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TODAY

FOA RETROSPECTIVE POSTER SHOW

A retrospective of Festival of Arts event posters from the past 20

years is being presented at the Downtown Laguna Beach Wells Fargo

through Jan. 5. Works of past and present Festival exhibitors are the

subject. Many of the original paintings are part of the Festival of

Arts permanent art collection. The exhibit is on the third floor of

the Wells Fargo building at 260 Ocean Ave. The building is open to

the public 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2

p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Anyone wishing to purchase a

Festival of Arts poster may call (949) 464-4282.

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 from 5 to 9 p.m. every Friday at Len’s

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

Broadway in Broadway Plaza. Information: (949) 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

NEW EXHIBITS AT LAM

Laguna Art Museum is exhibiting, “Rebels in Clay: Peter Voulkos

and the Otis Group.” In the mid-1950s, Voulkos led a revolution in

clay by questioning the tradition that ceramic forms must be

functional and instead created sculptural works that gave the medium

a new freedom of expression. “Feat of Clay: Five Decades of Jerry

Rothman” opens. In the ‘60s Laguna Beach ceramic sculptor Rothman

became well-known nationally for struggling to enlarge the scope of

and to overcome the limitations of ceramics that made it unsuitable

for the sculptural ambitions of the time. The exhibit includes his

controversial large scale triptychs of erotic figures and images of

birth. Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. Information: (949)

494-8971.