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TODAY

Alumni of the Marshall School of Business at USC will hold their

monthly networking meeting with featured guest Kevin Davis, chairman

of the board, chief executive and president of Bristol Farms. The 7

to 9 a.m. breakfast will be at the Balboa Bay Club, 1221 W. Coast

Highway. Admission will cost $30 to $45. Information: (213) 740-7900

or https://www.marshall.usc.edu/ web/Alumni.cfm?doc_id=223.

A free seminar on the prevention of premature brain aging will be

held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225 E. 17th St.,

Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

A representative from Cal State Long Beach will visit the Orange

Coast College Transfer Center from 9 a.m. to noon. The college is at

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5894.

WEDNESDAY

The 12th annual Ho Ho Ho-liday Boutique will craft sale to benefit

the Fairview Developmental Center, home to about 800 disabled

persons. The 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. event will be at the Fairview

Auditorium, 2501 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

957-5188.

A poetry reading with live music will feature poems by Jaimes

Palacio and Jennifer Donnell, with music by Courtney Montgomery. The

reading will begin at 8 p.m. at Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St.,

Newport Beach. Admission will be free. Information: (949) 675-0233.

A Career Transition Workshop will be held for people contemplating

a new line of work. The first session of the two-week workshop will

be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Orange Coast College Re-Entry Center,

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5162.

Entertainers will sing songs from the big-band era at the Thursday

Morning Women’s Club’s monthly Friendship Luncheon. The luncheon will

begin at noon at the Radisson Hotel Newport Beach, 4545 MacArthur

Blvd., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 645-9555.

A free seminar, “Digestion -- The Foundation for Health and

Healing,” will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225

East 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle will be the featured

guest at the Speak Up Newport monthly meeting. The 5 to 6 p.m.

meeting will be at the Newport Beach Yacht Club, 1099 Bayside Drive,

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 224-2266.