SPOTLIGHT

‘AN EVENING OF HOPE’

For the fourth year, jazz saxophonist Eric Marienthal will play a

concert at the Hyatt Newporter to benefit High Hopes, a nonprofit group

dedicated to helping people with brain injuries and their families.

“It’s one of the most tragic things that can happen, really. For

people who are used to and who know what it’s like to lead a normal life

one minute, and because of an accident or whatever are suddenly

traumatized mentally, is incredibly tragic,” Marienthal said in an

interview last year. “It’s a wonderful cause to be involved with.”

Titled “An Evening of Hope,” the concert today will also features Pat

Prescott from The Wave, an auction, a no host bar, hors d’oeuvres, a

coffee bar and a silent auction.

Marienthal has played with jazz pianist Chuck Corea, launched a

successful solo recording career and put out his nine albums.

FYI

Where: Hyatt Newporter, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach

When: 6 p.m.

Cost: $40, $125 for VIP tickets

Contact: (949) 733-0044

Ready for your close-up, DeMille?

‘UNION PACIFIC’

The Orange County Museum of Art will show “Union Pacific” as part of

its Friday Night Films series, which features films directed by Cecil B.

DeMille. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea, the film covers the

struggle to push through the Union Pacific railroad from coast to coast.

FYI

Where: Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport

Beach

When: 6:30 p.m. Friday

Cost: Suggested donation is $4 or $6.

Contact: (949) 759-1122, Ext. 204

PLANNING AHEAD

‘CALIFORNIA SCENARIOS’

“California Scenarios,” a set of plays by Latino playwrights, returns

to the Isamu Noguchi California Scenario.

Begins Thursday, July 25

CLASSIC JAZZ FEST

The Costa Mesa/Orange County Classic Jazz Festival will host three

days of fabulous music.

Begins Friday, Aug. 2

NUMERICALLY SPEAKING

81: The number of fairs in California, of which the Orange County Fair

is one.