TODAY
* WHAT: "Winter Wonderland"
* WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
* WHERE: Bonita Creek Park, 3010 La Vida, at the corner La Vida
and University Drive.
* INFORMATION: Thirty-five tons of snow will be shipped in for
this 16th annual event. Carnival games and arts and crafts will be
offered. The event is sponsored by the city of Newport Beach
Recreation & Senior Services Department.
* WHAT: Performances of "La Posada Magica."
* WHEN: 3 and 8 p.m.
* WHERE: South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Call for ticket prices.
* INFORMATION: Octavio Solis and Marcos Loya's play is about a
grieving girl who tries to sabotage her neighborhood's posada
procession. Call (714) 708-5555.
SUNDAY
* WHAT: A book-signing and open house for the book, "Jinkie's
Italian Family Kitchen," written by Connie Jinkie Modnick.
* WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m.
* WHERE: Ziggy's Optical, 3417 Via Lido, Newport Beach.
* INFORMATION: Modnick has captured three generations of Old World
cooking handed down through her family in her new cook book.
* WHAT: "Redwood Curtain," a Lanford Wilson play about a Vietnam
veteran living in the woods and a Vietnamese American girl searching
for her father.
* WHEN: 2:30 p.m.
* WHERE: Newport Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport
Beach.
* INFORMATION: Ticket prices will be $15. Information: (949)
631-0288 or http://ntacconline.com.
