City hosts holiday Palette Competition The arts...

City hosts holiday Palette Competition

The arts commission is holding its annual holiday Palette

Competition. Artists are provided with a prepared 4-by-3-foot wooden

palette on which to paint original artwork. The completed palettes

are displayed throughout the city during the holiday season.

Proposals will be accepted from Laguna Beach residents, artists

with a studio in Laguna Beach or showing in a Laguna Beach gallery,

students attending Laguna Beach schools, Laguna College and artists

exhibiting in Laguna festivals.

Artists must submit a horizontal palette design on 8 1/2 by

11-inch paper, in color, within the border of a palette outline. The

palette’s indentation must be integral to the design.

The deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 7. Entries must be delivered to

Cultural Arts Manager Sian Poeschl at City Hall, 505 Forest Ave.

Entries will be judged by the commission based on creativity and

appropriateness. Honorarium is $300 for each selected design.

Information: (949) 497-0722.

Splash fundraiser tonight and Saturday

The AIDS Services Foundation’s 20th annual extravaganza,

“Splashback to the Starlite Drive-In,” is a double-feature. Tickets

are available for a sneak preview event starting at 7 p.m. today, and

the main event is from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Cocktails, casino games and “The Route 66 Silent Auction” will

lead up to dinner al fresco followed by the new musical production.

“It will be very ‘Americana,’ right down to the drive-in movie,”

Jillson said.

Tickets are $50 -- or $100 for reserved seating -- for today’s

sneak preview. Tickets to the main event, “Splashback to the Starlite

Drive-In,” are $250 for individuals, with donor programs ranging from

$1,200 to $25,000 for 12 VIP guests.

The events will be at Festival of Arts grounds, 650 Laguna Canyon

Road. Tickets: (949) 791-5018.

Crystal Cove gala and plein-air show

Crystal Cove Alliance will have its third annual Tropical Gala

Coastal Splendor Plein Air Invitational Art Show and Sale from 5 to

10 p.m. Saturday. The event, a fundraiser to support the restoration

of the Crystal Cove Historic District, will feature fine cuisine, a

martini bar and live music. Works by 42 artists will be available.

Tickets are $200 and are available at o7www.crystalcovealliance.org

f7or (949) 640-5220.

Laguna Beach, New Orleans-style

Laguna Beach Live presents New Orleans-style jazz by Gremoli, the

energetic quintet led by Ron Going on clarinet, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 29. Gremoli also includes Ted Thomas on cornet, Jim Leigh on

trombone, Mike Fay on bass and Vic Loring on banjo. Cover charge is

$10; wines by the glass and tapas available for purchase. The group

will perform at the Rose Garden of the Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast

Highway. Information: (949) 715-9713.

All-women jazz band to perform

Laguna Beach Live is presenting Jazz at the Beach Weekend Oct. 1,

featuring saxophonist Ann Patterson and her all-women 17-piece band

Maiden Voyage, performing at 8 p.m. at Laguna Beach Artists’ Theater,

625 Park Ave.

Tickets -- $30 or $25 for adults and $15 for students -- are

available at Laguna Playhouse, (949) 497-2787.

Art museum to offer free admission

Laguna Art Museum and 23 other area museums will be offering free

admission on Oct. 1. Information: o7www.museumsla.org. f7Laguna Art

Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, (949) 494-8971 or

o7www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

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First Sundays opens its season

Bassist Luther Hughes and musicians from Jazz Masters will open

First Sundays Oct. 2 at Laguna College of Art & Design with a jazz

concert from 3 to 4 p.m. at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.

Art exhibit at 2 p.m. Information: (949) 376-6000.