SPECIAL EVENTS BILL COSBY Comedian and TV...

SPECIAL EVENTS

BILL COSBY

Comedian and TV legend Bill Cosby will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday

at the Pacific Amphitheatre, Orange County Fair and Exposition

Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 740-2000,

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

OP SUMMER SURF SERIES MOVIE FEST

Op and Projekter-Action Sports Cinema will host at the Lido

Theatre the Op Summer Surf Series movie festival. On July 29, “Gone

Surfin’” and “Style Masters” will finish the series in style. Tickets

are $7 at the door and are available at 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach.

Information: (949) 673-8350, https://www. projekter.com.

STAGE

SUMMER PLAY FESTIVAL

Orange Coast College’s theater department will present a Short

Play Festival Friday to July 25 and July 27 to Aug. 1 at the colleges

Drama Lab Theatre and Drama Lab Studio, 2701 Fairview Rd., Costa

Mesa. Show times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. and 7

p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8. Information: (714) 432-5880.

SUMMER AT THE CENTER

Orange County Performing Arts Center is presenting five free

performances in Founders Hall in conjunction with “Summer at the

Center,” a program that aids young special education students. Shows

are Saturday, July 31 at 12:30, 3 and 7 p.m. Seats are first come,

first serve at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

556-2121. https://www.ocpac.org.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents “Thoroughly

Modern Millie,” the 2002 Tony Award winner for best musical, at

Segerstrom Hall. Shows are at 8 p.m. July 27 through July 30, 2 and 8

p.m. July 31, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1. 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets range from $28.75 to $65.75. Information: (714)

556-2122. https://www.ocpac.org.

THE PRODUCERS

Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning movie “The Producers” is

transformed into the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name.

Shows run from Aug. 3 to Aug. 22 at Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa, tickets range from $44.25 to $68.25. Information:

(714) 556-2122. https://www.ocpac.org.

RICHARD III

The City Arts Commission will present “Shakespeare by the Sea”

featuring “Richard III” at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 at Grant Howald Park (corner

of 5th and Iris), Corona del Mar. Preshow activities will begin at

6:30 p.m. Bring a picnic dinner. Information: (949) 717-3870.

https://www.city.

newport-beach.ca.us.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

The City Arts Commission presents “Shakespeare by the Sea”

featuring “Two Gentlemen of Verona” beginning at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at

Grant Howald Park (corner of 5th and Iris), Corona del Mar. Preshow

activities begin at 6:30 p.m. Bring a picnic dinner. Information:

(949) 717-3870. https://www.city.newport-beach.

ca.us

BROOKLYN BOY

South Coast Repertory will perform “Brooklyn Boy,” the latest show

from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donald Margulies, from Sept. 3 to

Oct. 10 at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For ticket information,

call (714) 708-5555.

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM

A revue featuring songs by Tony Award-winner Stephen Sondheim will

be featured from Sept. 7 through Sept. 19 at Orange County Performing

Art Center’s Founders Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Tickets are $46. For show times and information, call (714) 556-2787.

RENT

“Rent” returns for its third run at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center, with performances from Sept. 14 through Sept. 19 at

Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets are $22

to $55. Show times and information: (714) 556-2787.

HABEUS CORPUS

South Coast Repertory will perform “Habeus Corpus” from Oct. 15 to

Nov. 21 at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For ticket information,

call (714) 708-5555.

ART

MARK WALPIN SOLO EXHIBIT

A solo exhibit of Mark Walpin’s art will be on display from 11:30

a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 5 to 10:30 p.m.

Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sundays through July at the

Bayside Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 851-9181,

(949) 673-0771.

‘MARITIME PAINTINGS OF CALEB WHITBECK’

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum will host an exhibit of 40

maritime paintings by Caleb Whitbeck. The exhibit will include three

paintings of classic local yachts, the Curlew, Ticonderoga, and the

Sea Drift. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 12

at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, 151 E. Coast Hwy., Newport

Beach. Information: (949) 673-7863, https://www.nhnm.org.

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 a dancing partner is not required. Information:

https://www.ocswing.com, (866) 627-9464.

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/Antimall, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. For seating, guests

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

CHILDREN

MOVIES ON THE BEACH

The public is invited to watch G- and PG-rated movies at dusk

Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 28 at Newport Dunes Resort, 1131

Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. Movies will be shown on a 9-by-12-foot

screen set up in the sand. Admission is free, and parking is $8.

Information: (949) 729-DUNE.