BRIEFLY IN ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Wyland closes one of three galleries

Artist Wyland’s 509 Forest Ave. retail gallery has closed.

The artist’s Laguna Canyon and S. Coast Highway galleries will remain open.

For more information, call (949) 376-8000 or visit www.wyland.com.

Band partners with Art Walk for music

First Thursdays Art Walk has partnered with the Laguna Community Concert Band to have musical accompaniment at several of its member galleries during the monthly event.

The band’s clarinet group will perform at Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, 354 N. Coast Highway, Aug. 2 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in 30-minute intervals, along with the Bowling Group, which will perform at Kush Fine Art, 357 S. Coast Highway.

For more information on Art Walk, call (949) 683-6871 or visit www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com.

Gallery hosts Live Earth murals

Endangered Planet Gallery, 384 Forest Ave., Suite 13, is showing a 10--by-5- mural, “Live Earth,” painted by Art Miles Mural Project co-founder and director Joanne Tawfilis, which made its worldwide debut at the Live Earth concert at Giant Stadium in New York on July 7.

The mural was painted for the event following an invitation from Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection.

Beginning Aug. 2, the gallery will present a rotating display of environmentally themed Art Miles banners, including the “Live Earth” mural.

The 10-year project in support of UNESCO will exhibit in Egypt at the pyramids in 2010, with 12 miles of murals created around the world being joined together.

Endangered Planet founder Charles Michael Murray was appointed to be the project’s Environmental Mile director earlier this year.

Different murals will be displayed each week at his gallery through Sept. 31, including a new mural that will be created at this year’s Burning Man festival.

For more information, call (949) 497-5690 or visit www.endangeredplanet.org.

230 Forest Avenue exhibits pastels

The restaurant 230 Forest Avenue will hold a new summer art exhibit, “Tunnel Vision: The Pastel Paintings of German Artist Daggi Wallace,” through Aug. 15. The exhibition features Laguna’s coastline and surf scene.

For more information on the restaurant, call (949) 494-2545 or visit www.230ForestAvenue.com.

Playhouse tickets go on sale Aug. 5

Single tickets to upcoming Laguna Playhouse shows “Art” (Sept. 11 -- Oct. 14) and “Lost Highway” (Nov. 13 -- Dec. 16) go on sale Aug. 5.

“Art” has won the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony Award; “Lost Highway” has been described by Rolling Stone magazine as “a rare achievement in musical theater.”

For more information, call (949) 497-2787 or visit www.lagunaplayhouse.com.