Poetry Contest
The Laguna Beach Library and the Friends of the Laguna Beach Library will present the winners of its 14th annual Poetry Contest at 3 p.m. at the library, 363 Glenneyre.
Sunday
Prose Reading
Dimestories presents open mic, three-minute prose readings of original work, at 5:30 p.m., with sign-ups at 5 p.m. at Salt Fine Art Gallery, 1492 S. Coast Hwy., Unit 3. Everyone is welcome. For more information, email ocdimestories@gmail.com.
Tuesdays till
June 26
Yoga Classes
Yoga classes every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at Anneliese Schools' Willowbrook Campus, 20062 Laguna Canyon Road. Individual classes $10; monthly $40. For more information, call (949) 322-9597.
Wednesday
Obama Campaign Kick-Off
The Laguna Beach Democratic Club is hosting an Obama 2012 Campaign Kick-Off Picnic Barbecue from 6 to 8 p.m. at Heisler Park, north of Main Beach at the end of Myrtle and Cliff Drive. No RSVP needed. For more information, call Marion Pack at (949) 922-3273.
Jazz Wednesdays
Laguna Beach Live! kicks off its summer Jazz Wednesdays series from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Rose Garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast Hwy., with Latin Jazz Syndicate featuring Bijon Watson on trumpet. Tickets are $12 online at http://www.lagunabeachlive.org or call (949) 715-9713.
Thursday
Live! at the Museum
Hutchins Consort Quartet kick off Live! at the Museum, an ongoing series of early-evening concerts the second Thursday of the month in the Laguna Beach Art Museum's galleries, from 7 to 8 p.m. at 307 Cliff Drive. Free to museum members and to nonmembers with museum admission. Reserve online at http://www.lagunabeachlive.org or by phone, (949) 715-9713.
Whalen Fundraiser