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Pretend City’s free School Readiness Fair

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By Greer Wylder
February 19, 2020

Pretend City’s free School Readiness Fair provides families in Southern California with free health screenings checkups, valuable community resources, and opportunities to enroll in local school districts. Health screenings will include hearing, vision, dental, spine, behavioral, body mass index, height and weight, blood pressure, speech and language, and physical and social-emotional development.  The fair will take place on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. At Pretend City Children’s Museum, they believe in supporting healthy childhood development. The School Readiness Fair is part of Pretend City’s child development initiative, Good To Go From Head To Toe!, and made possible by…

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Barefoot IN the Park at Laguna Playhouse

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By Greer Wylder
February 19, 2020

Comedy legends Rita Rudner and Paul Rodriguez star in the Neil Simon classic BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, previews begin on Wednesday, February 26 at Laguna Playhouse and will open on Sunday, March 1 at 5:30 p.m. and runs through Sunday, March 22. Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. Fresh off a honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, free-spirited Corie and her buttoned-down husband Paul find themselves struggling to adjust to married life in their too expensive, run-down New York walk-up. Throw in a loopy meddling mother, an eccentric Bohemian upstairs neighbor, and a double date…

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Change in Ownership of Sapphire Laguna

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By Greer Wylder
February 19, 2020

Chef and owner Azmin Ghahreman will be transitioning ownership Sapphire Laguna after 13 years. “My team and I have made countless memories and created a special bond with so many guests, as well as with the beautiful community of Laguna Beach,” Chef Azmin said. “I have made the difficult decision to transition ownership of Sapphire Laguna Restaurant and Pantry into the capable hands of restaurateur Russ Bendel. As owner of Vine Restaurant in San Clemente, Ironwood in Laguna Hills, and Olea in Newport Beach, Russ is a respected restaurant industry veteran, and someone I know will build on the tradition of Sapphire Laguna Restaurant…

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DINE OUT LONG BEACH KICKS OFF WITH A FREE CHEFS’ COOKING + TASTING

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By Greer Wylder
February 18, 2020

Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant & Cocktail Week will host a free Chefs’ Cooking + Tasting Series on Saturday, February 22 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Friedmans Home Experience in Long Beach. Long Beach Restaurant Week starts the following day, February 23 and continues through February 29 with more than 50 restaurants participating citywide.   “Our Chefs’ Cooking + Tasting Kick-Off, hosted by Friedmans Home Experience, signals the start of Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant & Cocktail Week,” said Elizabeth Borsting, founder and organizer of Long Beach’s signature dining event.  “We have chefs from Gladstone’s and Hungry Angelina, a…

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LAGUNA ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ARTEMIO SEPÚLVEDA EXHIBITION

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By Greer Wylder
February 18, 2020

Laguna Art Museum will open an exhibition of works by Artemio Sepúlveda on February 23. Well known and respected in his native Mexico, Sepúlveda lived and worked in Laguna Beach from 1977 until 1999. The museum recently acquired a large-scale charcoal drawing that was made during his time in Laguna, and the exhibition will bring together other works from this period of his career. It is the first exhibition of Sepúlveda’s work in the United States since his return to Mexico twenty years ago, and it will be on view through May 25. 307 Cliff Dr, Laguna Beach.

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