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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 through June 4. 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.

CIRQUE SOIREE

The Barclay Theatre will host Cirque Soiree, a gala evening of

good company, elegant fare and exotic entertainment to honor Larry

Agran, Irvine mayor; Jack Peltason, former UC Irvine chancellor; and

Sally Anne Sheridan, former Irvine mayor. The event will begin at

6:30 p.m. at 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost: $500.

Information: (949) 854-4607.

MUSIC

CABARET BY THE BAY

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

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

restaurant at 7:30 p.m. May 12 and June 16. The cost is $10 for the

show and $37.50 for the dinner. Information and reservations: (949)

630-4145.

REBA McENTIRE

Grammy Award winner, Reba McEntire will perform as part of the

Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 11 at the

Orange County Fair and Exposition Center. Information: (714)

740-2000, https://www. ocfair.com/pacificamphitheatre/

TRAIN

Musical group Train will perform as part of the Pacific

Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 15 at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center. Information: (714) 740-2000,

https://www. ocfair.com/pacificamphitheatre/

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH

Musical group Hootie and the Blowfish will perform as part of the

Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 18.

Information: (714) 740-2000, https://www.ocfair.com/pacific

amphitheatre/

MOZART ORCHESTRA FINALE

The Mozart Classical Orchestra’s season finale is at 8 p.m. at the

Irvine Barclay Theatre at 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost

from $25 to $39. Information: (949) 854-4646.

BAROQUE TRUMPETER

The Baroque Music Festival will present Baroque concertos,

featuring Baroque trumpeter John Thiessen at 4 p.m. June 20 at St.

Michaels All Angels Church, 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar.

Tickets cost $25. Information: (949) 760-7888.

BAROQUE ORGAN RECITAL

The Baroque Music Festival will present an organ recital,

featuring Baroque trumpeter John Thiessen and organ soloist Gabriel

Arregui at 8 p.m. June 21 at St. Michaels All Angels Church, 3233

Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. Tickets cost $15. Information: (949) 760-7888.

BAROQUE IN THE GARDENS

The Baroque Music Festival will present “Music in the Gardens I,”

featuring Baroque trumpeter John Thiessen at 8 p.m. June 23 at the

Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar.

Secular cantatas and instrumental works by Purcell, Handel, Torelli

and Carpentier. Tickets cost $30. Information: (949) 760-7888.

BAROQUE IN THE GARDENS

The Baroque Music Festival will present “Music in the Gardens I,”

featuring Baroque trumpeter John Thiessen at 8 p.m. June 23 at the

Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar.

Tickets cost $30. Information: (949) 760-7888.

BAROQUE IN THE GARDENS

The Baroque Music Festival will present “Music in the Gardens II,”

featuring music by Bach, Telemann, Couperin and Zelenka at 8 p.m.

June 25 at the Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway,

Corona del Mar. Tickets cost $30. Information: (949) 760-7888.

BAROQUE IN THE GARDENS

The Baroque Music Festival finale features music by Briegel, Bach,

Mouret and Charpentier at 8 p.m. June 23 at the Sherman Library and

Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Tickets cost $25.

Information: (949) 760-7888.

ALL-AMERICAN BOYS CHORUS

The All-American Boys Chorus will present the best of Broadway,

toe-tapping tunes from America’s Heritage and a patriotic tribute.

The event will be at 7 p.m. May 1 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242

Campus Drive in Irvine. Tickets cost from $25 to $30. Information:

(949) 854-4646.

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.

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.

CURTIS BRENGLE

Bayside Restaurant offers piano player Curtis Brengle performing

jazz, classical and contemporary from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays in April

at 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 721-1222.

JIMMY HEWITT

Bayside Restaurant offers contemporary solo guitarist Jimmy Hewitt

from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays through

the month of April at 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 721-1222.

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.

REVOLVER

La Cave Restaurant offers Revolver, which features DJs along with

imagery and auditory delights at 10 p.m. Tuesdays at 1695 Irvine

Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

SINATRA TRIBUTE

La Cave Restaurant offers David Kinwald’s live tribute to Frank

Sinatra from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 646-7944.

THE UNDERGROUND LOUNGE

La Cave Restaurant offers the Underground Lounge, featuring Pete

Villani singing Bennett, Martin and Sinatra from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

646-7944.

PLAN BE

La Cave Restaurant offers the funky soul jazz music of Plan Be

from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 646-7944.

THE GINGER BAKER JR TRIO

La Cave Restaurant offers the jazz fusion music of the Ginger

Baker Jr. Trio from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays at 1695 Irvine Ave.,

Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

TODD OLIVER JAZZ QUARTET

La Cave Restaurant offers the jazz music of the Todd Oliver Jazz

Quartet from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1695

Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

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

‘SAFE IN HELL’

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

is an off-beat comic take on the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is

broadly satirized in the production. The performance will run through

May 9 on the Segerstrom Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655

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

Information: (714) 708-5554.

‘MR. MARMALADE’

“Mr. Marmalade,” written by Noah Haidle, is a story about games

people play as seen through the eyes of an extraordinarily advanced

4-year-old with a vivid imagination. The performance will run through

May 16 on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory

Theater, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost from $19 to

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

‘SOMETHING TO HIDE’

“Something to Hide” is a mystery thriller that revolves around a

writer in the English countryside. The play will be performed at 8

p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays

through Sunday at the Newport Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive,

Newport Beach. Tickets cost $17 opening night and $13 for all other performances. Information: (949) 631-0288.

PACIFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

South Coast Repertory will be having its seventh annual Pacific

Playwrights Festival, featuring works in development by emerging and

established writers such as Lucinda Coxon, Sarah Ruhl, Craig Lucas

and Richard Greenberg from May 7 to 9 at South Coast Repertory, 655

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 708-5555,

https://www.scr.org.

‘I PAGLIACCI’ AND ‘CARMINA’

Opera Pacific presents the paring of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “I

Pagliacci” and Car Orff’s “Carmina Burana” in their original

languages with subtitles. The productions will be performed at 7:30

p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center. Tickets cost from $40 to $185. Information: (714)

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

‘THE LION IN WINTER’

Vanguard University presents “The Lion in Winter,” a sardonic

family drama about King Henry II. The production will be performed at

8 p.m. April 16 to 18 and April 22 to 25 and at 2 p.m. April 18, 24

and 25 at the Lyceum Theater, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost

$10. Information: (714) 668-6145.

‘CINDERELLA WALTZ’

The Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse will present “Cinderella Waltz” a

comical look at the traditional Cinderella story. The performance

will run through May 2 at 661 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa. Tickets cost

from $10 to $20. Information and reservations: (949) 650-5269,

reservation@costamesaplay house.org.

‘MOBY DICK’

Orange Coast College’s theater department will present a new

adaptation of Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” at 4 p.m. May 18, 7 p.m.

May 19 and 20, 8 p.m. May 21 and 22 and at 2 p.m. May 22 and 23.

Tickets cost from $8 to $12. Information: (714) 432-5880.

‘INTO THE WOODS’

Corona del Mar High School’s drama department will present the

musical “Into the Woods,” by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. The

event will run through today at Lincoln Elementary School, 3101

Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. Tickets cost $10. Information: (949) 515-6049.

‘URINETOWN’

“Urinetown,” the Tony Award winning musical about two kids who

fall in love in a city during a water shortage will be performed

April 27 through May 2 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $27.75 to $64.75. Information:

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

ART

‘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. The

exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as covers for

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

https://www.ocma.net.

AESTHETIC STRATEGIES

“Aesthetic Strategies,” is a project where three Southern

California artists -- Claude Kent, Rogelio Chacon, and Brian Boyer --

present and defend their personal attitudes toward aesthetics from 6

to 9 p.m. April 3 at Arden2 OC Project Gallery, 350 E. 17th St.,

Suite 112, Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 548-0097

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. today in OCC’s Robert B. Moore

Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. 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:

https://www.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.

POETRY

‘FIRST WEDNESDAY’

.ISM Magazine hosts “First Wednesday,” an open-mike poetry night

with gallery exhibits, video and film screenings, monologues, and DJs

and bands from radio station KUCI-FM (88.9). The event is from 7 to

10 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month in the Living Room at the

Lab/Anti mall, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. For seating, guests

should bring their lawn chairs. Information: (714) 966-6660.

TRIANGLE SQUARE POETRY

The Orange County Poetry Festival will offer readings by such

poets as G. Murray Thomas, Barbara Hauk, Hope Alvarado, and Beth

McIlvaine. The event will be from 7:30 to 10 p.m. April 22 in Town

Square at Triangle Square, 1870 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa. Information:

(213) 583-0550, https://www.ocpoetry festival.com.

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. (714) 432-7854.

DINING/TASTING

MOTHER’S DAY CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

The Villa Nova Restaurant will host a Mother’s Day champagne

brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 9 at 3131 West Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. The cost is $9.95 to $21.95. Information: (949)

642-7880.