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Daniella Walsh

The 2025 Sawdust Art Festival Winter Fantasy in Laguna Beach has opened, with arts and crafts created by more than 180 artists. The festival is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 21.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch, Contributing Photographer)

Enter Sawdust Art Festival Winter Fantasy’s holiday wonderland

November 28, 2025 at 10:39 a.m.

The 35th annual Winter Fantasy has arrived just in time for holiday shopping. It is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Dec. 21.

One of the featured works at Laguna Art Museum’s current exhibit is “On the Road to Zion.” Oil on canvas. 47 1/2 x 67 1/2. Private lender. Anthony and Mary Podell. (Courtesy of Laguna Art Museum)

Past and present of the Southwest converge at Laguna Art Museum

October 16, 2025 at 10:46 a.m.

The two exhibits contrast reverence for nature with the heavy hand of development.

“Peace on Earth,” a collage by Laguna Woods resident Robin Meader, is part of the Peace Day observance taking place Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Clubhouse 1. The collage depicts “the things I believe everyone wants and should be able to enjoy in a peaceful world,” Meader says. Along with artworks, the observance includes speeches, poetry readings and singalongs.
(Courtesy of Robin Meader)

Peace Day comes early to Laguna Woods

September 18, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

Clubs team up to share poetry, art and music calling for a world without war

Works by Susan Hoehn stand out at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach because her paintings also have a part in the Pageant of the Masters as tableaux vivants this year. Here, her works are show on Friday, July 25, 2025.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch, Contributing Photographer)

Festival of Arts showcases a cornucopia of creativity

August 8, 2025 at 7:08 p.m.

Works by 120-plus artists in a variety of mediums are on display in Laguna Beach art fest

Laguna Woods resident Audrey Grider artworks have a distinctive mythical air, shaped into hearts or suspended in dreamlike narratives. Here, she is in her booth at the 2025 Laguna Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch, Contributing Photographer)

Laguna Beach fest is an affair of the arts and the hearts

July 28, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

Six Laguna Woods residents show their creativity is timeless

Leafy green vegetables, grown by Laguna Woods residents, are for sale at the Laguna Woods Garden Centers Club’s farmers market on Saturday, July 19, at Clubhouse 2.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch, Contributing Photographer)

Laguna Woods farmers market flourishes

July 26, 2025 at 3:27 p.m.

Local sale of fresh produce raises $5,000 for Meals on Wheels program

A coyote lurks in the bushes near Aliso Creek in Laguna Woods. The coyote population in the Village has increased dramatically, residents say.
(Photo by Mark Rabinowitch, Contributing Photographer)

Laguna Woods residents get vocal at town hall on coyotes

July 20, 2025 at 5:26 p.m.

Animal control officer gives advice on living with the predator but is given an earful

Bradford J. Salamon’s oil painting, “Marine Room,” was commissioned by the pageant for this year’s show. The image captures the iconic tavern on Ocean Avenue that has been a staple since the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Pageant of the Masters)

Road tripping through California treasures in the pageant

July 10, 2025 at 1:04 p.m.

Annual event in Laguna Beach showcases masters from state's top museums

Golf carts leave the Clubhouse 1 parking lot on their way to Clubhouse 2 in the Laguna Woods July 4 golf cart parade on Friday, July 4, 2025.
(Courtesy of Joel Goldstein)

Golf carts dressed to impress on day of fun and patriotism

July 10, 2025 at 10:37 a.m.

Laguna Woods residents come out in force for parade

Diane Johanson, left, Pamela Ellerman and Sherri Jackson dance to the music of a live band during the Laguna Woodstock festival in Laguna Woods Village on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Peace, love and music for a while in Laguna Woods

July 6, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

It’s deja vu all over again at Laguna Woodstock festival

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