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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.