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TODAY

‘ART ESCAPES’

Laguna Outreach Community Arts will be holding art workshops with

a different medium every week taught by professional artists at the

Pottery Shack at 1212 S. Coast Highway. The workshops will be at 2

p.m. Fridays through Nov. 28. Cost per class is $25 and there is an

additional $5 supply fee. Today’s class will be “Mosaics” taught by

Sherry Bullard. Reservations: (949) 363-4700.

SATURDAY

GREENBELT

RESTORATION DAYS

Laguna Greenbelt Restoration Days is looking for people to join

park volunteers for a morning of habitat restoration in Laguna Coast

Wilderness Park. Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. has planned a series of

restoration days on the third Saturday of each month through June

2004. It will be from 8 to 11 a.m. and volunteers will help remove

nonnative plants. Meet at the Interpretive Center and parking will be

provided in the gravel parking area just south of the El Toro Road

and Laguna Canyon Road junction. Bring gloves, hat, sunscreen, shovel

and pruners (if you have them) and sturdy shoes and water. All

volunteers receive a free “Keep It Wild” T-shirt. For information,

call (949) 923-2235 or go to www.lagunagreenbelt.org.

ART CLASSES AT FESTIVAL

Festival of Arts is offering fall art classes on Saturdays running

through Nov. 30 with Jr. Membership classes for children at $5 per

class and adult classes which are $70 for festival members and $85

for nonmembers. Learn about ceramic and mixed media from professional

artists Monica Dunham and Mada Leach. Festival of Arts is at 650

Laguna Canyon Road. Information: 494-1145

STONE CARVING WORKSHOP

Laguna College of Art and Design is offering a community education

Stone Carving workshop Saturdays through Nov. 15. Learn the

techniques of the time-honored art form using both hand and

pneumatically driven tools working in a variety of stones. The class

will be taught by stone carvers Marvin Johnson and Joseph Sovella. No

prior experience is necessary. The class is available for beginners

to advanced. Technical skills will be taught as part of the process.

The class costs $300 for its 10-week session. To register, call (949)

76-600, ext. 233. Laguna College of Art and Design is located at 2222

Laguna Canyon Road.

WEEKEND HIKES

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park offers hiking, mountain biking and

equestrian riding on designated trails at the Willow Canyon Staging

Area, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road, and hiking on designated trails at

the Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road every Saturday and Sunday.

Information: (949) 923-2235.

CONNECT SPIRITUALLY

Intuitive counselor George Shaver provides clients with insights

that extend out of their sight from noon to 5 p.m. at the Chakra

Shack every Saturday. Shaver uses a variety of modalities, including

aura, palmistry, channeling and tarot cards. Information: (949)

715-6930.

SUNDAY

ADULT BASKETBALL

The public is invited to play ball at Laguna Beach High School.

Full-court pick up games are played in the school’s gym from 9 a.m.

to noon Sundays. Many former high school and college players

participate. The games are sponsored by the city’s recreation

department. Cost is $2 at the door.

OUR TOWN IN

THE EARLY 1900s

“Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s” just

opened at the Laguna Art Museum and will feature paintings,

photographs and memorabilia that chronicle life in Laguna Beach circa

1900 to 1930. Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. Information:

(949) 494-8971 or online at www.lagunaartmuseum.org.