Sawdust Winter Fantasy’s final weekend The 14th...

Sawdust Winter Fantasy’s final weekend

The 14th annual Sawdust Winter Fantasy will feature 173 artists

working in diverse media with works for sale. Entertainment, food and

beverages activities and art classes for children and adults are

available for free with paid admission.

Sawdust Winter Fantasy, 935 Laguna Canyon Road, will be 10 a.m. to

6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. One time adult admission is $4.50 or

$5.50 for unlimited access. Entry is $2 for children 6 to 12 and free

for children 5 and younger. For information, call (949) 494-3030 or

go to https://www.sawdustartfestival.org.

Marine Mammal Center holiday fundraiser today

Pacific Marine Mammal Center will host its fifth annual Holiday

Gathering fundraiser from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today to benefit animal

care and education programs. The family-oriented event will feature

an open house, behind the scenes tours, carnival games, marine mammal

arts and crafts, an opportunity drawing and silent auction.

Tickets are $12 for nonmembers, $10 for members and $8 for

children 12 and under. The event is at Pacific Marine Mammal Center,

20612 Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call (949) 494-3050.

Holiday musical at youth theater opens today

The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre will perform the world premiere

of the musical “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,” today

through Sunday and Dec. 17, 18 and 19. The musical is based on the

book by “The Wizard of Oz” creator L. Frank Baum. “The Life and

Adventures of Santa Claus,” is about how Santa discovered his true

calling.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays and 1 and 5 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $19 for adults 14 and

older and $16 for children ages 5 to 13. Children under 5 are not

admitted. Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. For information,

call (949) 497-2787 or online at https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com.

Community Concert Band holiday show Sunday

Laguna Community Concert Band will perform its holiday program

from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Laguna Beach High School’s Artists’

Theatre, 625 Park Ave.

The free concert will include traditional favorites along with

Bach’s classic “Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and “Feliz Navidad,”

“Happy Hanukkah,” and many others. The SwingSet will play jazz

holiday songs. Highlights include a solo by 12-year-old Sophia Tupy

and several pieces led by Pat Kollenda.

For more information, call (949) 497-0986.

[seven-degrees] displays a winter wonderland

[seven-degrees] gallery is displaying its annual holiday Winter

Wonderland installation through mid January. The gallery has been

transformed into a winter scene with deep blue lights, multi-media

projections, elaborate chandeliers, ornaments and decorative lighting

fixtures.

The gallery will also feature the three dimensional work of

resident artist Willie O’Leary, who has created a series of unusual

hanging lamps and large ornaments to enhance the wonderland

installation. [seven-degrees] is at 891 Laguna Canyon Road. For

information, call (949) 376-1555.

Art Studios open for holiday shopping

Artists John Barber, Olivia Batchelder, Sue Callaway, Gavin Heath,

Jason and Nicole McQuaid, Sian and Troy Poeschl, Marsh Scott and

David Sullenger will open their studios from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec.

18 for holiday shopping.

Artwork includes silk clothing, accessories, blown glass, glass

jewelry, fused glass, paintings, wood and sculpture. For more

information, call (949) 497-4942.

South Coast Singers bring on the winter magic

South Coast Singers will have it’s “Winter Magic” concert at 4

p.m. Saturday at the Festival of Arts’ Forum Theater, 650 Laguna

Canyon Road.

The concert will include a 60 member chorus, an orchestra and many

soloists performing a variety of contemporary, jazz, traditional and

classic holiday music.

Advance tickets are $15 or $18 at the door. Children 6 and under

are free. For tickets or information, call (949) 460-4144.

Laguna Beach Chorale to perform concert

The Laguna Beach Chorale will present its holiday concert at 2

p.m. Dec. 19 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 428 Park Ave.

The concert will include Bach’s “Christmas Cantana,” Mozart’s

“Exusultate Jubliate” and many others.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students and

seniors. Free child care during the concert. For information, call

(949) 499-3894.

Pageant of the Masters tickets now on sale

Tickets to the Pageant of the Masters, which sells out every

summer, went on sale Dec. 1. This year’s pageant “On the Road -- A

Crash Course in Art and Popular Culture” will run at 8:30 p.m. July 7

through Sept. 1 with a gala benefit performance Aug. 27. Tickets are

$15 to $80 and $50 to $300 to the gala. For tickets or information,

call (949) 494-1145 or online at https://www.pageanttickets.com.

Wells Fargo hosts Festival of Arts poster exhibit

A retrospective of Festival of Arts event posters from the past 20

years is on exhibit through Jan. 7 at Wells Fargo Bank on the second

floor, 260 Ocean Ave. Admission is free.

Poster prints can be purchased for $10 to $15 and are available

online at www.lagunafestivalofarts.org. For information, call (949)

464-4282.

New LPAPA juried exhibit and sale set

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. will have a juried exhibit and

sale “Artists Indoors” through Jan. 3 at the plein air painters

studio, 3251 Laguna Canyon Road.

“Artists Indoors” is Laguna Plein Air painters first exhibit of 65

artists’ interior work, featuring still lifes, portraits, nudes and

figures.

For more information, call (949) 376-3635.

Film Society screening set for Thursday

The Laguna Beach Film Society will screen “Yoshino’s Barber Shop,”

a comedy from Japan, at the South Coast Cinema, 162 S. Coast Highway

at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Writer-director Naoko Ogigami attended USC Film School; this is

her first feature and it has attracted attention and won awards at

various international film festivals.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres will begin at 6 p.m. with the film

following. Post-film discussion and coffee will take place

immediately after the screenings.

Laguna Beach Film Society has annual memberships or individual

tickets are $15 for general public and $12 for museum members. For

information, call (949) 494-8971 Ext. 201.