BRIEFLY IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ballet Pacifica honors founder, partners with Laguna sculptor

Ballet Pacifica honored its founder, Lila Zali, at the opening of its 40th annual “Nutcracker” production on Dec. 9 by renaming of its Studio One facility after her.

Zali founded the Laguna Beach Civic Ballet in the late 1950s; it was incorporated and renamed Ballet Pacifica in 1962, making it the oldest resident ballet company in Orange County.

The group has also partnered with sculptor Richard MacDonald, who created an open-edition sculpture, “Angelic Crystal,” that will be given to those who become Ballet Pacifica Principal Partners at the $1,000 level.

For more information, call (949) 851-9930 or visit www.balletpacifica.org.

Pageant of the Masters tickets now on sale

Tickets to the 2007 Pageant of the Masters “Young at Heart” went on sale Dec. 1 and range from $20 to $40. All tickets include a summer-long pass to the Festival of Arts grounds.

The pageant will be performed at 8:30 p.m. nightly from July 7 to Aug. 31; the annual Celebrity Gala Benefit performance will be on Aug. 25.

Tickets are now available via telephone and mail order; they will be sold online beginning Jan. 15 at www.pageanttickets.com.

The box office will be closed from Dec. 16 to Jan. 1; pageant tickets will not be sold at the onsite box office window.

For more information, call (800) 487-3378.

‘Three Amigos’ at Wells Fargo Bank gallery

Community Art Project has unveiled “Three Amigos” at the Banking on Art Gallery at Wells Fargo, 260 Ocean Ave., on view through Jan. 15.

The show features the work of Gregg Stone, Sergio Rebia and Werc. Stone and Werc are mixed-media artists; Rebia is an oil painter.

The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The bank will also be the site of CAP’s next biannual fundraiser, “Speakeasy: A Night at the Bank,” on Feb. 24.