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Mesa, CA 92627; by e-mail to [email protected]; by fax to (949)

646-4170; or by calling (949) 574-4298. Include the time, date and

location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

The Newport Beach Public Library will present Coffee with Duvall

Hecht, Founder of Books on Tape at 9:30 a.m. in the Friends Meeting

Room at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach.

Information: (949) 717-3800, option 2.

Shabbat services will be held at 6 p.m. at Temple Bat Yahm, 1011

Camelback St., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 644-1999.

The third annual Men with Heart Bachelor Auction is held from 7 to

11:30 p.m. at the Terraces at the Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel, 686

Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa. Evan Marriott, star of FOX-TV’s “Joe

Millionaire,” and Jason Pullman, drive time personality on STAR

98.7-FM, will be among 20 eligible bachelors up for bid. Tickets are

$50 and VIP tickets are $75, which includes valet parking, reserved

seating and program recognition. Proceeds will benefit the Orange

County Child Abuse Prevention Center. Information: (714) 543-4333.

A workshop, “Tantra: The Art of Sexual Ecstasy,” will be held from

7 to 9 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Discovery, 2850 Mesa Verde

Drive East, Costa Mesa. The workshop is for couples and singles who

want to develop deeper spiritual connections with their partners

through the sexual union. The cost is $50 per person. Information:

(714) 754-7399.

The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center will present the

third annual Men with Heart Bachelor Auction from 7 to 11 p.m. at the

Terraces at the Westin South Coast Plaza, 686 Anton Blvd., Costa

Mesa. Admission is $50 per person before July 2 ($65 per person

after) and $75 for VIP tickets. Men are invited to join the ladies

for dancing after 9:30 p.m. for $25. An after-party will be at Prego

Ristorante, 18420 Von Karman, Irvine, from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Information and tickets: (714) 543-4333.

SATURDAY

Hoag Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, UC Irvine

Medical Center and Epilepsy Foundation present the second annual

Orange County Epilepsy Symposium from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event

is held at the Hoag Conference Center, 1 Hoag Drive, Newport Beach.

Though there is no cost, and registration is required. Information:

(800) 514-4624.

A CPR class will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 104 of

Orange Coast College’s business education building, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Those who successfully complete the course will

receive two American Red Cross certification cards: for adult, child

and infant CPR and for Automated External Defibrilation. The cost is

$50. Information: (714) 432-5880.

Marine biologists age 8 and older are invited to join the marine

discovery expedition in Newport Bay from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Children

under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The cost is $10 per person

and reservations are required. Information: (949) 642-5031.

Orange Coast College Extended Education is sponsoring Beginning

Medicare: What to Do and When from 9 a.m. to noon at Orange Coast

College, 2701 Fairview Road. Registration is $50 per person, $80 per

couple. Information: (714) 432-5880, option 1. Register online at:

https://www.occtickets.com.

Orange Coast College Extended Education is sponsoring “Making a

Fortune Buying Distressed REO Foreclosures” from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road. Registration is $69 per

person, $99 per couple. Information: (714) 432-5880, option 1.

Register online at: https://www.occtickets.com.

Volunteer at Newport Bay is an opportunity to help and learn at

the same time by assisting in habitat restoration or in kayak, canoe,

walking or school tours. Training runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Reservations are required. Information: (949) 923-2295.