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SPECIAL EVENTS
ART OF ALFRED 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. Information and tickets, call (714) 432-5880,
https://www.occtickets.com.
ALL-AMERICAN BOYS CHORUS
The All-American Boys Chorus will hold an audition call for boys
ages 8 to 10 in the third through fifth grades. Auditions take will
take place from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at chorus headquarters, 88
Fair Dr., gate five off Arlington, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)
708-1670, https://www.taabc.org
MUSIC
ERICH MUNZNER
Erich Munzner and his band Good Fortune will perform today at the
Hard Rock Cafe in at the Fashion Island Shopping Center, Newport
Beach. Tickets cost $7. Information: https://www. goodfortuneband.com,
(714) 596-4337.
JERRY MANDEL AND FRIENDS
The Guilds of the Center will present “An Evening with Jerry
Mandel and Friends,” featuring the Hi-Fi Quintet and Orange County
Performing Arts Center President Jerry Mandel on saxophone. The
performance will be at 6:30 p.m. today in Founders Hall at the
Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $70.
Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.
JON NAKAMATSU
The Pacific Symphony, conducted by Christof Perick, will perform
Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, the “Rhenish” at 7 p.m.
today in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center,
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
will be performed with Van Cliburn gold medallist Jon Nakamatsu.
There will also be a performance of Wagner’s Prelude and Liebstod
from “Tristan and Isolde.” Tickets cost $20 to $65. Information:
(714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.
CELEBRATING RAY BROWN
Jazz performers Monty Alexander, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton,
Benny Green, Russell Malone and Christian McBride will perform
together to celebrate jazz bassist Ray Brown from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing
Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive. Tickets cost $49 to $56.
Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.
THE FAB FOUR
The Pacific Symphony Pops conducted by Richard Kaufman will
perform renditions of such songs as “All My Loving,” “Till There Was
You,” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” Along with the symphony, the
Fab Four, a Beatles tribute band, will also be performing. The
concert will be at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Segerstrom Hall at
the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa. Tickets cost: $25 to $105. Information: (714) 556-2787,
https://www.ocpac.org.
MOZART CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA
The Mozart Classical Orchestra will perform Mozart’s Lucio Sila
Overture, the Flute and Harp Concerto, and the “Prague” Symphony at 8
p.m. Saturday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,
Irvine. Tickets cost $24, $32 and $39. Information: (949) 854-4646,
https://mozartorchestra.org.
JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
The Juilliard String Quartet will perform music by Haydn, Webern,
and Beethoven at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242
Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $26, $28 and $32. Information:
(949) 854-4646, https://www.juilliardstringquartet. net.
NEWPORT BEACH JAZZ PARTY
The Newport Beach Jazz Party, Feb. 12 through 15, will feature such musicians as: Benny Green, Russell Malone, Dena DeRose, Houston
Person and Mark Murphy. The event will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. Feb.
12; from noon to 12:45 a.m. Feb. 13; from 10 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Feb.
14; and from 10 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Feb. 15; at the Newport Beach
Marriott, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets cost $30
to $295. Information: (949) 759-5003, https://www.newport
beachjazzparty.com.
‘HAPA: A CELEBRATION OF HAWAII’
The concert “Hapa: a Celebration of Hawaii” will be performed at 5
and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus
Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $32 and $38. Information: (949) 854-4646,
https://www.hapa.com.
PROLOGUE: ‘CANDIDE’
Opera Pacific will present Prologue: “Candide,” a lecture on
Leonard Bernstein’s opera, at 2 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Irvine Barclay
Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. The cost is $25. Information:
https://www.operapacific.org.
CLASSICAL EDGE TRIO
The Newport Beach Public Library will present the Classical Edge
Trio featuring Larry Greenfield, Susan Boettger and a special guest
percussionist at 3 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Friends Meeting Room at the
Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information:
(949)717-3870, option 2.
CABARET BY THE BAY
Duke’s Place will host Cabaret by the Bay to benefit local
charities at 9p.m. with a preshow dinner in the First Cabin
restaurant at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, March 10, April 14, May 12 and June
16. The cost is $10 for the show and $37.50 for the dinner.
Information and reservations: (949) 630-4145.
CARMEN BRADFORD
The Newport Beach City Arts Commission will present Grammy
Award-winning jazz vocalist and professor of music at USC Carmen
Bradford, in a performance and talk from 3 to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the
Friends Meeting Room at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000
Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 717-3870,
https://www.newportbeach library.org.
MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform works by
Sergei Rachmaninoff at 8 p.m. March 2 and an all-Tchaikovsky program
at 8 p.m. March 3 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,
Irvine. The orchestra will be conducted by Pavel Sorokin. Tickets
cost $44 and $59. Information: (949) 854-4646.
SYMPHONIC BERNSTEIN
Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will perform music from
“Westside Story” and “Candide” at 6 p.m. March 6 at OCC’s Robert B.
Moore Theatre. OCC’s 100-voice choral will join the symphony in the
evening performance. Information: (714) 432-5880.
JAZZ TRIO
Gulfstream Restaurant in Newport Beach presents a jazz trio Sunday
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.
WEEKLY JAM
DUKE’S PLACE
Jazz and cocktails flow daily from noon to midnight Sundays
through Thursdays and from noon to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays at
the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, at 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport
Beach. Information: (949) 645-5000.
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. Diana Ditri
joins the duo on vocals on Mondays. It’s free. Information: (949)
673-9500.
MUSIC AT THE GRILL
The Bluewater Grill offers live music Friday and Saturday nights.
Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien (known as MPG) perform
classic rock, R&B; and swing at 8:30 p.m. Fridays. Marvin Gregory and
MPG will perform classic rock, swing and R&B; at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays.
The restaurant is at 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949)
675-3474.
MUSIC AT THE PELICAN
The Rusty Pelican offers the music of Common Ground from Wednesday
through Sunday. The band performs from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday and from 2
to 6 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport
Beach. Free. (949) 642-3431.
MUSIC AT PLAYERS
Players restaurant is now offering live music from 9 p.m. to
midnight every Friday and Saturday. Players is at 512 W. 19th St.,
Costa Mesa. No cover charge. (949) 646-5615.
WEEKEND MUSIC
Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach presents the Rick
Sherman Duo featuring Rick Sherman and Alan Remington on Friday
nights. The program features all your favorites on the saxophone
keyboards. Anthony’s is at 151 E. Coast Highway. (949) 673-3425.
POP-ROCK AND 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. Free. (949) 675-1922.
SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;
Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band play 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.
STAGE
‘ANTIGONE’
“Antigone” by Sophocles, the story of Oedipus’ daughter who
sacrifices everything to bury her brother, will be performed at 2:30
p.m. through Feb. 29 on the South Coast Repertory Segerstrom Stage,
655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55.
Information: (714) 708-5554.
‘THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES’
“The Subject Was Roses,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a
paper boy’s return from war, will be performed through Feb. 29 at the
Newport Beach Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport Beach.
Tickets cost $17 for opening night and $13 for all other performances. Information: (949) 631-0288.
‘MEDEA’
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts will present Euripides’
tragedy “Medea” at 8 p.m. today through Saturday and at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Winifred Smith Hall at UC Irvine. Tickets cost: $8 to 10.
Information: (949) 824-2787.
‘GUYS & DOLLS’
“Guys and Dolls” will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and at 2 and 7
p.m. Saturday at the Starlight Theatre Co., 1125 Victoria St. Costa
Mesa. Tickets cost $10. Information: (949) 645-7827.
‘THE NIGHTINGALE’
The Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration will stage the Hans
Christian Andersen classic tale “The Nightingale” at 7:30 p.m. Friday
at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. Tickets cost $11
for children and $13 for adults. Information: (949) 854-4646,
https://www.kennedy-center.org.
‘TOGETHER AGAIN’
Comedians Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, who starred on “The Carol
Burnett Show,” will team up for a performances at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday
in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600
Town Center Drive. Popular impressionist Louise DuArt will be their
guest. Tickets cost 35 to $60. Information: (714) 556-2121.
‘NIJINSKY’
The Hamburg Ballet makes its American premiere of “Nijinsky,” a
celebration of the life and legend of one of choreographer Vaslav
Nijinsky. The ballet will be performed at 8 p.m. Wednesday through
Feb. 13; at 2 and 8 p.m. Feb. 14; and at 2 p.m. Feb. 15 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost: $20 to $75. Information: (714)
556-2787.
‘SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL’
“Sideways Stories from Wayside School,” an adaptation by John
Olive from Louis Sachar’s Wayside School novels, will be performed
from Feb. 13 to 22 at the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 to $21. Information: (714)
708-5554.
‘TELLING OUR STORIES’
Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre will present “Telling Our
Stories,” an evening of short plays, scenes and monologues by and for
women, at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 21 and at 2 and 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and 22 at
Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa
Mesa. Tickets cost $7 and $8. Information: (714) 432-5880,
https://www.occtickets.com.
‘INTIMATE EXCHANGES’
“Intimate Exchanges,” written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by
Martin Benson, will feature Richard Doyle and Kandis Chappell
portraying an English garden full of hilarious characters. The
performance will preview from March 7 to 11, and the regular run will
be from March 12 to 28 on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast
Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost
$19 to $55. Information: (714) 708-5554.
‘SAFE IN HELL’
“Safe in Hell,” written by Amy Freed and directed by David Emmes,
is an offbeat comic take on the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is
broadly satirized in the production. The performance will preview
from April 2 to 8, and the regular run will be from April 9 to May 9
on the Segerstrom Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)
708-5554.
TWO ABOUT POOH
“Pooh in The Enchanted Place” is a double bill of “Bother!” and
“The Enchanted Place Suite,” which will be performed at 2 and 7:30
p.m. April 17 and at 2 p.m. April 18 in Founders Hall at the Orange
County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost: $25 to $50. Information:
(714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.
‘THE STUDIO’
“The Studio,” written, directed and choreographed by Christopher
d’Amboise, is a story about a choreographer with a public image
larger than life. The performance will preview from April 25 to 29,
and the regular run will be from April 30 to May 16 on the Julianne
Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)
708-5554.
ART
A.M. HOCH
New York artist A.M. Hoch links images, sound and space to create
“Mitosis: Formation of Daughter Cells,” which will run through Feb.
15 at UC Irvine’s Beall Center. The exhibition is open from 5 to 9
p.m. Information: (949) 824-4339, https://beallcenter.uci.edu.
ROBERT R. ECKER
The Newport Beach Public Library will present an art exhibit by
Robert R. Ecker featuring 20 of his mezzotints in February at the
Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)
717-3870, https://www.newportbeach library.org.
‘CITIES OF PROMISE’
“Cities of Promise: Imaging Urban California,” an art exhibit on
how artists in the 1930s to the present have incorporated
skyscrapers, houses, bridges, freeways and automobiles into their
works, will be at the Orange County Museum of Art through April 25.
The exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as covers for
Westways magazine by the Auto Club. Information: (949) 759-1122,
https://www.ocma.net.
DANCE
STUDENT DANCE CONCERT
Orange Coast College’s Dance Department will host its 41st annual
Student Dance Concert at 8 p.m. April 23 and 24 in OCC’s Robert B.
Moore Theatre. Information: (714) 432-5880.
SWING
Lessons are given from 2 to 6 p.m. every Sunday at the Avant Garde
Ballroom in Newport Beach by the Orange County Swing Dance Club. All
ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. Information:
https://ocswing.com, (909) 656-6119.
BALLROOM DANCING
DeFore Foundation for the Arts hosts ballroom dancing with a DJ
playing various types of music from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 to
11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at 151 Kalmus Drive, G-3, Costa
Mesa. Information (714) 241-9908.
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