Fantastic Five

TODAY

Gimme a Break! The Orange County Performing Arts Center will host

Broadway and television legend Nell Carter at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in

Founders Hall. Carter will sing standards and popular tunes from

Broadway. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets are

$42. For more information, call (714) 740-7878.

SUNDAY

Alfred Uhry wrote the award-winning movie “Driving Miss Daisy.” He also

wrote a version of the story for the stage, and The Costa Mesa Civic

Playhouse will present it at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $12. The playhouse

is at 661 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa. For more information, call (949)

650-5269.

MONDAY

Guitarist Dat Nguyen will perform classical guitar works at the Pacific

Symphony Orchestra League’s monthly luncheon at 11 a.m. at The Center

Club, 225 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets are $25. For more

information, call (714) 755-5788, Ext. 264.

TUESDAY

Find the mystery in the stacks. The Newport Beach Public Library is

presenting “Library: The Drama Within,” an exhibit of photographs by

Diane Asseo Griliches taken in libraries around the world. The library is

at 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. For more information, call (949)

717-3801.

WEDNESDAYThe “Balboa Village and Fun Zone Benefit” at 3 p.m. will feature

a performance by Newport Elementary students. The benefit will be held at

the gazebo in Peninsula Park at the end of Main Street, near the Balboa

Pier. For more information, call (949) 723-5392.