Leisure World residents Joan Boryta and Alice Sioson won special awards at the Cypress Art League’s Autumn 2025 Annual Art Show held on Sept. 14 at the Cypress Community Center. Boryta won two awards for her watercolor paintings while Sioson won for her Chinese brush painting. The art show attracted artists from all over Southern California and even from Arizona. Many visual arts such as painting,

Leisure World’s songbird Nina De Rosa will perform with friends at the LW Gong Club’s show on Friday, Sept. 26, in Clubhouse 2. The event begins at 6 p.m. with a fall festival-themed happy hour. People are welcome to come early to help decorate the tables. Snacks and coffee will be available and donations are appreciated. Attendees should expect a few surprises, typical of the Gong Club’s