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Around Town: South Coast Plaza to feature international kimonos

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The Imagine Oneworld Kimono Project will culminate a Southern California tour on Sunday with two performances at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.

The performances, presented by Japanese nonprofit Imagine Oneworld Inc., will feature seven of 196 kimonos handcrafted for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games. Each kimono represents a country participating in the games. The Costa Mesa event will include the U.S. kimono.

The performances will be held at 1 and 4 p.m. at Carousel Court on the first level of the mall, 3333 Bristol St. They will include music played on piano and traditional Japanese drums and bamboo flute.

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For more information, visit facebook.com/imagineoneworldkimonoproject.

Local nonprofits gain $300,000 for youth services

Two local nonprofit organizations were among 14 in Orange County that received grants as part of about $2 million awarded by Accelerate Change Together for Anaheim to help provide services to needy youths in Anaheim.

Costa Mesa-based Girls Inc. of Orange County received $200,000, and the Irvine-based Tiger Woods Foundation received $100,000.

ACT Anaheim was launched last year by the Disneyland Resort, the Angels baseball team and the Ducks hockey team, with the Orange County Community Foundation as managing partner and investor.

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