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TODAY

Hoag Hospital orthopedic surgeon Steven Gausewitz will speak on

ceramic joint replacement at 6 p.m. at Hoag Conference Center, One

Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. The discussion is free, and reservations

are required. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

UC Irvine professor and Nobel Laureate Sherwood Rowland will speak

on how abrupt climate changes relate to global warming at 6:30 p.m.

at Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado St., Newport Beach.

Admission is free. Information: (949) 760-1333.

WEDNESDAY

The Newport Beach Public Library will hold a free 2004-05

Manuscripts Book Discussion Group at 9:15 a.m. in its Friends Meeting

Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. The discussion will focus on

Monique Truong’s “The Book of Salt.” Information: (949) 717-3800,

option 2.

Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Ensign and Corona del Mar

middle schools and Our Lady Queen of Angels School are invited for

canoeing and kayaking at NAC Day on the Bay, from 2 to 5 p.m. at

Newport Aquatic Center, 1 White Cliffs Drive, Newport Beach. The cost

is $5. Information: (949) 644-3156.

Speak Up Newport will hold a Newport Beach City Council Candidates

Forum beginning at 6 p.m. in the Commodores’ Room at the Newport

Beach Yacht Club, 1099 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Speakers include

candidates Steve Rosansky, Catherine Emmons, John Earl Buttolph,

Steve Bromberg, Dolores Otting and John Heffernan. Neighbors and

friends are invited. A reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.

Information: (949) 224-2266.

Hoag Hospital OB/GYN Deborah Grouse will speak about pregnancy

after 35 at 6:30 p.m. at Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive,

Newport Beach. The discussion is free and reservations are required.

Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

Journalist Bill Sardi will present a free seminar, “Why Most

Post-Menopausal Women Fail Their Bone Density Test,” from 6:30 to

7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 631-4741.

THURSDAY

New York playwright and theater director Moises Kaufman will speak

at 1:30 p.m. at Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theater, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Admission is free. The lecture will be

followed by an interdisciplinary panel discussion featuring OCC

faculty members. Information: https://www.occ.cccd.edu.

The seventh annual Fire and Lifeguard Appreciation Beach Party

will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Newport Dunes Resort, 1131 Back Bay

Drive, Newport Beach. The event will feature live music, a barbecue

dinner and a no-host bar on the bay. Admission is $30. Information:

(949) 729-4400.

Chef Richard Reilly will demonstrate low-fat, low-salt cooking for

flavorful and easy meal preparation at 6 p.m. at Hoag Conference

Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. The discussion is free, and

reservations are required. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

“American Dreams” star Arlen Escarpeta will sign autographs from 6

to 8 p.m. at Robinson’s-May South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. Guests will also receive a gift with Perry Ellis

purchases. Information: (714) 546-9321.

Vandana Soni and Franca Carmona will host a free seminar, “The

Healing Power of Ayurvedic Cooking,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at

Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

631-4741.

Violet Woodhouse, attorney and author of “Divorce & Money: How to

Make the Best Decisions During Divorce,” will speak on “Prenuptial

Agreements -- Changes in the Law,” at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

717-3800, option 2 or https://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.

FRIDAY

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s black-tie dinner/dance

event, “The Gala Celebration of the Century,” runs from 6 to 11 p.m.

at The Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

Tickets are $250. Information: (949) 675-0501.

SATURDAY

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host a seminar, “How Money Works,”

from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at Orange Coast

College’s Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

www.occtickets.com.

Author Elizabeth Plourde will lecture on “Women’s Health Care &

Hormone Replacement Therapy,” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Orange

Coast College’s Business Education Room 104, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $29 per person or $49 per couple.

Information: (714) 432-5880 or www.occtickets.com.

“The Art of Flowers” annual fall art and flower festival will be

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UC Irvine Arboretum, south of Campus

Drive and Jamboree Road on the UCI North Campus. Admission is $2.

Children under 12 get in free. Information: (949) 824-5833.

The 43rd annual Sandcastle Contest will take place from 11 a.m. to

4 p.m. at Corona del Mar State Beach. The contest is limited to 45

teams of eight people each, and is open to all skill levels. The cost

per team is $60 for architecture firms, $40 for all other businesses

and $30 for families and other organizations. Information: (949)

729-4400.

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s “Centennial Beach

Party” is held from 4 to 9 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar State Beach.

Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.

SUNDAY

The Orange County Interfaith Council will hold an

interdenominational church service on Big Corona del Mar State Beach

from 9 to 10 a.m. to coincide with the Corona del Mar Centennial

Celebration. Parking will be available at the beach and at Oasis

Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s “Centennial Family

Beach Expo” will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar

State Beach. Events include a 10 a.m. pancake breakfast, surf

lessons, a beach volleyball tournament, exhibits and children’s

activities. Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.

The “Fall Fair and Pumpkin Patch” is held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

at the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The

event includes live music, pumpkin sales, food, nature crafts and

games, a scavenger hunt, a silent auction and an opportunity drawing.

Information: (949) 645-8489.

The 19th annual Great Chefs of Orange County Food and Wine

Extravaganza is held from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Balboa Bay

Club & Resort, 1221 W. Coast Hwy., Newport Beach. Tickets are $150

for the main event and $250 for the event and a caviar and champagne

VIP reception with the chefs. Information: (800) 747-5527.

MONDAY

Hoag Hospital cardiologist Richard Haskell will discuss the latest

advances in the treatment of heart disease at 6 p.m. at Hoag

Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. The discussion is

free, and reservations are required. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

OCT. 19

Financial advisor Laura Tarbox will hold a free “It’s Your Money”

seminar from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library,

1000 Avocado Ave. Refreshments will be provided and reservations

aren’t required. Information: (949) 717-3890.

Herbologist Mark Kaylor will host a free seminar, “Digestion --

The Foundation for Health and Healing,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at

Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

631-4741.

The Surfrider Foundation’s Newport Beach chapter will hold a

meeting, “Campaign Against the Plastic Plague,” at 7 p.m. at

Margaritaville, 2332 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Information:

(310) 849-1964.

OCT. 20

The Newport Beach Newcomers Club meets the third Wednesday of

every month. This month, fashion designer Christine Richey will

showcase the Yearsley Collection’s fall fashions, including clothing

and accessories, at 10 a.m. at the Sea Island Clubhouse. Lunch will

be served. Information: (949) 673-7601.

U.S. Medicare and Medicaid Operations official Donna Dymon will

speak on the Medicare-approved Drug Discount Card, enrollment in the

discount card program and how to determine which card is right for

you, at 3:30 p.m. at Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport

Beach. The discussion is free, and reservations are required.

Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

Museum volunteer Roger Freely will speak about the importance of

saving the states’ museums at a 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Costa Mesa

Historical Society, 1870 Anaheim Ave., Costa Mesa. Doors open at 7

p.m. Information: (949) 631-5918.

OCT. 21

Environmental Nature Center founder Robert House will host a free

tour of the center and talk about its plant communities from noon to

1:30 p.m. at 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. Bring a sack lunch.

Information: (949) 645-8489.

Dr. Michael Schwartz will host a free seminar, “Cardiovascular

Health,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th

St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

OCT. 22

Allan Schoenherr, author of “A Natural History of California,”

will speak on California’s Colorado Desert from 6 to 7 p.m. at the

Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The event

is in celebration of the center’s new Sonoran Desert Oasis plant

community. Information: (949) 645-8489.

OCT. 23

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host a seminar, “How Money Works,”

from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at Orange Coast

College’s Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

www.occtickets.com.

A loan signing agent seminar is held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at

Orange Coast College’s Business Education Room 103, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $154. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

www.occtickets.com.

Project Cuddle, which saves babies from abandonment, will hold its

fourth annual Costume Ball at the Wyndham Hotel, 3350 Avenue of the

Arts, Costa Mesa. The event includes dinner, entertainment and a

silent auction. Information: (714) 432-9681.

A volunteer from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will

host a free seminar on breast health at 9 a.m. at the Athletic Club

for Women, 2036 Quail St., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

852-8655.

Christ Lutheran Church’s Fall Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. at 760 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. The event includes food,

entertainment, games, live and silent auctions, a book fair, a rock

wall, a bake shop and more. Information: (949) 548-6866.

The Providence Speech and Hearing Center will hold a costume ball,

“The Ball of the Fall -- The Magic of Movies,” from 6 p.m. to

midnight at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, 1221 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. The event will feature a red-carpet walk, a silent

auction, food, drinks, dancing and entertainment. Reserved seating

tickets are $250. Information: (949) 923-1534.

A 20-year reunion for Newport Harbor High School’s class of 1984

will meet from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Pacific Club, 4110

MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Organizers are also looking for

classmates and need assistance in tracking them down. Information:

https://www.nhhs84.com.

OCT. 24

“Pumpkins and Pancakes -- A Children’s Halloween Extravaganza”

will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. in the Crate and Barrel and Macy’s

Home Store wing of South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Children may come in costume. The event benefits abused and neglected

children served by Court Appointed Special Advocates programs of

Orange County. Information: (714) 435-2171.

The Southwest Coordinating Committee will celebrate B’nai B’rith’s

161st anniversary with a gala luncheon and awards presentation at 11

a.m. at the Wyndham Hotel, 3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa. The

cost is $35. Information: (714) 892-5906.

The Center for Spiritual Discovery will host a “Radical

Forgiveness Workshop” from 1 to 6 p.m. at 2850 Mesa Verde Drive East,

Costa Mesa. Colin Tipping, author of “Radical Forgiveness: Making

Room for the Miracle,” offers forgiveness techniques. The cost is

$65. Information: (714) 754-7399, Ext. 23.

OCT. 25

The Orange Coast College Benefit Golf Tournament is held at Mesa

Verde Country Club, 3000 Clubhouse Road, Costa Mesa. Sponsorships

will benefit the Orange Coast College Foundation. For information and

tee times, call (714) 432-5707.

OCT. 26

MSNBC.com online columnist Peter Greenburg will sign and discuss

his new book, “Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective,” at 7 p.m. in

the Friends Meeting Room at Newport Beach Central Library, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. The cost is $12, or $10 for Library

Foundation members and $5 for students. Information: (949) 717-3890.

The Zen Center of Orange County offers a “Zen JumpStart” program

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. through Dec. 5 at 120 E. 18th St., Costa Mesa.

The sessions include group and individual instruction. The cost is

$15. Information: (949) 722-7818 or https://www.zcoc.org.

OCT. 27

Dr. Andrea Purcell will host a free seminar, “Painful and Swollen

Joints Got You in a Pinch?” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Patio

Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

Erika Lynn Quiggans, assistant dean of admissions at Lewis & Clark

College in Portland, Ore., will host Newport-Mesa District College

Night from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair

Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (800) 444-4111.

OCT. 28

Hoag Cancer Center director of program development Nancy Raymon

will hold a free lecture on “Resources for the Lung Cancer Patient”

from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Hoag Cancer Center’s Conference Room A, One

Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 760-5542.

OCT. 29

The Mind Institute will honor top educators and students at its

2004 Education Awards Dinner at 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach.

The guest presenter is California Secretary for Education Richard

Riordan. Information: (949) 640-4000.

A “Halloween Moon Walk” will begin at 7 p.m. at the Environmental

Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. Families are invited to

wear costumes and participate in Halloween activities. The cost is

$3. Information: (949) 645-8489.

OCT. 30

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host a seminar, “How Money Works,”

from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at Orange Coast

College’s Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

www.occtickets.com.

NOV. 1

Col. Stephen Bauer will sign and discuss his new book, “At Ease in

the White House,” at 7 p.m. in the Friends Meeting Room at Newport

Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. The book is

an account of the life of a former military aide in the White House.

The cost is $12, $10 for Library Foundation members and $5 for

students.

NOV. 5

The Volunteer Assn. of Sherman Library and Gardens will hold its

annual holiday open house, “Christmas Past and Present” from 10:30

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 24 in the gift shop, 2647 E. Coast

Highway, Corona del Mar. Information: (949) 673-2261.

NOV. 6

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host the last of five seminars on “How

Money Works,” from 9 a.m. to noon at Orange Coast College’s Business

Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $49

per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or www.occtickets.com.

NOV. 7

Actor and Jewish Natl. Fund spokesperson Hal Linden will be the

master of ceremonies at the “Guardian of Israel Gala,” at 6 p.m. at

the Hilton Hotel, 3050 Bristol St, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

957-4540.

NOV. 8

A Consolidated Plan workshop begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Adams Room

of the Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa.

Information: (714) 754-4892.

NOV. 12

The West Coast Gem & Mineral Show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov.

12 and 13 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Holiday Inn, 3131

S. Bristol St., Costa Mesa. More than 75 vendors will sell fossils,

beads, jewelry, gemstones and more. https://www.mzexpos.com.

NOV. 14

Charles Richards, author of “Karmic Relationships: Healing

Invisible Wounds,” will host a Karmic Relationships Workshop from 1

to 4 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Discovery, 2850 Mesa Verde

Drive East, Costa Mesa. (714) 754-7399, Ext. 23.