Customers may present their Bank of America ATM, check or credit card and a valid photo ID to gain free general admission to any participating institution. The offer is not valid for special exhibitions, fundraising events or ticketed shows, nor can it be combined with any other discounts or offers.
Genre writing workshop set at park
Trina Belanger will lead a half-day writing workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 8 at Heisler Park. The workshop will provide an intensive mini-course on each of the main genres of creative writing. Students will explore and practice techniques used in writing poetry (figurative language), plays (scenes and effective dialogue), fiction (character development) and creative nonfiction (telling details, authenticity).
Through lecture, handouts and targeted writing exercises, the workshop is designed to help students learn which genre might be for them, while providing good practices and techniques for making any writing “pop” on the page.
Students must register through the city of Laguna Beach at www.lagunabeachcity.net, in person, or by mailing in the registration form from the Fall 2008 Community Services Recreation catalog. The fee is $57. For more information, e-mail trina@quillstudios.com
Art Walk is tribute to Friendship Shelter
The member galleries of Art Walk have designated First Thursday Art Walk on behalf of Friendship Shelter. Three of the musicians who collaborated on a CD titled “Shelter Me,” released this summer, will perform at Whelan Gallery in North Laguna, Studio Arts at the Old Pottery Place and Watercolor Gallery on South Coast Highway.
Musicians include folk rocker Alec Bridges, a graduate of Laguna Beach High School; rock poet Mick Overman of Los Angeles and singer-songwriter Jelani Diaz.
CDs will be sold at the galleries, as well as Laguna Beach Books, Sound Spectrum, Hobie and Latitude 33 Bookshop.
