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The Newport Beach Public Library will host a lecture by Deanne
Stillman, author of "Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder Marines
and the Mojave." The story is about the murder of two girls by a
Marine in the Mojave Desert. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. at the
Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach.
Information: (949) 717-3800 option No. 2,
http://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.
The Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine
will host Women's Wellness Day from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Irvine
Marriott Hotel, 18000 Von Karman Ave., Irvine. The event will feature
speakers and events on a wide range of women's health issues, with an
emphasis in the use of herbs for health. Tickets cost: $100 to $125.
Information: (949) 824-5763, hbarrett@uci.edu.
Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area Inc. will host its
31st annual Roman Feast and Charity Auction honoring Joan Irvine
Smith. The masters of ceremonies will be city managers Allan Roeder,
Costa Mesa and Homer Bludau, Newport Beach. The event will be from 6
to 10 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park
Ave., Costa Mesa. The cost is $40 per person and $1,000 for a table
of eight. Information: (949) 642-8306.
The Rusty Barn Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in building
No. 10 at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair
Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $8. Information: (801) 463-1200.
UC Irvine will host a lecture and presentation by Gayatri
Chakravorty Spivak, Avalon Foundation professor in the Humanities at
Columbia University. The event will be from 4 to 5 p.m. at the
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 135 at UC Irvine.
Information: (949) 824-1948.
UC Irvine will host a reading and film screening by Assia Djebar,
novelist, scholar, poet and filmmaker. The reading will be at 5 p.m.
at the Humanities Instructional Building, Room 135, UCI, followed by
a reception at 5:45 p.m. and a film screening at 7 p.m. in the
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100, UCI. Tickets cost $5.
Information: (949) 824-1948.
Newport Dunes Resort will host the fifth annual Antique Travel
Trailer Rally. There will be more than 100 RVs made before 1970. Some
