held at the Dana Point Ocean Institute, 24200 Dana

Point Harbor Drive. Information and tickets: (949)723-5424.

SUNDAY

Orange Coast College’s

Foundation is one of the 20 charities that will be participating

in Newport Rib Company’s fund-raising event. The event will begin

today and will last until Oct. 31 Twenty percent of the table’s bill

goes to a charity that is selected by them. The restaurant is at 2196

Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5749.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma

Society will host its fifth annual Light the Night Walk, a nation

wide two-mile evening walk to celebrate and commemorate lives touched

by cancer. The event is from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 12 at Newport

Dunes in Newport Beach. Information: (714) 881-0610, ext. 332 or 327,

https://www.lightthenight.org.

OCT. 15

The Newport Beach Newcomers will travel by bus Oct. 15 to the

Huntington Library in Pasadena to hear Bill Frank, Achieve Curator,

talk about acquisitions, their care and the kinds of items in the

library. A docent will lead a tour of the estate followed by lunch.

Information: (949) 645-9922, https://newcomers- newportbeach.org

The Newport Nautical Museum and the Newport Beach Public Library

will host Story Time at Pirates Cove for children 2- to 4-years-old

from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 15 at the museum, 151 E. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 673-7863.

OCT. 16

South Coast Plaza, in collaboration with Aston Martin, Jaguar,

Land Rover and Volvo, will present “Luxury by Design,” a celebration

of luxury brands. The event will be held throughout the shopping

center, Oct. 16 through Oct. 19. For more information, telephone

(800) 782-8888 or visit https://www.southcoastplaza.com.

OCT. 17

Girls Inc. of Orange County, which is in Costa Mesa, will honor

Rosemary Turner, the South California district vice president for

delivery company UPS, as their 2003 Strong, Smart and Bold Woman. The

luncheon will be held at the Hyatt Regency Irvine. Tables and

sponsorships are available by calling (949) 646-7181.

Moving Past Trauma, PTSD Community Outreach Program for post

traumatic stress disorder training session for local front-line

professionals such as rape crisis counselors, police, firefighters

and emergency room personnel from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 17 at Hoag

Cancer Center. Information: (714) 935-9720 ext., 203.

OCT. 18

The Jr. League of Orange

County’s Christmas Company Shopping Extravaganza at the Orange

County Fair and Exposition Center will begin with an opening night

gala from 7 to 11 p.m. Shopping dates will be Oct. 19 to 22. General

admission is $7. Information: https://www.jlocc.org.

OCT. 19

Petsmart and PetProLife

will co-host Dog Fair 2003 and Pet Adoption Day from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the Petsmart on 17th Street in Costa Mesa. There will be

adoptable pets, a trainer, a groomer and a pet psychic. Dogs must be

on a leash. Information: (949)285-5247.

OCT. 20

UC Irvine professor Thomas J.

Carew will lead an Allergen lecture called “From Molecules to

Memories: Lessons from a Simple Brain,” at 7 p.m. in the UC Irvine

Student Center’s Crystal Cove Auditorium. The event is free, but

reservations are required. Information: (949) 824-7252.

Orange Coast College’s Philosophy Department is offering an

eight-week introduction to critical analysis and rational evaluation

of argument and other forms of expression. The class, listed as

Philosophy 150, starts today. It will be held from 12:45 to 4:20 p.m.

The cost of the course is $18 per unit for all California residents.

Information: (714) 432-5072.

Registration for nearly 100

eight-week classes at Orange Coast College will be open from today

through Dec. 13. Registration is available at OCC’s registration

office from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Information: (714) 432-5072.

OCT. 21

The ACLU of Orange County

will have speaker Heather Banuels from the Orange County Community

Service Programs to discuss its hate crime victims program and how

the ACLU and the public can help with reporting hate crimes. The

meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259

Victoria, Costa Mesa. Information (714)-957-6107.

OCT. 22

Orange Coast College will

host an evening transfer fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Recruiters will be

stationed at OCC’s quad and they will distribute information about

transfer requirements, educational offerings, admissions procedures,

scholarships, etc. Information: (714) 432-5894.

OCT 23

Dooney & Burke at South Coast

Plaza will give a 10% discount for purchases if you mention the

National Charity League Juniors. It will also donate 20% of the day’s

proceeds to the organization. Information: (949) 310-5884.

The Orange County League of

Conservation Voters will host a fund-raising event that will honor

three environmental heroes: state Sen. Joe Dunn, Coastal Commissioner

and Laguna Beach Mayor Toni Iseman and Bolsa Chica Land Trust

executive Flossie Horgan. Information: (949) 499-4499,

taemarkmg@juno.com.

OCT. 25

Newport Coast Cares will

host its annual “Halloween Carnival For Kids,” which benefits the

Corazon de Vida Foundation, from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Newport Coast

Shopping Center. The event will have food, craft and game booths, pet

and children’s costume contests, a haunted house, rides and a silent

auction. All the proceeds benefit Corazon de Vida Foundation which

serves orphanages in Baja, Mexico. The Newport Coast Shopping Center

is at San Joaquin Hills Road and Newport Coast Drive. Information:

Jim McAleer, (949) 476-1144, ext. 358; jim@corazondevida.org.

The League of Women Voters of

Orange Coast will host a membership brunch from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

at a member’s house. The league will discuss health care, the state

government, the environment, welfare and campaign finance reform.

Information: (949) 451-2212, (949) 642-6102.

The 24th annual Mary McLeod

Bethune Recognition Luncheon will be at 11 a.m. at the Wyndham

Hotel, 3350 Ave of the Arts, Costa Mesa. The luncheon’s theme will be

“Women Committed to Excellence.” The Orange County community honoree

will be Mrs. Doris Carrington, first lady of Friendship Baptist

Church. Information: (949) 589-0711, bettyj@andersonjackson

group.com.

OCT. 26

The Orange County Market Place

will hold its sixth annual Trick or Treat Festival and fourth

annual Halloween, Bug and Monster Classic Car Show from 9 a.m. to 6

p.m.. There will be free trick-or-treating for children.

World-renowned pumpkin sculptor Farmer Mike will be there. There will

be a pumpkin patch, pumpkin-pie-eating contest and entertainment. The

grand marshals will be radio’s Dr. Demento and Ivonna Cadaver from

Macabre Theater on KDOC-TV. The market place operates at the Orange

County Fairgrounds.

South Coast Plaza will

host “Pumpkins & Pancakes: A Children’s Halloween Extravaganza,”

from 8 to 11 a.m. The benefit is for Court Appointed Special

Advocates. The event will be at the Crate and Barrel/Macy’s Home

Store Wing. There will be music, an animal show hosted by Wild

Wonders Inc. and a visit from the Costa Mesa Fire Department. Tickets

are $20 per person in advance and $25 at the door. Information: (714)

435-2171.

Hermes will use 500 ties

to construct Hermes’ Tie Temple from today through Nov. 1 at Jewel

Court in South Coast Plaza. Information: (714) 437-1725,

https://www.southcoastplaza.com.

OCT. 27

The Friends of the Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter will hold its

12th annual “FOCIS on Dining” fund-raising event at 6:30 p.m. The

will be held at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort in Newport Beach. The

cost for this event is $125 per person. Reservations: Lynne

Bloomberg, (949) 642-4029. Information: Sally Phillips, (949)

376-5851, Caryl Rigler, (949) 581-8160.

OCT. 28

The Corona del Mar Middle

School and High School PTAs will present their 30th annual Home

Tour. Six beautiful homes in the communities of Harbor View Homes,

Shorecliffs, Corona del Mar and Newport Beach will be toured from 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. A continental breakfast will be served at Waterworks

in Corona del Mar Plaza. A luncheon will be provided by Pascal of

Cafe Jardin at Sherman Library & Gardens, in Corona del Mar, from

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. An afternoon reception will be hosted at the

Barclay Butera of Newport Beach in Westcliff Plaza from 3 to 6 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale at the Fashion Island concierge, Sherman

Library & Garden gift shops, Newport Hills Drugs, Barclay Butera of

Newport Beach in Westcliff, and Corona Del Mar Middle School and High

School. Tickets are $50 and include breakfast, lunch and afternoon

reception. Information: (949) 222-1456.

OCT. 30

Orange County Ronald McDonald

House will have a high tea benefit from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Turnip

Rose at the Grand Newport Plaza. Marta Gebo, a former guest of the

house and patient services coordinator for Children’s Hospital Orange

County’s neonatal intensive care unit, will deliver a keynote

address. Mindy Ball will be performing at the event and is also

principal harpist of the Orange County Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

The cost is $75 per person or $750 for a table of 10. The Grand

Newport Plaza is at 1901 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa For more

information call (714) 639-3600.

The Newkirk Center for Science

and Society at UC Irvine will host a seminar titled “Climate

Change (the Greenhouse Effect): What It Means for You, Your Children

and Your Grandchildren.” The event will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at the

Beckman Center. Ralph Cicerone, chancellor of UCI, will be a

participant. Information: (949) 824-9336, https://www.newkirk

center.uci.edu.

The Daytime Lung Cancer

Support Group will have a nutritionist Cheri Swanson speaking

about “Nutrition for Survivors During and After Treatment” at Hoag

Cancer Center, conference room A. No fee or registration is required

to attend. Information: (949) 760-5542.

ONGOING

The Newport Center

Toastmaster’s Club can help you improve your public speaking

skills or polish your business presentations. Members come from a

variety of professional disciplines and backgrounds. The group meets

every Monday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at 610 Newport Center Drive,

Newport Beach. Validated parking is available in the parking

structure next to 24 Hour Fitness. Guests are welcome. For more

information, call (949) 721-5732.

The Newport-Mesa cribbage club meets on the second and fourth

Wednesdays of every month from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Oasis Senior Center,

800 Marguerite Ave. in Corona del Mar. The cost is $2. Information:

(949) 646-5293.

Pastor Hein Austin leads a Bible

study on “How to Become a Contagious Christian” from 6 to 8:30

p.m. Wednesdays at 377 W. Wilson St., No. 15 in Costa Mesa. All are

welcome to come and meet new friends. Information: (949) 722-7498.

Jewish Family Service is

offering a support and discussion group for women 50 and older the

second and fourth Monday of every month from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 250 E. Baker St., Suite G in Costa Mesa. Pre-registration is required.

For information or to register, call (714) 445-4950.

Jewish Family Service is

offering a women’s divorce and separation support group at 7 p.m.

Wednesdays at the Jewish Federation Campus in Costa Mesa, 250 E.

Baker St. For more information, call (714) 445-4950, ext. 114.

The ACLU of Orange County

meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian

Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St. in Costa Mesa. Each month’s

meeting will feature a different speaker on issues relating to the

Bill of Rights. Information: (714) 957-6107.

“Beach Landscapes,” an exhibit

featuring digitally manipulated aerial photographs of the Hawaiian

islands by Donna Ruzicka, umbrella beach scenes by Carole Boller and

Back Bay landscapes by Luke Spencer, will be on display through Sept.

30 at Newport Beach City Hall. Information: (949) 717-3870.

Macy’s in Costa Mesa

invites Orange County nonprofit organizations that provide

services and programs to the HIV/AIDS community to apply for

participation in Macy’s South Coast Plaza’s Passport In Store

fund-raiser. This year’s event will be held on Oct. 4. To receive an

application to participate, call (714) 556-0611, ext. 4231.

Yoga classes will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to

12:40 p.m. for nine weeks at West Newport Community Center.

Registration is $54 for one class each week or $100 for two days a

week over nine weeks for Newport Beach residents. Others pay an

additional $5. For more information, call (949) 644-3151.

Costa Mesa’s Recreation Division will provide a three-hour theme

birthday party for up to 20 guests at the Balearic Community Center

weekdays from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 to 7

p.m. and Sundays from 4 to 7 p.m. Parties for children 5 to 12 will

consist of lunch/dinner, games, crafts, prizes, cake with ice cream

and supervision by staff. Parties cost $250 or $300. For more

information, call (714) 754-5158.

Five new wines will be served

on Bayside Restaurant’s terrace overlooking Newport Harbor every

Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. For more

information, call (949) 721-1222.

A variety of private, semi-private and group swim lessons will be

offered this summer at the Marian Bergeson Aquatic Center at Corona

del Mar High School. Options include one-on-one instruction on

Saturdays and a Monday through Thursday program for all ages and

levels. For session dates, times and costs, call (949) 644-3151, or

register in person at Newport Beach Recreation and Senior Services at

3300 Newport Blvd.

Professional and licensed soccer

trainers with the All-England Soccer Academy are available for

one-on-one, small group and large group training. For more

information, call (949) 395-5103.

Jewish Family Service is sponsoring a teen support group for high

school students that meets Mondays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Tarbut

V’Torah Upper School in Costa Mesa. For information or to register,

call (714) 445-4950. Pre-registration is required.

The First Page -- Fine Children’s Books, at 270 E. 17th St., No.

10 in Costa Mesa, offers free story time Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays

and Saturdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4

to 5 p.m. For more information, call (949) 645-5437.

Bayside Restaurant in

Newport Beach offers wine tasting every Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30

p.m. for $15 per person, featuring five new wines each week. For more

information, call (949) 721-1222.