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Thursday, Apr 23, 2026

CALENDAR MARCH 7 – 13

Business

TUES. 3/7

Practical Tools for Helping People Change (USC) Irvine 7-9 a.m. $35 (949) 752-5505 Financing and Capital Start-Up (City of Anaheim’s Small Business Assistance Center) Anaheim 6-9 p.m. Free/$20 (714) 765-4133 Computerized Bookkeeping and Financial Statements (SCORE) Costa Mesa 9 a.m.-Noon $20/$25 (714) 550-7369 Material Requirements Planning (Cal State Fullerton) Garden Grove 7-10 p.m. $90 (714) 278-2611 RSVP How to Market Your Web Presence Effectively (Vision Quest) Tustin 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free (714) 573-4932 Overcoming Obstacles of Estate Planning/Financial Planning (Law Offices of Michael J. Wittick/Merrill Lynch) Mission Viejo 6-7:30 p.m. Free (714) 245-2218 NAWBO dinner meeting (National Association of Women Business Owners) Costa Mesa 6-9 p.m. $34/$44 (714) 832-5741

WED. 3/8

Elections 2000: The California Primary,What It Will Mean to Orange County (Orange County Forum) Irvine 11:30 a.m. $35/$45 (949) 588-9884 Estate Planning Unique Strategies for the Affluent Investor (Merrill Lynch) 6 p.m. Free (714) 429-3080 RSVP Getting to Market With Your Medical Product (Life Science Industry Council) Irvine 7:15-9:30 a.m. $30/$35 (949) 475-0485 Legal Issues for Home and Small Businesses (Home and Small Business Alliance) Irvine 8:30-10 a.m. Free (949) 786-0030 Network AV Brunch (South Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce) Aliso Viejo 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15/$20 (949) 830-1100 Preventing Digital Disasters (Abbott Resource Group Inc.) Irvine 8-10 a.m. Free (888) 997-9675 How to Work With Difficult People and Difficult Situations (Newport-Santa Ana Legal Secretaries Association) Costa Mesa 6:15 p.m. $20/$23 (949) 752-8800 How and Why to Incorporate (Payne & Fears LLP) Irvine Noon-1:30 p.m. Free (949) 851-1100 Ext.324 Cisco Systems and Other Stocks You Should Be Buying Now (Edward Jones) Huntington Beach 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free (714) 377-9790

THURS. 3/9

Raising Capital Without Giving Up Control: Myth or Fact (Association for Corporate Growth) Newport Beach 5 p.m. $40 (949) 862-9644 The Risks and Rewards of the Real Estate Business in Japan (UC Irvine Graduate School of Management) Irvine 7:30 a.m. $35 (949) 824-1147 SEC Developments and Accounting Issues (American Electronics Association) Costa Mesa 7:15-9 a.m. $25/$35 (949) 477-5300 Investing for the Future in Technology and the Internet (Salomon Smith Barney) Irvine 6-7:15 p.m. Free (949) 955-7562 RSVP Manage Your On-Line Content (Business Marketing Association) Irvine 5:30 p.m. $35/$45 (909) 975-5641

FRI. 3/10

Claiming Ownership to Your Invention Ideas (Inventors Forum) Costa Mesa 7:30-10 p.m. $15 (714) 540-2491 Strategic Sales Management (Bailey Marketing Concepts) Irvine 10 a.m.-Noon $89 (800) 422-4539 Sell More and Sell More Easily (Bailey Marketing Concepts) Irvine 7:30-9 a.m. Free (800) 422-4539 Lake Forest Inaugural Business Lunch (Regional Chambers of Commerce) Foothill Ranch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15/$20 (949) 830-1100 How to Market Yourself by Networking (Susann Linn) Irvine 9 a.m.-1:15 p.m. $65 (949) 786-1320 RSVP

SAT. 3/11

How to Start and Manage Your Business (SCORE) Costa Mesa 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $35/$40 (714) 550-7369 How to Trade and Invest Successfully Using a Personal Trading Mentor (Investor’s Advantage Institute) Santa Ana 10 a.m.-Noon Free (714) 279-9200

SUN. 3/12

Your Executive Image (Borders Books) Orange 2-3:30 p.m. Free (909) 880-5753

MON. 3/13

My East Asia and Yours (Chapman University School of Business and Economics) Orange 7-9 p.m. $30 (714) 997-6684 Women and Investing (Edward Jones) Huntington Beach 6:30-8 p.m. Free (714) 377-9790 How to Get a Job in 45 Days (Woman’s World) Santa Ana 6:30-8 p.m. Free (714) 836-5072

Fundraisers, Other Events

Unique Lives and Experiences lecture series fundraiser for Girls Inc. (Orange County Register) Costa Mesa 7:30 p.m. (714) 740-7878 All My Sons (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 8 p.m. $28/$47 (714) 708-5555

Raindrops on Roses (The Guilds of the Orange County Performing Arts Center) Irvine 11:30 a.m. $75 (949) 824-2490 The Beauty Queen of Leenane (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 7:45 p.m. $18/$45 (714) 708-5555

The Beauty Queen of Leenane (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 7:45 p.m. $18/$45 (714) 708-5555 Chicago (Orange County Performing Arts Center) Costa Mesa 8 p.m. $25/$52 (714) 740-7878 All My Sons (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 8 p.m. $28/$47 (714) 708-5555

Casino 2000 fundraiser (Zonta Club of Newport Harbor) Newport Beach 6:30 p.m. $75 (714) 549-4751 We’re Blonde and Pretty What Happened to You? (Second Stage Theater) Santa Ana 8 p.m. $5/$10 (714) 545-8352 Painting Churches (Huntington Beach Playhouse) Huntington Beach 8 p.m. $5/$13 (714) 375-0696 Motorcycle Swap Meet (Orange County Fair & Exposition Center) Costa Mesa 5-10 p.m. $5/$7 (949) 598-5122

Hearts for the Arts Gala fundraiser (Orange County High School of the Arts Foundation) Irvine 6 p.m. $150 (562) 596-2975 Spring Swing Dinner Dance fundraiser (Arthritis Foundation) Newport Beach 6 p.m. $150 (714) 436-1623 Radio Days (Cal State Fullerton) Fullerton 8 p.m. $20/$25 (714) 278-3371 We’re Blonde and Pretty What Happened to You? (Second Stage Theater) Santa Ana 8 p.m. $5/$10 (714) 545-8352 Audra McDonald (Irvine Barclay Theatre) Irvine 8 p.m. $30/$40 (949) 854-4646 Vanishing America exhibit, fundraiser for Museum of Architecture (Gallery at Lynn Peri Antiques) Laguna Hills 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $10 (949) 494-1257

The Beauty Queen of Leenane (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 2 & 7:45 p.m. $18/$45 (714) 708-5555 Painting Churches (Huntington Beach Playhouse) Huntington Beach 2 & 8 p.m. $5/$13 (714) 375-0696

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