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SPECIAL
FUNDS FOR THE BLUES
The Southern California Blues Society, a nonprofit organization, will
hold a Willie Dixon Scholarship fund-raiser at 9 p.m. Friday at the Hard
Rock Cafe, 451 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. $10. (949) 888-5854.
SOME ELEGANT EVENING
The Pacific Symphony Orchestra’s Chinese-American League will host its
annual Chinese New Year Celebration, “An Evening of Elegance,” at 6 p.m.
March 10 at the Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach.
The fund-raiser will include a 45-minute St. John Boutique fashion show
highlighting the newest spring and summer fashions, an exotic menu, a
silent auction and a recital by the winners of the 2000 Chinese-American
League Showcase competition. $100-$200. (714) 755-5788, Ext. 264.
MARKET PLACE
The Orange County Market Place takes place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays in the Orange County Fairgrounds’ main parking lot,
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. $2 for adults, children younger than 12 are
free. (949) 723-6616.
MUSIC
A DIFFERENT KIND OF JAZZ
Jazz violinist Regina Carter will be featured at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
today in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600
Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $44 for the 7:30 p.m. show, $38 for the
9:30 p.m. show. (714) 556-2746.
FOUR PLAIDS
“Forever Plaid” will be staged at 4 p.m. Sunday at Orange Coast
College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The
show is sold out. $20-$25. (714) 432-5880.
CALLAWAY DEBUTS
Ann Hampton Callaway, a jazz-pop singer and songwriter, will make her
Orange County Performing Arts Center debut as part of the Founders Hall
Cabaret Series on Thursday-Feb. 25 at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Times will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
and 1 p.m. Sunday. $49 or $45. (714) 740-7878.
STAGING BARTOLI
Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 26
at Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. A preview lecture will be offered by Lucinda
Carver, music director of the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra. $85-$55.
(949) 553-2422.
FREE BLUES
A free courtyard concert will be performed 2 p.m. March 3 by legendary
blues guitarist Roy Rogers and his band, The Delta Rhythm Kings, at
Muldoon’s Dublin Pub, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949)
640-4110.
SYMPHONY SHOW
Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will offer the third concert
of its 40th season at 7:30 p.m. March 4 at the Robert B. Moore Theatre,
2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The concert will feature works by
Johannes Brahms, Charles Camille Saint-Saens and Mikhail Mikhaylovich
Ippolitov-Ivanov. $6 or $10. (714) 432-5880.
HOT LIPS ON STAGE
Actress and singer Sally Kellerman will perform March 8-11 at the
Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
The Long Beach native is known for her role as Colonel Margaret “Hot
Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H.” Performance times are 7:30
p.m. March 8-9, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. March 10 and 1 p.m. March 11. $49 or
$45. (714) 740-7878.
TO RUSSIA
The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra will perform an all-Russian program
March 10-11 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. Times are 8 p.m. March 10, 3 p.m. March 11. $15-$55.
(949) 553-2422.
BARBERSHOP ACT
The Masters of Harmony, a nationally acclaimed, award-winning
barbershop chorus, will perform at 8 p.m. March 10 at Orange Coast
College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.
$18-$24. (714) 432-5880.
A DIFFERENT SORT OF CABARET
Dublin’s Traditional Irish Cabaret will perform at 8 p.m. March 24 at
Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa
Mesa. $26-$32. (714) 432-5880.
FLAMENCO, JAZZ, ETC.
Ken Sanders, a solo guitarist, appears from 7 to 10 p.m. every Sunday
and Tuesday, playing classical flamenco, jazz, classic pop and Brazilian
bossa nova at Carmelo’s Ristorante Italiano, 3520 E. Coast Highway,
Corona del Mar. (949) 497-2272.
JAZZ ON SUNDAYS
Orange County saxophonist Norm Douglas brings his own brand of jazz to
Roy’s of Newport Beach from 5 to 8 p.m. Sundays. Roy’s is at 453 Newport
Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-7697.
POP/ROCK & FLAMENCO
Tate 5 -- a funk, rock and Motown act -- performs at 9 p.m. Saturdays
at Carmelo’s Ristorante, 3520 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Solo
guitarist Ken Sanders performs classical flamenco tunes at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays and Sundays. The shows are free. (949) 675-1922.
SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;
Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band plays rock and R&B; at 9
p.m. Saturdays at Sutton Place Hotel’s Trianon Lounge, 4500 MacArthur
Blvd., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 476-2001.
SENIOR CENTER AFTERNOON
A seven-piece, live band performs big band tunes from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. Fridays at the Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del
Mar. $4. (949) 644-3244.
STAGE
THE WINSLOW BOY
“The Winslow Boy,” a drama by Terence Rattigan about a young boy
expelled from an English government school for analleged theft, will play
through Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday
matinees at the Newport Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport
Beach. $13. (949) 631-0288.
‘70S FUN
“Bosoms and Neglect,” John Guare’s early ‘70s stage comedy, will play
on South Coast Repertory’s Second Stage through Feb. 25 at 655 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Show times are 7:45 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday
and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $18-$47. (714) 708-5555.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
The Trilogy Playhouse will present a production of Joseph Kesselring’s
“Arsenic and Old Lace” through Feb. 25 at the playhouse, 2930 Bristol
St., Building C, Room 106, Costa Mesa. Show times will be 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. $15 or $13.
(714) 957-3347.
OLEANNA
Orange Coast College’s Repertory will stage David Mamet’s “Oleanna”
today and Sunday and Feb. 24-25 at the Drama Lab Studio, 2701 Fairview
Road, Costa Mesa. Show times will be 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m.
Sunday. $5 or $6. (714) 432-5640, Ext. 1.
CARMEN
Opera Pacific will stage “Carmen” Tuesday through Feb. 25 at the
Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $29-$107.
(714) 740-7878.
LITTLE SHOP
“Little Shop of Horrors” will be staged at Vanguard University on
Friday-Feb. 25 and from March 1-4 at 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Show
times will be 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees
Saturday and Sunday. $15. Discounts available. (714) 668-6145.
SHAKESPEARE AT THE REP
“Much Ado about Nothing” will be staged at South Coast Repertory from
Friday through April 1 at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Mark Rucker directs. The theater
is at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $18-49. (714) 708-5555.
ADVENTURES WITH ARTHUR
“Arthur -- A Live Adventure” will debut Feb. 27 and play through March
4 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa. Show times will be 7 p.m. Feb. 27-March 2; 10:30 a.m., and 2
and 6 p.m. March 3; and 2 p.m. March 4. $16.50-$29.50. Discounts
available. (714) 740-7878.
WATER ON STAGE
“The Memory of Water,” playwright Shelagh Stevenson’s story of three
sisters reunited for their mother’s funeral, will be staged at 8 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday from March 8-11 and 15-18 in
the Drama Lab Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. $6-$9. (714)
432-5880.
ART
DE LA ROSA
The Boudreau-Ruiz Gallery will present an exhibition of the work of
Mexican painter and sculptor Juan Manuel de la Rosa through Feb. 25 at
3000 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. (949) 675-4766.
BRANDT ON BOARD
The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum presents the first comprehensive
exhibition of paintings by Rex Brandt since the Southern California
artist’s passing last year. His collection of more than 40 oils and
watercolors, “Wind, Water & Light, the Legacy of Rex Brandt,” will show
in the museum’s Grand Salon through Feb. 28. The museum is open from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday on board the Pride of Newport, 151
E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 673-7863.
MARINE ART
“Images of the Sea,” an exhibit of underwater photography by Hal
Beral, will be on display through March 1 at the Newport Beach Central
Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Free. (949) 717-3801.
STUDENT’S STILL-LIFES
A juried exhibition featuring work by Orange Coast College photography
students will be displayed through March 2 at OCC’s Photo Gallery, 2701
Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Titled “Zone I,” the exhibit will feature 50
works by 34 students. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Free. (714) 432-5524, Ext. 2.
ALTERNATIVE ART
Newport Beach City Hall is displaying art by students at Back Bay and
Monte Vista alternative high schools from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through March
6. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Newport Beach Arts Commission and
the Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club. (949) 717-3870.
FIVE PERSPECTIVES
djr International Art in Newport Beach will present images of Vietnam
in an exhibit titled “Five Perspectives” through March 10 at 2431 W.
Coast Highway. Free. (949) 548-6249.
DANCE
CINDERELLA ON ICE
The world-renowned Russian skaters of the St. Petersburg State Ice
Ballet will perform “Cinderella” at 4 and 8 p.m. March 3 at Orange Coast
College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road. $14-$33. (714)
432-5880.
BALLROOM FRIDAYS
The DeFore Foundation for the Arts hosts ballroom dancing from 8 to 11
p.m. Fridays at the DeFore Dance Center, 151 Kalmus Drive, Suite G-3,
Costa Mesa. $11 admission includes a free dance lesson. (714) 241-9908.
DANCE 204
Dance 204 offers private and group instruction in beginning and
advanced ballroom, Latin and modern dancing at 204 Washington St.,
Newport Beach. (949) 675-9082.
SENIOR BALLROOM
The Costa Mesa Senior Center offers ballroom dancing to the music of
the Ray Robbins Combo for adults from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Singles and couples are welcome. $3. The center is at 695 W. 19th St.
(949) 645-2356.
DANSCENE STUDIO
Danscene Studio offers ballroom dancing at 8 p.m. on the first Friday
of every month. $10. The studio is at 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa.
(714) 641-8688.
BIG BAND DANCING
The Oasis Senior Center holds an afternoon of dancing to big band
music from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Fridays. Coffee and refreshments are served.
The center is at 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. (949) 644-3244.
ARGENTINE TANGO
Danscene Studio has tango dancing from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. the first
Saturday of every month. Danscene is at 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa.
(714) 641-8688.
BOOKS
WOMEN OF MYSTERY
A screening of “Women of Mystery” will be held at 7 p.m. March 1 to
launch the California Center for the Book-sponsored series on detective
fiction at the Newport Beach Central Library’s Friends Meeting Room, 1000
Avocado Ave. The documentary is about three authors credited with
revolutionizing detective fiction -- Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky and
Marcia Muller. The event begins a three-part screening, reading and
discussion series about female mystery writers and their works. (949)
717-3801.
OPRAH BOOK CLUB
The Oprah Book Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every
month to discuss Oprah Winfrey’s most recent selections at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers Fashion Island. The store is at 953 Newport Center Drive,
Newport Beach. (949) 759-0982.
KIDS
READING WITH ARTHUR
Borders Books, Music & Cafe will present Aardvark Arthur Read and his
sister, D.W., at 10 a.m. Monday at 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, and at
10 a.m. Wednesday at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Children can also hear an
Arthur story read aloud. The event will be held to celebrate the
performances of “Arthur -- A Live Adventure” at the Orange County
Performing Arts Center Feb. 27-March 4. (949) 631-8661.
STARLIGHT STORIES
Youngsters 3 to 7 may participate in songs and finger puppet plays at
7 p.m. Mondays at Costa Mesa Library, 1855 Park Ave. (949) 646-8845.
PJs AND BOOKS
Newport Beach Central Library offers story time at 7 p.m Mondays and
10:30 a.m. Saturdays. The library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. Children may
wear pajamas to the evening sessions. Free. (949) 717-3801.
WEEKLY STORYTELLER
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Metro Pointe hosts story time at 10:45 a.m.
Wednesdays for children of all ages at the store, 901-B South Coast
Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 444-0226.
POETRY
THEE WORD THING
“Thee Word Thing” performance poetry night begins at 9 p.m. Wednesdays
at Club Mesa, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 642-8448.
DINING/TASTING
TWILIGHT DINING
Villa Nova Restaurant offers a twilight dining menu -- featuring
dishes such as chicken parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices
-- from 5 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays. The restaurant is
at 3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.
WINE TASTINGS
Hi-Time Wine Cellars features wine tastings from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
Fridays and 1:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays. (949) 650-8463.
SUNDAY BRUNCH
The Sutton Place Hotel hosts Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
each week, including international seafood and salad buffets, roasts
carved to order, breakfast favorites and more. The meal is $30, $40 with
champagne. The hotel is at 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. (949)
476-2001.
CLUBS
ALTA COFFEE
The Alta Coffee House presents musical acts at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays at 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.
ATRIUM MARQUIS
The Atrium offers a variety of live music daily at its Airporter Club,
18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. (949) 833-2770.
BIRRAPORETTI’S
Birraporetti’s offers swing music by the 12-piece Don Miller Orchestra
at 8 p.m. Mondays at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.
(714) 850-9090.
BISTRO 201
Bistro 201 offers jazz performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 11 a.m. Sundays at 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949)
631-1551.
CLUB MESA
Shows begin at 9 p.m. The club is at 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa.
Admission is $5-$10. (949) 642-6634.
DURTY NELLY’S
Nelly’s offers live music at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 2915 Red
Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL
The Four Seasons offers live music Mondays through Saturdays at 690
Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 759-0808.
HARD ROCK CAFE
The Hard Rock offers live music Sundays at 451 Newport Center Drive,
Newport Beach. (949) 640-8844.
THE HARP INN
The inn offers live music Thursdays through Saturdays at 130 E. 17th
St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-8855.
HOGUE BARMICHAEL’S
Barmichael’s offers live music Wednesdays through Saturdays at 3950
Campus Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 261-6270.
LIDO CIGAR ROOM
The cigar room is a place to enjoy a smoke with your drink. The bar is
at 3441 Via Lido, Suite D, Newport Beach. (949) 723-0595.
MARGARITAVILLE
Margaritaville offers live music and is at 2332 W. Coast Highway,
Newport Beach. (949) 631-8220.
MARRAKESH
Marrakesh offers authentic Moroccan cuisine and belly dancing daily,
starting at 5 p.m. The restaurant is at 1976 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.
(949) 645-8384.
THE MARRIOTT
The Marriott Hotel offers live music Mondays through Saturdays at 900
Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-4000.
MULDOON’S
The Irish pub is at 202 Newport Center Drive, Fashion Island, Newport
Beach. Admission is free. (714) 640-4110.
OYSTER BAR LOUNGE
Newport Landing’s Oyster Bar Lounge showcases local pop and light rock
acts Fridays and Saturdays at 503 E. Edgewater Ave., at the Balboa Ferry
Landing. (949) 675-2373.
THE TEA ROOM
Karaoke is offered from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursdays at 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. (949) 756-0121.
TOTALLY COFFEE
Open mike night is held from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays at 1525 Mesa
Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa. (714) 435-9367.
VILLA NOVA
Rich Fauno plays at the piano bar beginning at 9 p.m. Sundays through
Wednesdays. The three-piece jazz and blues band Misbehavin’ plays at 9
p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Villa Nova is at 3131 W. Coast Highway,
Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.
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