Join the Center for Living Peace in Irvine Saturday, May 17 for an all-day celebration honoring its fourth year of making good happen (and pick up a cupcake, too!). The Center will be offering free family-oriented classes focusing on compassion and living peace from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will also be offering a free week of classes on Tuesday, May 13 to Friday, May 16.
The Center for Living Peace, in partnership with UC Irvine, has already brought high-profile speakers to inspire leadership, charity, education and sustainability at its Living Peace Series, including Charlize Theron, Sir Richard Branson, the Dalai Lama, Queen Noor, Eboo Patel and Jane Goodall.
The center is an important resource for connecting the community with classes, lectures and programs dedicated to its mission of inner growth and development, peace making and effective communication, protecting the environment, arts and culture.
On Saturday, the day’s events include creation stations from Chef Jeff Venier, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity: Mixed Media Looney Tunes Portraits; Love You 365 & The Whole Purpose: What Do you Love 365?; m.a.m.a. earth: coloring mandalas; Room to Read: Become Your Own Author!: Schools on Wheels: Painting Nemo; Smiling Monkey Yoga: Bead Making, Essential Oils and more. Storytime with Cynthia Callard; Face Painting, a photobooth by Drunken Pixel and Insta Party Box by jams. Mina Javaherbin, new earth drumming, Smiling Monkey Yoga for kids, Qi Gong, and Shambhala meditation and more.
The Center for Living Peace is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and is located at 4139 Campus Drive in Irvine. For more information, call 949.854.5500 or visit goodhappens.org/events.
Doll Appreciates You
Doll Boutique in Costa Mesa is thanking loyal customers with an appreciation sale through Thursday on regular priced clothing. To sweeten the deal, they are also offering 10% off all sale merchandise.
Just mention Greer’s OC to receive your discount.
New merchandise arrives daily and a few new lines were recently added such as denim lines, DL1961 and Wildfox Denim, and a line by Anthropology designers, The Odells. Doll also carries gifts like accessories, candles, books, lingerie, and perfumes.
Doll is at 270 E.17th St. in Costa Mesa. 949.646.5652.
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