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SPECIAL

POLITICAL SATIRE

Readers Repertory Theatre will present a reading of Howard Lindsay and

Russel Crouse’s satire of presidential campaigns and the American

democratic process, titled “State of the Union,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the

Newport Beach Central Library’s Friends Meeting Room, 1000 Avocado Ave.

Free. (949) 717-3801.

OPERA FUND-RAISER

The Southland Opera will hold its first fund-raiser to support

Southland Opera’s Educational Outreach Program at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 in

Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. The event will feature the Christmas opera

“Amahl and the Night Visitors,” wine tasting and a silent auction. The

reception will be held in the Back Stage. $100. (909) 623-6222.

MARKET PLACE

The Orange County Market Place takes place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays in the Orange County Fairgrounds’ main parking lot,

88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. $2 for adults, children younger than 12 are

free. (949) 723-6616.

MUSIC

DUBLINERS AT MULDOON’S

The Young Dubliners will perform a courtyard concert at 2 p.m. Sunday

at Muldoon’s Dublin Pub, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, on the

outer circle of Fashion Island. Free. (949) 640-4110.

A BRITISH TRIBUTE

“Holstmania!” -- a fall concert by Orange Coast College’s Wind

Ensemble -- will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in OCC’s Robert B. Moore

Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The concert is a salute to

British composer for winds, Gustav Holst. $5-$7. (714) 432-5880.

CLASSY GUITAR

Classical guitarist Christopher Parkening will make his Orange County

Performing Arts Center debut at 4 p.m. Sunday at Founders Hall, 600 Town

Center Drive. He will perform a tribute to the legendary Spanish

guitarist Andres Segovia. $46. (714) 740-7878.

BAROQUE MUSIC

The Harmonia Baroque Players will present a three-concert series,

beginning with a program titled “Music for a Well-Tempered Audience” at 4

p.m. Sunday at the Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, 798 Dover Ave.,

Newport Beach. The second program, titled “If it is Baroque Don’t Fix

It,” will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 7. The third, titled “Images of

Melancholy and Mirth,” will take place at 4 p.m. May 20. All concerts

will be at the church. General admission is $12, subscription price is

$30. Discounts available. (714) 970-8545.

POPS, BROADWAY AND BIG BAND

Peter Nero, a pops conductor and performer, will join the Pacific

Symphony Pops for a program of pop favorites, Broadway hits and big band

sounds at 8 p.m. Nov. 17-18 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center,

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $14-$72. (714) 740-7878.

VARSITY TUNES

“Varsity Spirit,” the Pacific Symphony’s next Mervyn’s Musical

Mornings Family Concert, will be held at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18 at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Members of the Pacific Symphony will perform everything from Tchaikovsky

to music from the movie “Rocky.” Children 4 to 11 and their families are

invited. The event will include a Musical Treasure Hunt at 9 a.m. and

12:15 p.m. $11-$16. (714) 755-5799.

BLUES AND JAZZ

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham and their Sweet Baby Blues Band will

perform at the Orange County Performing Art Center’s J.P. Morgan Jazz

Club at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 18-19. $44 for 7:30 p.m. shows. $38 for

9:30 p.m. shows. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

(714) 740-7878.

MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quartet will perform at 3 p.m.

Nov. 19 in the Newport Beach Central Library’s Friends Meeting Room, 1000

Avocado Ave. Clarinetist Joshua Ranz will lead the free program, which

will include a variety of chamber music selections. (949) 717-3801.

SWING WITH SMITH

Grammy Award-nominee Keely Smith, who is known as the Queen of Swing,

will perform at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 24-25 at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Founders Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. $54. (714) 740-7878.

TO JUDY GARLAND

Song stylists Peter Marshall and Lisa Donovan will present a tribute

to Judy Garland at 8 p.m. Nov. 25 in Orange Coast College’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Marshall and Donovan will

perform Garland’s greatest hits. $20-$29. (714) 432-5880.

FOUR FRESHMEN

The Four Freshmen, a group that honed its distinctive style of harmony

in the late ‘40s and ‘50s, will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 25 at Orange Coast

College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

$20-$25. (714) 432-5880.

KING OF CALYPSO

Harry Belafonte returns to Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Dec. 9 to lead the Center’s series of

holiday presentations. $45-$65. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. (714) 740-7878.

POP/ROCK & FLAMENCO

Tate 5 -- a funk, rock and Motown act -- performs at 9 p.m. Saturdays

at Carmelo’s Ristorante, 3520 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Solo

guitarist Ken Sanders performs classical flamenco tunes at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Sundays. The shows are free. (949) 675-1922.

SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;

Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band plays rock and R&B; at 9

p.m. Saturdays at Sutton Place Hotel’s Trianon Lounge, 4500 MacArthur

Blvd., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 476-2001.

STAGE

THE COUNTESS

“The Countess,” a first play by Gregory Murphy that became New York’s

biggest off-Broadway hit last season, plays through Dec. 3 at South Coast

Repertory’s Second Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Show times

are 7:45 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

$26-$47. (714) 708-5555.

ART

The ins and outs of friendship is among the themes of “Art,” which

will close Nov. 19 at the South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Performances will be 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and

7:30 p.m. Sunday, with weekend matinees at 2:30 p.m. $28-$49, with

preview tickets starting at $18. A pay-what-you-will performance will be

held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. (714) 708-5555.

BULLSHOT CRUMMOND

A parody of 1930s low-budget British detective movies, “Bullshot

Crummond” will be staged by Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre

Company from Friday through Nov. 12 and Nov. 18-19. Curtain call is 8

p.m. Friday and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday, with a 2 p.m. matinee. $5-$6.

Seating is limited. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. (714)

432-5640, Ext. 1.

BE HELD HOSTAGE

“The Hostage,” an acclaimed 1958 work by Irish playwright Brendan

Behan, will be staged Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 30-Dec. 3 and Dec.

7-10 in the Drama Lab Theatre at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2

p.m. Sundays. $6-$9. Seating is limited. (714) 432-5880.

MAGICALLY COPPERFIELD

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present David

Copperfield at 6 and 9 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 2. The Center is at 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 556-2122. $30-$50. (714) 755-0236.

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Rosemary Clooney will bring her “White Christmas Party” to the Orange

County Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Dec. 14 at Segerstrom Hall, 600

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Clooney will be joined by a full

orchestra, including members of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and two

choirs. $36-$76, and tickets will be available starting Oct. 29. (714)

746-7878.

ART

SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS

The Newport Beach Central Library’s Teen Center will display art by

Ensign Middle School students and work by digital art students at Corona

del Mar High School throughout the month. The library is at 1000 Avocado

Ave. (949) 717-3801.

OIL EXHIBIT

“Nature in Motion,” an exhibit of oils by Nicholas Wilde, will be on

display through Nov. 30 at the Newport Beach Central Library foyer, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. A reception for the artist will be held from

2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Friends Meeting Room. Free. (949) 717-3801.

HUSE OPENING

The Debra Huse Studio Gallery will celebrate its grand opening from 5

to 8 p.m. today and Saturday at 222 Marine Ave., Suite E, Balboa Island.

Huse is a contemporary colorist and impressionist. (949) 723-6171.

‘MARINERS, MANDARINS’

“Mariners and Mandarins: Seafaring in the China Trade,” an exhibit

featuring 18th century Chinese marine paintings and navigation

instruments, are on display through Friday at the Newport Harbor Nautical

Museum, 151 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Free admission. (949) 673-7863.

STEINBERG AT SPIRITUS

The Susan Spiritus Gallery will exhibit works by Claire Steinberg

through the end of January at 3929 Birch St., Newport Beach. (949)

474-4321.

DANCE

DANCE 204

Dance 204 offers private and group instruction in beginning and

advanced ballroom, Latin and modern dancing at 204 Washington St.,

Balboa. (949) 675-9082.

SENIOR BALLROOM

The Costa Mesa Senior Center offers ballroom dancing to the music of

the Ray Robbins Combo for adults from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

Singles and couples are welcome. $3. The center is at 695 W. 19th St.

(949) 645-2356.

DANSCENE STUDIO

Danscene Studio offers ballroom dancing at 8 p.m. on the first Friday

of every month. $10. The studio is at 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa.

(714) 641-8688.

BIG BAND DANCING

The OASIS Senior Center holds an afternoon of dancing to big band

music from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Fridays. Coffee and refreshments are served.

The center is at 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. (949) 644-3244.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Danscene Studio has tango dancing from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. the first

Saturday of every month. Danscene is at 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa.

(714) 641-8688.

BOOKS

A LOOK AT THE FIRMAMENT

Dava Sobel, author of the bestseller “Galileo’s Daughter,” will sign

and speak about her book at 2:30 p.m. Saturday as part of the Newport

Beach Library Foundation’s Celestial Fall Event. Sobel is an

award-winning writer and former New York Times science reporter. The

event will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a solar observation. A book sale will

follow Sobel’s talk. Reservations required. The library is at 1000

Avocado Ave. $10-$25. (949) 515-7309.

SIGNS AND SONGS

Gary McAuley -- composer, singer and writer of the hit musical

“Vampire Virgins From Venus” -- will sign his new book, “The Hero’s

Journey” and perform songs from his CDs at 2 p.m. Nov. 18 at Borders

Books, Music & Cafe at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa.

(714) 432-7854.

HEAR BART

Nancy Cartwright, the voice of animated TV character Bart Simpson,

will sign her new book, “My Life As a 10-Year Old Boy,” at 2 p.m. Nov. 24

at Borders Books, Music & Cafe at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa

Mesa. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at “The Simpsons.” (714)

556-1185.

OPRAH BOOK CLUB

The Oprah Book Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of every

month to discuss Oprah Winfrey’s most recent selections at Barnes & Noble

Booksellers Fashion Island. The store is at 953 Newport Center Drive,

Newport Beach. (949) 759-0982.

KIDS

STARLIGHT STORIES

Youngsters 3 to 7 may participate in songs and finger puppet plays at

7 p.m. Mondays at Costa Mesa Library, 1855 Park Ave. (949) 646-8845.

PJs AND BOOKS

Newport Beach Central Library offers story time at 7 p.m Mondays and

10:30 a.m. Saturdays. The library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. Children may

wear pajamas to the evening sessions. Free. (949) 717-3801.

WEEKLY STORYTELLER

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Metro Pointe hosts story time at 10:45 a.m.

Wednesdays for children of all ages at the store, 901-B South Coast

Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 444-0226.

POETRY

THEE WORD THING

“Thee Word Thing” performance poetry night begins at 9 p.m. Wednesdays

at Club Mesa, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 642-8448.

DINING/TASTING

SUNDAY BRUNCH

The Sutton Place Hotel hosts Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

each week, including international seafood and salad buffets, roasts

carved to order, breakfast favorites and more. The meal is $30, $40 with

champagne. The hotel is at 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. (949)

476-2001.

TWILIGHT DINING

Villa Nova Restaurant offers a twilight dining menu -- featuring

dishes such as chicken parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices

-- from 5 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays. The restaurant is

at 3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.

WINE TASTINGS

Hi-Time Wine Cellars features wine tastings from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Fridays and 1:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays. (949) 650-8463.

CLUBS

ALTA COFFEE

The Alta Coffee House presents musical acts at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays

through Saturdays at 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.

ATRIUM MARQUIS

The Atrium offers a variety of live music daily at its Airporter Club,

18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. (949) 833-2770.

BIRRAPORETTI’S

Birraporetti’s offers swing music by the 12-piece Don Miller Orchestra

at 8 p.m. Mondays at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

(714) 850-9090.

BISTRO 201

Bistro 201 offers jazz performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays

and 11 a.m. Sundays at 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949)

631-1551.

CLUB MESA

Shows begin at 9 p.m. The club is at 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa.

Admission is $5-$10. (949) 642-6634.

DURTY NELLY’S

Nelly’s offers live music at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 2915 Red

Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

The Four Seasons offers live music Mondays through Saturdays at 690

Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 759-0808.

HARD ROCK CAFE

The Hard Rock offers live music Sundays at 451 Newport Center Drive,

Newport Beach. (949) 640-8844.

THE HARP INN

The inn offers live music Thursdays through Saturdays at 130 E. 17th

St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-8855.

HOGUE BARMICHAEL’S

Barmichael’s offers live music Wednesdays through Saturdays at 3950

Campus Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 261-6270.

LIDO CIGAR ROOM

The cigar room is a place to enjoy a smoke with your drink. The bar is

at 3441 Via Lido, Suite D, Newport Beach. (949) 723-0595.

MARGARITAVILLE

Margaritaville offers live music and is at 2332 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. (949) 631-8220.

MARRAKESH

Marrakesh offers authentic Moroccan cuisine and belly dancing daily,

starting at 5 p.m. The restaurant is at 1976 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

(949) 645-8384.

THE MARRIOTT

The Marriott Hotel offers live music Mondays through Saturdays at 900

Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-4000.

MULDOON’S IRISH PUB

The pub is at 202 Newport Center Drive, Fashion Island, Newport Beach.

Admission is free. (714) 640-4110.

OYSTER BAR LOUNGE

Newport Landing’s Oyster Bar Lounge showcases local pop and light rock

acts Fridays and Saturdays at 503 E. Edgewater Ave., at the Balboa Ferry

Landing. (949) 675-2373.

THE TEA ROOM

Karaoke is offered from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursdays at 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. (949) 756-0121.

TOTALLY COFFEE

Open mic night is held from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays at 1525 Mesa

Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa. (714) 435-9367.

VILLA NOVA

Rich Fauno plays at the piano bar beginning at 9 p.m. Sundays through

Wednesdays. The three-piece jazz and blues band Misbehavin’ plays at 9

p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Villa Nova is at 3131 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.