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

TODAY

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. Admission will cost $5.

Information: (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.

Volunteers are needed to plant native plants at Shellmaker Island.

Volunteers will meet from 9 a.m. to noon near the Exotic Hut,

Shellmaker Island, 600 Shellmaker Road, Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 640-0286.

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. Tickets will

cost $10. Information: (949) 574-2284.

“‘Tis the Season” will be a family-themed Christmas performance by

the Pacific Chorale. The Pacific Symphony and the Southern California

Children’s Chorus will also perform. The 5 p.m. concert will be at

Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets will cost

$20 to $100. Information: (714) 556-2787.

Costa Mesa High School cheerleaders will wrap gifts and accept toy

donations for the Costa Mesa Fire Department’s Spark of Love program

from 4 to 8 p.m. The event will be at Skosh Monahan’s Steakhouse and

Irish Pub, 2000 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

548-0099.

WEDNESDAY

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 or https://www.friendsofoasis.org/

tsplayers.

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. (949) 631-8661.

Champagne brunches are held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays at

the Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Costa Mesa. The cost is

$39, plus tax and gratuity, and the price includes house champagne.

The champagne of the month is an additional $15. (949) 476-2001.

“Friday Nights Unplugged” are held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays

in the Sutton Place Hotel’s Trianon Lounge, 4500 MacArthur Blvd.,

Newport Beach. Gerald Ishibashi and guests perform weekly. (949)

476-2001.