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SPECIAL EVENTS

HISTORY OF HITCHCOCK

Orange Coast College is offering a nine-part film history on

Alfred Hitchcock. The series will be moderated by retired OCC

professor H. Arthur Taussig. Each session will be held at 6:30 p.m.

one Friday each month. The events will be held at OCC’s Fine Arts

Hall 116. Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for seniors and OCC

students. For more information, call (714) 432-5880.

‘A CHOCOLATE AFFAIR’

The Young Professionals Against Cancer and the Orange County

Foundation for Oncology Children & Families will host a fund-raising

event from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Nov. 15, at Newport Dunes

Waterfront Resort. Tickets cost $75 in advance and $85 at the door.

Information (949) 440-9873.

RING OF LIGHTS

The Commodores Club if the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will

host the Ring of Lights home decorating competition in December. All

home, business, and yacht clubs lining the harbor are invited to

participate. Decorations must be in place by Dec. 8. Information

(949) 729-4400.

NEWPORT HARBOR CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE

Beautifully decorated yachts, boats, kayaks and canoes will sail

along the harbor in the 95th annual Newport Harbor Christmas Boat

Parade Dec. 17 through 21. Each night, the parade will begin at 6:30

p.m. at Collins Island and last two and a half hours. The parade is

hosted by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of

Commerce. Information: (949) 729-4400, https://www.christmas

boatparade.com.

MUSIC

UCI CHAMBER SERIES

The concert “Prokofiev: A Remembrance 50 Years After His Death”

will be performed at 8 p.m. today at Winifred Smith Hall in UC

Irvine. Tickets cost $12, $10 and $8. Information: (949) 824-4259.

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Orange Coasts College’s Guitar Ensemble, a chamber group of more

than 20 players, will offer its annual fall concert at 8 p.m. today

in OCC’s Fine Arts Recital Hall.

SALUTE TO AMERICAN COMPOSERS

Orange Coast College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a salute to

American composers at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Robert B. Moore

Theatre. Tickets cost $7. Information: (714) 432-5880.

THE GREAT LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony give a tribute concert to

St. Clair’s longtime friend and mentor Leonard Bernstein at the

Orange County Performing Art Center on Nov. 19 and 20. The orchestra

will perform Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” and excerpts

from “Candide” and “On The Town.” The concerts start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 to $35. For information, call (714) 755-5789.

DAVID CASSIDY

David Cassidy will be performing some of his greatest hits, such

as “I Think I Love you” and “Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted,” at

8 p.m. Nov. 21 and 22 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tickets cost $25 to $105. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

ST. LAWRENCE

STRING QUARTET

The St. Lawrence String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25

in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Tickets

cost $42. Information: (714) 556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS

The Pacific Symphony will perform Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,”

Boccherini’s Sinfonia in D minor No. 4, and Corelli’s Concerto Grosso

in F major at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $65. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

FIESTA NAVIDAD CONCERT

Jose Feliciano will join mariachi bandleader Nati Cano as part of

the 10th annual Fiesta Navidad concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $69. Information:

(949) 553-2422, https://www.phiharmonic society.org.

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.

MAMMA GINA WEEKEND JAZZ

Walter Lakota and David Alcantar, the New York Jazz Connection

Duo, play at Mamma Gina at 251 E. Coast Highway in Newport at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sundays and Mondays. Information:

(949) 673-9500.