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Daniella Walsh

Laguna Woods resident Agnes Copeland’s collages recall her travels through scenic towns and villages. Copeland, 91, is the oldest artist to display works at the Laguna Art-A-Fair art festival in Laguna Beach. She also teaches classes at the festival. Here, she displays her works Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(Courtesy of Daniella Walsh)

Laguna Beach Art-A-Fair offers a feast for the eyes

August 7, 2024 at 8:18 p.m.

Six Laguna Woods residents add to diversity of artistic media at festival

Lynleigh Love’s glassworks resembling colorful woven mats can be found at the Festival of Arts for the first time. Here they are on display at the 2024 Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach.
(Courtesy of Daniella Walsh)

Festival of Arts is again a feast for the senses

August 4, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

As always, there’s something for everyone at the Laguna Beach art show, with works by photographers, painters, printmakers, glass artists, jewelry makers and more

James Tissot’s “Too Early” is fashioned into a tableau vivant, or living picture, for the production “A La Mode: The Art of Fashion,” at the 2024 Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. The painting, from 1873, shows the large bustles on women’s dresses that were trendy at the time.
(Courtesy of Victoria Walker – Victori Solutions)

Art and fashion enchant at Pageant of the Masters

August 4, 2024 at 5:32 p.m.

The Laguna Beach production succeeds once again in bringing something novel, this year the role that fashion has played throughout history in art and culture worldwide

A banner at Laguna Woodstock says what it’s all about: peace, love and music. Hundreds of people attended the daylong music festival in Laguna Woods on June 29, 2024. The festival included music and food as attendees came dressed in 1960s apparel, reliving the days of their youth. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

That ’60s vibe in Laguna Woods

July 14, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Annual Laguna Woodstock music festival all about 'peace and love, friendships and dreams'

Fran and Burt Baum are seen in 2012. Burt Baum is sponsoring the Fran Baum Memorial Concert at the Laguna Woods Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Fran Baum died in 2021.
(Courtesy of Burt Baum)

Concert to bring iconic songs of Debbie Friedman

June 30, 2024 at 11:40 a.m.

Fran Baum Memorial Concert series in Laguna Woods to focus on modernized versions of songs based on Jewish liturgical texts

Laguna Woods resident Juanita Tsu plays the piano at her home. Tsu is the music director for the Reform Temple of Laguna Woods.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch – Contributing Photographer)

Temple music director is a musician without borders

June 30, 2024 at 10:58 a.m.

Chinese-born pianist leads choir for Jewish congregation in Laguna Woods

Three Goldies statuettes stand among bags of door prizes at the Laguna Woods Video Club’s 13th annual Goldie Awards banquet in February. (Courtesy of Video Club of Laguna Woods)

Laguna Woods Video Club celebrates its own Oscars

May 20, 2024 at 8:17 p.m.

10 four-minute films vie for top honors in annual Goldies Awards

Carmen Pacella, center, is president of the All Musicians Club. The club, which is open to all Village musicians and their friends, was at the 2024 Club Expo on April 30 at Clubhouse 5 in Laguna Woods.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch)

Whatever your passion, you’ll find it in Laguna Woods

May 20, 2024 at 8:17 p.m.

More than 70 clubs – ranging from the big guns like the Boomers, Chicago Club and California Club to small groups like the Potters and Sculptors and the Village Square...

From left, Patrick Kennedy, Tim Dupuie and Robert Reyes have fun at a solar eclipse viewing party in Laguna Woods on Monday, April 8, hosted by the Astronomy Club.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch)

Sun, moon and stargazers align for unique experience

May 20, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.

More than 200 people gathered in Laguna Woods to see the eclipse, and for them there was no better excuse to party

Laguna Woods resident Willie Phillips is vice president of the African American Heritage Club and a founder of Community Bridge Builders.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch)

A leader and a bridge builder in Laguna Woods

March 24, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.

Resident evolved from a militant youth into a man pledged to peace, kindness and inclusiveness

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