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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.

THANKSGIVING-EVE BASH

Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Orange County will have its

Thanksgiving Eve Bash from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday 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.redwagon foundation.org.

RAW FOOD GOURMET

HOLIDAY BALL

Celebrate the holidays with an elegant evening from 7 to 11 p.m.

Dec. 6 at the Halecrest Pavilion, 3107 Killybrook Lane. There will be

five raw gourmet appetizers, delectable desserts, live music, dancing

all night, roaring fire, candlelight setting and a cash bar. The cost

is $55 to $60. Information and reservations: (949) 650-0672.

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

VERMEER STRING QUARTET

The Orange County Philharmonic Society will present the Vermeer

String Quartet at 8 p.m. Monday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The

cost will be from $26 to 32. Information: (949) 553-2422,

https://www.philharmonic society.org.

ST. LAWRENCE

STRING QUARTET

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

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. Friday and Saturday 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 Sunday, 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.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.

DUKE’S PLACE

Jazz and cocktails flow daily from noon to midnight Sundays

through Thursdays and from noon to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays at

the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, at 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Information: (949) 645-5000

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. Diana Ditri

joins the duo on vocals on Mondays. It’s free. Information: (949)

673-9500.