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TODAY

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.susanpiritus

gallery.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.cmspeed way.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 & Mortuary 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.

The Newport Beach Film Festival will host a free screenwriting

workshop with moderator Michael Berlin, a screenwriting professor at

Cal State Long Beach. The event will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the

Radisson Hotel, 4545 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Panelists will

include: Steve Oedekerk, Dan O’Bannon, and Michael Urban.

Information: (949) 253-2880, https://www.newportbechfilm

festival.com.

The Newport Beach Film Festival will host a free directing

workshop with moderator Phil Scanlon, director of seminars for the

film festival. The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel, 4545 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Panelists will

include: Brian Dannelly, Jim Fall and Dana Brown. Information: (949)

253-2880, https://www.newportbechfilm

festival.com.

The Newport Beach Film Festival will host a free animation

workshop with moderator Frank Terry, director of character animation

at CalArts animation. The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at the

Radisson Hotel, 4545 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Panelists will

include Ron Husband, Kevin Geiger, Andrew Overtoom, Moon Seun and

Tricia Garcia. Information: (949) 253-2880,

https://www.newportbechfilm

festival.com.

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will present Anthony

Zinni, retired four-star general and former head of U.S. Central

Command, 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. Tickets cost $18. Information: (866) 301-2411,

dsls@western-direct.com, https://www.newportbeach

library.org.

“Divorce: A New Beginning,” a workshop for men and women divorced

or getting divorced, will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 180

Newport Center Drive on the third Saturday of every month. Cost is

$50. Information: (949) 644-6435.

The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will serve hamburgers,

cheeseburgers and hot dogs and the Orange County Model Engineers will

conduct free train rides from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Goat Hill

Junction train station at Fairview Park. Information: (949) 574-0337.

The state Department of Fish and Game will host a viewing of

newborn sharks pups from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Back Bay Science Center,

600 Shellmaker Road, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 640-9959.

SUNDAY

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.horse power promotions.com.

Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary will host the Vietnam Wall

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

Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Closing ceremonies for the

traveling reproduction will be at 2 p.m. at 3500 Pacific View Drive,

Corona del Mar. Information: (949) 644-2700.