HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
o7 The holiday season is here, and there are plenty of ways to
celebrate. Here is a list of events in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach that
even the Grinch would have a hard time spoiling.
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* A Teddy Bear Holiday Village will be open for viewing through Dec.
24 at Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. The bears
will be delivered to the Orangewood Children’s Home during the holiday
season. Free. (949) 476-2001.
* “A Christmas Carol” will run through Dec. 24. The play takes the
stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, and noon and 4 p.m. Sundays at South Coast Repertory’s
Mainstage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $17-$41. (714) 708-5569.
* Trilogy Playhouse will present a musical production of A.A. Milne’s
“A Winnie-The-Pooh Christmas Tail” through Dec. 23. Performances are at 7
p.m. Fridays, and 3 and 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The playhouse is at
2930 Bristol St., Building C-106, Costa Mesa. $10-12. (714) 957-3347,
Ext. 1.
* South Coast Repertory’s “La Posada Magica,” a contemporary Latino
Christmas play written by Octavio Solis with songs by Marcos Loya, runs
through Dec. 24 on the Second Stage. Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays
through Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sundays
at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $18-$32. (714) 708-5555.
* The Newport Beach Community Services department will hold a Winter
Wonderland, with 20 tons of snow, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Grant
Howald Park, at 5th and Iris avenues in Corona del Mar. A visit by Santa,
holiday crafts and snowman building contest are included. Guests are
encouraged to bring building tools such as carrots and sticks for their
snow creations. Free. (949) 644-3151.
* Pacific Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Chorale will perform
Handel’s “Messiah” at 3 p.m. today at the Orange County Performing Arts
Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $18-$52. (714) 755-5799.
* “A Broadway Holiday,” a Pacific Symphony Pops singing extravaganza,
will start at 8 p.m. today at the Orange County Performing Arts Center,
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Performers include J. Mark McVey, Ron
Raines and Jodi Benson. $14-$72. (714) 755-5799.
* Christmas concerts will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,
600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach, at 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday. The concert
will feature carols by Alfred Burt, a congregation sing-along and other
Christmas selections. $8. (949) 574-2283.
* The Orange County Women’s Chorus will present a holiday concert
titled “In Natali Domini: Three Unbelievable Things About Christmas” at 4
p.m. Sunday at Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, 798 Dover Drive, Newport
Beach. Suggested donation is $10. (949) 856-3181.
* “Songs of Celebration,” a Christmas concert sponsored by the Newport
Beach Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be
held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 2150 Bonita Canyon Road, Newport
Beach. Free. (949) 856-2628.
* The 92nd annual Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade will return at
6:30 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 23 with more than 100 boats decorated for
the holidays. There are dozens of viewing locations, including the Fun
Zone on Balboa Island. $25 for participants. Free for spectators. (949)
729-4400.
* Pacific Chorale will present “Tis the Season!” at 7 p.m. Sunday in
Segerstrom Hall, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. John Alexander will conduct the Pacific
Chorale, Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Chorale Children’s Chorus
in a performance featuring favorite carols and seasonal classics. The
concert will include the world premiere of composer-in-residence Eric
Whitacre’s first commission for Pacific Chorale. $17-$54. (714) 662-2345.
* American Ballet Theatre’s production of “Cinderella” will cap the
Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 2000 Classic Dance Series with a
holiday engagement Tuesday through Dec. 23 in Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town
Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Performances will be at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m.
matinees on Friday and Saturday. $12-$70. (714) 740-7878.
* Chabad of Irvine will hold a Grand Hanukkah celebration at 4 p.m.
Thursday at Fashion Island in Newport Beach in the Bloomingdale’s
courtyard, 905 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. The celebration will
include Fashion Island’s annual menorah-lighting. (949) 786-5000.
* Hunger Artists Theater Company will team up with the children of St.
John the Divine Episcopal Church to present “Home for Christmas” 10:30
a.m. Dec. 24. The play tells the story of two orphans who find a home in
the most unlikely of places. The performance will take place at the
church, 183 E. Bay St., Costa Mesa. Free, but donations for Court
Appointed Special Advocates are appreciated. (714) 547-9100.
* “Christmas at the Keyboard” will be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 at
Liberty Baptist Church, 1000 Bison Ave., Newport Beach. Listen to
Christmas music, both sung and played on the piano. Free. (949) 760-5444.
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