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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 at Newport Dunes Waterfront
Resort. Tickets cost $75 in advance and $85 at the door. Information
(949) 440-9873.
THANKSGIVING-EVE BASH
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Orange County will have its
Thanksgiving Eve Bash from 7 p.m. Nov. 26 to 2 a.m. Nov. 27 at the
Hard Rock Cafe in Fashion Island, 451 Newport Center Drive. Tickets
will cost $25, $20 in advance. Information: (714) 544-7773,
https://www.bigbrooc.org, https://www.redwagonfoundation. org.
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
SALUTE TO AMERICAN COMPOSERS
Orange Coast College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a salute to
American composers at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Robert B. Moore Theatre.
Tickets cost $7. Information: (714) 432-5880.
HARMONIA BAROQUE PLAYERS
The Harmonia Baroque chamber music group will be performing music
by Scheidt, Buxtehude, Dornell, Vivaldi, Telemann and J.S. Bach at 4
p.m. Sunday at the Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, 798 Dover Drive.
Tickets cost from $12 to $30. Information: (714) 970-8545.
RITA COOLIDGE
The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present Grammy
Award-winning vocalist Rita Coolidge at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Nov. 22
at Founders Hall. Tickets cost $56. Information: (714) 556-ARTS,
https://www.ocpac.org.
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 Wednesday and Thursday. 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.
VERMEER STRING QUARTET
The Orange County Philharmonic Society will present the Vermeer
String Quartet at 8 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The
cost will be from $26 to 32. Information: (949) 553-2422,
https://www.philharmonicsociety. 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.
ARTURO SANDOVAL
Grammy and Emmy Award winner Arturo Sandoval will perform at 7:30
and 9 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29 at the Orange County Performing Arts
Center’s Jazz Club. Tickets cost $49 and $56. Information: (714)
556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.
BASH 2003
The 33rd annual Orange County Live Music Festival will be from
noon to midnight Nov. 30 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and
Tennis Club at Fashion Island, 900 Newport Center Drive. Tickets will
cost from $14 to $28. Information: (949) 640-4000,
https://www.ocmusicians.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.
‘A JOURNEY TO JOY’
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will host Santiago Canyon
College’s music departments annual winter festival concert “A Journey
to Joy” at 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach.
There will be a 100-member chorale backed by a professional
orchestra. Tickets cost $15 per person and $12 for seniors, students
and children younger than 12. Information: (714) 628-4828.
KINGS SINGERS
The King’s Singers, England’s premier vocal ensemble, will perform
at 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,
Irvine. The cost will be from $30 to $35 per person and full-time
student are half price. Information: (714) 740-7878,
https://www.thebarclay.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.phiharmonicsociety. 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.
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.
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