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TODAY

Check out The Theatre District’s latest offering: Jim Geoghan’s comic

play, “Light Sensitive.” The show starts at 8 p.m. today. Tickets are $15

to $20. The Theatre District is at 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, in the

back lot of The Lab Anti-Mall. For more information, call (714) 435-4043.

SUNDAY

Chill out with OCC’s Choir, which is presenting a “Cool Christmas”

concert at 4 p.m. in OCC’s Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are $3.50 to

$5. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. For more information, call

(714) 432-5880.

MONDAY

The fur will fly at South Coast Repertory’s Mainstage when it hosts a

reading of Sunil Kuruvilla’s “Fighting Words” at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are

$8. The theater is at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more

information, call (714) 708-5555.

TUESDAY

It’s the time of the month when the muse gets to come out and sing. The

first Tuesday of every month is poetry night at the Gypsy Den Cafe and

Reading Room at The Lab Anti-Mall, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. Poets

T.S. Kerrigan and Ricki Mandeville will appear this Tuesday along with

musical performers Liquid Muse. For more information, call (714)

549-7012. Admission is free, but voluntary donations are accepted for the

performers.

WEDNESDAY

She’s southern. She’s brilliant. She’s open for discussion. Eudora Welty

will be the subject of The Newport Beach Public Library’s “Manuscripts”

reading group, which will discuss the book “Optimist’s Daughter” at 9:30

a.m. and 7 p.m. in the Central Library’s Friends Meeting Room. The

library is at 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. For more information,

call (949) 717-3890.