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State Of The Festival Of Arts Laguna Beach
FOA's annual meeting included the near-death experience of 2020, the resilient comeback, and a look ahead to a vibrant summer 2022.

Prior to joining Patch as a contributor, I worked at the now-shuttered OC Weekly proofreading the print edition and writing the Arts & Culture column Paint It Black.
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FOA's annual meeting included the near-death experience of 2020, the resilient comeback, and a look ahead to a vibrant summer 2022.

The city's annual exhibition of winning artworks is on display in City Hall's first floor corridors through November 17.
Children ages 5 to 17 are invited to submit holiday-themed palette designs by November 15 for display in the Promenade throughout December.
The third annual Coast Film Festival's closing night includes the town's best-known filmmakers and action sports figures talking movies.
The local boutique is still evolving into its most authentic self as it nears the decade mark, and the party to celebrate the milestone.
Short films, features, Q&As, celebrities, pro-athletes, eco-warriors and the stories they tell make Coast Film Festival a stellar event.
Founder Ben Warner highlights a few short film blocks where directors will be on-hand for Q&As, plus other insider info.
Three new exhibitions opened and the return of LAM Lab made a foggy Thursday a fun night at the museum.
Several galleries join Laguna Art Museum in celebrating the Ninth Annual Art & Nature Festival, though not all are open Art Walk night.
Pulled from LAM's permanent collection, the show is inspired by Art & Nature featured artist Rebeca Méndez's 'Any-Instant-Whatever."
The architectural oddity on Wave Street in North Laguna is a one-of-a-kind spooky charmer.
William Mortensen, master of grotesque, occult and macabre photography, was a resident for 37 years at Thalia and Coast HIghway.
Top of the World, Bluebird Canyon or Arch Beach Heights residents, sign up to help roll out the new eco-friendly vans.
The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee's after party celebrates her 'Made In Hollywood' book launch Friday, Nov. 5, from 7-10 p.m.
The judge and the people made their choices, after strenuously sampling signature bites from 22 restaurants for three-plus hours.
After 19 dark months, the 101-year-old theater lights up the stage with a toe-tapping, doo-wop musical—and bigger, better bathrooms.
Jessie Arms Botke's oil paintings and watercolors of birds and their worlds debuts during the annual Art & Nature Festival.
The town came out in droves to celebrate its chefs, artists, musicians and nonprofits at the Festival of Arts Grounds on Thursday night.
Sample local chefs' tastiest morsels and listen to live music at the Festival of Arts Grounds—and don't forget to bid on the auction.
Elected city officials called on U.S. senators and Orange County's congressional delegation to end drilling off the state's coast.