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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.

RING OF LIGHTS

The Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will

host the Ring of Lights home decorating competition in December.

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 Wednesday through Sunday, Dec. 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

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

will present Christmas concert works by Bass, Rutter, Hayes, Stroope,

Menotti and Tchaikovsky, along with holiday carols three Sundays in

December. The performances will be at 4 and 7 p.m. today and at 4

p.m. Dec. 21 at 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach. Tickets cost

$10. Information: (949) 574-2284, (949) 574-2283. Child-care

reservations: (949) 574-2283.

ORANGE COUNTY

WOMEN’S CHORUS

The Orange County Women’s Chorus will perform its 2003 holiday

program, “I Sing of a Maiden,” at 7 p.m. today at the Newport Harbor

Lutheran Church. The chorus will perform works about the Virgin Mary

and many more. Tickets cost $10 to $15. Information: (949) 451-8590,

https://www.ocwomens chorus.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.

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

‘THE IMPORTANCE

OF BEING EARNEST’

Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners will be performed through today.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and

Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $17 opening night, otherwise $13.

Information: (949) 631-0288.

‘AN OLD-FASHIONED MELODRAMA AND

ICE CREAM SOCIAL’

Orange Coast College’s repertory theater company will stage its

annual holiday show through today. The performances will be at 7 p.m.

Friday and at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in OCC’s Drama Lab

Theatre. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Information:

(714) 432-5880.

‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’

South Coast Repertory’s presents Hal Landon Jr. in “A Christmas

Carol,” which will be performed through Dec. 22 at the Folino Theatre

Center, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $29 to $44.

Information: (714) 708-5555, https://www.scr.org.

‘LA POSADA MAGICA’

The Octavio Solis and Marcos Loya musical “La Posada Magica,”

about a band of neighbors who journey to rediscover the magic of

Christmas, will continue through Dec. 24 at South Coast Repertory.

Regular performances will be at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, at 3

and 8 p.m. Saturdays and at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sundays through Dec.

23, and at 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. All performances will be on

the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Information: (714) 708-5555, https://www.scr.org.

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Starlight Express, with new sets and

costumes by John Napier, will be performed Dec. 25 to 28 and 30 and

31 and Jan. 1 to 4 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in

Segerstrom Hall. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

ART

ART FOR LIFE

Artists from Israel will sell their work to raise money for

Israel’s Red Cross at Art for LIFE from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at

the Jewish Federation of Orange County, 250 E. Baker St. Among the

artists who will be present are sculpture Frank Meisler, jewelry

designers Amital Kav and Rachel Gera. Information: (800) 323-2371,

https://www.armdi.org.

DANCE

SWING

The Orange County Swing Dance Club will hold lessons from 2 to 6

p.m. every Sunday at the Avant Garde Ballroom in Newport Beach. All

ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. Information: (909)

656-6119, https://ocswing.com.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Tango dancing is offered from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. the first

Saturday of each month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa

Mesa. Information: (714) 641-8688.

POETRY

GYPSY DEN CAFE

There will be an open poetry reading night for anyone who wishes

to present his or her work, with music by Liquid Muse, at 8 p.m. Jan.

13 at the Gypsy Den Cafe, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. Information:

(714) 549-7012, (714) 564-6526, (949) 472-9028.

ALTA COFFEE HOUSE

There will be an open poetry reading night for anyone who wishes

to present his or her work, with music by Ryan Strassburg, at 8 p.m.

Jan. 14 at the Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St. Information: (714)

564-6526, (949) 675-0233.

CHILDREN

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.

DINING/TASTING

IRISH DICKEN’S CHRISTMAS

Muldoon’s will have its 15th annual Irish Dickens’ Christmas from

through Christmas Eve at 202 Newport Center Drive. They will also

have a 100-year-old duckling recipe from Country Cork, Ireland.

Information and reservations: (949) 640-4110.