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Mayor Boyd to address Business Club “All Things Laguna” will be the subject of the upcoming Laguna Beach Business Club meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hotel Laguna. Mayor Kelly Boyd will discuss current issues and opportunities affecting the city from his perspective as a city official and a local business owner. Boyd owns the Marine Room Tavern on Ocean Avenue. Topics include: Business development, budget concerns, environmental issues and the Homeless Task Force.

The 1st Annual Afghan Cultural Fundraising Festival and Feast with highly acclaimed guest speaker Masaru Emoto, author of the best-seller Messages from Water, will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, at Khyber Pass — Fine Rugs and Collectables Galley and Cultural Center, 1970 Pacific Coast Highway (at Diamond Street). Dr. Leonard Horowitz, outspoken human health rights advocate and author of more than 15 books on controversial health issues and spiritual wellness, will join Dr. Emoto, whose work was featured in the hit independent film “What the Bleep Do We Know?

No Square Sondheim show tickets available No Square Theatre will present ?Side by Side by Sondheim,? celebrating the work of the composer-lyricist at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 and 2 at the Artists? Theatre, 625 Park Ave. The show, which debuted in London in 1976, features songs from shows including ?A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,? ?Gypsy,? ?Pacific Overtures,? ?West Side Story,? ?Company,? ?Follies,? and ?A Little Night Music.? It will feature Hollywood film critic, columnist and satirist Bill Harris as the narrator and a cast of 13 singers and three musicians.

Duke's Men to sing at Senior Center The Duke's Men of Yale ? an a cappella singing group ? will perform at the Laguna Beach Senior Center's general meeting, at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 13 at the Veterans Memorial Community Center, 384 Legion St. The Duke's Men were formed in 1952, when, the story goes, Basil Duke Henning, Master of Saybrook College and former Whiffenpoof singer, stole a "Whiff" arrangement and presented it to four of his...

German cuisine, polkas and plenty of oompahpah will highlight Oktoberfest, the annual festival to be held Sunday at Tivoli Too, sponsored by the Laguna Community Concert Band. The 50-member Laguna band will be joined by the German American Brass Band, Golden West Pops and the Orange Symphonic Band in a series of concerts at the event, which starts at 11 a.m. and runs to 4:30 p.m. A special area for schottisches, polkas, mazurkas and other dances -- including the chicken dance -- will make it possible for everyone to get up and dance.

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