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TODAY

South Coast Plaza will present the 15th annual Southern

California Spring Garden Show during mall hours at the Crate and

Barrel and Macy’s Home Store wing, South Coast Plaza. Information:

(800) 782-8888, https://www.southcoastplaza.com.

America’s Family Pet Expo will feature stage shows, animal

experts and training workshops as well as pet products, adoptions,

competitions and demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Orange

County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost from $4 to $9. Information: (800) 999-7295,

https://www.petexpooc.com.

MONDAY

The Orange County Chapter of Women of Vision will hold its annual

fund raising luncheon with guest speaker the Baroness Caroline Cox of

Queensbury, England, who is a member of the House of Lords. The event

will be at 11 a.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center

Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets cost $125. Information: (949) 768-9207.

The Surfrider Foundation will host a grunion monitoring workshop

from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite,

Corona del Mar. Volunteers will be trained on how to do grunion

monitoring on beaches. Information: (310) 995-7873.

TUESDAY

Hoag Hospital will host a six-week educational series for women

newly diagnosed with breast cancer and others wanting to learn more

about the disease. The event is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 6, 13,

20, 27 and May 4 and 11 at the Hoag Cancer Center, 1 Hoag Drive,

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 722-6237.

Macy’s South Coast Plaza will host a fashion show featuring Tommy

Hilfiger and his new H Hilfiger collection. The event will be from

6:30 to 7 p.m. at 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. The event will

feature celebrity models such as Jason Lewis, Nicky Hilton, Juliette

Lewis, Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child, Aisha Tyler, Meredith

Phillips and Ian McKee. Hilfiger will sign autographs following the

fashion show. Information: 714-556-0611 ext 4231.

WEDNESDAY

Talking Hands Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork will host a free

workshop on trigger-point therapy and its importance in treating

chronic pain in patients. The workshop will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at

120 E. 18th St., Costa Mesa. Information and reservations: (949)

413-1567, ckmesser@earthlink.net, https://www.myofascial therapy.org

Nike will host a Club Run for walkers to marathoners at 6:30 p.m.

at Niketown in Triangle Square, 1875 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. The

Club Run will feature trainers who will assist runners, along with

product giveaways, trying on shoes for a trial run and an after-party

with food and beverages. Information: (888) 252-6453, https://www.nike

runhitwonder.com.

Upper Newport Bay will present “Lets Play Opossum” from 10:30 to

11:15 a.m. at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301

University Drive, Newport Beach. The cost is $4 for children ages 3

and 4 Information: (949) 923-2295.

Mother’s Market will host “Your Pet’s Health: Bridging the

Nutritional Gap,” a free seminar by Jim Wagoner and Designing Health,

from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Patio Cafe. The market is located at

225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information and reservations: (800)

595-6667.

THRUSDAY

Hoag Hospital will present a community education class on “Is

Insomnia Keeping You Up?” presented by Dr. Paul Selecky at 6 p.m. at

the Hoag Hospital Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and

reservations: (800) 514-4624, https://www.hoaghospital.org.

Upper Newport Bay will present “Our Big Back Yard,” animal

ambassadors from North America from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Peter and

Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach.

Information: and reservations: (949) 923-2275.

The Thursday Morning Women’s Club will present singer Lee Stern

during its monthly friendship luncheon at noon at the Radisson Hotel,

4545 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. The cost is $23. Information:

(949) 645-9555.

FRIDAY

The Inventors Forum will host a panel of experts on “Frequently

Asked Questions about Inventing,” at 7 p.m. at the science lecture

hall at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost $5 to $15. Information: (714) 540-2491,

https://www.inventorsforum.org.

SATURDAY

Lynda Milito will sign her new book, “Mafia Wife: My Story of

Love, Murder and Madness,” at 2 p.m. at Barnes and Noble Booksellers,

Metro Pointe, 901B South Coast Drive. Information: (714) 444-0226.

The city of Newport Beach and the Eastbluff Village Center will

host the 21st annual Spring Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at

Eastbluff Park, 2555 Vista del Oro, and at Eastbluff Village Center,

2500 Eastbluff Drive, Newport Beach. The event will feature musical

entertainment, kids crafts, face painting and a limited number of

complimentary photos with the Easter Bunny while. Information: (949)

644-3151.

The Balboa Village Business Improvement District will host the

first annual “Easter by the Sea” celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

at the public parking lot on the corner of Balboa Boulevard and Palm

Street. The event will feature live entertainment, photos with the

Easter Bunny raffles and contests. Information: (949) 723-1516.

UC Irvine Libraries will host “Gestures of Life: Martha Graham’s

Legacy Through the Lens of Barbara Morgan” at 5:30 p.m. in the

Langson Library on campus. The event will highlight the legacy of

dance choreographer Graham through rare photographs. Information:

(949) 824-5300.

“Metal Jam 2004” an old- school metal concert benefiting the Cure

Autism Now Foundation will be from 8 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. at Hogue Barmichaels, 3950 Campus Drive, Newport Beach. Some of the bands

scheduled to appear include the Iron Maidens, Wrathchild, Metal 101

and Sabotage. Information: https://www.cureautismnow.com,

https://www.metaljam.creeping deathonline.com.

APRIL 12

“Glutamate Receptors on the Move: Implication for Synaptic

Plasticity” will be a lecture by Dr. Roger A. Nicoll, professor of

physiology and cellular and molecular pharmacology at UC San

Francisco. The event will take place at 4:15 p.m. at Tamkin Lecture

Hall, UC Irvine. Information: (949) 824-5264.

The Orange County Sierra Singles monthly meeting will be held at

6:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave. The

featured slide presentation will be highlights of a trip through the

Alps. The cost is $2 for dinner. Bring your own eating utensils and

beverage. Information: (714) 963-6345.

APRIL 13

The UC Irvine Libraries Speaker Series and Orange County Reads

One Book will present “The Immigrant Experience: Bridging Two

Worlds.” The event will feature Firoozeh Dumas, author of “Funny in

Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America.” The event will

begin at 6 p.m., and a book signing will be at 7:30 p.m. at the

Monarch Bay rooms A and B in the UC Irvine Student Center.

Information and reservation: (949) 824-5300.

Hoag Hospital will present a community education class on the

“Management of Osteoporosis” at 6 p.m. at the Hoag Hospital

Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and reservations:

(800) 514-4624, https://www.hoaghospital.org.

APRIL 14

The Friends of Orange Coast College’s Library will host its

annual spring book sale from 9 to 10 a.m. for members of the Friends

of the Library and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for students and the

general public in front of the temporary library facility in the

parking lot off Adams Avenue, at OCC, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Most hardbacks will be sold for $2, and paperbacks for 50 cents. Book

donations for the sale are still being accepted. Information: (714)

432-0202 ext. 21058.

Hoag Cancer Center’s lung cancer support group will present a

discussion on “Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer” by nurse Carolyn

Hendrix. The event will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Hoag Cancer Center,

conference room A in Newport Beach. Information and reservations:

(949) 760-5542.

Nike will host a Club Run for walkers to marathoners at 6:30 p.m.

at Niketown in Triangle Square, 1875 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. The

Club Run will feature trainers who will assist runners, along with

product giveaways, trying on shoes for a trial run and an after-party

with food and beverages. Information: (888) 252-6453, https://www.nike

runhitwonder.com.

APRIL 15

UC Irvine will host “Understanding the Columbia Shuttle

Accident,” with Stanford University’s Douglas D. Osheroff, recipient

of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physics. Osheroff, a member of the space

orbiter’s investigation board, will discuss the efforts taken to

determine the root causes of the accident. The event will take place

at 3:30 p.m. in Rowland Hall, Room 101 at UCI. Information: (949)

824-6216, cyu@uci.edu, https://www.physics.uci.edu.

Hoag Women’s Health Services will offer a community education

class on “Continence and Other Pelvic Floor Concerns.” Dr. Matthew

Clark will present the class at 6 p.m. in the Hoag Hospital

Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and reservations:

(800) 514-4624, https://www.hoaghospital.org.

Mother’s Market will host “Feng Shui Your Way,” a free seminar by

Sandi Miller, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Patio Cafe. The market

is located at 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information and

reservations: (800) 595-6667.

The Environmental Nature Center’s founder Robert House will lead

a free walk through the center’s 14 native plant communities. The

event will be from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Environmental Nature

Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. Information and reservations:

(949) 645-8489

APRIL 16

The Dalai Lama, recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, will

speak on “Ethical Self-Awareness and Personal Transformation” from 4

to 5:30 p.m. at UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center 901 Mesa Road, Irvine.

Tickets cost $12, $25, $40, and $95. Information: (949) 824-5000.

Pacific View Memorial Park will host the Vietnam Wall Experience,

a 240-foot, three-fourths scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans

Memorial in Washington, D.C. The opening ceremony starts at 10 a.m.

at 3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. Information: (949)

644-2700.

APRIL 17

The American Lung Assn. will be celebrating its 100th anniversary

at the ninth Annual Big Breathe Easy at 6 p.m. at the Double Tree

Hotel Orange County Airport. Funds raised by the event will be used

to send disadvantaged asthmatic children to summer camp and for

education purposes. Information: (714) 835-5864, icook@oclung.org.

The Parrot Education and Adoption Center, a nonprofit

organization, will have a seminar on keeping a sexually mature parrot

as a pet. From 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Balearic Community Center, 1075

Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. Cost is $15.00 for nonmembers. All

proceeds benefit rescued parrots. Information (949) 631-3606;

https://www.peac.org.

Orange County artist Robert A. Hansen will be present for an

opening reception and book signing for his book “Yucatan Passages.”

The reception will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Susan Spiritus Gallery,

3929 Birch St., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 474-4321,

https://www.susan piritusgallery.com.

UC Irvine will host “Celebrate UCI 2004,” an open house that will

feature campus tours, Earth Day festivities, the Wayzgoose Medieval

Faire, a car show and children’s carnival rides. The event will be

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at UCI. Information:(949) 824-5182,

https://www.uci.edu/celebrate.

The 19th annual Todos Golf Tournament benefiting St. Joseph

Hospital’s of Orange new patient care center will be held at 11 a.m.

at the Santa Ana Country Club, 20382 Newport Blvd., West Santa Ana.

The event includes a full round of golf, golf cart, range balls,

gifts, refreshments, lunch and awards dinner. Tickets cost $500 for

individuals and $2000 for a foursome. Information and reservations:

(714) 771-8211.

Speedway International will host the Speedway Spring Classic with

freestyle jumpers at 7:30 p.m. in the Grandstand Arena at the Orange

County Fair and Exposition Center. Tickets cost $4 to $12.

Information: (949) 492-9933, https://www.cmspeedway.com.

Daniel S. Green, author of “The Perfect Pitch,” will be signing

his book from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orange County Market Place, 88

Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 966-8422,

https://www.ocmarketplace.com.

Upper Newport Bay will present Family Plein Air Painting from 9

to 11 a.m. on the front patio of the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive

Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach. The cost is $15 for

ages 8 to 18 and $20 for adults. Information: (949) 923-2275.

Pacific View Memorial Park will host the Vietnam Wall Experience,

a 240-foot, three-fourths scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans

Memorial in Washington, D.C. A candle lighting ceremony will be at

7:30 p.m. at 3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. Information:

(949) 644-2700.

The Environmental Nature Center will host a wildflower walk and

craft workshop for families with children 5 and older from 10 to

11:30 a.m. at the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport

Beach. Tickets cost $10. Information and reservations: (949)

645-8489.

APRIL 18

The All Nationals Truck Show will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the

Campground and Arlington Theater at the Orange County Fair and

Exposition Center. Tickets cost $10 to $15. Information: (805)

686-2007; https://www.horsepower promotions.com.

Pacific View Memorial Park will host the Vietnam Wall Experience,

a 240 foot, three-fourths scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans

Memorial in Washington, D.C. Closing ceremonies will be at 2 p.m. at

3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. Information: (949) 644-2700.

APRIL 20

The Surfrider Foundation’s Newport Beach chapter will host a

meeting at 7 p.m. at Margaritaville, 2332 Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Information (949) 631-6273.

Hoag Hospital will offer a community education class on “Senior

Health: Medicare 2004 and You” at 6 p.m. at the Hoag Hospital

Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information and reservations:

(800) 514-4624, https://www.hoaghospital.org.

Mother’s Market will host “Nutritional Emphasis on Eczema and

Psoriasis,” a free seminar by Judith Todero, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,

in the Patio Cafe. The market is located at 225 E. 17th St., Costa

Mesa. Information and reservations: (800) 595-6667.

APRIL 21

Talking Hands Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork will host a free

workshop on trigger-point therapy and its importance in treating

chronic pain in patients. The workshop will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at

120 E. 18th St., Costa Mesa. Information and reservations: (949)

413-1567, ckmesser@earthlink.net, https://www.myofascial therapy.org.

Nike will host a Club Run for walkers and marathoners at 6:30

p.m. at Niketown in Triangle Square, 1875 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

The Club Run will feature trainers who will assist runners, along

with product giveaways, trying on shoes for a trial run and an

after-party with food and beverages. Information: (888) 252-6453,

https://www.nike runhitwonder.com.

Upper Newport Bay will present “Crazy Coyotes” from 9 to 9:45

a.m. for children ages 2 to 3 and from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for

children ages 3 to 4 at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center,

2301 University Drive, Newport Beach. The cost is $4 for children

ages 2 to 4. Information and reservations: (949) 923-2275.

Mother’s Market will host “The Magic of Wellness,” a free seminar

by Dr. Donald l. Jolly and The Whitaker Wellness Institute, from 6:30

to 7:30 p.m., in the Patio Cafe. The market is located at 225 E. 17th

St., Costa Mesa. Information and reservations: (800) 595-6667.

The Newport Beach Newcomers will have its monthly meeting at 10

a.m. at the Sherman Garden and Library, 2647 E. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. The group is open to women who have lived in Newport

Beach for less than five years. The cost is $26. Information: (949)

645-9922, https://www.newcomers- newportbeach.org.

APRIL 22

Share Our Selves presents a Wild and Crazy Taco Night to support

its services to the community from 6 to 8 p.m. at 1550 Superior Ave,

Costa Mesa. Thirteen of Orange County’s most prominent chefs will be

participating in the event. Tickets cost $35 to $40. Information:

(949) 642-3451, https://www.shareourselves.org.

APRIL 23

The city of Newport Beach is offering its annual scholarship

program for deserving students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Applications must be returned by 5 p.m. today to the city’s human

resource office at 3300 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. Information and

applications: (949) 644-3301, https://www.city.newport- beach.ca.us.

APRIL 24

The Orange County Astronomers will host an astronomy night from 7

to 9 p.m. at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301

University Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 923-2275.

APRIL 25

The March of Dimes will host Walk America, a 5 1/2 mile walk,

which begins at 7:30 a.m. at Fashion Island. Information: (949)

263-1100 ext. 19, https://www.walkamerica.org.

APRIL 26

Hoag Hospital will offer a community education class on the

factors that contribute to asthma and allergies during the spring.

The class will be at 6 p.m. at the Hoag Hospital Conference Center in

Newport Beach. Information and reservations: (800) 514-4624,

https://www.hoaghospital.org.

APRIL 27

Hoag Hospital will offer a community education class on “Getting

Back to Your Active Lifestyle” presented by Dr. Mark Newman at 6 p.m.

at the Hoag Hospital Conference Center in Newport Beach. Information

and reservations: (800) 514-4624, https://www.hoaghospital.org.

The Casa Teresa Founder’s Guild will present speaker Mary Orsak

during its annual Baby Shower luncheon. The event will be at 10:30

a.m. at the home of Mary Frome, 1 Hermitage Lane, Newport Beach.

Tickets cost $25. Information: (949) 548-2515.