Laguna Tunes to host free concert Laguna...

Laguna Tunes to host free concert

Laguna Tunes will perform a concert on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the

Neighborhood Congregational Church. Co-director Roxana said there

will be a wide range of musical tastes including Broadway hits.

The newly formed community chorus began in the fall and now boasts

40 members, ages 16 to 80, Ward said.

Ward, Pat Kollenda and Lisa Morrice came up with the idea to form

a community chorus. They thought it was missing in the arts.

Co-director Christin Cornell leads the more classical pieces while

Ward directs more of the pop and jazz tunes.

The Neighborhood Congregational Church is at 340 St. Ann’s Drive.

For information, e-mail lagunatunes@aol.com.

Taste for Charity benefit set

The Laguna Board of Realtors and Affiliates will host “A Taste for

Charity,” to benefit groups including the Laguna Beach Community

Clinic, Laguna Shanti and Laguna Outreach Community Arts. Food from

local restaurants will be served and an art auction will be held. The

event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on May 27 at Tivoli Too!

Restaurant, 777 Laguna Canyon Road. Admission will be $25.

Information: (949) 497-2474.

No Square to hold auditions

No Square Theatre will hold auditions for roles in “Babes in

Arms,” a musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The cast will

include characters of all ages.

The play will be directed by Bree Burgess Rosen and Adam Hemming

with choreography by Linda Haylett and Vanessa Schneller. Auditions

will be held by appointment from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 4 and from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 5.

Auditions will be at No Square Theatre’s rehearsal studio at 1863

South Coast Highway. Performances are planned for August. A casting

breakdown is available at https://www.nosquare.org. For an

appointment, call (949) 497-1950 or e-mail director@nosquare.org.

Gina’s to provide festival provisions

Local restaurant Gina’s and the Festival or Arts have reached an

agreement for Gina’s to provide food court service during the summer

festival season.

Gina’s specializes in Italian dining and will open an “al fresco”

location with a new menu at the Festival grounds. At the Festival,

Gina’s is scheduled to be open from 10 a.m. to closing from July 5 to

Aug. 28.

Campbell awarded Eyrich award

Laguna watercolorist, Lu Campbell, won the Ruth Eyrich award and a

$1,000 grant from the Side by Side art exhibition and the National

Watercolor Society for her piece, “African Soul,” a portrait of a

young man from Zimbabwe. The award was as part of the Side by Side --

Works on Paper Exhibition which opened in Glendale on May 1.

College hosts collector’s choice

The Laguna College of Art and Design will host its 15th annual

Collector’s Choice and Fine Arts Exhibition. Paintings, drawings,

sculpture and blown glass from more than 90 artists will be available

for raffle and auction. The event will be a fundraiser for arts

education.

The college’s gallery will be open June 1 through 4 from 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m. and June 5 from 9 to 3 p.m. to preview the artwork.

Collector’s Choice will be held on June 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. The

college is at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road. Admission will be $100.

Parking will be free. Information: (949) 376-6000 ext. 241.