Lagunatics is set to hold auditions Singers,...

Lagunatics is set to hold auditions

Singers, dancers and comics are needed for “PG-55 Lagunatics --

Beauty Fades. Funny is Forever.”

Auditions are from 1 to 3 p.m. April 20 and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. April 21 at the Clubhouse 3 auditorium. No experience is

necessary.

Organizers encourage newcomers to “strut your stuff, make a joyful

noise and join the fun” by auditioning for “Lagunatics,” Laguna

Beach’s hit musical roast that will be appearing at Leisure World.

The show will use skits and parody lyrics set to musical hits to poke

fun at all the quirks that make Leisure World different.

Rehearsals are tentatively scheduled between May 2 and June 20

with performances June 25, 26 and 27. For information, call (949)

497-2584 or go to https://www.lagunatics.info.

Concert will feature string quartet

Laguna Beach Live is will present its “First Sunday’s” concert

featuring the Deodara String Quartet.

Violinists Agnes Gottschewski and Christine Frank, violist John

Scanlon and cellist Richard Treat will perform works by Beethoven and

Borodin.

The free concert is from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Laguna College

of Art and Design gallery opens at 2 p.m. at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.

For information, call (949) 715-9713.

Experience is key at [seven-degrees]

Film screenings at [seven-degrees] are dedicated to the whole

cinematic experience.

The gallery will showcase the innovative independent film, “Divine

Intervention,” a Palestinian movie and winner of the Jury Prize at

the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Light supper, dessert and conversation

will follow the film.

Showtime is 7 p.m. Thursday at [seven-degrees], 891 Laguna Canyon

Road. Adult admission is $20. For information, call (949) 322-0528.

Ebell Club holds benefit for museum

Ebell Club of Laguna Beach is will host its first Laguna Art

Museum fundraiser from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday with docent tours and a

silent art auction. Dessert and champagne will be served.

The fee is a $25 donation per person with the proceeds to benefit

the Laguna Art Museum and other community projects.

For information, call Mary Thomson at (949) 499-9814.

College to present ‘Best of the Best’

“The Best of the Best of the Best” is Laguna College of Art and

Design’s annual juried student art exhibition. This exhibition will

show 98 pieces of original artwork by students, freshman to seniors,

and will run Sunday through May 3.

An artist reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The exhibit

is free with complimentary parking.

Laguna College of Art and Design is at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.

For information, call (949) 376-6000.

Join in and ‘Rock It for the Rocket’

To help raise money for a new rocket ship at Bluebird Park, Tivoli

Too will host a live concert by the Laguna Beach-based band the Blues

Offenders from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 18.

There will be a silent auction, raffle, kids’ activities and an

outdoor barbecue. Admission is $35 for adults, prepaid, $40 at the

door, and $15 for kids. The price includes barbecue.

Tivoli Too is at 777 Laguna Canyon Road. For information or

tickets, call Sandra Campbell at (949) 494-O514 or e-mail

[email protected].

Laguna Film Society to feature ‘Samurai’

The Laguna Beach Film Society will host the West Coast premiere of

“Twilight Samurai,” a 2004 Academy Award nominee for best foreign

film, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the South Coast Cinema, 162 Coast Highway.

Film society tickets are $15 for nonmembers or $12 for museum

members. For information and to become a member of the Laguna Beach

Film Society, call the Museum at 494-8971, ext. 200.

Chamber Music Festival set

The second Laguna Beach Chamber Music Festival will be April 18 to

April 25.

The festival is a weeklong blend of performances and educational

events, culminating in weekend concerts. Call or go online for

specific performances, tickets and show times.

Performances are at the Laguna Beach High School’s Artists’

Theater at 625 Park Ave. For information, call (949) 553-2422 or go

to https://www.lagunabeachlive.org.