Final weekend for art festivals The Festival...
Final weekend for art festivals
The Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters closed yesterday
while the Sawdust Art Festival and Art-a-Fair will run through
Sunday.
Sawdust entertainment highlights: today, Santa Claus will visit
the Sawdust from 10 a.m. to noon. Lisa Haley and the Zydekatz will
perform Cajun and zydeco from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday the “Art on Stage” game show will be from 4 to 5:30 and
World Anthem will perform reggae from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Sunday local favorite Missiles of October will perform rock and
roll from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The Sawdust Art Festival’s winter art show “Winter Fantasy” will
be on Nov. 10, 19, 25, 26, 27 and Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11.
The Sawdust is at 935 Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call
(949)494-3030.
Art-a-Fair is at 777 Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call
(949) 494-4514.
Sawdust artists pick favorites
The Sawdust Art Festival’s 212 artists evaluated each other’s work
and voted for the best artists at the festival in each medium.
Sculptor Dion Wright won Best Artist Overall.
First place winners for each medium were: John Barber, glass;
Michele Taylor, art glass design, mixed media; Walter Reiss,
ceramics; Olivia Batchelder and Edith Otto, (tie) clothing and
textiles; Ray Caruso, scrimshaw, diverse media; Don Beres, jewelry;
Scott Moore, painting; Susan Dysinger and Julita Jones, (tie)
printmaking; Mike Kelly, photography; and James Koch, sculpture.
Katlin Evans, painting, tied for first place for Best New Artist
with Jessica DeStefano, sculpture and mixed media; Rob Gage,
photography and Erik Konicki, mixed media.
Bluebird Park concerts continue
Sunday marks the seventh concert of the eight-week season of the
2005 Summer Concert Series with Soundbytes playing soul and popular
music for the final Bluebird Park concert from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. On
Sept. 11, the concert moves to Riddle Field, with Savor playing
Santana’s best from 4 to 6 p.m.
Concerts are free. Information, call (949) 497-0722.
City hosts annual Palette Competition
The City’s Arts Commission is holding its annual holiday Palette
Competition. Artists are provided with a prepared 4-by-3-foot wooden
palette to paint original artwork. The completed palettes are
displayed throughout the city during the holiday season.
Entries will be accepted from Laguna Beach residents, artists
having a studio in Laguna Beach or showing in a Laguna Beach gallery,
students attending Laguna Beach schools, Laguna College and artists
exhibiting in Laguna’s festivals.
Submit a horizontal palette design on 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper, in color, within the border of a palette outline. Include the palette
indent as integral to the design.
The deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 7. Entrees need to be delivered to
Cultural Arts Manager Sian Poeschl at 505 Forest Ave. Entrees will be
judged by the commission based on creativity and appropriateness.
Honorarium is $300 for each selected design. For information, call
(949) 497-0722.
Comedy workshop ready to laugh it up
Stand-up comic, producer and talent booker Lynn Epstein will be
teaching a Comedy Writing and Performance Workshop for adults and
teens 16 and older from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 17 and Oct.
1, 8 and 15.
Learn how to write original comedy, perform on stage and get
booked. Classes culminate in a Comedy Night Showcase Oct. 19 with
students’ original performances. Class fee is $200. Class size is
limited. For information, e-mail o7lynnsfunny@earthlink.netf7. or
go online to o7https://www.lynnepstein.com.f7
Concert to benefit ocean awareness
Blue Water is presenting “Common Sense” an ocean awareness
concert, commemorating the lives lost on Sept. 11 at Moss Point from
4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11. The event will feature Common Sense, Brett
Dennen, Evren Ozan and more. Tickets are $75 VIP, $30 for adults, $20
for students and $15 for kids 12 and under. A portion of the proceeds
will be donated to Surfrider and ocean-related nonprofits. For
tickets call (949) 842-2260 or e-mail bluewaterevents@yahoo.com.
Center sponsors a sunset cruise benefit
Join Pacific Marine Mammal Center and the Orange County Parrot
Head Club for a sunset cruise fundraiser for the marine mammal center
at Newport Harbor aboard the Phoenix, featuring food, cocktails, live
music by Unkle Monkey, dancing under the stars, a silent auction and
opportunity drawing tickets.
The benefit sets sail from 5:30 p.m. for boarding and runs from 6
to 9 p.m. Sept. 15 aboard The Phoenix (docked at Balboa Fun Zone,
just east of Balboa Pier.) Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the
door.
Make reservations in advance, space is limited. Must be 18 and
older. Send checks to PMMC, 20612 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach,
CA 92651 or call (949) 494-3050
Club Django to perform
Laguna Beach Live! presents the gypsy jazz music of Club Django
from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15. Club Django is Southern California’s
foremost proponent of the music of the Belgian born gypsy guitarist,
Django Reinhardt, who developed his own style of swing music. $10
cover charge; wines by the glass and tapas available for purchase.
The group will perform at the Rose Garden of the Hotel Laguna, 425 S.
Coast Highway. Information: (949) 715-9713.
Splash fundraiser set for Sept. 24
Aids Services Foundation 20th annual Slash extravaganza
“Splashback to The Starlite Drive-In” is a double feature with
tickets available for a sneak preview event starting at 7 p.m. with
the show at 8 p.m. Sept. 23 and the main event from 6 to 11 p.m.
Sept. 24.
On Festival of Arts grounds, glitz and gla.m.our will join forces
to make the biggest splash in Aids Services Foundation 20 year
history. Cocktails, casino ga.m.es and “The Route 66 Silent Auction”
will all lead to dinner al fresco followed by the new, must-see
high-energy musical production co-chaired by Aids Services board
members Ken Jillson, Jorge Rodriguez, M.D. and Judy Fluor-Runels. “
“It will be very ‘A.m.ericana,’ right down to the drive-in movie,”
Jillson said.
Tickets are $50 and $100 for reserved seating for the sneak
preview Sept. 23. Tickets to the main event “Splashback to The
Starlite Drive-In” Sept. 24 are $250 for individuals with donor
progra.m.s ranging from $1,200 to $25,000 for 12 VIP guests.
Festival of Arts is at 650 Laguna Canyon Road. For donor
progra.m.s or tickets, call Mary Landon at (949) 809-8760.
Evening to benefit homeless program
The Friendship Shelter, an Orange County adult homeless
rehabilitation program and emergency shelter, is joining forces with
Luther Hughes and The Cannonball/Coltrane Project for “Jazz by the
Sea in Laguna” at the Madison Square & Garden Cafe from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sept. 25.
The evening will include a New Orleans-style menu, hosted wine bar
and silent auction. Tickets are $100 for individuals and $180 per
couple. Proceeds will support the Friendship Shelter’s progra.m.s.
Madison Square & Garden Cafe is at 320 North Coast Highway. For
reservations, call Jennifer Miller at (949) 494-6928 ext. 14 or
online at www.friendshipshelter.org.
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