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TODAY

Experience the original “Hard Knock Life.” The Musical Theater Academy of

Orange County presents “Annie” at the Costa Mesa High School theater,

2650 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Shows are at 7 p.m. today and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets are $5 to $8. For more information, call (949) 646-6624.

SUNDAY

Men in tights? In Orange County? Believe it. The Orange County Performing

Arts Center hosts The Stuttgart Ballet in “Onegin” at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 to $68. The center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. For more information, call (714) 740-7878.

MONDAY

Time is running out to catch the Impressionist-inspired oil paintings of

Lenora Monahan and the work of Molly Greenberg, which are up through Feb.

14 in the Newport Beach City Hall Gallery. The paintings depict

landscapes in Tuscany, Provence and Southern California. City Hall is at

3300 Newport Blvd. For more information, call (949) 717-3870.

TUESDAY

It might be a little heavy for lunchtime entertainment, but sometimes

heavy is just what the doctor ordered. The Orange County Museum of Art is

hosting an ongoing series of free noon lectures on Tuesdays. Darren

Waterston, whose work is featured in the museum’s permanent collection,

will speak this Tuesday. The museum is at 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport

Beach. For more information, call (949) 759-1122.

WEDNESDAY

Has any novelist ever done a better job of capturing postmodern paranoia

and chaos than Don DeLillo? The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation’s

book discussion group will tackle exactly that question when it considers

DeLillo’s seminal 1991 novel “White Noise” at its Wednesday meetings,

which will be at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. The meetings are free and feature

refreshments. The library is at 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. For

more information, call (949) 717-3890.