* Send AROUND TOWN items to the...

* Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower Ave.,

Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to jeff.benson@latimes.com; by fax to

(714) 966-4679; or by calling (714) 966-4617. Include the time, date

and location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

A free Christmas concert will be performed by the Orange Coast

College Wind Ensemble. The 6:30 p.m. show will be at the Orange Coast

College Student Center, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information:

(714) 432-5985.

FRIDAY

Running coach Arthur Lydiard of New Zealand will discuss training

principles at a 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. clinic at Orange Coast College’s

Science Hall, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. (714) 432-5890.

SATURDAY

A Christmas concert with tenor Christopher Campbell and organist

Charles Welling will be held at 4 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Seventh-Day

Adventist Church, 271 Avocado Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

548-6596.

SUNDAY

A Christmas concert by the St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Choir and

Orchestra will include works by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky and a

Christmas Carol sing-along. The 4 p.m. concert will be at St.

Andrew’s Church, 600 St. Andrew’s Road, Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 574-2284.

DEC. 22

Donations of food, money and toys will be collected by the Costa

Mesa Police Department to be given to needy families. Donations will

be accepted from 3 to 8 p.m. at the West Side Substation, 567 West

18th St. Information: (714) 327-7450.

ONGOING

“Dr. M.P.” will discuss love skills at 7 p.m. on the first and

third Tuesdays of the month at University Towers, 4199 Campus Drive,

Suite 550, Irvine. Information: (949) 725-3366.

Life drawing workshops are held from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to

4 p.m. Saturdays at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $5 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occtickets.com.

A “Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement” workshop will

be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 16 at Orange Coast

College’s Science Room 169, and from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays through

Nov. 11 at the college’s Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $69. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occtickets.com.

The Inter-generational Troupe of Actors workshop meets from 3:15

to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse, 611 Hamilton

St., Costa Mesa. The free workshop is comprised of people of all ages

who want to perform and study drama. Interviews are required.

Information: (714) 841-1733.

The Newport Beach Cake Decorating Club meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays

at the Versailles Apartments, Hospital Road and Superior Avenue.

Information: (949) 650-1332.

The Newport Beach Spanish Club meets at 1 p.m. Mondays and

Saturdays at the Versailles Apartments, Hospital Road and Superior

Avenue. Information: (949) 650-1332.

“Storytime with Miss Kathy” begins at 10 a.m. Mondays at Borders,

1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-8661.