2010 “Magical Memories” World Tour

The Original Harlem Globetrotters

Sat, Feb 13, 1 & 7 pm - Honda Center, Anaheim
Sun, Feb 14, 1 & 6 pm - Staples Center, Los Angeles
Mon, Feb 15, 1 pm - Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario

If Valentine's means celebrating with the family, get in on the fun and experience the magic as the Harlem Globetrotters come to Southern California. The iconic Harlem Globetrotters are primed to showcase their eye-popping 2010 “Magical Memories” World Tour to over 215 cities across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with the wholesome family entertainment known worldwide for thrilling fans young and old and making cherished family memories.

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Paradiso Luxury Charter Yacht

Reserve Your Romantic Valentine's Cruise
670 Lido Park Drive - Newport Beach

Have a romantic evening aboard Paradiso Luxury Charter Yacht or plan a Valentine's Yacht Party for you and all your friends! Call Vanessa at (714) 404-0806 to make your reservation.

Laguna Beach

Valentine's Day Hike

Sun, Feb 14, 9 - 11 am - Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Enjoy the canyon views, look for early wildflowers and learn about love in the wild on this moderate, 2-mile hike over steep and rocky terrain (400-ft. elevation gain) with Orange County Interpretive Specialist Laura Cohen and Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, approximately 3.5 miles south of I-5/405). Reservations required: 949-923-2235. Parking: $3. Program cost: $5.

An ideal gift for any special occasion!

24Kt Gold Dipped Roses for Someone Special!

Golden Rose Florist, Rosemead / (626) 572-8555

Our roses are real California roses that have been carefully selected, sized, and formed while they are at their peak of beauty. Each gold plated rose is then preserved and electro-plated with a rich 24kt gold finish. "Golden Roses" last a lifetime and are one-of-a-kind works of art.

Costa Mesa

Chris Botti

Thu - Sat, Feb 11 - 13, 8 pm - Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, say “I love you” with a full orchestra and trumpeter extraordinaire Chris Botti! A gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer and a charismatic performer, the former trumpeter for Sting effortlessly crosses the boundaries between pop and classical, jazz and rock.

Sponsored by The Prentice School

A Morning with Rick Lavoie

Fri, Feb 12 - 7:30am-12noon
Rose Center Theatre - 14140 All American Way, Westminster

Topics: “Strategies that Don’t Work…and Those that Do” and “It’s so Much Work to be Your Friend”. Reservations are required.
$100 General Registration - Includes Breakfast Buffet
Special School District Rate: 5 or more employees for one single district will receive a discounted rate of $75.00 per person. Free Parking.

Contact Lauren Krausgrill @ 714-244-4600 or prenticeschool@prentice.org

Yorba Linda

President's Day (Free Admission)

Mon, Feb 15, 10 am - 5 pm - Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda

FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY. Program includes a special Panel Discussion on the "Effective use of the President's Time", a look at how the White House insiders organized the Office of the President for efficient management. Co-sponsored by the Nixon Foundation and Presidential Library.

Attend A Free Symposium

Epilepsy And Brain Mapping Program

10 Congress Street, Ste. 505, Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 792-7300

The Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program is a comprehensive center known for treating difficult seizure disorders in adults and pediatrics. We care about each and every patient.

Attend "New Advances in Epilepsy And Brain Mapping" Symposium. Feb 27, Sat, 8 am to 4 pm - Braun Auditorium, Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA

Newport Beach

What's Cooking @ the Library: Chef Zov Karamardian

Tue, Feb 16, 7 pm - Central Library Friends Meeting Room, Newport Beach Public Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach

Some of Orange County's best chefs will be serving up tasty gourmet treats and sharing some of their cooking secrets in a new series of monthly culinary events hosted by the Newport Beach Public Library. Satisfy your craving for gourmet cuisine and learn from the experts. $20

Santa Ana

Luncheon Lecture: Bicentennial's End, Where Does that Leave Lincoln?

Wed, Feb 17, 11:45 am - 1 pm - Orange County Courthouse, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana

Dr. Larry Burgess, Director of the A.K. Smiley Library in Redlands, will discuss Lincoln’s role in the United States’ future in his lecture “Bicentennial’s End: Where Does that Leave Lincoln?” Dr. Burgess will speak during the Old Courthouse Museum Society’s luncheon. Lunch is $7.00, but you are welcome to attend without purchasing one. To reserve a lunch or RSVP please call 714-973-6610.

Aquarium of the Pacific Event

African American Festival

Sat & Sun, Feb 20 & 21 - 9am-5pm - Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

Price included with admission. Join the Aquarium of the Pacific as it hosts its eighth annual African American Festival, celebrating the richness and diversity of African American and African cultures. The weekend will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts, ethnic food, and more. Featured are hip hop and breakdancers, gospel singers, mardi gras second line dancers, live jazz, interactive drum circles, West African dance, cultural storytelling, community award ceremonies, and a host of other activities.

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Nature: Wild Balkans

Monday, February 8 at 7:00 PM

The Balkan Peninsula is home to a variety of regions that border on mythical. In Croatia’s Kopacki Rit Wetlands, land mines keep people away, but enable native wildlife to thrive. Further south, Montenegro’s Tara River carves through Europe’s longest and deepest canyon, and neighboring forests provide refuge to rare animals such as the Balkan Lynx. This is a journey to a world seemingly forgotten by time. NATURE is sponsored by The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians.

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The Female of the Species

Written by Joanna Murray-Smith, Directed by Randall Arney
On stage now through Mar 14 - Geffen Playhouse, Westwood

Academy Award nominee Annette Bening returns to the Geffen Playhouse in this wildly wicked farce. Watch and laugh as a famed feminist author's retreat is rudely and hilariously interrupted by a host of unexpected guests: a disgruntled student, an impatient cabbie, her longtime publisher, her overlooked daughter and simplistic son-in-law. Writer's block has never been so funny!
Featuring: David Arquette, Annette Bening, Mireille Enos, Julian Sands, Josh Stamberg and Merritt Wever

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Newport Beach

Wetland Wee Walks

Fri, Feb 12, 10:30 am - Peter & Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach

Join us for fun-filled Fridays at the bay! Explore the flora and fauna of our unique wetland ecosystem through crafts, activities and a nature walk through the preserve. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience! Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please phone 949-923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.

Anaheim

FROGS: A Chorus of Colors

Opens Sat, Feb 13 runs through Sep 5 - Muzeo, 241 S. Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim

MUZEO is hopping with over 100 frogs in living color! Come eyeball to eyeball with delicate tree frogs, fat bullfrogs, strange horned frogs, giant toads - even the poison dart frog. This experience is very interactive and will completely change the way you look at frogs and our eco-system. It's a hands-on, minds-on discovery for all ages.

Costa Mesa

The Adventures of the Muffi

Sat, Feb 13, 10 & 11:30 am - Studio Performance Space, Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

At Pacific Symphony’s Musical Storytime, kids ages 4-7 and an accompanying adult learn together the joys of making music. Featuring an internationally renowned early childhood music educator and musicians from Pacific Symphony and the Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles. Tickets $15

Newport Beach: Orange County Museum of Art

Valentine's Day Celebration: Amor Amorales (Free Admission)

Sun, Feb 14, 11 am - 4 pm - Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach

Bring the family and spend Valentine's Day at OCMA! Creating special hand-crafted gifts for loved ones, enjoy imaginative puppet performances by Jukebox Radio Puppetry and Song, and fall in love with artwork by Carlos Amorales in our galleries.

Laguna Beach

ABCs of Yoga for kids

Thu, Feb 18, 3:30 - 4:40 pm - Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Children ages 6-10 will explore a fun-filled yoga experience in a wilderness setting with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. Please bring yoga mat, towel and water. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, approximately 3.5 miles south of I-5/405). Reservations required: 949-923-2235. Parking: $3. Donation: $18 for 6-class series; $3/child drop in. Event Fee: $18 for 6 classes or $3 per class, Parking Fee: $3

Laguna Niguel

Farmers Market

Suns, 9 am - 1 pm (rain or shine), Plaza De La Paz Shopping Center on the Corner of La Paz and Pacific Park

Affiliated with Orange County Farm Bureau Sponsored Certified Farmers' Markets. California certified farmers' markets are the real thing - places where genuine farmers sell fruits, nuts and vegetables directly to the public. Every farmer who sells at a certified market is inspected by the county agricultural commissioner to make sure they actually grows the commodity being sold.

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Costa Mesa

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Feb 16 - 21 - Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

This grand showcase of Andrew Lloyd Webber's music features a cast of Broadway veterans, backed by an onstage symphony, performing his biggest and most memorable hits from such musicals as The Phantom of the Opera, Whistle Down the Wind, Starlight Express, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and more.

Costa Mesa

Best Live Band Finals of Orange County Music Awards

Sat, Feb 27, 8 pm - Samueli Theater, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center,

The Center’s Free for All and Off Center Series have partnered with the OC Music Awards to present the 2010 Best Live Bands Final in Samueli Theater. The OC Music Awards showcases the best and brightest local talent from the county’s up and coming music scene. The performance is free and open to all ages.

Costa Mesa

"Fences"

Jan 22 through Feb 21 - Segerstrom Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a hardworking family man in the 1950s meets life head-on with dignity, humor and eloquence, but not without frequent stumbles. Through it all, he asks his family to stand by him. Often, their devotion is tested, and with reason, but in the end this is a strong and honest family.

Laguna Beach

Dressed2Kill

Opens Thu, Jan 21 runs through Feb 13 - Laguna College of Art and Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Laguna College of Art and Design presents an international costume in game juried competition for professionals and students featuring costume and fashion designs for video game play.

Santa Ana

The Gold of Troy: Ancient Jewelry from the University of Pennsylvania Museum

Through Feb 14 - Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana

Regarded as one of the world's most spectacular archaeological finds, the discovery of the Gold of Troy confirmed the existence of the flourishing pre-classical civilization and its legendary treasure. Excavated between 1870-1873 by German businessman-turned-archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, the hoards of treasure included thousands of gold and semi-precious stone objects dating to 2500 BC.

Santa Ana

"Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum Traveling Exhibit"

Through Fri, Feb 26 - Old Orange County Courthouse, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana

A dynamic exhibition which explores the life and career of Abraham Lincoln open is early February. Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America was developed by the Abraham Lincoln Presidentail Library and Museum. The exhibit will also showcase Orange County’s connection to Lincoln with artifacts from Mission San Juan Capistrano and Disney’s “Hall of Presidents”.

Newport Beach

The Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection II

Through Mar 21, Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach

This exhibition is the second part of a year-long exhibition featuring important video and new media works from the museum’s permanent collection.

Laguna Niguel

Recreational Mountain Bike Ride

Sun, Feb 14, 8 - 10 am - Aliso And Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel

Catch beautiful coastal canyon views on this 10-mile ride over steep and uneven terrain (1,000-ft. elevaton gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mountain bike trail assistants. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, Gate 1, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound aliso Creek Road, turn right on Alicia, first right AWMA, left into dirt parking lot). Reservations required: 949-923-2235. Parking: $3. Donation: $2/person.

Laguna Beach

Yoga for Seniors

Tue, Feb 16, 9 - 10:30 am - Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach

Come and enjoy a peaceful, 1.5-mile walk in our lovely canyons as you learn yoga stretches, breathing and relaxation exercises with Laguna Canyon Foundation senior volunteers. Please bring towel and water. Wear a hat, comfortable clothing, and sunscreen. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, just north of 73 Toll Road). Reservations required: 949-923-2235. Parking: $3. Donation: $2/person. Parking Fee: $3

Newport Beach

Wild Tales - "What is a Dinosaur?"

Thu, Feb 18, 10:30 am - Peter & Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach

Visit with Preserve staff for story-telling fun! After a story, learn more about the natural history of the Bay through crafts, hands-on activities and nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience! Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please phone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.

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Disneyland Volunteer Offer

Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.

Volunteer a day of service in 2010 to a participating organization and get one day admission to a theme park at The Disneyland® Resort, free.

There's no better time to make a dream come true for others and let us make a few come true for you. You must pre-register and sign up through official site to volunteer and complete your service at an eligible volunteer opportunity. Ticket quantities for this program are limited. You must be at least 18 to sign up.

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