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SPECIAL

‘EL NORTE’

Newport Beach Central Library will screen “El Norte” at 5 p.m.

today. The Academy Award-nominated drama follows two Guatemalan teens

on a harrowing journey through Mexico to Los Angeles, where they hope

to make a home. The Central Library is at 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 717-3801

FUND-RAISERS

‘LIGHT THE NIGHT’

South Coast Repertory will open the new Folino Theatre Center on

Saturday with the 24th annual gala ball, titled “Light the Night.”

The dinner dance, which will include a tour of the new facility, will

begin at 6 p.m. with a reception at SCR’s new Audience Plaza, 655

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $750 or $500. (714) 708-5504.

FIESTA ITALIANA

Opera Pacific will hold Fiesta Italiana IV from 5 to 10 p.m.

Sunday at the South Coast Village Piazza at Antonello Ristorante,

3800 South Plaza Drive, Santa Ana. Along with dinner and dancing, the

fund-raiser will include a music and dance tribute to the 1950s and

‘60s era of Italian film. $250. (714) 830-6323.

MUSIC

CABARET NIGHT

Broadway legend Polly Bergen will perform in the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Elvin and Marjorie Shane Klein Cabaret

Series at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday at Founders Hall, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $49. (714) 740-7878.

GALA CONCERT

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra will present a Classics “Knockout”

Gala Opening at 8 p.m. today, featuring works by Picker, Liszt and

Strauss, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. There will be a preview lecture at 7 p.m. $19 to

$59. (714) 755-5799.

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra Pops will play with The Righteous

Brothers at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday as part of its season opener.

This is the famed duo’s first symphonic outing. Among their most

popular songs are “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” and “Unchained

Melody.” The concert will be held at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $26

to $80. (714) 556-2787.

BROADWAY FAVES

Dale Kristien, famous for her longtime run as Christine Daae in

“The Phantom of the Opera,” will perform Broadway hits at 8 p.m. Oct.

5 at Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. $29-$35. (714) 432-5880.

‘A HERO’S LIFE’

The story behind Richard Strauss’ “A Hero’s Life” will be the

emphasis at 3 p.m. Oct. 5 when the Pacific Symphony Orchestra will

present its first Classical Connections concert of the season. The

concert will be held in Orange County Performing Arts Center’s

Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $32 to $50. (714)

556-2787.