Greer's OC

Giving to charity has never felt (or tasted) so good. Just by attending a rare celebrity chef collaboration dinner Sunday at Montage Laguna Beach, you can help eliminate childhood hunger. Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is a leading culinary benefit that’s raising funds for nutrition programs and fighting hunger with seven celebrity chefs joining Craig Strong, executive chef of Studio, Montage Laguna Beach.

They’ll be preparing fresh farm to table dishes for you to taste, while you enjoy wine and signature cocktails, live music, and spectacular ocean views.

Participating chefs include Chef Scott Conant of Scarpetta Beverly Hills; Executive Pastry Chef Richard Ruskell of Montage Beverly Hills; Chef Mark Peel of Campanile in Los Angeles; Chef Joachim Splichal of Patina in Los Angeles; Chel Alex Stratta of Alex in Las Vegas; and Chef Alan Wong of Alan Wong’s in Honolulu.

You have two experiences to choose from: a celebrity chef tasting from 4 to 7 p.m. ($150 per person in advance, or $175 at the door); or complete the evening and attend a VIP meet the chefs reception from 7 to 9 p.m. ($250 per person, or $275 at the door). Valet parking and event gifts are included.

Montage Laguna Beach is at 30801 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. For more information about the Taste of the Nation at Montage Laguna Beach and to purchase tickets, visit www.tasteofthenation.org or call 877.26.TASTE (82783).

Indie Attack!

Need more reasons to get excited about the return of the popular Indie Band Series at Segerstrom Center on Tuesday? How about an out-of-the-box 3D projection show, thanks to Orange County’s own Kiev, named Best Indie Band at 2011 OC Music Awards? Prior to the opening of Portland band Menomena (performed at Coachella last month), Kiev will roll out a custom designed stereoscopic 3D show.

This new dimension to the musical performance is a collaboration between Kiev and the renowned visual events producer Martin Brinkerhoff Associates, which uses images inspired by film animation and analogue videos to combines primitive visual techniques with modern 3D technologies. Each guest will be given 3-D glasses to witness the blend of old and new images that will make the show an even better sensory experience.

Tickets for Menomena and Kiev are on sale now, $20 for general admission on the main floor, which is standing-room only, and $40 for the VIP loft. Tickets are available online at SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling 714.556.2787.

Pirate Attack!

In case you missed the midnight showing, Ultra Luxe Cinemas at Anaheim GardenWalk is the only movie theater in OC to feature Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with D-BOX motion seat technology. Imagine watching the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbosa while you're doing swashbuckling of your own in your seat!

Each seat offers three levels of intensity (low, medium and high) and those ready to experience the high (or low) seas can reserve their seats and avoid the line.

Tonight's 7:30 p.m. showing will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. pirate party featuring "Captain Jack and other pirates so you can compete in the "best-dress" pirate contest.

UltraLuxe Cinemas at Anaheim GardenWalk is located at 321 W. Katella Ave., top level in Anaheim.