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SPECIAL

SEXIEST KILT COMPETITION

Muldoon’s Dublin pub in Newport Beach will hold its first “Sexiest

Kilt Competition” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16. An all-woman panel,

including actress, model and former Miss Ireland Olivia Tracey, will

judge the competition. Chris Pierce, drummer for the Orange County

rock band the Fenians, renowned for his zebra patterned kilt, will

host. Muldoon’s is at 202 Newport Center Drive. Information: (949)

640-4110.

MUSIC

PROKOFIEV, MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will offer the third

concert of its 42nd season at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, featuring works by

Prokofiev, Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Robert B. Moore Theatre.

Tickets are $8 and $10 and can be purchased at the door. Information:

(714) 432-5880. Orange Coast College is at 2701 Fairview Road in

Costa Mesa.

PHILHARMONIC STARS OF TOMORROW

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County will present “Stars of

Tomorrow” at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Barclay Theatre in Irvine,

showcasing nine performers from Orange County from 9 to 18 years old.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Information or

tickets: (949) 559-5440.

BEETHOVEN AND DEBUSSY

The Philharmonic Society presents the Trio Fontenay performing the

music of Beethoven and Debussy on at 8 p.m. Monday at the Irvine

Barclay Theatre. Tickets are $29, $25 and $23, and can be purchased

by calling (949) 854-4646 or online at www.thebarclay.org. The Irvine

Barclay Theatre is at 4242 Campus Drive in Irvine.

GRAMMY WINNER MARK O’CONNER

Grammy Award-winning fiddler Mark O’Conner will make his jazz club

debut at Founders Hall at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, and

Saturday, March 15. His performances will spotlight his new CD, “In

Full Swing,” a tribute to his mentor, late French jazz violinist

Stephanie Grappelli. Tickets are $49 to $46, available at the Center

Box Office, online at www.ocpac.org or by calling (714) 740-7878. The

Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

TCHAIKOVSKY’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra will welcome Stanislav Loudenitch

to perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor at 8

p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, March 13, at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Segerstrom Hall. Tickets are $19 to $59 and

available at the Center Box Office, online at www.ocpac.org or by

calling (714) 740-7878. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa.

THE PRAZAK QUARTET

One of the classical music world’s leading international chamber

ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 13. The quartet will

perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1, Janacek’s String Quartet

No. 1 and more. The Prazak Quartet will perform at Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Founder’s Hall. Tickets are $43, available

at the Center Box Office, online at www.ocpac.org or by calling (714)

740-7878. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

SHIRLEY JONES AND FRIENDS

Broadway, motion picture and TV star Shirley Jones, will join

comedian Shelly Berman and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra in concert at

8 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Orange Coast College at 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets for $37 to $43 can be purchased at the

college or by calling (714) 432-5880.

AMERICAN COMPOSERS COMPETITION

To conclude the 2003 American Composers Festival, Carl St. Clair

and the Pacific Symphony will present the American Composers

Competition at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, March 13,(as part of

the 2002-2003 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Classics Series) and

March 15 at 3 p.m. (as part of the Classical Connection Series) at

the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa.

THE CANADIAN BRASS

Take five virtuoso musicians, dress them in formal attire and

tennis shoes, provide them with music from the classical, jazz, pop

and contemporary music world, and put them on a stage. The result is

the Canadian Brass, a seriously fun and entertaining ensemble that

comes to Segerstrom Hall on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, as

part of the Pacific Symphony Pops series at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. The

concerts begin each evening at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for

$80,$63, $50, $36, and $26. For more information, call the Pacific

Symphony Orchestra Ticket Office at (714) 755-5799.

MUSIC AT THE TEE ROOM

The Mark Davidson Trio, with Ron Eschete on guitar, performs at 8

p.m. Fridays at the Tee Room, 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. $10

cover. (949) 756-0121.

JAZZ TRIO

Gulfstream Restaurant in Newport Beach presents a jazz trio Sunday

through Wednesday as regular entertainment at 850 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 to 10 p.m. Monday

through Wednesday. (949) 718-0188.

WEEKLY JAM

The Studio Cafe presents Monday Night Jams from 7 to 11 p.m. every

week. “Wanted” musicians include guitar players, bass players,

singers, drummers, keyboardists and others at 100 Main St., Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 675-7760.

MUSIC AT THE GRILL

The Bluewater Grill offers live music Friday and Saturday nights.

Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien (known as MPG) perform

classic rock, R&B; and swing at 8:30 p.m. Fridays. Marvin Gregory and

MPG will perform classic rock, swing and R&B; at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays.

The restaurant is at 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949)

675-3474.

MUSIC AT THE PELICAN

The Rusty Pelican offers the music of Common Ground from Wednesday

through Sunday. The band performs from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and

Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday and from 2

to 6 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 642-3431.

WEEKEND MUSIC

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach presents Jesse on

the sax on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday for brunch. The

program features all your favorites on the saxophone. 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.

STAGE

‘TAMING OF THE SHREW’

Orange Coast Community College’s Theatre Department is staging a

one-act cutting of William Shakespeare’s comedy “Taming of the

Shrew,” a 40- minute production of full measure slapstick comedy.

Performances are at 1:30 p.m. March 25 and at 5 p.m. April 12 and 13

on the lawn of the Arts Center and at 1 p.m. April 22 and 24 in the

college’s Drama Lab Theatre. Performances are free. For information,

call (714) 721-5508. The college is at 2702 Fairview Road in Costa

Mesa.

TONY AWARD WINNER DONNA MCKECHNIE

One of Broadway’s brightest stars, Tony Award winner Donna

McKechnie, will perform at the Orange County Performing Arts Center

for the Elvin and Marjorie Klein Cabaret Series at 7:30 p.m. March 25

through March 29 nightly at Founders Hall. Tickets are $49 the Orange

County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For

more information, call (714) 740-7878.

VIETNAMESE CULTURE NIGHT

Vietnamese music, folk songs, folk and modern dance and fashions

will be showcased at 6 p.m. Saturday at Orange Coast College. Tickets

are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For information, call (714)

721-5508. The college is at 2702 Fairview Road in Costa Mesa.

‘TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA’

William Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” will be performed

at the South Coast Repertory on the Segerstrom Stage through March

30. Preview tickets start at $19. For tickets, (714) 708-5555 or

visit www.scr.org.

‘RELATIVELY SPEAKING’

‘Relatively Speaking’ will be performed at the South Coast

Repertory at the Julianne Argyros Stage from March 18 through April.

Tickets cost from $19 to $54. South Coast Repertory is at 655 Town

Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For tickets, call (714) 708-5555 or visit

www.scr.org.

‘LARAMIE PROJECT’

Orange Coast College is staging Moises Kaufman’s “Laramie Project”

March 19 through 23 in the Drama Lab Theatre. Tickets are $12 and $8

and are sold at the door and by calling (714) 432-5880. Orange Coast

College is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

‘FOOTLOOSE’

“Footloose, the Broadway Musical” will open Friday, March 14, and

run through March 22. It will be performed by the Newport Beach

Theater Company. Tickets begin at $10 and can be purchased online at

www.nbtco.org or by phone at (949) 759-1046. The shows are at 7:30

p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lincoln School, 3101

Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar.

‘DON QUIXOTE’ BALLET

Orange County’s Festival Ballet Theatre will offer its lavish

production of “Don Quixote” at Orange Coast College April 4 through

6, with curtain time 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday night and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets range from $20 to $24 and can be purchased by calling

(888) 622-5376. Orange Coast College is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa.

ART

‘ZINE SCENE’

“Zine Scene,” an exhibit of zines organized by the Cranbrook Art

Museum, will be on display through April 27 at the Orange County

Museum of Art’s Satellite Gallery, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol

St., Costa Mesa. Zines are publications -- like magazines -- created

by individuals or small groups. Museum hours are 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) 759-1122.

DOUBLE HORIZONTAL

Dewey Ambrosino’s exhibit “Double Horizontal” will feature “Brown

Note Lounge,” an installation of two molded plywood sub-woofer

loveseats that play an original bass composition, and whose

frequencies are tuned specifically to the building’s architecture.

The exhibit will also include a video projection of Oskar Schlemmer’s

1925-46 “Triadic Ballet.” The exhibit will run through March 22 at

the Shed, 3000 Newport Blvd. Information: (949) 723-3406.

‘IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER’

An exhibit of works by Michael Perez and Kirsten Prosser will be

on display at Bayside Gallery Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive, Newport

Beach, through Saturday. (949) 851-918, www.studiogallery.net.

DANCE

THE STUTTGART BALLET

The Stuttgart Ballet, said to offer some of the best dancing in

the world today, will perform repertory highlights from “The Seventh

Blue,” “Cindy’s Gift,” “Sunday Symphony” and a full length “Romeo and

Juliet.” Performances will be March 18 through March 23 at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa.

Tickets are from $20 to $75 and can be purchased at the box office or

by calling (714) 556-ARTS.

MOMIX: OPUS CACTUS

Human bodies metamorphose into a single serpentine figure, and

dancers shape-shift into exotic birds, flowers and cactus and other

forms with visual splendor and theatrical magic. Exquisite costumes

and illusionary visuals, sublime modern movement and Olympian

gymnastics combine into this transforming event of beauty, humor and

spell-binding power. Tickets are $40 and $33. The show will be given

at the Barclay Theatre March 27 through 30, with shows at 8 p.m. and

a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Call (949) 854-4646 or go online to

www.thebarclay.org.

THE TRINITY IRISH DANCE COMPANY

The Trinity Irish Dance Company will use Irish dance as an

instrument and a metaphor. The all-women Irish-American dance company

dazzles audiences with hard-driving percussive power, aerial grace,

lightning fast agility and astounding precision. The show will be

performed at 8 p.m. March 15 and 16, with a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $40 and $35. Call (949) 854-4646.

SWING

Lessons are given every Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Avant Garde

Ballroom in Newport Beach by the Orange County Swing Dance Club. All

ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. For more information,

visit ocswing.com or call (909) 656-6119.

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.

PROGRAMS

HAPPY 300TH, PIANO

Classical music aficionados are invited to enjoy “Three Centuries

of Piano Music,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Newport Beach

Central Library. Pianist Michael Sellers will present the free

program, which will include works by Mozart, Chopin, Poulenc, Debussy

and Samuel Barber. The Newport Beach Central Library is at 1000

Avocado Ave. For more information, call (949) 717-3816 or visit www.newportbeachlibrary.org.

KIDS

MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB

Karen Cushman’s “The Ballad of Lucy Whipple” will launch a

discussion about growth and change at the next meeting of the

Mother-Daughter Book Club, at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Newport Beach

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Set in Gold Rush-era California,

the historical narrative is about a young girl uprooted from her

Massachusetts home when her widowed mother decides to move her family

to a rough mining camp in the Sierras. Girls in fifth through seventh

grades and their moms are invited to register to participate in the

intergenerational discussion at the Central Library Children’s Desk.

Call (949) 717-3800, ext. 5. For more information, call (949)

717-3816.

BALLET PACIFICA

Ballet Pacifica, Southern California’s premier professional dance

company, will present an encore presentation of its Ballet for

Children Series featuring “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The Princess and The

Pea” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Robert B. Moore Theatre in

Costa Mesa. Tickets for one-time-only performance are $13 for adults

and $10 for children, with special group discounts available. For

more information, call the Ballet Pacifica box office at (949)

851-9930, ext. 106, or visit www.balletpacifica.org.

STARLIGHT STORIES

Children 3 to 7 years old 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 at

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 is 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

SUNSET DINNERS

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunset Dinners from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Monday

through Friday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $10-$15.

(949) 642-3431.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

every Sunday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $8-$15. (949)

642-3431.

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken

parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices, is offered from 5

to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 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 from 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. at 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.

BISTRO 201

Jazz is played at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 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.