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Sunday, November 9, 2008
AUBURN - Auburn
Christmas Festival. 24th annual event is held at Gold Country
Fairgrounds. Location: Auburn, CA. fireonthemountain.com
BEVERLY HILLS -
Beverly
Hills Garden & Design Showcase. VERANDA presents The Great
House at Historic Greystone Estate. The 7th Annual Beverly
Hills Garden & Design Showcase at Historic Greystone Estate
offers a rare opportunity to tour the mansion’s estate rooms,
richly decorated by more than 30 top designers from the LA area.
Guests can view landscape vignettes that showcase new planting
trends and listen to lectures on the mansion’s architecture,
history and gardens. Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Greystone
Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Road, Beverly Hills, California. Cost:
$30 -50. Call: (310) 550-4796. beverlyhillsgardenshowcase.org
CYPRESS - Children of
the World Concert. As part of its 2008-2009 U.S. tour, World
Help presents Children of
the World choir, comprised of orphaned and disadvantaged
children from several different countries. Their purpose is to
generate compassion and inspire individuals to get involved in
helping over 15 million children who have been orphaned and
their lives drastically impacted by AIDS. A special video
presentation will take you into the heart of this crisis and
show you how to make a difference. Time: 8:45 & 10:30 a.m.
Cost: No charge. Location: 6143 Ball Road, Cypress, CA. Call:
(714) 952-3001 or email: steven@cypresschurch.net
EAGLE ROCK -
Eagle Rock Veteran's Day Parade. Eagle Rock Veterans and
Councilmember Jose Huziar host the annual Veteran's Day Parade
along Eagle Rock Blvd. At 11:30am a memorial will be held and at
1:30pm the parade starts. Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: Free.
Call: (323) 254-5295
FULLERTON
- Theatre Organ Concert. Concert featuring Clark Wilson,
organist for the silent horror movies presented on Halloween
night at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.Location: Plummer
Auditorium, 201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA. Ticket:
$15 adult, free ages 12 and under. Time: 2:30 p.m. Call Orange
County Theatre Organ Society: (714) 870-2813.
MARYSVILLE -
Hansel and Gretel. Borgamaria
Lyric Opera presents the charming fairytale "Hansel and Gretel".
Time: 3 p.m. Cost: $25 general admission. Location: Lee Burrows
Performing Arts Center, 630 E Street, Marysville, CA. Phone:
(530) 742-2787. yubasutterarts.org
MONTEREY
- Great Wine Escape Weekend. The 12th Annual Great Wine
Escape Weekend will be held throughout Monterey Wine Country
through November 9th. As the food and wine event of the year for
Monterey County, it features over 45 Monterey wineries, local
and national celebrity chefs, and the ultimate travel experience
in an unparalleled setting. Grand tastings, winemaker dinners,
wine and culinary demonstrations, and special tours are
highlights of the weekend. Call (831) 375-9400.
montereywines.org
PALM DESERT –
The Art of Food & Wine.
A unique
four-day celebration attracting thousands of art and culinary
enthusiasts enjoy the very best in art, food and wine education
and hospitality. The event features food and wine tastings
and competitions, wine pairing dinners, celebrity chef
demonstrations, culinary seminars, art, music, shopping and golf
- all nestled in Southern California's beautiful Coachella
Valley . Festival runs Nov. 6-9 throughout Palm Desert . Hours
and ticket prices vary on event. For more information, call
1.866.96.TASTE. artoffoodandwine.com.
SANTA
YNEZ - Viva Vaquero Show and Sale. The 24th
annual Vaquero show celebrates
California's earliest cowboy, the Vaquero. Noted artisans and
collectors from the Western U.S. display and sell cowboy and
western apparel, horse equipment and memorabilia at The
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society and Carriage Museum event. There's a
raffle for a silver-trimmed bridel fitted with a silver show bit
and mohair hand-braided mecate. Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $5. Location:
Corner of Sagunto and Faraday Streets, Santa Ynez, CA. Call: (805)
688-7889. syvm.org SANTA ROSA - Classical Two Concert. Conductor Bruno
Ferrandis leads the Santa Rosa Symphony with featured violinist
Gilles Apap. Selections include: Ligeti's Lontano; Berg's Violin
Concerto; and Schubert's Symphony No. 9. Time: 3
p.m. Cost: $27-50. Location: Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50
Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa, CA. Call: (707)
546-3600. wellsfargocenterarts.org
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