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SPECIAL

CENTER SATURDAYS

The Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Saturdays at The Center

series will be held from 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, March 23

and April 27 at Founders Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. This

weekend, Cathy & Marcy will hold a family concert. $8. (714) 556-2122.

MUSIC

MARCH NOSTALGIA

Orange Coast College will present “History of the March,” a salute to

military marches, at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. $5 or $7. (714) 432-5880.

TWO MONTHS LATER

County musicians will perform a fund-raising concert at 1 p.m. Sunday

at Cafe Espresso at Borders Books, Music & Cafe, commemorating the

two-month anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Admission is free but

donations, which will be passed along to the American Red Cross, are

welcome. Borders is at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. (714) 279-8933.

VICTORIA CHAMBER SERIES

The Victoria Chamber Series will continue at the Unitarian

Universalist Church with piano duet team Penny Foster and M’lou Dietzer

on Nov. 17, clarinetist Hakan Rosengren and pianist Anne Epperson on Jan.

19, pianist Valentina Gottlieb on Feb. 16, soprano Keiko Takeshita and

M’lou Dietzer on March 16, the Del Gesu string quartet on April 20 and

pianist M’lou Dietzer on May 18. The church is at 1259 Victoria St.,

Costa Mesa. $8 for adults or $5 for students. (949) 651-8493.

WIND MUSIC

UC Irvine’s Wind Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at Winifred

Smith Hall. Free. The university is at the corner of Campus and

University drives in Irvine. (949) 824-6206.

JAZZ AND BLUES

UC Irvine’s Jazz Orchestra will perform with jazz and blues vocalist

Ernie Andrews at 8 p.m. Dec. 1. The university is at the corner of Campus

and University drives in Irvine. $7. (949) 824-6206.

‘DON GIOVANNI’

Opera Pacific will present “Don Giovanni” at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, 24, 25 and 26 and at 2 p.m.

Jan. 27 at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $25-$175. (800) 346-7372.

WEEKEND BLUES

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach will present The

Balboa Blues on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The

program will feature jazz and classic rock tunes for dining and dancing.

Anthony’s is at 151 E. Coast Highway. (949) 673-3425.

POP-ROCK AND 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. Free. (949) 675-1922.

SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;

Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band play 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.

SENIOR CENTER AFTERNOON

A seven-piece group plays big band tunes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Fridays at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. $4.

(949) 644-3244.

STAGE

‘THE HOMECOMING’

Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming” will be staged through Nov. 18 at South

Coast Repertory’s Mainstage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 7:30

p.m. Sundays, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. $19-$52.

(714) 708-5555.

‘NOSTALGIA’

Lucinda Coxon’s “Nostalgia” will receive its world premiere through

Dec. 2 at South Coast Repertory’s Second Stage, 655 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Performances will be held at 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays through

Sundays, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. $19-$51. (714)

708-5555.

‘VICTOR/VICTORIA’

UC Irvine will present “Victor/Victoria,” a musical about an opera

singer in 1930s Paris and a cabaret performer named Toddy, at the Irvine

Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Nov.

15-17 and 2 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 17. $8-$20. (949) 824-2189.

‘TEN OR LESS’

“Ten or Less,” a series of student-directed short plays that run 10

minutes or less, will be staged Friday through Saturday and Nov. 16-18 at

Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Studio, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. $5 or

$6. (714) 432-5640.

PLAYS ‘R US

Orange Coast College’s Children Theatre Company will present two plays

for kids. “Resolution Revolution,” which focuses on conflict resolution

and avoiding violence, will be staged at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Wednesday at

the Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. “Bang! Bang!

Or What I Learned Watching Television,” will be staged at 9:30 and 11

a.m. Nov. 15. This second play addresses dangers for children handling

firearms. Free. (714) 432-5640.

MACBETH AT UCI

UC Irvine’s drama department will present Macbeth at 8 p.m. Nov. 29

through Dec. 1, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Dec. 1, at UCI’s Little Theatre.

$9. The university is at the corner of Campus and University drives in

Irvine. (949) 824-6206.

MOUNTING LINNEY

“Sand Mountain,” Romulus Linney’s play set in Tennessee’s Smokey

Mountains, will be staged by Orange Coast College’s Theatre Department on

Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 and Dec. 6-9. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday

through Saturday nights, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

$7-$10. (714) 432-5880.

‘LA POSADA MAGICA’

South Coast Repertory’s Second Stage will perform “La Posada Magica”

Dec. 7-23 at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Performances will be held

at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday and at 12:30

and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. $14-$34. (714) 708-5555.

ART

LANDSCAPE SHOW

Square Blue at Bradford Gallery will present landscapes by artists

including David Skinner, Donna Westerman and Donald Archer through Nov.

25 at 355 Old Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 548-1101.

WAR TRIBUTE

The Nottingham Art and Frame Gallery in Newport Beach will present an

original World War II poster’s exhibit and sale, titled “Military Posters

of World War II,” Thursday through Dec. 24. The show commemorates the 60

years since Pearl Harbor. A show opening will be held 5 p.m. Thursday at

4229 Birch St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Free. (949) 833-1770.

CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONS

An exhibit of scenic landscapes and seascapes by plein air painter

Brian Murphy will be on display through Nov. 30 at the Newport Beach

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. A reception for Murphy

will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the library. Free. (949) 717-3801.

THE PREDATOR

The Predator, a digitally designed structure, will be open for viewing

through Nov. 18 at UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Art & Technology at the

Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The piece was created by Argentine

painter Fabian Marcaccio and Los Angeles architect Greg Lynn. Gallery

hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and noon through 8 p.m.

Thursday. UC Irvine is at the corner of Campus and University drives in

Irvine. Free. (949) 824-6206.

THE AFTERLIFE

Color photographs titled “The Afterlife of Vietnam” by Kiet Le, a

former Orange Coast College student, will be on display through Nov. 19

at OCC’s Photo Gallery, 2701 Fairview Road. The gallery is open from 8

a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays,

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Free. (714)

432-5520.

NEW FRAMES

Grahame Weinbren’s “Frames” will be on display through Dec. 2 at the

Beall Center for Art and Technology at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School

of the Arts, corner of Campus and University drives in Irvine. “Frames”

is an interactive cinema installation based on Hugh Diamond’s photos of

psychiatric patients. Beall Center hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Sunday and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday. Free. (949) 824-6206.

ART OF ANCIENT VIETNAM

Orange Coast College’s Fine Arts Gallery will present “Spirit of

Vietnam: Ancient Bronzes and Ceramics” through Dec. 6. The exhibition

will gather bronzes from the Dong Son culture (5th century BC) and

ceramics from the Ly and Tran dynasties (11th and 15th century AD).

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 to 8:30

p.m. Thursday. The gallery is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Free.

(714) 432-5039.

WORKS BY GONZALEZ

The Boudreau-Ruiz Gallery will present the oil-on-canvas still life

paintings of Antonio Gonzalez through Dec. 16 at 3000 Newport Blvd.,

Newport Beach. The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. (949)

675-4766.

PORTRAIT OF O’KEEFE

Todd Webb’s photographs of famed painter Georgia O’Keefe will be on

display through Jan. 2 at the Orange County Museum of Art’s South Coast

Plaza Gallery. The gallery, 3333 Bristol Street, is open 10 a.m. to 9

p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to

6:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. (949) 749-1122.

METAPHORICAL PAINTINGS

The Orange County Museum of Art will present an F. Scott Hess series

of 24 metaphorical paintings titled “The Hours of the Day” through Jan. 6

at the museum, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Museum hours are 11

a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and

students, free for members and children younger than 16. (949) 759-1122.

CELAYA EXHIBIT

The Orange County Museum of Art will present the work of painter,

photographer, sculptor, printmaker and poet Enrique Martinez Celaya on

Saturday Feb. 3 at the museum, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 for adults,

$4 for seniors and students, free for members and children younger than

16. (949) 759-1122.

DANCE

WINTER DANCE FEST

Orange Coast College’s Dance Department will stage a multicultural

“Winter Dance Festival” as an outreach to the county’s elementary schools

and adults Dec. 13 and 14. Show times are 7:30 p.m. for the Dec. 13 show,

which will be for adults, while a show for kids will be staged at 10 a.m.

and noon Dec. 14. Free. (714) 432-5506.

HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Ballet Pacifica’s run of “The Nutcracker” will be staged Dec. 14-24 at

the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Show times are

7:30 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 15-23, with a 7:30 p.m. show Dec. 14 and a 2:30

p.m. show Dec. 24. $21-$25. (949) 854-4646.

SENIOR BALLROOM

Ballroom dancing to the music of the Ray Robbins Combo is offered from

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 W. 19th St.

$3. (949) 645-2356.

DANSCENE STUDIO

Ballroom dancing is offered at 8 p.m. on the first Friday of each

month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa. $10. (714)

641-8688.

BIG BAND DANCING

An afternoon of dancing to big band music is offered from 1:30 to 3:30

p.m. Fridays at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.

Coffee and other refreshments are served. (949) 644-3244.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Tango dancing is offered from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on the first

Saturday of each month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa

Mesa. (714) 641-8688.

BOOKS

GROUP FICTION

The Fiction Book Group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each

month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center

Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 759-0982.

OPRAH BOOK CLUB

The Oprah Book Club discusses Oprah Winfrey’s most recent selections

at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Barnes & Noble

Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

(949) 759-0982.

KIDS

SPECIAL STORY TIMES

Teens in the Newport Beach Public Library’s Young Adult Advisory

Council will present three special children’s storytimes -- at 10:30

a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. -- on Nov. 17 at the Central Library, 1000

Avocado Ave. Geared for 3- through 7-year-olds, the programs will

recognize Children’s Book Week. “Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car,” “Goodnight Moon”

and other popular children’s books will launch the interactive skits.

Free. (949) 717-3801.

IMAX EXCURSION

The Imax theater in Irvine will be the destination for Kids Night Out

at 6 p.m. Nov. 17. Sponsored by the Costa Mesa Recreation Department, the

program -- which will include an age-appropriate Imax feature -- will

allow parents to take a break from their 7- to 12-year-old children.

Registration closes on Nov. 15. Kids will be bused from the Balearic

Community Center, 1975 Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. $10. (714) 754-5158.

STARLIGHT STORIES

Children 3 to 7 are invited to participate in songs and finger puppet

plays at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Costa Mesa Library, 1855 Park Ave. (949)

646-8845.

PJs AND BOOKS

A children’s story time is presented at 7 p.m. Mondays and 10:30 a.m.

Saturdays at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.

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

WEEKLY STORYTELLER

A children’s story time is held at 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays at Barnes &

Noble Booksellers at Metro Pointe, 901-B South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

(714) 444-0226.

STORY TIME

A children’s story time will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesdays and 10:15

a.m. Fridays at Borders Books & Music at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear

St., Costa Mesa. Free. (714) 432-7854.

DINING/TASTING

DINE WITH CLASS

“A Taste of Class,” an educational wine dinner to benefit Orange Coast

College’s Culinary Arts Department, will begin at 6 p.m. today at OCC’s

Captain’s Table, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Whole Foods Market, the

Chalone Wine Foundation and OCC present this event. $75. (949) 574-3800.

HOLIDAY SAMPLINGS

Whole Foods Market will present a Holiday Tasting Fair from noon to 4

p.m. Nov. 10 at 1870 Harbor Blvd. Free. (949) 574-3800.

GOURMET THANKSGIVING

Pinot Provence will serve a Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 9 p.m. on

Nov. 22 at 686 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa. Courses will include sweet onions

and leek soup, a mini shellfish fricassee, a roasted young turkey and

chocolate silk pie. $39 per person. (714) 444-5900.

DINE IN STYLE

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant offers complimentary limousine service

to and from the restaurant to Newport Beach patrons. Anthony’s is at 151

E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 673-3425.

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken parmigiana

and calamari picante at reduced prices, is held from 5 to 6 p.m. weekdays

and 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays at Villa Nova Restaurant, 3131 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.

WINE TASTINGS

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

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

SUNDAY BRUNCH

A Sunday brunch, featuring international seafood and salad buffets,

roasts carved to order and breakfast favorites, is held from 10:30 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. $30;

$40 with champagne. (949) 476-2001.

CLUBS

ALTA COFFEE

Musical acts perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at Alta

Coffee House, 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.

ATRIUM MARQUIS

A variety of live music is presented daily at the Atrium’s Airporter

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

BIRRAPORETTI’S

Swing music by the 12-piece Don Miller Orchestra is presented at 8

p.m. Mondays at Birraporetti’s at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. (714) 850-9090.

BISTRO 201

Jazz is played at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays at

Bistro 201, 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 631-1551.

DIN DIN AT BAMBOO TERRACE

Instrumental music is performed after 9 p.m. Thursdays and pop and

rock is presented after 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Din Din at the

Bamboo Terrace, 1773 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949) 645-5550.

DURTY NELLY’S

Live music is performed at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Nelly’s,

2915 Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

Live music is performed Mondays through Saturdays at the Four Seasons

Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 759-0808.

HARD ROCK CAFE

Live music is performed Sundays at Hard Rock Cafe, 451 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-8844.

THE HARP INN

Live music is performed Thursdays through Saturdays at the Harp Inn,

130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-8855.

HOGUE BARMICHAEL’S

Live music is performed Wednesdays through Saturdays at Barmichael’s,

3950 Campus Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 261-6270.

LIDO CIGAR ROOM

Enjoy a smoke with your drink at Lido Cigar Room, 3441 Via Lido, Suite

D, Newport Beach. (949) 723-0595.

MARGARITAVILLE

Live music is performed at Margaritaville, 2332 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. (949) 631-8220.

MARRAKESH

Authentic Moroccan cuisine and belly dancing is offered at 5 p.m.

daily at Marrakesh, 1976 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949) 645-8384.

MARRIOTT HOTEL

Live music is performed Mondays through Saturdays at the Marriott

Hotel, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-4000.

MULDOON’S

Muldoon’s is an Irish pub at 202 Newport Center Drive, Fashion Island,

Newport Beach. (949) 640-4110.

OYSTER BAR LOUNGE

Local pop and light rock acts perform Fridays and Saturdays at Newport

Landing’s Oyster Bar Lounge at the Balboa Ferry Landing, 503 E. Edgewater

Ave. (949) 675-2373.

TEE ON THURSDAY

The Tee Room presents its two-piece band every Thursday between 6 and

9 p.m. at 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. (949) 756-0121.

TOTALLY COFFEE

Open mike night is held from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays at Totally

Coffee, 1525 Mesa Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa. (714) 435-9367.

VILLA NOVA

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

and the three-piece jazz and blues band Misbehavin’ plays at 9 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays at Villa Nova, 3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. (949) 642-7880.

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