* Send AROUND TOWN items to the...

* Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower Ave.,

Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to jeff.benson@latimes .com; by fax

to (714) 966-4679; or by calling (714) 966-4617. Include the time,

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

TODAY

Donations of food, money and toys will be collected by the Costa

Mesa Police Department to be given to needy families. Donations will

be accepted from 3 to 8 p.m. at the West Side Substation, 567 West

18th St. Information: (714) 327-7450.

FRIDAY

“The Corner Window: Christmas Eve at Rock Harbor,” will be a

musical drama of the Christmas story. The show will be performed at

noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Rock Harbor Church is at 345

Fischer Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 384-0914.

MONDAY

“Survivors,” a workshop at the environmental Nature Center, will

teach students to learn to live like early Native Americans by using

flint rocks, wood, clay, bark, palm leaves, deer antlers and shells.

The 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. workshop will run through Dec. 31 at the

Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The cost

for the workshop will be $175. Information: (949) 645-8489.

JAN. 17

A women’s health-awareness seminar titled “Weighing Your Options

... a Delicate Balancing Act” will be held at

7 p.m. at Balearic Park, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 549-0878.

JAN. 19

“The History of SWAT” will be a focus of Costa Mesa Police Chief

John D. Hensley’s address at the annual Installation Dinner of the

Costa Mesa Historical Society. The 6 p.m. dinner will be at the

Captain’s Table Restaurant at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Admission will cost $15; reservations must be made

by Jan. 12. Information: (949) 631-5918.

ONGOING

“Dr. M.P.” will discuss love skills at 7 p.m. on the first and

third Tuesdays of the month at University Towers, 4199 Campus Drive,

Suite 550, Irvine. Information: (949) 725-3366.

Life drawing workshops are held from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to

4 p.m. Saturdays at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $5 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occ tickets.com.

The Newport Beach Spanish Club meets at 1 p.m. Mondays and

Saturdays at the Versailles Apartments, Hospital Road and Superior

Avenue. Information: (949) 650-1332.