Sawdust skimboard art auction tonight In Project...

Sawdust skimboard art auction tonight

In Project Skimboard, Sawdust Festival exhibitors were given a

blank skimboard to turn into a work of art. The boards will be

auctioned at 7 tonight with the proceeds going to Surfrider

Foundation, Laguna Outreach for Community Arts and the Sawdust Art

Festival’s programs. The fundraiser will feature music by surf band

“The Eliminators.” Sawdust is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road. Information:

(949) 494-3030.

Gallimaufry presents ‘A Chorus Line’

Gallimaufry Performing Arts presents “A Chorus Line,” Michael

Bennett’s tale of Broadway’s gypsies (chorus line dancers), which won

a Pulitzer, the New York Drama Critics Award, nine Tonys and became

the longest-running show in Broadway history. Marvin Hamlisch and

Edward Kleban’s score includes “Nothing,” “The Music and the Mirror,”

“Dance: Ten, Looks: Three,” “What I Did for Love” and “One.” Musical

direction by Roxana Ward, choreography by Luis Avila and produced and

directed by Steve Josephson. Performances are at 8 tonight and

Saturday at the Artists’ Theatre, 625 Park Ave. Tickets are $20 for

adults and $15 for seniors and students. For tickets or information,

call (949) 499-5060 or online at o7https://www.gallimaufry.info.f7

‘Surf’s Up’ at Festival of Arts on Saturday

The Festival of Arts is having its “Surf’s Up” day from noon to 4

p.m. Saturday. The event celebrates the history of surfing and the

unique California lifestyle, including tidepool and marine life

programs with an aquarium on wheels, custom painted and vintage

surfboards surf related art, music by The Eliminators surf band, an

exhibit of Woody cars and screenings of Greg McGillivray surf film

“Five Summer Stories” in the Forum Theatre. Event activities are free

with admission.

Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Road. Information, call (949)

494-1145.

Concerts at Bluebird Park continue

Sunday marks the third concert of the eight-week season of the

2005 Summer Concert Series at Bluebird Park, with folk music

performed by Jason Feddy will be on Sunday. The concerts are free and

go from 5 to 7 p.m. Bluebird Park is at the corner of Bluebird Drive

and Cress Street. For information, call (949) 497-0722.

Laguna Art Museum receives grant

Laguna Art Museum will receive a $150,000 grant from the federal

Institute of Museum and Library Services, as part the Institute’s

Museums for America program. The Institute is an independent Federal

grant-making agency dedicated to libraries and museums that serve

their communities.

One hundred and sixty nine museums were awarded $16,859,240 under this highly competitive Museums for America grant program. The

largest federal grant program for museums in the country, the

Institute received 543 applications requesting more than $50 million.

The Museum will use the grant money for a three-year plan titled

California Art of the Century II: Reclaiming a Museum’s Cultural

Identity and Legacy. The plan includes two major new exhibitions,

William Wendt: A Retrospective and An Idiosyncratic History: Laguna

Art Museum’s Permanent Collection of California Art. Both exhibitions

are centerpieces of the Museum’s 90th Anniversary celebration in

2008. Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive. Information: (949)494-8971.

Playhouse place

for new musical

“The Musical of Musicals -- The Musical” is being performed

through Sept. 4 at Laguna Playhouse. See the West Coast premiere of

the sensational new musical that celebrates and satirizes Rogers and

Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerry Herman and

Kander and Ebb.

Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. Information: (949)

497-ARTS. Tickets are $20 to $59.

Museum plans

docent class

Laguna Art Museum is looking for new members for its Docent Corps

to conduct informative tours and educational outreach about the

museum’s exhibitions for adults, children, and a variety of schools

and organizations.

An informational tea will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11,

and weekly provisional training will begin in October.

Contact Dana Solow, curator of education at (949) 494-8971, ext.

207.

Artists help artists with ‘Tie One On’

Festival of Arts will host its 5th annual “Tie One On” benefit

from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 13. The artists design original artwork

using a tie as their canvas.

All proceeds go to the artists in need fund, which offers

financial assistance to artists who have suffered as a result of

financial or health hardship.

Laguna Beach artist and Arts Commission chair Mike Tauber will be

the auctioneer. More than 100 ties will be auctioned with a starting

bid of $50. Festival of Arts is at 650 Laguna Canyon Road.