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SPECIAL
ORANGE COUNTY POETRY FESTIVAL
Poets John Gardiner and Katya Giritsky will be featured at the
Gypsy Den for the Orange County Poetry Festival. There will be
performance poetry and music with a musical performance by Courtney
Montgomery. The Gypsy Den is at 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. The
free event is at 8 p.m. April 1. For information, call (714) 564-6526
or (714) 549-7012.
‘WANT’
The Newport Beach Film Festival will show the Southern California
premiere of Michael Wohl’s daring feature film debut, “Want,” at 4
p.m. April 9 at Lido Theater. The film takes an unflinching and
provocative look at the dark underside of dot-com mania. Set in
Silicon Valley during the dizzying last days of 1999, “Want” follows
a hapless software engineer hiding from reality through an
increasingly dangerous sexual obsession.
BEST OF BANFF MOUNTAIN
Three hours of the “best of the best” from the 27th annual Banff
Mountain Film Festival will be screened at 7 p.m. March 25 in the
Robert B. Moore Theatre at Orange Coast College. Tickets are $9. OCC
is at 2701 Fairview Drive in Costa Mesa. For information, call (714)
432-0202, ext. 21058.
2003 PROM FASHION SHOW
Macy’s South Coast Plaza and Seventeen magazine host a 2003 Prom
Fashion Show at 2 p.m. April 5. See the latest looks from Jessica
McClintock, Zum Zum, Blondie Nights, Rampage, Morgan and Co., Jump
and L.A. Glow modeled by girls from the National Charity League
Laguna Chapter. The fun takes place in the THISIT shop for Juniors.
For reservations, call (714) 556-0611, ext. 4231. The show is at
Macy’s South Coast Plaza’s Women’s Store, at 3333 Bristol St.
MUSIC
DAVE BRUBECK
Dave Brubeck, a legendary jazz great, will perform at 7:30 p.m.
April 3 through 6 in Founder’s Hall. The pianist and composer sold
out performances last year. Tickets are $100. Orange County
Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more
information, call (714) 740-7878.
‘EMPEROR’ CONCERTO
The Pacific Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Carl St.
Clair, welcomes pianist Stephen Kovacevich. He will be join the
orchestra for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, the
“Emperor.” The orchestra will also play Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G
major. The concerts will be in Segerstrom Hall on April 2 and 3 at 8
p.m. Tickets are $19 to $59. Orange County Performing Arts Center,
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714)
740-7878.
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Orange County Performing Arts Center in Founders Hall presents the
world’s foremost early music ensemble, which will offer a new
critical edition of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” The concert is at 4
p.m. April 13. Tickets are $60. The Center is at 600 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 740-7878.
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the most widely acclaimed
singer/songwriters working in pop and jazz today. Nominated for a
Tony Award for her starring role in the Broadway musical “Swing,”
Callaway has received national attention for her many TV appearances,
recordings, concerts and songs. Callaway brings her many talents to
Segerstrom Hall at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, as part
of the Pacific Symphony Pops series at the Orange County Performing
Arts Center in Costa Mesa. The concert also features guest Pops
conductor Carl Tipilow playing jazzy, up-tempo melodies on his
trademark red clarinet. Tickets are available for $80, $63, $50, $36,
and $26. For more information, call the Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Ticket Office at (714) 755-5799 or visit the Web site at
www.pacificsymphony.org.
GLENN MILLER TRIBUTE
Orange Coast College is hosting a Glenn Miller Tribute at 4 p.m.
April 13, featuring the Tex Beneke Orchestra, vocalists Herb
Jefferies and Polly Podewell and the Pied Pipers, in the Robert B.
Moore Theatre. Tickets cost from $35 to $41. OCC is at 2701 Fairview
Road, Costa Mesa. For information, call (714) 432-5880.
SOUTH COAST PLAZA’S APRIL MUSIC
South Coast Plaza offers live music every Saturday and Sunday in
April. Sherman Fowler plays jazz on April 5. Suzanne Edwards Alford
plays country music on April 6. Fletcher Harrington plays pop music
on April 12. Marla Reid plays contemporary Christian pop on April 13.
Darryl Morris plays R&B; on April 19. Gabriel Mann plays jazz on April
20. The Push plays world music on April 26. And Kerry Getz plays pop
on April 27. All performances are at 2 p.m., except the April 6
performance, which is at 4 p.m. South Coast Plaza is at 3333 Bear
St., Costa Mesa. Call (714) 432-7854.
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.
MUSIC AT PLAYERS
Players restaurant is now offering live music from 9 p.m. to
midnight every Friday and Saturday. Players is at 512 W. 19th St.,
Costa Mesa. No cover charge. (949) 646-5615.
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
IMPROV AT OCC
Orange Coast College is presenting a unique and hilarious
improvisational production under the direction of OCC theater
professor Alex Golson. The 40- to 60- minute production is modeled
after the popular improvisational TV show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?”
It will be performed at 11 a.m., noon and 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at the
Robert Moore Theatre. Other performances are scheduled for 6 p.m.
April 14, noon April 15, 6 p.m. May 12 and 1 p.m. May 13 in the Drama
Lab. Admission is free. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road in Costa Mesa.
For information, call (714) 432-5640, ext. 5.
‘TAMING OF THE SHREW’
Orange Coast Community College’s Theatre Department is staging a
one-act cutting of William Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the
Shrew,” a 40-minute production of full measure slapstick comedy.
Performances are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday 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 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. Tuesday
through Saturday, 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.
‘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 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”
through March 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.
‘DON QUIXOTE’ BALLET
Orange County’s Festival Ballet Theatre will offer its lavish
production of “Don Quixote” at Orange Coast College April 4 and 5,
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.
‘INTIMATE APPAREL’
South Coast Repertory will premiere Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate
Apparel,” a drama about an African-American seamstress in 1906, her
divergent clients and the love she finds through her letters, on the
Segerstrom Stage April 18 through May 18. Tickets cost $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.
‘LES MISERABLES’
Orange County Performing Art Center presents “Les Miserables” at
Segerstrom Hall April 8 through 20 as part of their Broadway series.
This musical has won more than 50 international theater awards,
including eight Tony awards. Tickets cost from $26 to $63. The Orange
County Performing Arts Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa
Mesa. For more information, call (714) 740-7878.
‘SHAKESPEARE REVUE’
‘The Shakespeare Revue’, a witty cabaret-style musical from the
Royal Shakespeare Company, will be performing at the Irvine Barclay
Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday, April 4. Tickets are $38 and $32. Call
(949) 854-4646 or go to the box office. The theater is at 4242 Campus
Drive in Irvine.
‘POOR RICHARD’
Jean Kerr’s bittersweet 1964 romantic comedy, “Poor Richard,” will
run Saturdays and Sundays April 19 and 20 and April 26 and 27 in
Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Studio. Curtain is 8 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 and 7 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $6 and $7 and be purchased
by calling (714) 432-5640. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Drive, 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 people 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.
DANCE
STUTTGART BALLET
The Stuttgart Ballet will perform three U.S. premieres at the
Orange County Performing Arts Center through Sunday: Christian
Spuck’s “The Seventh Blue,” Uwe Scholz’s Seventh Symphony and John
Cranko’s brilliant full-length “Romeo and Juliet” will be danced on
at 2 and 8 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets at $20 to $75 are
on sale at the Center Box Office, online at the Center’s Web site,
www.ocpac.org, by phone through Ticketmaster at (714) 740-7878 or
(213) 365-3500 and at all Ticketmaster outlets. Student rush tickets
are on sale one hour before each performance. A PreView lecture by
Gary Smith is presented, also one hour before each performance.
STUDENT DANCE CONCERT
Orange Coast College’s Dance Department will host its 40th annual
Student Dance Concert at 8 p.m. April 25 and 26 at the Robert B.
Moore Theatre, featuring modern, jazz, tap, ballet, Middle Eastern
and flamenco dance. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Drive, Costa Mesa.
Tickets are $13, for information, call (714) 432-5880.
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.
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.
KIDS
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.
SPECIAL APPEARANCES
AUTHOR PAT HENRY
Pat Henry, author of “By the Grace of the Sea” will give a slide
presentation and discuss and sign her book at 2 p.m. April 6 at
Borders Books, Music and Cafe at South Coast Plaza. Borders is at
3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa.
AUTHOR RONALD JUE
Author Ronald Jue will discuss and sign “The Inner Edge” at 7 p.m.
April 23 at Borders Books, Music and Cafe at South Coast Plaza. “The
Inner Edge” outlines a comprehensive program for looking within one’s
self to find deeper levels of balance, congruity, and fulfillment.
Borders is at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa.
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