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Fiesta Navidad at Segerstrom Center

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By Greer Wylder
December 11, 2017

Get into the holiday spirit with the favorite Fiesta Navidad featuring Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Thursday, Dec. 21 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. This annual celebration also includes dancing by Folklor Pasión Mexicana and Las Posadas, the honored Latino Christmas tradition that reenacts Joseph and Mary’s pilgrimage to Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus. This colorful and beloved holiday concert is an event to be enjoyed by the entire family. Fiesta Navidad is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and…

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Holiday Gingerbread Extravaganza at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel

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By Greer Wylder
December 08, 2017

Each year, the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel pastry team creates an amazing gingerbread extravaganza. This year’s concept and design was the brainchild of Executive Pastry Chef Sylvain Haage and showcases today’s attention on climate change, sustainability and clean energy through a representation of the California landscape and how The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel supports and protects the environment. Gingerbread House and Holiday Cookie Decorating On Sunday, December 17 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., gather with family to decorate your very own gingerbread house and holiday cookies. Children enjoy complimentary hot chocolate. Other beverages will be available for purchase. $175 per Gingerbread House…

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KFI AM 640 PastaThon For Caterina’s Club

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By Greer Wylder
December 08, 2017

This will be the first year that KFI’s PastaThon – Caterina’s Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year on Saturday, Dec. 9 will be held away from Serato's Anaheim White House, which perished in a fire earlier this year. In what has turned out to be an annual tradition for LA’s top radio station, KFI-AM 640 will broadcast its line-up of shows from Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. This year’s live broadcast will begin at 5 a.m. with “The Bill Handel Show” and conclude at 10 p.m. immediately after "The Tim Conway, Jr. Show."  The public is invited to stop by, meet their favorite personalities and…

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Barks of Love Holiday Bash at Ways & Means

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By Greer Wylder
December 07, 2017

On Saturday, Dec. 9 from 3 to 5 p.m., Ways & Means Oyster House will host the Barks of Love Bash to benefit the charity organization on its dog-friendly outdoor patio overlooking the Huntington Beach Pier. There will be dog-friendly activities, many four-legged friends in attendance and fun offerings from other Pacific City vendors, including Pop Bar (serving PUP-SICLES) and Top Dog Boutique. Tickets for the event are $20 (sold at the door), which will include drinks and appetizers from Ways & Means and a donation to Barks of Love, an all-volunteer and all-breed dog rescue in Orange County, California, specializing in match-making dogs with a…

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Blackmarket Bakery Limited Edition Nutcracker Cookies

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By Greer Wylder
December 07, 2017

Award-winning chef Rachel Klemek at Blackmarket Bakery is celebrating the American Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker, returning to Segerstrom Center for the Arts December 7 through 17. The Bakery has created baked-from-scratch, hand-decorated holiday cookies depicting a romantic ballerina from the Dance of the Flowers and the heroic Nutcracker Prince. These charming delectables, based on the production’s costumes by Tony® Award-winning designer Richard Hudson, are available through December 17 at the Orange County Blackmarket Bakeries, located at 2937 Bristol St., Costa Mesa at The Camp; and at 211 N. Broadway in downtown Santa Ana. The Nutcracker is a beloved holiday…

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