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MONDAY
“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.
TUESDAY
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 offer 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.
WEDNESDAY
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.nikerunhit
wonder.com.
THURSDAY
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.
Round Table West will host a luncheon with guests Kathleen Sharp,
author of “Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and their
Entertainment Empire,” Jim Jorgensen, author of “It’s Never Too Late
to Get Rich,” and Julienne Smith, author of “Food for Talk.” The
luncheon will begin at noon at the Newport Beach Country Club, 1600
E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Tickets cost $45. Information and
reservations: (323) 256-7977.
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
FRIDAY
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.
The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will present Anthony
Zinni, retired four-star general and former head of the U.S. Central
Command, 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.newportbeach
library.org.
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