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SPECIAL EVENTS

EXPLOSION OF THE SENSES

The Newport Beach Bacchus Society will hold the inaugural

Explosion of the Senses benefit, a Saturday event with live music,

dining and an art auction. The event will be a fundraiser for

multiple Orange County nonprofit groups. The 7 to 11:30 p.m. event will be at Park Drive, 1570 Scenic Ave., Costa Mesa. Admission will

cost $125. Information: https://www.bacchussociety.org.

MUSIC

KREMERATA BALTICA

Kremerata Baltica, led by artistic director and violin soloist

Gidon Kremer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Orange County

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

will include the Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a; Schubert’s Quartet No. 15 in G, D887 for strings and a new work by Russian

composer Leonid Desyatnikov. Tickets are $76 and can be purchased

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

755-0236.

LATINAS! MUSICAL DIVAS OF LATIN AMERICA

Colombia’s Toto la Momposina, Chile’s Mariana Montalvo and

Brazil’s Belo Velloso will perform in an 8 p.m. concert, “Latinas!

Musical Divas of Latin America.” The Saturday concert is held at the

Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets are $27

and $32. Full-time students can purchase half-price tickets at the

box office with valid ID. Information: (949) 854-4646 or

https://www.thebarclay.org.

WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Penderecki’s

“Polymorphia” and Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11”

at 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus

Drive, Irvine. Tickets are $65. Information: (949) 553-2422.

THE ENGLISH CONCERT WITH ANDREW MANZE

Period instrument group The English Concert and its violinist,

Andrew Manze, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Orange County

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

are $76. Information: (714) 755-0236.

JACK SHELDON

Trumpet player Jack Sheldon, billed as an originator of West Coast

be-bop, will perform in two concerts that will begin at 7:30 and 9:30

p.m. on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Call for ticket

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

‘SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME’

“Songs my Mother Taught Me,” will be singer Lorna Luft’s

performance of songs made famous by her mother, Judy Garland. The

7:30 p.m. concert will be performed Nov. 16 through 20 at the Orange

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

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

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET

The Guarneri String Quartet will play songs by Mozart, Bridge and

Ravel at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. Tickets are $35 to $45. Information: (949) 553-2422.

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

MPG members Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien perform

classic rock, R&B; and swing music at 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays

at the Bluewater Grill, 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport Beach.

Information: (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 and Tuesdays 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.

PHIL SHANE

La Cave Restaurant will host Phil Shane, a one-man music legend

who sings Elvis, Lewis, Diamond, Orbison, Cash and other music

greats. The performance begins at 10 p.m. the last Friday of each

month at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.