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SPECIAL EVENTS

ART OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Orange Coast College is offering a nine-part film history on

Alfred Hitchcock. 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.

‘SHIMMER’

Three Trees Productions will present “Shimmer,” an exploration of

art, music, drama, dance, video and poetry, at 8 p.m. Feb. 20 and 21

in the Lyceum Theatre at Costa Mesa High School, 2650 Fairview Road,

Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10, Information: (949) 548-2600, ext. 302.

ALL-AMERICAN BOYS CHORUS

The All-American Boys Chorus will hold an audition call for boys

ages 8 to 10 in the third through fifth grades. Auditions take will

take place from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at chorus headquarters, 88

Fair Dr., gate five off Arlington, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

708-1670, https://www.taabc.org

MUSIC

NEWPORT BEACH JAZZ PARTY

The Newport Beach Jazz Party, today through Sunday, will feature

such musicians as: Benny Green, Russell Malone, Dena DeRose, Houston

Person and Mark Murphy. The event will be held from 8 to 11 p.m.

today; from noon to 12:45 a.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday; at the Newport Beach

Marriott, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets cost $30

to $295. Information: (949) 759-5003, https://www.newport

beachjazzparty.com.

‘HAPA: A CELEBRATION OF HAWAII’

The concert “Hapa: a Celebration of Hawaii” will be performed at 5

and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus

Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost $32 and $38. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://www.hapa.com.

PROLOGUE: ‘CANDIDE’

Opera Pacific will present Prologue: “Candide,” a lecture on

Leonard Bernstein’s opera, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Irvine Barclay

Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. The cost is $25. Information:

https://www.operapacific.org.

CLASSICAL EDGE TRIO

The Newport Beach Public Library will present the Classical Edge

Trio featuring Larry Greenfield, Susan Boettger and a special guest

percussionist at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Friends Meeting Room at the

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information:

(949)717-3870, option 2, https://www.newport beachlibrary.org.

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. Wednesday and on March 10, 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.

CARMEN BRADFORD

The Newport Beach City Arts Commission will present Grammy

Award-winning jazz vocalist and professor of music at USC Carmen

Bradford, in a performance and talk from 3 to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the

Friends Meeting Room at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000

Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949) 717-3870,

https://www.newportbeachlibrary. org.

MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform works by

Sergei Rachmaninoff at 8 p.m. March 2 and an all-Tchaikovsky program

at 8 p.m. March 3 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. The orchestra will be conducted by Pavel Sorokin. Tickets

cost $44 and $59. Information: (949) 854-4646,

https://www.classicalarchives. com/artists/moscow.html.

SYMPHONIC BERNSTEIN

Orange Coast College’s Symphony Orchestra will perform music from

“West Side Story” and “Candide” at 6 p.m. March 6 at OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. OCC’s 100-voice choral will join the symphony in the

evening performance. Information: (714) 432-5880.

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. Diana Ditri

joins the duo on vocals on Mondays. It’s free. Information: (949)

673-9500.

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. (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

‘ANTIGONE’

“Antigone” by Sophocles, the story of Oedipus’ daughter who

sacrifices everything to bury her brother, will be performed at 2:30

p.m. through Feb. 29 on the South Coast Repertory Segerstrom Stage,

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

Information: (714) 708-5554.

‘THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES’

“The Subject Was Roses,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a

paper boy’s return from war, will be performed through Feb. 29 at the

Newport Beach Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport Beach.

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

‘NIJINSKY’

The Hamburg Ballet makes its American premiere of “Nijinsky,” a

celebration of the life and legend of one of choreographer Vaslav

Nijinsky. The ballet will be performed at 8 p.m. today and Friday; at

2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Segerstrom Hall at the

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

Mesa. Tickets cost: $20 to $75. Information: (714) 556-2787.

‘SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL’

“Sideways Stories from Wayside School,” an adaptation by John

Olive from Louis Sachar’s Wayside School novels, will be performed

Friday through Feb. 22 on the Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 to $21. Information: (714)

708-5554.

‘TELLING OUR STORIES’

Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre will present “Telling Our

Stories,” an evening of short plays, scenes and monologues by and for

women, at 8 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 21 and at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday and

Feb. 22 at Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Theatre, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $7 and $8. Information: (714)

432-5880.

‘INTIMATE EXCHANGES’

“Intimate Exchanges,” written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by

Martin Benson, will feature Richard Doyle and Kandis Chappell

portraying an English garden full of hilarious characters. The

performance will preview from March 7 to 11, and the regular run will

be from March 12 to 28 on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast

Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost

$19 to $55. Information: (714) 708-5554.

‘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 preview

from April 2 to 8, and the regular run will be from April 9 to May 9

on the Segerstrom Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)

708-5554.

TWO ABOUT POOH

“Pooh in The Enchanted Place” is a double bill of “Bother!” and

“The Enchanted Place Suite,” which will be performed at 2 and 7:30

p.m. April 17 and at 2 p.m. April 18 in Founders Hall at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost: $25 to $50. Information:

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

‘THE STUDIO’

“The Studio,” written, directed and choreographed by Christopher

d’Amboise, is a story about a choreographer with a public image

larger than life. The performance will preview from April 25 to 29,

and the regular run will be from April 30 to May 16 on the Julianne

Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory Theater, 655 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $19 to $55. Information: (714)

708-5554.

ART

A.M. HOCH

New York artist A.M. Hoch links images, sound and space to create

“Mitosis: Formation of Daughter Cells,” which will run through Sunday

at UC Irvine’s Beall Center. The exhibition is open from 5 to 9 p.m.

Information: (949) 824-4339, https://beallcenter.uci.edu.

ROBERT R. ECKER

The Newport Beach Public Library will present an art exhibit by

Robert R. Ecker featuring 20 of his mezzotints in February at the

Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

717-3870, https://www.newportbeach library.org.

‘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 25.

The exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as covers for

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

https://www.ocma.net.

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. April 23 and 24 in OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. 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

ALTA COFFEE HOUSE

There will be a love poetry contest with professional judging,

cash prizes and live music at 8 p.m. and sign ups for contestants at

7:15 p.m., Saturday at the Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St. Sign-up

for contestants will begin at 7:15 p.m. The cost to contestants is

$3. Information: (714) 564-6526, (949) 675-0233.