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event, as well as a contact phone number.

TILL OCT. 22

Project Playhouse, a six-week event with elaborate kid-size

playhouses on display and sold at public auction, will be held at

Fashion Island Center in Newport Beach. All the playhouses will be on

display, with village tours on the weekend. The auction is scheduled

for Oct. 22. Info: (949) 553-9510 or o7www.projectplayhouse.org. f7

TILL NOV. 9

The Costa Mesa Cultural Arts Committee is seeking local artists to

display their work at the Artist Showcase, a new event created

specifically to support the local artistic community.

The event is scheduled at 6 p.m., Nov. 10 at the Costa Mesa

Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa.

There is no charge to participate and the event will be open to

the public. Interested artists should call Jana Ransom at (714)

754-5300.

OCT. 13

Chuck Meece, founder of the Wellness Center, will present a free

seminar on fatty acid analysis from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mother’s

Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa Mesa. Info: (949) 631-4741.

Rachel Simon, author of “Riding the Bus with My Sister” will

discuss relationships and communication between people with and

without disabilities. The event is part of UC Irvine’s fourth annual

Disability Awareness Week and is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. at the

Crystal Cove Auditorium, Student Center, UC Irvine campus.

Info: (949) 824-7755, or for disability-related accommodations

(949) 824-1829.

Gabriel Kalomis will sing show tunes at the Thursday Morning

Women’s Club October Friendship Luncheon at 11 a.m. at the Newport

Beach Radisson Hotel, 4545 MacArthur Blvd. The cost is $23 for lunch

and the show. Info: (714) 960-4504.

OCT. 15

Stacia Deutsch, author of the children’s book “Blast to the Past:

Bell’s Beakthrough,” will discuss and sign the book at 10 a.m. at

Barnes & Noble, Metro Pointe, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

Info: (714) 444-0226.

Firoozeh Dumas, author of “Funny in Farsi,” will discss and sign

the book at 11 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, Metro Pointe, 901 South Coast

Drive, Costa Mesa. Info: (714) 444-0226.

Gregg Hurwitz, author of “Trouble Shooter,” will discuss and sign

the book at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, Metro Pointe, 901 South

Coast Drive, Costa Mesa. Info: (714) 444-0226.

Amy Gibson, former “General Hospital” and “The Young & the

Restless” star, will be at the Amrican Cancer Society’s Hope, Health

and Healing symposium. Gibson will advise women about hair

replacement options -- she has been bald since age 13 from an

auto-immune disease called Alopecia Areata.

The symposium is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Fairmont Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 476-2001.

The Parrot Education and Adoption Center will present a seminar on

“Reading Your Parrot’s Body Language” from 1 to 3 p.m. at the

Balearic Community Center, 1975 Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. Info:

(619) 287-8200 or o7www.peac.org.

f7A Wheelchair Rugby Exhibition to benefit disabled students is

scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. in Orange Coast College’s Peterson

Gymnasium, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Admission is $3.

Information: (714) 432-5505.