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

TODAY

Mother’s Market will host “Help Yourself to Health and Happiness,”

a free seminar by Rosemary Seaney, 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.

WEDNESDAY

Mother’s Market will host “How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes,” a

free seminar by Michael Murray, 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.

Gara LaMarche, vice president and director of the U.S. programs

for the Open Society Institute, will speak as part of the UC Irvine

School of Social Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series at 5:30 p.m.

in Social Sciences Lecture Hall 100, UCI. Information: (949)

824-2511, https://www.socsci.uci.edu.

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will present L.A.

Times columnist Al Martinez as part of the manuscript literary

lecture series from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Friends Meeting Room at the

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. The cost is $5 to

$10. Information: (949) 717-3890.

THURSDAY

The UC Irvine International Center for Writing and Translation

will explore the various ways in which Maori language and culture

meet the works of Shakespeare with a seminar at 4 p.m. in the UCI

Humanities Instructional Building, room 135. A reading and film

screening of “Maori Merchant of Venice” will be at 7 p.m. in the UCI

Humanities Instructional Building, room 100. The cost is $5.

Information: https:www.hnet.uci.edu/icwt.

FRIDAY

The Orange County chapter of Childhelp USA and Cirque du Soleil

will host a benefit performance of “Varekai” at 8 p.m. at the Orange

County Fair and Exposition Center. All proceeds will be donated to

Childhelp USA by Cirque du Soleil. There will be a post-event party

hosted by South Coast Plaza at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost $100 to $120. Information: (949) 548-4228.

SUNDAY

Human Options, which helps battered women, their families and the

community break the cycle of domestic violence, will hold its second

Super Bowl Golf Tournament at 8:15 a.m. at Pelican Hills Golf Course,

22651 Pelican Hill Road, Newport Coast, and a Super Bowl Party at

Tommy Bahama’s, 854 Avocado Ave, Newport Beach. (949) 581-6701.

The Lighthouse Guild, an auxiliary chapter of Olive Crest Homes

and Services for Abused Children, will hold its third annual Super

Bowl Extravaganza at 1:30 p.m. at the Newport Beach Marriott, 900

Newport Center Drive. The Laker Girls will make a special appearance

at a pregame tailgate party, and the band Sugar Ray will perform at

the after-party. Tickets cost $125. Information:

https://www.oclighthouse.com.

MONDAY

Hoag Hospital will host “Cancer Legal Resource Center,” with

speaker Barbara Schwerin, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Hoag Cancer Center’s

radiation oncology library. Information and reservations: (949)

760-5542.

FEB. 3

Hoag Hospital will present a community education class on “Heart

Attack: Signals and Actions” by Dr. Lee Carter at 6 p.m. at the Hoag

Hospital Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and

reservations: (800) 514-4624.

FEB. 5

Hoag Hospital will present a community education class on “Stroke:

The Warning Signs” by Dr. Subbarao Myla at 6 p.m. at the Hoag

Hospital Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and

reservations: (800) 514-4624.