Mall gets artistic boost from Museum of...

Mall gets artistic boost from Museum of Art

The Orange County Museum of Art, on July 30, will launch the

Orange Lounge at South Coast Plaza, which will exclusively feature

audio works, digital and video art.

The Orange Lounge was designed and built using a $200,000 grant

from the Segerstrom Foundation. It primarily has a lounge area with a

variety of different seating configurations for viewing works on

monitors and plasma screens and a listening station for the

presentation of audio pieces.

The Orange Lounge is located at 3333 Bear Street in Costa Mesa.

The gallery is on the third floor of the Crate and Barrel wing, next

door to the Paul Frank store. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday

through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday.

For more information, call (949) 759-1122. The museum’s website is

www.ocma.net.

Newport Beach honors Argus crew for rescue

The city of Newport Beach presented the Mayor’s Award on Tuesday

to Captain Fred Bockmiller and crew members of the tall ship Argus,

which docks at the Boy Scouts’ Newport Sea Base, for courageously

rescuing a diver who was lost in the high seas.

The man in the water was Dan Carlock, a scuba diver from Long

Beach, who had gotten lost and wandered about 10 miles away from

where he had started. When the Argus found him, he was wearing a

wetsuit and was in the early stages of hypothermia. But the 13 high

school students from San Diego and the crew members under

Bockmiller’s direction pulled the man to safety.

The incident happened in April and was mentioned in the Oprah

Winfrey Show. Bockmiller, who has captained the Argus for 25 years,

said this was the ship’s first-ever rescue.

Orange County Fair opening on Friday

People will begin “jamming” into the Orange County Fair at 10 a.m.

Friday, but the most anxious fairgoers won’t have to wait that long.

A free public preview of the festivities, “A Taste of the Fair,”

will be held from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Thursday at the Pacific

Amphitheatre, 88 Fair Drive. The evening will feature a preview

performance from The Fab Four with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony.

A fireworks show will immediately follow.

The fair will officially open to an expected capacity crowd the

next morning. Guests will receive free admission and parking from 10

to 11 a.m., as part of the “Jam Into the Fair” promotion. The event

ties in with its “Jammin’ at the Fair” theme.

The Fair’s 24-day run features musical acts such as Reba McEntire,

Jessica Simpson, Jackson Browne and ZZ Top, as well as free concerts

by “Weird Al” Yankovic and The Funk Brothers.

General admission between July 9 and Aug. 1 is $7. Seniors are $6,

children 6 to 12 are $3 and children 5 and under are free. Advance

tickets are $5 for general admission, $4 for seniors and $2 for

children 6 to 12 and are available at the Fair box office and all

Ticketmaster outlets.

French-food fans can taste-test new bistro

Fans of French fare or restaurateur David Wilhelm’s eateries can

try his new place, Rouge Bistro and Bar, which opens Thursday at

Fashion Island, where Chimayo Grill used to be. Chimayo, which served

southwestern cuisine, closed after New Year’s Eve and has been

remodeled into a casual French restaurant that will serve lunch and

dinner every weekday and offer Sunday brunch and live entertainment

Wednesday through Sunday. Rouge Bistro and Bar is at 327 Newport

Center Drive, Newport Beach. For reservations call (949) 640-2700.