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SPECIAL EVENTS

ART OF ALFRED 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. Information and tickets, call (714) 432-5880,

https://www.occtickets.com.

JOHN BADHAM

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts will present film director

John Badham discussing his new book, “Actors and Directors at War,”

from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Nixon Theatre at UC Irvine.

Information: (949) 824-6614.

MUSIC

SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

The Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra and the Monteverdi Choir,

conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, will perform as part of the

Philharmonic Society’s 50th anniversary season at 3 p.m. today at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center. A pre-concert lecture will be

given at 2 p.m. Tickets cost from $20 to $60. Information: (949)

553-2422, https://www.philharmonic society.org.

PROLOGUE: ‘COSI FAN TUTTE’

Opera Pacific will present Prologue: “Cosi Fan Tutte,” a lecture

on Mozart’s opera, at 2 p.m. today at the Irvine Barclay Theatre,

4242 Campus Drive. The cost is $25. Information:

https://www.operapacific.org.

CY COLEMAN TRIO

Broadway composer Cy Coleman, a Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner, will

perform a medley of his compositions in Founders Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tickets cost $56. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

‘COSI FAN TUTTE’

Opera Pacific will present Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” Jan. 20

through 25 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20, 22 and 24 and

at 2 p.m. Jan. 25. Information: https://www.operapacific.org.

MOSCOW CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

The 22-member Moscow Chamber Orchestra, led by American-born

conductor Constantine Orbelian, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at

the Orange County Performing Arts Center. The concert will be the

orchestra’s debut at the Center. Soprano Araxia Davtian and pianist

Carol Rosenberger will also perform in the program. Tickets cost $75.

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

LIZZ WRIGHT

Jazz singer Lizz Wright will perform at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Jan. 23

and 24 in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tickets cost $46 to $49. Information: (714) 556-2787,

https://www.ocpac.org.

HUTCHINS CONSORT

The Hutchins Consort, the world’s only professional ensemble

performing on eight-scaled violins, will perform music by Bottesini,

Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Dvorak at 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Irvine

Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $29 and $34.

Information: (949) 854-4646, https://www.hutchinson consort.org.

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform as part of the

Philharmonic Society’s Masterworks Series at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 in

Segerstrom Hall. Tickets cost $20 to $60. Information: (714)

556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

JOHNNY MATHIS

Johnny Mathis will perform some of his classics, such as “Misty”

and “Chances Are,” at 8 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center. Tickets cost: $45 to $100. Those who purchased tickets

for his canceled performance on Dec. 6 have until Jan. 16 to exchange

or receive a refund for them. Information: (714) 556-2787,

https://www.ocpac.org.

MOZART CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

The Mozart Classical Orchestra will perform Mozart’s Lucio Sila

Overture, the Flute and Harp Concerto, and the “Prague” Symphony at 8

p.m. Feb. 7 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine.

Tickets cost $24, $32 and $39. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://mozartorchestra.org.

JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET

The Juilliard String Quartet will perform music by Haydn, Webern,

and Beethoven at 8 p.m. Feb 10 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242

Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $26, $28 and $32. Information:

(949) 854-4646, https://www.juilliardstring quartet.net.

‘HAPA: A CELEBRATION

OF HAWAII’

The concert “Hapa: a Celebration of Hawaii” will be performed at 5

and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus

Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $32 and $38. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://www.hapa.com.

PROLOGUE: ‘CANDIDE’

Opera Pacific will present Prologue: “Candide,” a lecture on

Leonard Bernstein’s opera, at 2 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Irvine Barclay

Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. The cost is $25. Information:

https://www.operapacific.org.

MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform works by

Sergei Rachmaninoff at 8 p.m. March 2 and an all-Tchaikovsky program

at 8 p.m. March 3 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. The orchestra will be conducted by Pavel Sorokin. Tickets

cost $44 and $59. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://www.classicalarchives.com/ artists/moscow.html.

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 the Rick

Sherman Duo featuring Rick Sherman and Alan Remington on Friday

nights. The program features all your favorites on the saxophone

keyboards. 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

‘LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS’

“Lovers and Executioners,” an update of Montfleury’s classic

costume comedy “La Femme juge et partie,” will be performed through

Jan. 25 on the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714) 708-5554.

‘HAPPY VALLEY’

“Happy Valley,” part of South Coast Repertory’s NewSCRipt series,

about an adolescent girl searching for happiness in Hong Kong in the

year leading up to the handover from Britain to China, will be

performed at 7:30 p.m. Monday on the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $8. Information: (714)

708-5554.

‘ANTIGONE’

“Antigone” by Sophocles, the story of Oedipus’ daughter who

sacrifices everything to bury her brother, will be performed at 2:30

p.m. Jan. 23 through Feb. 29 on the South Coast Repertory Segerstrom

Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55.

Information: (714) 708-5554.

‘JOURNEYS’

“Journeys,” the story of a young dancer who is struggling with her

identity as an artist, will be performed at 8 p.m. Jan. 29 through 31

and at 2 p.m. Jan 31 and Feb. 1 at Vanguard University’s Lyceum

Theater, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. The guest director will be

Deborah Marley. Tickets cost $8. Information: (714) 668-6145,

https://www.vanguard.edu/ theatrearts.

‘THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES’

“The Subject Was Roses,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a

paper boy’s return from war, will be performed Jan. 30 through Feb.

29 at the Newport Beach Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive,

Newport Beach. Tickets cost $17 for opening night and $13 for all

other performances. Information: (949) 631-0288.

THE NIGHTINGALE

The Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration will stage the Hans

Christian Andersen classic tale “The Nightingale” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6

at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. Tickets cost $11

for children and $13 for adults. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://www.kennedy-center.org.

‘SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL’

“Sideways Stories from Wayside School,” an adaptation by John

Olive from Louis Sachar’s Wayside School novels, will be performed

from Feb. 13 to 22 at the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 to $21. Information: (714)

708-5554.

ART

A.M. HOCH

New York artist A.M. Hoch links images, sound and space to create

“Mitosis: Formation of Daughter Cells,” which will run through Feb.

15 at UC Irvine’s Beall Center. The exhibition is open from 5 to 9

p.m. Information: (949) 824-4339, https://beallcenter.uci.edu.

‘CITIES OF PROMISE’

“Cities of Promise: Imaging Urban California,” an art exhibit on

how artists in the 1930s to the present have incorporated

skyscrapers, houses, bridges, freeways and automobiles into their

works, will be at the Orange County Museum of Art from Thursday to

April 25. The exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as

covers for Westways magazine by the Auto Club. Information: (949)

759-1122, https://www.ocma.net.

DANCE

SWING

Lessons are given from 2 to 6 p.m. every Sunday at the Avant Garde

Ballroom in Newport Beach by the Orange County Swing Dance Club. All

ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. Information:

https://ocswing.com, (909) 656-6119.

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.

BALLROOM DANCING

DeFore Foundation for the Arts hosts ballroom dancing with a DJ

playing various types of music from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 to

11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at 151 Kalmus Drive, G-3, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $12. Information (714) 241-9908.

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.

Tuesday 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.

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

564-6526, (949) 675-0233.

ALTA COFFEE HOUSE

There will be a love poetry contest with professional judging,

cash prizes and live music at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Alta Coffee

House, 506 31st St. Sign-up for contestants will begin at 7:15 p.m.

The cost to contestants is $3. 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.

PJs AND BOOKS

A children’s story time is presented at 7 p.m. Mondays and at

10:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000

Avocado Ave. Children may wear pajamas to the evening sessions. Free.

(949) 717-3801.

WEEKLY STORYTELLER

A children’s story time is held at 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays at Barnes

& Noble Booksellers at Metro Pointe, 901-B South Coast Drive, Costa

Mesa. (714) 444-0226.

STORY TIME

A children’s story time is held at 10 a.m. Wednesdays and 10:15

a.m. Fridays at Borders Books & Music at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear

St., Costa Mesa. Free. (714) 432-7854.

DINING/TASTING

FOCIS

Friends of the Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter will host its

annual FOCIS on Dining event to help raise funds for the Orange Coast

Interfaith Shelter on Jan. 20 at Gustaf Anders. The cost is $125 per

person. Information and reservations: (949) 642-4029, (949) 376-5851,

(949) 581-8160.

THE SINGLE GOURMET

Single Gourmet members, upscale business and professional singles

in their 30s to 50s, will get together at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 at Pavilion

at the Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

Information and reservations: (949) 854-6552, https://www.single

gourmetlaoc.com.

WINE CELEBRATION

More than 90 Napa Valley vintners will be featured at a wine

tasting to benefit the 50th anniversary of the Boys & Girls Club from

7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Sutton Place Hotel, Newport Beach. The cost

is $300 for a block of four and $250 per person for a 6 p.m. VIP

reception with Anthony Dias Blue. Information: (714) 639-0056,

https://www.boysandgirls club.com.

SUNSET DINNERS

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunset Dinners from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Monday

through Friday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Meals

typically cost between $10 $15. (949) 642-3431.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

every Sunday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Meals typically

cost between $8 and $15. (949) 642-3431.

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken

parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices, is offered from 5

to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays at Villa Nova

Restaurant, 3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.

WINE TASTINGS

Hi-Time Wine Cellars offers wine tastings from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Fridays and from 1:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays. (949) 650-8463.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

A Sunday brunch featuring international seafood and salad buffets,

roasts carved to order and breakfast favorites is held from 10:30

a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport

Beach. Meals typically cost $30 -- $40 with champagne. (949)

476-2001.

CLUBS

ALTA COFFEE

Musical acts perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at

Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.

ATRIUM MARQUIS

A variety of live music is presented daily at the Atrium’s

Airporter Club, 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. (949) 833-2770.

BISTRO 201

Jazz is played at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 11 a.m.

Sundays at Bistro 201, 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949)

631-1551.

DIN DIN AT BAMBOO TERRACE

Instrumental music is performed after 9 p.m. Thursdays, and pop

and rock is presented after 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Din Din

at the Bamboo Terrace, 1773 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949)

645-5550.

DURTY NELLY’S

Live music is performed at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at

Nelly’s, 2915 Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.

HARD ROCK CAFE

Live music is performed Sundays at Hard Rock Cafe, 451 Newport

Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-8844.

THE HARP INN

Live music is performed Thursdays through Saturdays at the Harp

Inn, 130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-8855.