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location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

The Newport Beach Public Library will hold a free 2004-05

Manuscripts Book Discussion Group at 9:15 a.m. in its Friends Meeting

Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. The discussion will focus on

Monique Truong’s “The Book of Salt.” Information: (949) 717-3800,

option 2.

Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Ensign and Corona del Mar

middle schools and Our Lady Queen of Angels School are invited for

canoeing and kayaking at NAC Day on the Bay, from 2 to 5 p.m. at

Newport Aquatic Center, 1 White Cliffs Drive, Newport Beach. The cost

is $5. Information: (949) 644-3156.

Speak Up Newport will hold a Newport Beach City Council Candidates

Forum beginning at 6 p.m. in the Commodores’ Room at the Newport

Beach Yacht Club, 1099 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Speakers include

candidates Steve Rosansky, Catherine Emmons, John Earl Buttolph,

Steve Bromberg, Dolores Otting and John Heffernan. Neighbors and

friends are invited. A reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.

Information: (949) 224-2266.

Hoag Hospital OB/GYN Deborah Grouse will speak about pregnancy

after 35 at 6:30 p.m. at Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive,

Newport Beach. The discussion is free and reservations are required.

Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

Journalist Bill Sardi will present a free seminar, “Why Most

Post-Menopausal Women Fail Their Bone Density Test,” from 6:30 to

7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 631-4741.

THURSDAY

New York playwright and theater director Moises Kaufman will speak

at 1:30 p.m. at Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theater, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Admission is free. The lecture will be

followed by an interdisciplinary panel discussion featuring OCC

faculty members. Information: https://www.occ.cccd.edu.

The seventh annual Fire and Lifeguard Appreciation Beach Party

will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Newport Dunes Resort, 1131 Back Bay

Drive, Newport Beach. The event will feature live music, a barbecue

dinner and a no-host bar on the bay. Admission is $30. Information:

(949) 729-4400.

Chef Richard Reilly will demonstrate low-fat, low-salt cooking for

flavorful and easy meal preparation at 6 p.m. at Hoag Conference

Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. The discussion is free, and

reservations are required. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

“American Dreams” star Arlen Escarpeta will sign autographs from 6

to 8 p.m. at Robinson’s-May South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. Guests will also receive a gift with Perry Ellis

purchases. Information: (714) 546-9321.

Vandana Soni and Franca Carmona will host a free seminar, “The

Healing Power of Ayurvedic Cooking,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at

Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

631-4741.

Violet Woodhouse, attorney and author of “Divorce & Money: How to

Make the Best Decisions During Divorce,” will speak on “Prenuptial

Agreements -- Changes in the Law,” at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

717-3800, option 2 or https://www.newportbeach library.org.

FRIDAY

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s black-tie dinner/dance

event, “The Gala Celebration of the Century,” runs from 6 to 11 p.m.

at The Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

Tickets are $250. Information: (949) 675-0501.

SATURDAY

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host a seminar, “How Money Works,”

from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at the Orange Coast

College Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occtickets.com.

Author Elizabeth Plourde will lecture on “Women’s Health Care &

Hormone Replacement Therapy,” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the

Orange Coast College Business Education Room 104, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $29 per person or $49 per couple.

Information: (714) 432-5880 or https://www.occtickets.com.

“The Art of Flowers” annual fall art and flower festival will be

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UC Irvine Arboretum, south of Campus

Drive and Jamboree Road on the UCI North Campus. Admission is $2.

Children under 12 get in free. (949) 824-5833.

The 43rd annual Sandcastle Contest will take place from 11 a.m. to

4 p.m. at Corona del Mar State Beach. The contest is limited to 45

teams of eight people each, and is open to all skill levels. The cost

per team is $60 for architecture firms, $40 for all other businesses

and $30 for families and other organizations. Information: (949)

729-4400.

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s “Centennial Beach

Party” is held from 4 to 9 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar State Beach.

Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.

SUNDAY

The Orange County Interfaith Council will hold an

interdenominational church service on Big Corona del Mar State Beach

from 9 to 10 a.m. to coincide with the Corona del Mar Centennial

Celebration. Parking will be available at the beach and at Oasis

Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration’s “Centennial Family

Beach Expo” will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar

State Beach. Events include a 10 a.m. pancake breakfast, surf

lessons, a beach volleyball tournament, exhibits and children’s

activities. Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.

The “Fall Fair and Pumpkin Patch” is held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

at the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The

event includes live music, pumpkin sales, food, nature crafts and

games, a scavenger hunt, a silent auction and an opportunity drawing.

Information: (949) 645-8489.

The 19th annual Great Chefs of Orange County Food and Wine

extravaganza will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Balboa

Bay Club & Resort, 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Tickets are

$150 for the main event and $250 for a caviar and champagne VIP

reception with the chefs along with the event. Information: (800)

747-5527.

MONDAY

Hoag Hospital cardiologist Richard Haskell will discuss the latest

advances in the treatment of heart disease at 6 p.m. at Hoag

Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach. The discussion is

free, and reservations are required. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.

TUESDAY

Financial advisor Laura Tarbox will hold a free “It’s Your Money”

seminar from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library,

1000 Avocado Ave. Refreshments will be provided, and reservations

aren’t required. Information: (949) 717-3890.

Herbologist Mark Kaylor will host a free seminar, “Digestion --

The Foundation for Health and Healing,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at

Mother’s Patio Cafe, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

631-4741.

The Surfrider Foundation’s Newport Beach chapter will hold a

meeting, “Campaign Against the Plastic Plague,” at 7 p.m. at

Margaritaville, 2332 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Information:

(310) 849-1964.

OCT. 20

U.S. Medicare and Medicaid Operations official Donna Dymon will

speak on the Medicare-approved Drug Discount Card, enrollment in the

discount card program and how to determine which card is right for

you, at 3:30 p.m. at Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport

Beach. The discussion is free. Information: (800) 514-HOAG.