🌱 $94M Museum Party + 4th Annual Laguna Beach Film Festival

Morning, friends. It's Paula Constance, your host of the Orange County Daily — back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in the community. Today's briefing includes news about...

• New $94M museum opens with a 24-hour party.
• Indigenous people recognized in new federal holiday.
• Laguna Beach Film Festival returns with a twist.

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny and humid. High: 76 Low: 65.

Here are the top stories in Orange County today:

1. The new $94 million Orange County Museum of Art hosted a 24-hour party that started Saturday. The new Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa launched the museum's new home with a party and activities that started Saturday evening. The round-the-clock celebration, free and open to the public, "started with a drumline procession and included performances by singers and string musicians, a dance party, late-night movies, a Japanese tea ceremony and art-making activities." (Orange County Register via Facebook)
2. Orange County observed Indigenous People’s Day Monday. In Santa Ana, the federal holiday was a chance "to reflect on the first contact between Europeans and the Americas." The trend started in 1992 with the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to America, and now holidays celebrate the more than 500 recognized indigenous tribes in the U.S, and another 800 across Latin America. Read more about celebration: (City of Santa Ana)
3. The 4th Annual Coast Film & Music Festival will return to Laguna Beach on November 9 in person and online, "with an added musical twist." This year, the Laguna Beach film festival is adding live music performances to the five-day event. "The weeklong festival will screen about 50 films, including the cult surf classic 'Five Summer Stories' by Laguna Beach's own Greg MacGillivray." Find out more about the film festival here: (Orange Count Patch)

Today in Orange County:

• Being a Parent in Spanish - The Priority Center (All Day)
• Tustin Economic Development Meeting - Tustin Chamber of Commerce (8:30 a.m.)
• WORKSHOP Emotional Intelligence: Communicate with Different Personality Types (9 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• German Shepherd looking for forever families "POV 🐶 You have a German Shepherd. 😂 Who else woke up like this? If you didn't, we can help fix that problem! Check out all of our amazing German Shepherds looking for their forever families." (German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County via Facebook)
• "Plan your escape" for Fire Prevention Week: "It's #FirePreventionWeek! This year’s theme is “Fire Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape.” "Did you know that you could have less than 2 minutes to escape your house once the smoke alarm sounds?" (Orange County Fire Authority via Facebook)

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— Paula Constance

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