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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.

YO-YO MA

Orange County’s Pacific Symphony League will host an exclusive

luncheon and interview with musician Yo-Yo Ma, who will speak about

his career, goals, artistic drive and music creativity. The event

begins at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort’s

ballroom, 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. The event will

benefit the symphony’s music education program. Tickets cost $150.

Information: (714) 755-5788, https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

MUSIC

SYMPHONIC BERNSTEIN

Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will perform music from

“Westside Story” and “Candide” at 6 p.m. today 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 pre-show dinner in the First Cabin

restaurant at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 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.

CHANCELLOR’S DISTINGUISHED FELLOW SERIES

Pianists Anthony and Joseph Paratore will perform as guest artists

with UC Irvine’s Symphony Orchestra as part of the UCI Chancellor’s

Distinguished Fellow Series. There will be a master class from 1 to 3

p.m. March 17 at UC Irvine’s Winifred Smith Hall and a performance at

8 p.m. March 19 and 20 at The Irvine Barclay Theatre. Tickets are

from $8 to $12. Information: (949) 824-2787, (949) 854-4646.

BERNSTEIN’S CANDIDE

Opera Pacific presents Leonard Bernstein’s opera Candide. Candide

will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. Tickets cost $40 to $185. Information: (800) 346-7372,

https://www.operapacific.org

LINDSAY STRING QUARTET

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents the Lindsay

String Quartet at 8 p.m. March 11 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242

Campus Drive, Irvine. The quartet will perform music by Franz Joseph

Haydn, Leos Janacek, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Tickets cost $26 to

$32. Information: (949) 854-4646, (949) 553-2422, https://www.

philharmonicsociety.org.

THE NEW BLUE

The New Blue, Yale University’s oldest all-female a cappella

singing group will perform from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday at Sage Hill

School, 20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast. Former Corona del

Mar High School student Jacqueline Becker will be performing. Tickets

cost $15. Information: (949) 219-0100, (949) 975-8145,

https://www.yale.edu/ newblue.

ALAN AND MARILYN BERGMAN

Alan and Marilyn Bergman, writers of such memorable songs as “The

Way We Were,” and “The Windmills of Your Mind” will be performing at

7:30 p.m. Tuesday through March 13 in Founders Hall at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Vocalists Jason Graae and Amanda McBroom will be performing with the

Bergmans. Tickets cost $60. Information: (714) 556-2787,

https://www.ocpac.org.

YO-YO MA AND FRIENDS

The Orange County Pacific Symphony will present cellist Yo-Yo Ma

and some of his friends at 7 p.m. Wednesday and March 11 in

Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. The concert will feature the world premiers

of Chen Yi’s poignant 25th anniversary commission Cello Concert and

the orchestration of Zhou Long’s “Two Poems from T’ang. Tickets cost

$20 to $110. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

RAY CHARLES

The Orange County Pacific Symphony will present Grammy

Award-winning singer Ray Charles. The performance begins at 8 p.m.

March 12 and 13 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets costs $30 to

$135. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

BEN HEPPNER

Opera tenor Ben Heppner will perform as part of the Voices in Song

Series at 2 p.m. March 14 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets

costs $22 to $76. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

OF LOVE AND NATURE

The Pacific Chorale will present of Love and Nature conducted by

John Alexander and will feature singers in an a cappella performance

of works by American and Canadian composers. The performance begins

at 3 and 7 p.m. in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performance

Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets costs $22 to

$76. Information: (714) 556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

A NIGHT WITH DAME EDNA

Entertainer Dame Edna will perform a tailor-made show for Orange

County at 2 and 7 p.m. March 18 and 21 in Segerstrom Hall at the

Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. Tickets costs $34.50 to$64.50. Information: (714) 556-2787,

https://www.ocpac.org.

TEATRO HUGO AND INES

Teatro Hugo and Ines, a children’s show that’s part pantomime,

part puppetry and all magic. The performance will begin at 7 p.m.

March 19, 1p.m. March 20 and at 2 p.m. March 21 In Founders Hall at

the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets costs $10. Information: (714) 556-2787,

https://www.ocpac.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

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. It’s free.

Information: (949) 673-9500.

THE VILLAGE INN

The Village Inn on Balboa Island offers great music Thursday

through Sunday nights. Roc Kodz performs at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Road

Dogz and Martins at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, Greg Topper at 9 p.m. and the

Derek Bordeaux R&B; Combo at 6:30 p.m. The Village Inn is at 127

Marine Ave., Balboa Island. Information: (949) 675-8300.

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

‘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.