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Candle shop hosts holiday fun for kids

Pure Light, a new nature-inspired candle and gathering studio at 821 Laguna Canyon Road, will host its first annual holiday kids event. The program, “Kids’ Gifts from the Heart,” is for children of all ages and will be feature 13 days of special activities focused on creativity, kindness and wellness.

Kids’ candle making kicks off the creative gift-making series. “Kids love the sensory experience of making their very own candles,” store owner Judy Kelly said. “They love to touch the wax, smell the fragrances, pick out different designs and shapes to insert, and watch their candles being poured with hot wax.”

During Kids Week, kids ages 4 to 17 can bring their hard-earned money (or their parents’) and receive a 10% savings.

Arlene Jones will be on site to assist the kids with handmade holiday card-making workshops Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. Jones will also lead a holiday ornament making workshop Dec. 5 where kids can create original keepsake ornaments.

Pure Light also presents Mini Yogis founder Shana Meyerson who will teach a Dec. 1 class in Pure Light’s ceremony room. Kids will learn the Yogi Pokey and try poses like Downward Dog and the Tree.

After Mini Yogis, the kids will be treated to raw foods by Chef Jenny, the owner and executive chef at 118 Degrees restaurant at The Camp in Costa Mesa.

She will invite the kids to help her make smoothies with special ingredients like mango, kale leaves, agave and coconut water.

Youth shelter helping kids with ‘wish list’

Pure Light and the Festival Center also have partnered with the Community Service Program Laguna Beach Youth Shelter. They invite the public to help make this a special holiday season for all the children staying at the shelter.

Pure Light has created ornaments with each child’s name, age and holiday wish list written on them.

The ornaments will be hung on a tree located in the back of the Center and the public is encouraged to drop by, choose an ornament off the tree and to purchase gifts on the wish list. The gifts can be dropped off at any of the shops in the Center and will be delivered by Dec. 20. For more information or to register, call (949) 376-7200 or visit www.purelightcompany.com.

AIDS Quilt to be displayed at schools

The Laguna Beach HIV Advisory Committee will display local panels from the AIDS Quilt in the Laguna Beach High School quad during lunchtime Nov. 28.

After school the committee will hold an informational talk with students in the library.

The display will be presented at Thurston Middle School Nov. 30. Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day.

College artists selected for city hall show

Laguna College of Art & Design announced that five college-affiliated artists were selected in this year’s city of Laguna Beach Juried Fine Art Exhibition.

The juror, Laguna Beach gallery owner Peter Blake, selected 33 artworks from a pool of 147 submissions from artists throughout Orange County.

Exhibitors included 2006 alumna Katy Betz, 2003 alumna Anne-Liv Scott, sophomore Ashlee Fletcher, senior Eunice Choi and faculty member Fred Hope.

“Our beret is off to the Arts Commission and Cultural Arts Manager Sian Poeschl for doing one more thing that keeps the buzz going in the visual arts in Laguna Beach.

Great art matters, even on the walls at City Hall. My personal congratulations to the five artists associated with the Laguna College of Art & Design “” you are part of the next generation of great artists,” said college President Dennis Power.

The exhibition is on display through Wednesday at Laguna Beach City Hall, 505 Forest Ave.