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Gracias Madre Cookbook Signing at Roger’s Gardens

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By Greer Wylder
November 07, 2022

Gracias Madre and Roger’s Gardens invites guests to join the Executive Chefs of sister restaurants, Gracias Madre and Cafe Gratitude, on November 12 from 12 p.m.- 3 p.m. for a signing of the book. The cookbook is packed with fresh, bright flavors of Mexico and Southern California, adapted for the plant-based home cook, from one of LA and Newport Beach’s favorite restaurants. Much like the restaurant, The Gracias Madre Cookbook delivers dishes that are deeply nourishing without sacrificing fun, and cocktails perfect for those looking for plant-based recipes for the holidays. Roger’s Gardens will have copies of the cookbook available for purchase and…

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Honk Reunites for Coast Film & Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of Five Summer Stories

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By Greer Wylder
November 07, 2022

Coast Film & Music Festival (CFMF) and MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) are thrilled to announce that there’ll be a special 50th Anniversary screening of the heralded surf film Five Summer Stories at the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach on the evening of Sunday, November 13. And, during select scenes of the movie – shown on a giant LED screen – Honk will play several of the original songs featured on the movie’s soundtrack.During Sunday’s evening program, Honk band members Steve Wood, Tris Imboden, Beth Fitchet Wood, Richard Stekol and Craig Buhler, and filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, will share stories about…

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Can-Can Canned Food Drive Throughout Run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical 

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By Greer Wylder
November 07, 2022

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is thrilled to help the Orange County Food Bank fully stock its shelves with canned food goods for those in need. Throughout the run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical from Nov. 9 until Nov. 27, 2022,  all patrons are encouraged to donate canned goods to help the nearly twenty percent of children in Orange County living in “food insecure” households. While putting Moulin Rouge! The Musical’s four values of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Love into practice, Segerstrom Center is excited to involve the community in one harmonious effort to cultivate compassion and reduce food insecurity throughout the county. Along with the…

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Pure Salt x Tirzah Holiday Collection Launch Party

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By Greer Wylder
November 07, 2022

Celebrate the season with Pure Salt with Tirzah International's launch of its holiday collaboration on Thursday, Nov. 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pure Salt Store in Newport Beach. Tirzah President Kirsten Dickerson will join Pure Salt co-founders Aly Morford & Leigh Lincoln for a Q&A about supporting women-led organizations and empowering marginalized women around the world, as well as cocktails and shopping with a purpose. See the Pure Salt x Tirzah Holiday Collection online here.Pure Salt Interiors, the Newport Beach-based interior design studio, and Shoppe known for its clean, coastal, and naturally-inspired designs, is proud to announce its first rug…

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Flamenco Legend: Farruquito at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

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By Greer Wylder
November 04, 2022

Farruquito Flamenco is coming to Segerstrom Center of the Arts on Wednesday, November 9 at 8 p.m., in Segerstrom Hall.  Farruquito’s roots in flamenco dance have taken him all over the world, immersing audiences in his gift as the “greatest Flamenco dancer of this new century.” (New York Times) As the principal inheritor of the greatest Gypsy flamenco bloodlines, Farruquito has made it his life’s mission to share the purest form of flamenco on stages worldwide while further broadening his influence by collaborating with the most paramount film directors, conductors, and artists of our time.Farruquito (Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya), son of flamenco…

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