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SPECIAL EVENTS

HISTORY OF HITCHCOCK

Orange Coast College is offering a nine-part film history on

Alfred Hitchcock. The series will be moderated by retired OCC

professor H. Arthur Taussig. Each session will be held at 6:30 p.m.

one Friday each month. The events will be held at OCC’s Fine Arts

Hall 116. Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for seniors and OCC

students. For more information, call (714) 432-5880.

‘A CHOCOLATE AFFAIR’

The Young Professionals Against Cancer and the Orange County

Foundation for Oncology Children & Families will host a fund-raising

event from 7 p.m. to midnight Nov. 15 at Newport Dunes Waterfront

Resort. Tickets cost $75 in advance and $85 at the door. Information

(949) 440-9873.

THANKSGIVING-EVE BASH

Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Orange County will have its

Thanksgiving Eve Bash from 7 p.m. Nov. 26 to 2 a.m. Nov. 27 at the

Hard Rock Cafe in Fashion Island, 451 Newport Center Drive. Tickets

will cost $25, $20 in advance. Information: (714) 544-7773,

https://www.bigbrooc.org, https://www.redwagon foundation.org.

RING OF LIGHTS

The Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will

host the Ring of Lights home decorating competition in December. All

home, business, and yacht clubs lining the harbor are invited to

participate. Decorations must be in place by Dec. 8. Information

(949) 729-4400.

NEWPORT HARBOR CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE

Beautifully decorated yachts, boats, kayaks and canoes will sail

along the harbor in the 95th annual Newport Harbor Christmas Boat

Parade Dec. 17 through Dec. 21. Each night, the parade will begin at

6:30 p.m. at Collins Island and last two and a half hours. The parade

is hosted by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of

Commerce. Information: (949) 729-4400, https://www.christmasboat

parade.com.

MUSIC

SALUTE TO AMERICAN COMPOSERS

Orange Coast College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a salute to

American composers at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Robert B. Moore Theatre.

Tickets cost $7. Information: (714) 432-5880.

HARMONIA BAROQUE PLAYERS

The Harmonia Baroque chamber music group will be performing music

by Scheidt, Buxtehude, Dornell, Vivaldi, Telemann and J.S. Bach at 4

p.m. Nov. 16 at the Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, 798 Dover Drive.

Tickets cost from $12 to $30. Information: (714) 970-8545.

RITA COOLIDGE

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present Grammy

Award-winning vocalist Rita Coolidge at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 to 22 at

Founders Hall. Tickets cost $56. Information: (714) 556-ARTS,

https://www.ocpac.org.

THE GREAT LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony give a tribute concert to

St. Clair’s longtime friend and mentor Leonard Bernstein at the

Orange County Performing Art Center on Nov. 19 and 20. The orchestra

will perform Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” and excerpts

from “Candide” and “On The Town.” The concerts start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 to $35. For information, call (714) 755-5789.

DAVID CASSIDY

David Cassidy will be performing some of his greatest hits, such

as “I Think I Love you” and “Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted,” at

8 p.m. Nov. 21 and 22 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tickets cost $25 to $105. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

VERMEER STRING QUARTET

The Orange County Philharmonic Society will present the Vermeer

String Quartet at 8 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The

cost will be from $26 to 32. Information: (949) 553-2422,

https://www.philharmonic society.org.

ST. LAWRENCE

STRING QUARTET

The St. Lawrence String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25

in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Tickets

cost $42. Information: (714) 556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.

ARTURO SANDOVAL

Grammy and Emmy Award winner Arturo Sandoval will perform at 7:30

and 9 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29 at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center’s Jazz Club. Tickets cost $49 and $56. Information: (714)

556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.

BASH 2003

The 33rd annual Orange County Live Music Festival will be from

noon to midnight Nov. 30 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and

Tennis Club at Fashion Island, 900 Newport Center Drive. Tickets will

cost from $14 to $28. Information: (949) 640-4000,

https://www.ocmusicians.org.

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS

The Pacific Symphony will perform Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,”

Boccherini’s Sinfonia in D minor No. 4, and Corelli’s Concerto Grosso

in F major at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $65. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

‘A JOURNEY TO JOY’

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will host Santiago Canyon

College’s music departments annual winter festival concert “A Journey

to Joy” at 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach.

There will be a 100-member chorale backed by a professional

orchestra. Tickets cost $15 per person and $12 for seniors, students

and children younger than 12. Information: (714) 628-4828.

KING’S SINGERS

The King’s Singers, England’s premier vocal ensemble, will perform

at 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. The cost will be from $30 to $35 per person and full-time

student are half price. Information: (714) 740-7878,

https://www.thebarclay.org.

FIESTA NAVIDAD CONCERT

Jose Feliciano will join mariachi bandleader Nati Cano as part of

the 10th annual Fiesta Navidad concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $69. Information:

(949) 553-2422, https://www.phiharmonic society.org.

JAZZ TRIO

Gulfstream Restaurant in Newport Beach presents a jazz trio today

through Wednesday as regular entertainment at 850 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 to 10 p.m. Monday

through Wednesday. (949) 718-0188.

MAMMA GINA WEEKEND JAZZ

Walter Lakota and David Alcantar, the New York Jazz Connection

Duo, play at Mamma Gina at 251 E. Coast Highway in Newport at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sundays and Mondays. It’s free.

Information: (949) 673-9500.