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Mesa, CA 92627; by e-mail to luis.pena@latimes.com; by fax to (949)

646-4170; or by calling (949) 574-4298. Include the time, date and

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

TUESDAY

The ACLU of Orange County will hold its monthly meeting with guest

speaker attorney John Alcorn, who will discuss “Immigration Law and

the Patriot Act, 2004” at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist

Church, 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 299-4551.

Mother’s Market will host a free bone density screening from 11

a.m. to 3 p.m. in the vitamin department. The market is at 225 E.

17th St., Costa Mesa. Information and reservations: (949) 631-4741,

(800) 595-6667.

The Surfrider Foundation’s Newport Beach chapter will have its

first meeting of the year at 7 p.m. at Margaritaville, 2332 W. Coast

Highway. Topics will include water-quality issues. There will also be

a surf movie and free tacos with happy hour pricing. Information:

(949) 644-7443.

UC Irvine’s Cross-Cultural Center will celebrate its 20th annual

Martin Luther King symposium with a keynote address by entertainer

and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. The event will take place

from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Information: https://today.

uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp? key=1082.

WEDNESDAY

The Costa Mesa Historical Society will have former Costa Mesa

Police Chief Roger Neth as a speaker at its annual dinner and

installation meeting at 6 p.m. at Captain’s Table Restaurant at

Orange Coast College. Information and reservations: (949) 631-5918.

The Newport Beach Newcomers Club will be touring the Orange County

Museum of Art. The cost is $15. The organization is designed to help

people meet new friends and to learn about what Newport Beach has to

offer. Information: (949) 645-9922, https://www.newcomers-newport

beach.org.

Mother’s Market will host “The path to a healthier more vital

you,” a free seminar by Mark Kaylor, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Patio

Cafe. The market is at 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information and

reservations: (949) 631-4741, (800) 595-6667.

UC Irvine’s Cross-Cultural Center’s 20th annual Martin Luther King

symposium will have events taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Information: https://today.uci.edu/news/ release_detail.asp?key=1082.

THURSDAY

Hoag Hospital will host “Nutrition for the Lung Cancer Patient,” a

daytime lung cancer support group, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Hoag

Cancer Center, conference room A. The speaker will be Kathy Pham, a

Hoag Hospital nutritionist. Information: (949) 760-5542.

The Friends For Planned Parenthood luncheon, at 11:30 a.m. at

Sherman Library & Gardens, will focus on sex education in the Santa

Ana Unified School District. Teen activists from Campfire USA and

Girls Inc. will discuss a curriculum that only teaches abstinence

until marriage. Sherman Library & Gardens is at 2647 E. Coast

Highway. Information: (714) 633-6373, ext. 121.

Round Table West will host a luncheon with authors Bruce

Herschensohn, Pat Hitchcock O’Connell, Linda McCoy Murray, Margaret

Burk, and Marylin Hudson at noon at the Newport Beach Country Club,

1600 E. Coast Highway. Tickets cost $45. Information: (323) 256-7977.

FRIDAY

The City of Costa Mesa Recreation Division will present Kids Night

Out from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Balearic Community Center, 1975 Balearic

Drive. Children ages 7 to 12 will be transported from the community

center to the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim to watch the Mighty Ducks

versus the Minnesota Wild. The cost is $20. Information and

registration: (714) 754-5158.