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TODAY
“Storytime with Miss Kathy” begins at 10 a.m. at Borders, 1890
Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-8661.
Newport Harbor High School cheerleaders will lead their summer
junior cheer camp from 1 to 3 p.m. through Aug. 18 and from 1 to 1:30
p.m. Aug. 19 at the school. Clinics will include basic cheer
technique and a dance routine. The cost is $95. Information: (949)
645-1641.
TUESDAY
A free bone density screening is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Mother’s, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.
A book discussion group, “We Want Fiction!,” will meet to talk
about Edith Wharton’s “Ethan Frome” at 7 p.m. at Book Soup South
Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Suite 2400, Costa Mesa. Participants
in the group receive 20% off the purchase of the book. Information:
(714) 689-2665.
WEDNESDAY
Toddler Time “Mud and Muck!” is a parent-child learning experience
that has a park ranger teaching, telling stories and employing
hands-on fun for children 2 to 4 beginning at 9 or 10:30 a.m. The
cost is $5 per child, and registration is required. Information:
(949) 923-2275.
National security expert Jonathan Adelman of the University of
Denver Graduate School of International Studies will host a dessert
reception at 7:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center
Drive, Newport Beach. Adelman served as Doctoral Dissertation Advisor
to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. The reception is $36
per person. Information: (714) 957-4540.
Charles Zender, assistant professor of Earth system science at UC
Irvine, will lecture on “The Threat of Global Warming” from 7:30 to 9
p.m. at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria
St., Costa Mesa. The event is free. Information: (949) 646-4652.
THURSDAY
J.Jill will celebrate its grand opening with a fashion show
featuring Anaheim Angels wives and girlfriends, hors d’oeuvres and
cocktails, from 5 to 9 p.m. at South Coast Plaza, second floor in the
Macy’s Home Store wing, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714)
540-5355.
Author Brian Doherty will sign “The Burning Man” at 7 p.m. at Book
Soup South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Suite 2400, Costa Mesa.
Information: (714) 689-2665.
SATURDAY
The Newport Beach Newcomers Club meets the third Wednesday of
every month. This month’s meeting is at 11 a.m. at the Back Bay Cafe,
1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. Additional activities at the club
include bridge, canasta, home and garden, tea ladies, brunch, movies,
golf and tennis. Information: (949) 673-7601.
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