TODAY * WHAT: A book-signing and open...

TODAY

* WHAT: A book-signing and open house for the book, “Jinkie’s

Italian Family Kitchen,” written by Connie Jinkie Modnick.

* WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m.

* WHERE: Ziggy’s Optical, 3417 Via Lido, Newport Beach.

* INFORMATION: Modnick has captured three generations of Old World

cooking handed down through her family in her new cook book.

* WHAT: “Redwood Curtain,” a Lanford Wilson play about a Vietnam

veteran living in the woods and a Vietnamese American girl searching

for her father.

* WHEN: 2:30 p.m.

* WHERE: Newport Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport

Beach.

* INFORMATION: Ticket prices will be $15. (949) 631-0288 or

https://ntacconline.com.