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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.
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