ONGOING EVENTS

ART

LITTLE HANDS, BIG ART

Michaels Arts and Craft Stores hosts Friday mornings filled with crafts. Kids 18 months to 4 years old can work with stickers, paint and clay from 9:30 to 10 a.m. The fee is $5. Michaels is at 610 W. 17th St. in Costa Mesa. (949) 548-6053.

MUSIC

BAYSIDE RESTAURANT

Live jazz music is played all winter at Bayside Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Call for specific bands, times and dates. (949) 721-1222.

JAZZ AT BAY CLUB

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. (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. Free. (949) 673-9500.

MPG 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 Dr., Newport Beach. (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. (949) 646-7944.

SINATRA TRIBUTE

La Cave Restaurant features David Kinwald’s live tribute to Frank Sinatra from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. (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. (949) 646-7944.

THE GINGER BAKER JR. TRIO

La Cave Restaurant features 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. (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. (949) 646-7944.

RUSTY PELICAN

The Rusty Pelican features the music of Common Ground Wednesday and Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m., 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 642-3431.

PLAN BE

La Cave Restaurant spotlights the funky soul jazz music of Plan Be from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-7944.

PLAYERS GOES LIVE

Players restaurant hosts live music from 9 p.m. to midnight every Friday and Saturday. At 512 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. No cover charge. Call: (949) 646-5615.

ROCK, FLAMENCO AND MORE

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.

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. (949) 646-7944.

DANCE

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. (714) 641-8688.

MARRAKESH

Authentic Moroccan cuisine and belly dancing is offered at 5 p.m. daily at Marrakesh, 1976 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949) 645-8384.

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. (866) OC-SWING or www.ocswing.com.

POETRY

WEDNESDAY LAB PERFORMANCES

Artists, poets, musicians, dancers and the like will have 15 minutes on stage to do their thing in the living room at the Lab every first Wednesday of the month. The Lab is at 2930 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa. To sign up, e-mail info@thelab.com. www.sobeca.net.

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, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. For seating, guests should bring lawn chairs. (714) 966-6660.