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1. Clean up the coast. The 16th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day,

sponsored by the California Coastal Commission, will begin at 9 a.m. at

Crystal Cove State Park. Organizers will set up stations at the Reef

Point parking lot and Pelican parking lot No. 4. Parking fees will be

waived for participants arriving between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. The goal is

to clean 3 1/2 miles of coastline from Abalone Point to Treasure Cove.

(949) 497-7647. In addition, the 16th annual Estuary Cleanup Day at Upper

Newport Bay will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Shellmaker

Island, 600 Shellmaker Road, Newport Beach. (949) 640-1751.

2. With a little luck, good timing and a phone, you can attend a free

painting lesson Saturday by members of Pacific Coast Artists, a chapter

of the Society of Decorative Painters. Lessons will be offered to the

first 50 people who register from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3 p.m. at

Painter’s Palette, 2980 McClintock Way, Suite F, Costa Mesa. Students

will create a papier-mache heart box with a faux finish and leaves and

vines painted in acrylics. (714) 432-8653.

3. Learn from the French and get romantic this weekend.

Composer-pianist Terence Alaric will perform “French Love Songs” with

singer Mignonne Profant at 3 p.m. Sunday at Newport Beach Central

Library’s Friends Meeting Room, 1000 Avocado Ave. Free. (949) 717-3801.