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TODAY

Speak Up Newport will present its 23rd annual Mayor’s Dinner with

keynote speaker John M.W. Moorlach at 6 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Marriott, 900 Newport Center Drive. Newport Mayor Tod Ridgeway will

give the state of the city address. The cost is $60 per person, $600

for a table for 10. Information: (949) 224-2266.

The Friends of the Orange Coast College Library and the Lido Isle

Woman’s Club will present OCC Vice President of Instruction Robert

Dees speaking on “A Short History of the English Language.” The event

will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Lido Isle Clubhouse, 701 Via Lido

Soud, Lido Isle, Newport Beach. The cost is $5. Information and

reservations: (714) 432-5087.

FRIDAY

The Newport Beach and Irvine chambers of commerce will host a

candidates’ forum at 7:30 a.m. at the Sutton Place Hotel, 4500

MacArthur Blvd. Candidates from the 70th Assembly District and the

35th state Senate District races will receive invitations to

participate. The cost is from $25 to $30. Information: (949)

729-4400.

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will present Lori

Wallach, director of the Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, as part

of the Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series at 7 p.m. in the Friends

Meeting Room at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach.

There will be live music and a buffet dinner. Tickets cost $55.

Information: (866)301-2411, dsls@western-direct.com,

https://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.

The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American

Revolution and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District will host a

seminar on “George Washington’s Legacies” from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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

cost is $10. Information: (949) 645-6207.

The UC Irvine Center for Unconventional Security Affairs is

sponsoring “Landmines and Human Security,” a presentation by Kenneth

Rutherford, co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network. Rutherford

has worked along such celebrities as Princess Diana, Queen Noor, and

Heather Mills McCartney. The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in the

Social Science Plaza, Room 1100 at UC Irvine. Information: (949)

824-8804, https://www.cusa.uci.edu.

SATURDAY

The Parrot Education and Adoption Center, a nonprofit

organization, will have a seminar on feather-destructive behavior

from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Balearic Community Center, 1975 Balearic

Drive, Costa Mesa. The cost is $15 for nonmembers. Information: (949)

631-3606, https://www.peac.org.

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will present Lori

Wallach, director of the Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, as part

of the Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series at 2 p.m. in the Friends

Meeting Room at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach.

Refreshments will be served. Tickets cost $18. Information: (866)301-2411, dsls@western-direct.com,

https://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.

Marilee Stockman will lead a workshop covering all the basics of

drawing from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Orange County Fine Art Annex and Art

Studios, 1631 Sunflower Ave., B15, South Coast Village Plaza, Costa

Mesa. Information: (949) 640-1727.

The UC Irvine college of medicine is sponsoring a Parkinson’s

disease event featuring Fox News Channel’s Morton Kondracke and UCI

geneticist Douglas Wallace. The event starts at 4 p.m. at the Irvine

Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. Information: (949) 824-8202,

dlatkins@uci.edu.

Pat and Oscar’s restaurant will donate 50% of its grand opening

proceeds to Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children. The

event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3811 S. Bristol St.,

Santa Ana. Tickets cost $5 to $10. Information: (800)550-2445, ext.

1144.

MONDAY

The World Affairs Council of Orange County will host George

Argyros, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, at its monthly dinner and speaker

program from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur

Blvd., Newport Beach. The cost is $48 for members and $55 for

nonmembers. Information and reservations: (949) 253-5751.