SPOTLIGHT

JERRY SEINFELD

The man who co-created and starred in the show about nothing will

bring his sensibilities to the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

That’s right. Jerry Seinfeld will perform two shows on Friday night

featuring new material.

Seinfeld helped introduce the world to the phrases “yada, yada, yada,”

“close-talker,” “soup Nazi” and more in his self-named television show.

The show ran from 1989 to 1998 on NBC and can now be found in

syndication. In 1993, it won an Emmy Award for best television series,

comedy or musical.

This is Seinfeld’s only scheduled Southern California appearance. A

native New Yorker, Seinfeld once told Rolling Stone magazine that “After

a while in Los Angeles, you’re not going to be funny anymore. I feel like

I have a certain amount of oxygen left from being out here, and

eventually, I won’t be funny. It just slowly ebbs away, because the

environment is very unfunny.”

Let’s hope he finds Orange County a little more comical.

FYI

Where: Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa

When: 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday

Cost: $47.25-$78.75

Contact: www.ocpac.org or (714) 556-2787

Jazz and sparklers for the Fourth

Trumpeter Rick Braun will perform for the Fourth of July as part of

the Hyatt Newporter’s Summer Jazz Series, held outdoors in the hotel’s

amphitheater.. The composer and producer combines funk and pop sounds

with traditional jazz. A fireworks display will be held toward the end of

the concert.

FYI

Where: Hyatt Newporter, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach

When: 7 p.m. Thursday

Cost: $32.50-$37.50, with a dinner package available for $57.50

Contact: www.summerjazzseries.com or (949) 729-6400

Planning Ahead

THE FAIR

Want to ride a Ferris wheel, pet a pig and eat a funnel cake? Your

chance is coming up next month, when the Orange County Fair returns.

Begins Friday, July 12

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’

Aterballetto, an Italian dance troupe, will perform its version of the

Shakespearean classic set to music by pop star Elvis Costello.

Begins Friday, July 19

NUMERICALLY SPEAKING

127: The number of gallons a camel can drink at one time, according to

a fact sheet put out by the water-themed Orange County Fair, opening July

12.