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TODAY

The Environmental Nature Center will present the Discovery Days

Workshop, in which participants use inventions they’ve created to

race over the land and into the air, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost

will be $140 per student. Members will get a 10% discount. There will

be a $15 materials fee. Information: (949) 645-8489.

FRIDAY

The Environmental Nature Center will present the Discovery Days

Workshop, in which participants use inventions they’ve created to

race over the land and into the air, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost

will be $140 per student. Members will get a 10% discount. There will

be a $15 materials fee. Information: (949) 645-8489.

WEDNESDAY

Orange County for Dean, a political organization supporting the

presidential campaign of Democrat Howard Dean, will host a Meetup at

7 p.m. at Karl Strauss Brewery, 901A South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

Newport Beach Senior Services and Recreation will present a new

series of drawing and painting workshops by artist and lecturer Mimi

Sharon Stein for beginners through advance students in mixed-media

from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning today and lasting eight weeks in

the Jorgensen Center at 2005 Dover Drive, The cost is $66.

Information: (949) 644-3151.

JAN. 8

Book Soup South Coast Plaza will present mystery writer Jerrilyn

Farmer, author of “Perfect Sax,” in conversation with mystery writer

Nathan Walpow at 4 p.m. at 3333 Bristol St., Suite 2400. Information:

(714) 689-2665, https://www.booksoup.com.

JAN. 9

The Environmental Nature Center will present a Full Moon Walk from

6:30 to 8 p.m. at the center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The cost

is $2 for adults and $1 for children. Information: (949) 645-8489.

JAN. 10

There will be a Computer Fair at the Orange County Fair &

Exposition Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 10 and 11 in Building

No. 10 at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center. The cost is $5

for adults; children 10 and younger get in for free. Information:

(800) 800-5600. https://www.ocfair.com.

JAN. 12

The UC Irvine Center for Unconventional Security Affairs will host

a forum, “Are Schools as Safe as They Should Be,” with keynote

speakers Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona and Orange County

Superintendent of Schools William M. Habermehl from 8:30 to 11:30

a.m. at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine.

Information and reservations: (949) 824-9670, cusa@uci.edu.