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SPECIAL EVENTS

ART OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Orange Coast College is offering a nine-part film history on

Alfred Hitchcock. Retired OCC professor H. Arthur Taussig will

moderate the series. 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.

‘SHIMMER’

Three Trees Productions will present “Shimmer,” a creative

exploration of art, music, drama, dance, video and poetry, at 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday in the Lyceum Theatre at Costa Mesa High School,

2650 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10, Information: (949)

548-2600, ext. 302.

ALL-AMERICAN BOYS CHORUS

The All-American Boys Chorus will hold an audition call for boys

ages 8 to 10 in the third through fifth grades. Auditions take will

take place from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at chorus headquarters, 88

Fair Dr., gate five off Arlington, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

708-1670, https://www.taabc.org

MUSIC

HERBERT BLOMSTEDT AND

THE ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County will present Herbert

Blomstedt conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The event

begins at 7 p.m. Saturday with a preconcert lecture. The concert will

be at 8 p.m. at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost from $20 to $60. Information:

(949) 553-2422, https://www. philharmonicsociety.org.

CARMEN BRADFORD

The Newport Beach City Arts Commission will present Grammy

Award-winning jazz vocalist and professor of music at USC Carmen

Bradford, in a performance and talk from 3 to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the

Friends Meeting Room at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 717-3870,

https://www.newportbeachlibrary. 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.

SYMPHONIC BERNSTEIN

Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will perform music from

“Westside Story” and “Candide” at 6 p.m. March 6 at OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. OCC’s 100-voice choral will join the symphony in the

evening performance. Information: (714) 432-5880.

CABARET BY THE BAY

Duke’s Place will host Cabaret by the Bay to benefit local

charities at 9p.m. with a preshow dinner in the First Cabin

restaurant at 7:30 p.m. March 10, April 14, May 12 and June 16. The

cost is $10 for the show and $37.50 for the dinner. Information and

reservations: (949) 630-4145.

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

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

‘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

through Sunday at the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 to $21. 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. 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.

‘THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES’

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

paper boy’s return from war, will be performed 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.

‘SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!’

“Schoolhouse Rock Live!” is based on the 1970s and ‘80s Saturday

morning cartoons. The musical is about a teacher who rediscovers how

much fun teaching and learning can be with imagination and music. The

musical will run through March 14 at the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse,

661 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 to 20. Information and

reservations: (949) 650-5269, reservations@ costamesaplayhouse.org.

‘TELLING OUR STORIES’

Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre will present “Telling Our

Stories,” an evening of short plays, scenes and monologues by and for

women, at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at Orange Coast

College’s Drama Lab Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost $7 and $8. Information: (714) 432-5880,

https://www.occtickets.com.

‘BRIGADOON’

“Brigadoon,” the musical about an enchanted village and two

American hunters, will run from Feb. 26 through 29 and March 4

through 7 at Vanguard University’s Lyceum Theater, 55 Fair Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $15. Information: (714) 668-6145.

‘INTIMATE EXCHANGES’

“Intimate Exchanges,” written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by

Martin Benson, will feature Richard Doyle and Kandis Chappell

portraying an English garden full of hilarious characters. The

performance will preview from March 7 to 11, and the regular run will

be from March 12 to 28 on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast

Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost

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

‘SAFE IN HELL’

“Safe in Hell,” written by Amy Freed and directed by David Emmes,

is an offbeat comic take on the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is

broadly satirized in the production. The performance will preview

from April 2 to 8, and the regular run will be from April 9 to May 9

on the Segerstrom Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)

708-5554.

TWO ABOUT POOH

“Pooh in The Enchanted Place” is a double bill of “Bother!” and

“The Enchanted Place Suite,” which will be performed at 2 and 7:30

p.m. April 17 and at 2 p.m. April 18 in Founders Hall at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost: $25 to $50. Information:

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

‘THE STUDIO’

“The Studio,” written, directed and choreographed by Christopher

d’Amboise, is a story about a choreographer with a public image

larger than life. The performance will preview from April 25 to 29,

and the regular run will be from April 30 to May 16 on the Julianne

Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)

708-5554.

ART

ROBERT R. ECKER

The Newport Beach Public Library will present an art exhibit by

Robert R. Ecker featuring 20 of his mezzotints in February at the

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

717-3870, https://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.

ORANGE COUNTY ARTIST JURIED EXHIBITION

Jury day for the Orange County Artist Juried Exhibition will take

place from 9 to 10 a.m. March 13 in the Friends Meeting Room of the

Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach.

Artists 18 and older who reside in Orange County may submit up to

three works of art. The cost to enter is $17. Awards will be handed

out to the winners. Information: (949) 717-3870.

‘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 through April 25.

The exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as covers for

Westways magazine by the Auto Club. Information: (949) 759-1122.

HELGA UMBER

An exhibit of artist Helga Umber’s work will be on display from

11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. through May 22 at the Bayside Restaurant, 900

Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 851-9181,(949)

721-1222.

DANCE

STUDENT DANCE CONCERT

Orange Coast College’s Dance Department will host its 41st annual

Student Dance Concert at 8 p.m. April 23 and 24 in OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. Information: (714) 432-5880.

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: (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.

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

THE SINGLE GOURMET

Single Gourmet members, upscale business and professional singles

in their 30s to 50s, will get together at 7 p.m. Friday at Pelican

Hill, 22651 Pelican Hill Road, Newport Coast. Information and

reservations: (949) 854-6552.