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Dec. 5, 2011 10:49 PM PT

THURSDAY

Holiday Soiree and Benefit

School board member Katrina Foley hosts her third annual Holiday Soiree and Benefit from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mesa Restaurant in the Camp, 725 Baker St., Costa Mesa. This year’s event benefits Second Harvest Food Bank and One Coat Drive. Tickets to the cocktail-attire event are $25. For more information, visit https://www.katrinafoley.com.

DEC. 13

‘Spaceman’ Visits Newport Beach

The Cannery, 3010 Lafayette Road, Newport Beach starts its Hot Stove League Series with special guest Bill “Spaceman” Lee. Enjoy a cocktail hour and a three-course meal and wine pairing with a baseball great for $750, which the Angels Baseball Foundation will match. Proceeds go to Urban Youth Academy in Compton. Seating is limited to 50. For more information, call (562) 690-2011 or visit https://www.cannerynewport.com.

DEC. 14

E-Book Training

Newport Beach Public Library offers a hands-on eBook training session from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Central Library Friends Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Library staff will demonstrate Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, iPad and Sony readers and provide personal instruction for downloading free eBooks from the Overdrive site. Customers should bring their own eReading devices to enable downloading directly to their reader. For more information, visit https://www.newportbeachlibrary.org or call (949) 717-3800.

DEC. 20

E-Book Training

TILL SUNDAY

Welsh Christmas

Vanguard University’s theater arts department presents “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” adapted from a story by Dylan Thomas, in the Lyceum Theatre. For showtimes and ticket information, call (714) 668-6145 or go to theatre.vanguard.edu. Vanguard University is at 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.

TILL DEC. 14

Toys for Tots

Christ Lutheran School, 760 Victoria St., Costa Mesa, is collecting Toys for Tots at its our front office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

TILL DEC. 16

‘Things That Keep Me Up At Night’

Orange Coast College’s Doyle Arts Pavilion hosts an exhibit featuring memorable images from 20 artists. Admission to the “Things That Keep Me Up at Night” exhibit is free. For more information, call (714) 432-5102 or visit https://www.occartspavilion.com.

TILL DEC. 22

Toy Drive

Patrick’s Pub, at 2645 Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa, is sponsoring its fifth annual toy drive for the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen. The pub will accept donations of new and unwrapped toys. For more information, call (714) 966-2721.

TILL DEC. 31

Art Show

Orange County Fine Arts, an association of OC artists, presents an exhibition of artistic works by its members at the Showcase Gallery, South Coast Plaza Village, 3851 S. Bear St., Santa Ana. The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays.

TILL JAN. 2

Pop-up Gallery

A free and public exhibit, “On Display in Orange County: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture,” will be displayed on the penthouse level at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.

TILL JAN. 15

Food Drive

The city of Irvine and Second Harvest Food Bank are holding a food drive to help the needy during the holidays. The city and Second Harvest are seeking the following types of food donations, including: canned fruit and juices, canned soups, rice, cereal, canned veggies, canned fish, chicken or meat. For a list of sites where the food donations can be dropped of, go to https://www.cityofirvine.org. For more information, call at (949) 653-2900.

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