This is as close as we can come to actually singing to our readers on their birthdays!
We’d love to include yours – and/or your children’s birthdays here.
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Celebrate and enjoy your
birthday!
August 22
Judy Haron
Valerie Vincent
August 23
Carrie Pitt
Greg Trimarche
Kat Toth
August 24
Chris Daniels
Young Lee
Nicholas Yrizarry
Roberto Chuy Madrigal
August 25
Brette Miller
Claudia Morales
Dana Detmers
Shauna Bogert
Jen Moore
August 26
Melissa Cavanaugh
Wendy Potter
August 27
Ann Paredes Gendrolis
Greg Richardson
Jennie Riker
August 28
Jeanine Eunice Veldhuis
Matt Clements
Robb Gallegos
Ken Jillson
Suzette Lipscom
August 29
Andrew Deur
Bert Myers
Erin Karbon
Laura Baptista
Leon Rosen
Tammie Arnold
Sound Spectrum
Faves
1. Beatles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club 50th (w/extras)
2. Arcade Fire, Everything Now
3. George Thorogood, Party of One
4. Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip (S.T.)
5. Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie, Self-Titled
6. Lana Del Rey, Lust For Life
7. Manchester Orchestra, A Black Mile to The Surface
8. Haim, Something to Tell You
9. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
10. Foster the People, Sacred Hearts Club
11. Lorde, Melodrama
12. Chainsmokers, Memories: Do Not Open
13. John Mayer, The Search for Everything
14. Imagine Dragons, Evolve
15. Violent Femmes, 2 Mics & The Truth
16. Mac DeMarco, This Old Dog
17. Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up
18. Thievery Corporation, The Temple of I & I
19. Phoenix, Ti Amo
20. Chris Cornell, Higher Truth
Since 1967
1264 S. Coast Hwy494-5959
Bluebird Music in the Park is just around the corner
Bluebird Music in the Park concerts will begin on July 16 and continue every Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. until August 27.
Here’s the listing:
7/16: Cubensis (Grateful Dead Music)
7/23: Tom Nolan Band (Blues)
7/30: Hollywood U2
8/6: Stone Soul
8/13: Los Pinguos (Argentinian)
8/20: Upstream (Reggae/Calypso)
8/27: Springsteen Experience
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Music in the Park is always fun, whatever decade is celebrated
The City asks concert-goers to note the following:
The concerts are free and funded by the lodging establishments.
No dogs are allowed in the park.
No smoking is allowed on the sidewalk or inside the park.
Alcohol is allowed with a full meal.
Free trolley service is available to the park.
New Blue Bell Gardens 072616
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New Blue Bell Gardens will soon bring natural beauty to the Canyon, delighting cats and residents alike
Work has begun on a landmark new project in Laguna Canyon, Blue Bell Gardens, the brainchild of Jeff Zakaryan, volunteer advisory board chairman of the Blue Bell Foundation for Cats, and a concept happily embraced by Susan Hamil, chairwoman of the Blue Bell Foundation for Cats.
The beautiful future “pocket park,” which will be a great resource for the Canyon, is strongly supported by community leaders including Ruben Flores of Laguna Nursery, Jorja Puma, immediate past president of the Laguna Beach Garden Club, Josh Brown of Native West Landscapes, the Laguna Beach Beautification Council, and Jon Madison of Madison Square Café and Gardens.
Recently the project also received a Community Assistance Grant from the City.
“Blue Bell Gardens will surround the area around the Blue Bell Cat Retirement Sanctuary with beauty at last, after the devastating flooding and mudslides of December, 2010,” Hamil said. “This project will create and sustain a rich, native habitat for birds, butterflies, bees and lizards, enhance the ecology and conserve water through intelligent use of natural resources.”
Native West Landscapes has already begun working on the paths and first few plantings. They specialize in creating sustainable gardens with plants and flowers, native to California that need the minimum amount of watering.
The work on Blue Bell Gardens begins, slowly but surely
The completed project, which Flores has described as a future “…jewel of the Canyon,” will feature 13 unique gardens on the property. Beyond giving the cats in their (safe) cottage home a great view of local wildlife and insects, and many new scents to savor, Blue Bell Gardens will provide a serene horticultural oasis.
In time Blue Bell Gardens will feature the work of local artists and offer horticultural education programs for residents and local school children.
As a way to raise funds - $17,500 is needed to complete the gardens by the end of 2016 – Blue Bell is offering opportunities to sponsor individual gardens for a tax-deductible contribution of a minimum of $2,500.
Six of the gardens have already been reserved. Sponsors include Ann and Charlie Quilter, the Birdhouse Village; Barb and Jeff Zakaryan, the Blue and White Floral Garden; Dr. Ned Momary, the Orchard; the Laguna Beach Garden Club, the Monarch Butterfly Garden; Native West, the Canyon Road Garden; Visionscape/Laguna Nursery, the Blue Native Garden; Jan Hobbs, the Cat Nip Garden; and Massen Greene Foundation, the Blue Grow Succulent Garden.
Excited and talented volunteer Lisa Villela is already painting birdhouses even though the final design of the Birdhouse Village is still being decided
The Blue Shade, Blue Glass, Mourning Dove, and Blue Flower gardens are still available for sponsorship of $2,500 or above, along with Meow Meadow and a few others. Each garden will have a personalized market recognizing the benefactor, if desired.
Sponsor and hard-working volunteer Zakaryan said, “We are passionate about the Blue Bell Cat Retirement Sanctuary, which provides a unique and loving home for beloved cats. Given its long history in Laguna we also feel the Blue Bell Gardens project will inspire others – in large and small ways – to enhance and preserve the precious natural resource we all enjoy in the Canyon.”
The Blue Bell Cat Retirement Sanctuary offers loving and compassionate life-long care for cats whose owners can no longer care for them.
To learn more about Blue Bell or to donate, visit www.bluebellcats.org or contact Jeff Zakaryan directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call him at 949-290-6356.
Library Events
August
Sat, Aug 19
Family Activity
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Get creative! Let your imagination run wild! Children under 12 are encouraged to come to the library during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to make fun and creative seasonal crafts. Adult supervision is recommended.
Sat, Aug 19
Poetry Workshop
2 p.m.- 4 p.m.
Participants should bring 10 copies of a poem they wish to have read and work-shopped. Each poem will be read by the poet and perhaps by another reader. Participants then respond with emphasis on positive comments and constructive suggestions. Recommended for advanced poets—this is not a workshop for beginners. Meets in the Community Room. Contact John Gardiner @949-715-7507 for more information.
Mon, Aug 21
Third Street Writers Group Ink
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Serious writers working on projects (short stories, novels, plays) meet to share feedback and support. This is not a workshop for beginners. Please contact the library for additional information.
Tue, Aug 22
Author Talk with Pattie S. Grimm
5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
Come visit The Branch for a wonderful talk about Pattie S. Grimm’s book, entitled “Quiet Women Never Changed History!” Pattie will be here from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. See you there!
Wed, Aug 23
Toddler Storytime
10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
Calling all toddlers! You are invited to enjoy our new Wednesday storytime. Stories, songs, fingerplay, dancing and more will encourage a love of books and learning in a fun and interactive environment. Come for the stories and stay for playtime afterward.
Thu, Aug 24
Family Storytime
10:30 a.m.- 12 p.m.
Welcome to the Peapod Academy. Join some of the cutest babies, toddlers, & preschoolers in town and adults of their choice at the Library. Little peas will enjoy books & storytime, songs & music, fingerplays, movement, hands on activities, arts & crafts, and other cadets. Each week has a different theme. Get to know others and support your little one’s developmental skills. No preregistration required.
Laguna Beach Library
363 Glenneyre St.
949-497-1733
Laguna Beach Books Bi-weekly Bestsellers
Novels
Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
The House of Spies by Daniel Silva
Non-Fiction
Behave by Robert M. Sapoisky
Conscience of a Conservative by Jeff Flake
Daring to Drive by Manal Al- Sharif
Children’s Books
This Is a Poem That Heals Fish by Jean-Pierre Simeon
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
Something Amazing by Steve Fawley
Staff Recommendation
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
1200 S Coast Hwy
949.494.4779
