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Celebration of Children Black & White Ball

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By Greer Wylder
April 21, 2017

The Celebration of Children Black & White Ball will take place on Saturday, April 22 from 5 to midnight at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. The black and white affair will help support crucial funding to enable CASA to recruit, train and support hundreds of mentor-advocated in the coming year—making a difference for hundreds of children who are currently waiting for a CASA volunteer of their own. The evening will be filled with auctions, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $550 each and are available here. The Island Hotel is at 690 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach.

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Opening Night Gala at Newport Beach Film Fest

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By Greer Wylder
April 20, 2017

You can attend the Opening Night gala for the Newport Beach Film Festival tonight at 10 p.m. at Fashion Island featuring culinary tastings from 30 of Orange County’s premiere restaurants, hosted bar by Tito’s Vodka with special performances from “O”: the timeless aquatic production by Cirque Du Soleil and Side Deal, a brand new band from Grammy Winner Charlie Colin (Train), multi-platinum artists Stan Frazier and Murphy Karges (Sugar Ray), Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers) and The PawnShop Kings (Rolling Stone Magazine’s “ New Bands To Watch. Tickets and more information, here.

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From Spectrum to Screen Aufest at AMC Orange

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By Greer Wylder
April 20, 2017

The first annual AutFest International Film Festival, presented by The Autism Society, will take place Saturday, April 22 - Sunday, April 23 at AMC Orange 30 in Orange, CA. It will screen nine feature-length films and six shorts that that promote autism awareness and/or are made by filmmakers with autism. In addition, AutFest will honor and feature Q&As with The Accountant’s Ben Affleck and the filmmakers behind Inside Out, Pixar Animation Studios Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera. Awards will be presented to Affleck and filmmakers at the festival’s closing reception on Sunday, April 23 at Café Tu Tu Tango. The…

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Cheap Trick benefit Concert at House of Blues

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By Greer Wylder
April 18, 2017

You can join a benefit concert featuring Cheap Trick on Thursday, April 20 at House of Blues Anaheim. The Encore for Education is a charity concert underwritten by generous sponsors from the real estate industry to support Buchanan Children’s Charities and the OC Community Foundation and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) OC. Additionally proceeds from the concert will benefit Music Matters, a program created in partnership with the Orange County Community Foundation to bring music programs back to Orange County schools. VIP Reception begins at 7 p.m. General admission doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $150…

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That’s What Friends Are For Fundraiser

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By Greer Wylder
April 18, 2017

Sir Bruno Serato, known for feeding 2,200 needy kids each day from the kitchen of his celebrated Anaheim White House, and Garth Blumenthal, general manager of Fletcher Jones Motorcars will witness the true meaning of their friendship as they face the aftermath of a tragedy together. Serato’s restaurant, where most of the food for the children is prepared each day, was decimated in a recent fire. When Blumenthal learned of the tragedy, he was among the first of Serato’s friends who pledged to help rebuild the historic structure. Though Serato has fire insurance, it isn’t nearly enough to rebuild it back…

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