NEWS
May 23, 2012
The world of nature is coming to the big screen this month. Orange Coast College is hosting the Wild and Scenic Film Festival at 7 p.m. May 30 in the Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road. The festival, which is sponsored by the OCC Friends of the Library and Food Riders Club, will feature films about nature, outdoor adventure and community activism. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Patrons can save $2 at the door by donating two or more books, DVDs or CDs. All proceeds benefit the OCC library.
NEWS
June 28, 2011
Young artists can try their hand at a variety of mediums during three-day workshops inspired by trees and nature in July. Orange Coast College's Young Artists Workshop Series is hosting workshops for kids aged 5 to 17 in the campus' Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. The first workshops begin July 7 with mixed media art-making and drawing Bonsai tree curriculum. Next is advanced drawing July 14; photo safari and crafting creatures of the forest July 21; and printmaking inspired by nature July 28. Each workshop is $100 and meets 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with an hourlong lunch break.
NEWS
By Britney Barnes | December 31, 2011
NEWPORT BEACH - Made of sticks wrapped with silver duct tape, the toy boat looked more like an arts and crafts paperweight than a seafaring vessel. But 11-year-old Henry Eo's cheers of delight rang loud and clear as his handmade boat stayed above the water. "It floats!" yelled the Mariners Elementary School fifth-grader. The activity - seeing if boats constructed from found material in nature would float in the creek - was one of three that children participated in Thursday, the last day of the Environmental Nature Center's Winter Nature Camp.
NEWS
By Rabbi Marc Gellman | April 22, 2011
I love the fact that that Passover and Easter, both being lunar holidays, usually overlap. This seems to me to be a sign from God that we're more the same than we are different. To be sure, the official theologies of Passover and Easter are fundamentally different. The Passover meal is eaten for God, and the Easter meal (the Eucharist) is eaten of God. In Easter, a man becomes God, and in Passover, a man leads an entire people to God at Mount Sinai. In Easter, atonement is made through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus, while in Passover, the ancient biblical sacrifices offered at the Temple in Jerusalem remind us of how we still must sacrifice for our faith and seek atonement from God for our sins.
NEWS
By Chris Bunyan | November 13, 2009
Jan Vandersloot will be remembered for being many things to many people. He was a husband, father, physician and unyielding, tireless fighter for the environment. When Vandersloot suddenly passed away Nov. 4, the world lost a wonderful man. If you did not know Vandersloot then you may have seen the products of his labors when you walked at Bolsa Chica State Park, rode your bike through Fairview Park, or when you surfed the waters off Huntington Beach. To Vandersloot there was no part of nature that was too small to protect.
NEWS
October 19, 2000
Because of potential environmental harms and to preserve equestrian trails, some said at first it shouldn't be done. Then, because of residents' opposition, it seemed like it wouldn't be done. And finally, after the project was underway, because of planning snags and weather problems, it looked as if it couldn't be done. But last weekend -- after a few years of conceptualizing, more years of planning and a long wait for the construction process, the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center in Upper Newport Bay opened.
NEWS
December 12, 2007
1919-2007 Long-time Newport Beach resident James J. DeNuccio Sr. passed away on December 9, 2007 at the age of 88. Jim, a native of Cincinnati, was a decorated World War II veteran, who received a Bronze Metal. He was also the president of the Uptown Exchange Club and was the youngest person to achieve the 32 nd Degree Freemasons. He graduated from the Schuster-Martin School of Drama. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, his four sons, Jim, Dan, Mike, and Jay, his sister Elsie Siemann, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
NEWS
By Sarah Peters | February 18, 2012
Under gathering storm clouds, five young hikers and their parents set out on a moderate trail in Round Canyon earlier this week to observe first-hand the effects of precipitation on the local ecosystem. In the first Sounds of the Season hike, a new free program suitable for children ages 3 to 6, Irvine Ranch Conservancy docents led a group of about 10 on a 1-mile, round-trip nature walk that included educational and interactive activities. "The program is intended to help children connect with the outdoors and to provide an opportunity to wiggle like the animals and grow like the plants," said Kelly Reetz, conservancy interpretive specialist.
FEATURES
September 4, 2009
Yes, I believe in the veracity of Exodus’ account of a thorn bush that burned but was not consumed, of the plagues visited upon Egypt, of the parting of the Reed Sea, and of the daily supply of manna that sustained the Israelites in the wilderness. I believe in a God who is not limited by the laws of nature and who can suspend them at will. I believe in both overt miracles that reveal God’s mighty arm and concealed miracles that reflect his hidden hand. Nature is no more than God acting in a consistent manner, like the pianist following his score without flaw.
LOCAL
By JIM DE BOOM | April 13, 2008
On April 26, more than 25 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will prepare the Environmental Nature Center’s Butterfly House for its spring opening to the public for the butterfly season on May 10. Rotarians will install a new educational panel and organize other educational exhibits in addition to spring cleaning made necessary by the past seven months of construction on the nature center’s new Learning Center and Administration...