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Canyon Conservancy , The Laguna Greenbelt , Village Laguna , Laguna Canyon Foundation and CANDO ( Canyon Alliance of Neighborhoods Defense Organization ) are co-hosting a retirement party for Toni on Thursday , Jan . 12 , 2023 .
The party will be held at Bridge Hall in the Neighborhood Congregational Church at 340 St . Ann ’ s Drive , Laguna Beach from 6 to 8 p . m . with doors opening at 5:30 p . m . It will be a luau-themed event with live music , a catered dinner , photo displays , time for tributes and special surprises . Guests are encouraged to wear Hawaiian-style attire . The public is invited , and reservations are necessary by Friday , Jan . 6 , 2023 . The cost for dinner , which includes one glass of wine , is $ 25 per person for members of any of the sponsoring groups and $ 35 per person for non-members . One can reserve a space via the website www . lagunacanyonconservancy . org / event .
Sparks of Love Toy Drive runs through Dec . 24
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Spark of Love Toy Drive which will run from November 23 through December 24 .
Toy drop-off locations include : all
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four Laguna Beach Fire Stations as well as City Hall and the Police Department .
Any new unwrapped toy must be in their original packaging or box . Sports equipment ( balls / tennis racquets , baseball bats ) is not required to have a box or package . We cannot distribute clothing , personal care items , blankets etc .
Toys to consider include board and card games , arts and craft kits , Legos , building blocks , dolls , infant toys , and youth sports equipment of all kinds .
For questions related to the Spark of Love toy drive feel free to contact Captain / Paramedic Pat Cary at pcary @ lagunabeachcity . net
Laguna Art Museum ’ s tenth annual Art & Nature Festival is currently on view through Feb . 15
Laguna Art Museum ’ s tenth annual Art & Nature Festival is currently on view through Feb . 15 . The Art & Nature festival raises environmental awareness and explores the cross-sections between nature and the arts .
Art & Nature exhibitions include The Sea Around Us by artist Rebeca Mèndez , an immersive 360-degree video art installation , that transports viewers to an area of the Pacific Ocean located 30 miles from the
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Laguna Beach Coast , portraying the ocean as a fully animated body as well as a place of deep interconnectedness for all living things . Using scientific footage , the video shifts to thousands of oozing barrels of DDT on the seafloor being sampled by robotic arms . Pyramidion by artist Kelly Berg is an interactive sculptural experience that invites viewers to contemplate the layered history and unique geology of Laguna Beach . The Big One by artist Robert Young is thought to still hold the record as the largest painting ever created in Laguna Beach and is on display in the California Gallery . Five Summer Stories : The Exhibition , is presented in partnership with MacGillivray Freeman Films and Coast Film Festival in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the iconic surf documentary , includes a sneak peek of the film and historic imagery , clothing , and items from the era of the film .
In addition to the Art & Nature festival exhibitions , Her Great Gift : The Nancy Dustin Wall Moure Collection is on view through Feb . 12 , 2023 . The collection includes 40 artworks made from the 1830s through the 1970s that trace how artists documented the California experience . Her Great Gift is the
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first presentation of the Nancy Dustin Wall Moure Collection and features some of the earliest known oil paintings made in Southern California , California plein air paintings , watercolors from the WPA period , mid-century abstractions and explorations into Light and Space . Artists include Mabel Alvarez , Karl Benjamin , Norton Bush , D . J . Hall , Roger Kuntz , Fernand Lungren , James McCray , Arnold Mesches , Charles Rollo Peters , F . Grayson Sayre , Stanislav Szukalski , John Law Walker , Julian Bracken Wendt , William Wendt and many others . The museum also presents Photography & Seduction : William Mortensen ’ s Laguna Beach , on view through Jan . 15 , 2023 . The exhibition honors the Laguna Beach resident and is one of the only museum exhibitions of his work , illustrating his ascent as one of the most famous photographers of his time . Photography & Seduction a journey through Mortensen ’ s career from his star-studded Hollywood beginnings to his teachings , as well as influences , processes and more . The exhibition aims to share Mortensen ’ s contributions to and influence on American photography , while also sharing his connection to Laguna Beach . |