Fantastic Five

TODAY

Murder and dinner: what a combination! An interactive comic murder

mystery will be presented at 8 p.m. at the Mezzanine Restaurant, 19800

MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Packages run from $42 to $54 per person.

For more information, call (714) 979-CLUE.

SUNDAY

After seething through another attack of road rage, head over to Borders

Books, Music & Cafe at 3 p.m. to meet Robert Puff, author of “Anger Work:

How to Express Your Anger and Still Be Kind.” The store is at 1890

Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. For more information, call (949) 631-8661.

MONDAY

There’s only one more week to catch the Sutton Place Hotel’s celebration

of this season’s Beaujolais Nouveau, which features a special menu of

French regional dishes. The hotel is at 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport

Beach. For more information, call (949) 476-2001.

TUESDAY

For the younger set, the Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries will present

the play “The Masque of Reason” by Robert Frost, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The program is suitable for high schoolers and up. The play will be held

at the Mesa Verde Library, 2969 Mesa Verde Dr., Costa Mesa. For more

information, call (714) 546-5274.

WEDNESDAY

Lunch and pianos: also a pretty good combination! The Orange County

Performing Arts Center hosts a free lunchtime music event noon at

Founders Hall. Russian pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky will perform. The

Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information,

call (714) 740-7878.