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Give Thanks with Toast Kitchen + Bakery: Pie + Pint Presale
11.05.20
Toast Kitchen + Bakery, a Costa Mesa dining staple, is here to take some of the holiday stress away! This season, Chef John Park and his team at Toast will be offering an exclusive Pie & Pint presale just in time for Thanksgiving. Featuring nine-inch pies and a pint of their famous homemade ice cream, you’ll have your choice of the following pairings:
- Taro Blueberry Pie with Blueberry Pie Ice Cream
- Apple Pie with Mulled Wine Ice Cream
- POG Pie with Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Sakura Ice Cream
- Chocolate Banana Cream Pie with Thai Tea Ice Cream
These sweet holiday combinations are available for just $39 each and can be pre-ordered from Sunday, November 1 until Sunday, November 22 and all order pick-ups will take place on Wednesday, November 25 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Orders can be placed in-person, online at toastkitchenbakery.com, via email at info@toastkitchenbakery.com, or by phone at 949.873.5057.
Toast Kitchen + Bakery is at 1767 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa.
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LAGUNA ART MUSEUM COMMISSIONS PATRICK SHEARN FOR ART & NATURE INSTALLATION
11.04.20
Laguna Art Museum will present the eight annual Art & Nature, a multidisciplinary exploration of art’s many and various engagements with the natural world on view through November 15.
In collaboration with the City of Laguna Beach, the museum has commissioned a work of art for Art & Nature – a site-specific multicolored kinetic installation (a “Skynet”) off Main Beach over Main Beach Park. Entitled Sunset Trace, it will seamlessly weave through the palm trees along the shoreline, traversing sections of the walkways and cliffs between the gazebo and Main Beach in a stunning, windburn display. Sunset Trace will be on view through November 15.
Inspired by the graceful murmuration of birds flocking together, or schools of fish coalescing and moving simultaneously, Patrick Shearn’s signature Skynets are a constant reminder of nature moving around us. Suspended using transparent monofilament netting and rigged inconspicuously, the undulating forms appear to levitate in midair, finessed by the unique wind patterns of each site, revealing unseen natural elements in unusual, dramatic ways
Art & Nature serves a number of purposes: to provide a festival of art and ideas for the community; to inspire artists; to find and develop connections between art and science; to raise awareness of environmental issues; and to celebrate Laguna Beach as a center for the appreciation of art and nature. The museum’s executive director, Malcolm Warner, explains why Laguna Art Museum is the ideal organization to conceive, develop, and present the popular program:
“The theme of Art & Nature speaks particularly to the identity of Laguna Beach, which for over a hundred years has been a center for art, the appreciation of nature, and environmental awareness. In 1929, when the Laguna Beach Art Association built an art gallery to show and sell their work, they chose a commanding location on the coastline close to the natural wonders they loved to paint. The present museum occupies the same site. There could be no more appropriate venue in which to explore the art-nature connection.”
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