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as a contact phone number. A complete listing is available at

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TODAY

A workshop on “Understanding International Trade” will be held

from 9 a.m. to noon at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa

Mesa. The $25 fee includes materials. For more information, call

(714) 550-7369.

Global trend tracker Jeremy

Rifkin will present “Petroleum, Politics and the Hydrogen Economy”

at 2 p.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Tickets are $18, including refreshments. Register in

advance by calling (866) 301-2411 or online at

www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

MONDAY

A Great Decisions discussion of

“International Food Wars: Growing Controversies” led by John

Benner is the fifth in an eight-week series on U.S. foreign policy

topics. The discussion will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Mark

Presbyterian Church, 2100 Mar Vista, Newport Beach. For more

information, call (949) 760-1691.

TUESDAY

Women Helping Women will

host its annual open house from 4 to 8 p.m. The nonprofit

organization serves over 2,000 women annually by providing clothing

to women in transition and seeking employment. Refreshments will be

served. The center is at 711 West 17th St., Costa Mesa. For more

information, call (949) 423-0057.

A free seminar called “The Connection Between Inflammation and

Chronic Diseases” will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s

Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800)

595-MOMS.

A workshop on “Marketing and Promotion” will be held from 9 a.m.

to noon at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The

$25 fee includes materials. For more information, call (714)

550-7369.

An opera and singing discussion led by local voice teacher

Patricia Shanks will be held at 8 p.m. at Alta Coffee, 506 31st St.,

Newport Beach. For more information, call (949) 723-4473.

WEDNESDAY

A free seminar and book signing called “Anti-aging for Baby

Boomers and Beyond” will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s

Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800)

595-MOMS.

The Costa Mesa Chamber of

Commerce will host a “Business After Hour Mixer” from 5:30 to 7:30

p.m. at the Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurant, 901 South Coast Drive.

Free for members and cost is $10 for potential members. For more

information, call (714) 885-9090.

THURSDAY

A free seminar called “Hormones, Rejuvenation, Nutrition and

Detoxification” will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mother’s Market,

225 East 17th St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800) 595-MOMS.

During “Strategies for Investing

in Today’s Market,” Internet stock analyst Tom Taulli will discuss

investment strategies at 7 p.m. at The Newport Beach Central Library,

1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. For more information, call (949)

717-3816.

The monthly “Career Networking

Resource” meeting, sponsored by St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

for those who are unemployed, will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 600

St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach. Free. For more information, call

(949) 574-2236.

FRIDAY

Gem Faire Inc.’s gem, jewelry and

bead show is coming to the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center

Friday noon to 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. in Building 12. Admission for adults is $5, children under

12 are free. For more information call (760) 747-9215.

Baja Fresh will donate 15% of all

sales to Share Our Selves, a nonprofit agency serving low-income

families, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through March 2. Flier is required

for the donation. Download the flier at www.shareourselves.org, or

call (949) 642-3451 for more information.

MARCH 1

The Malibu Cat Club is sponsoring a cat show from 11 a.m. to 5

p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Orange County

Fairgrounds, Exhibition Building 10, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.

Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for children and seniors. For more

information, call (909) 372-9079.

The public is invited to view “The

American Cowboy,” an exhibit of dramatically lighted photographs

by Howard Folsom, on display through April 30 at the Newport Beach

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. For more information, call (949)

717-3816.

A Mardi Gras Celebration held

at Marriott Suites at 12015 Harbor Blvd. in Anaheim to benefit

Share Our Selves, a volunteer organization dedicated to providing

services to those in need will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m. Dinner

and dancing New Orleans’ Style will be featured, along with a Mardi

Gras mask contest. Cost is $75 per person. For reservations, call

Karen Harrington at (949) 642-3451, send e-mail to

[email protected]. Visit the Web site at

www.shareourselves.org to learn more.

“Teen Night Out!” hosted by Costa Mesa’s Recreation Division,

invites teens in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades for a group

excursion to the Staples Center to see the Los Angeles Clippers and

Seattle Supersonics on Saturday. Teens will meet at the Downtown

Recreation Center at 5 p.m. Saturday and leave for the Staples Center

at 5:15 p.m. They will return at 10:30 p.m. The cost is $30, which

includes tickets, transportation and supervision. Registrations are

accepted by walk-in patrons only at the Downtown Recreation Center,

1860 Anaheim Ave. For more information, call Robby Waite (714)

327-7560.

“Solo Voices,” a festival of

student-directed one-person plays, will be staged by Orange Coast

College’s Repertory Theatre Company in the Drama Lab Studio at Orange

Coast College. Curtain is set for 8 p.m. Saturday evening, and at 2

and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6 and may be reserved in advance by

calling (714) 432-5725, or may be purchased at the door for $7.

MARCH 2

A Therapeutic Knee Workshop with John Childers will be held

Sunday, March 2, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Full Spectrum Yoga, 2018

Quail St., Newport Beach. The workshop focuses on learning more about

your knees, especially for bow legged and knock-kneed people and

people with hyper extension, sore knees, knee injuries and torn

meniscuses. It will include postures for the care and strengthening

of knees. The cost is $30 in advance or $35 at the door. For more

information, call Full spectrum Yoga at (949) 955-1965 or send e-mail

to [email protected].

The Spirit of Adoption presents “Room for One More.” Three

families share their experiences of opening their hearts and homes

from noon to 2 p.m. in the Stewart Lounge. Free. For more

information, call (949) 631-8758.

MARCH 3

A Great Decisions discussion of

“China in Transition: Is Real Change Imminent?” is the sixth in an

eight-week series on U.S. foreign policy topics. The discussion will

be led by John Austin from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Mark Presbyterian

Church, 2100 Mar Vista, Newport Beach. For more information, call

(949) 760-1691.