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MUSIC

NEIL SEDAKA

Pop legend Neil Sedaka joins the Pacific Symphony Pops in concert

in Segerstrom Hall at 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost $26 to $80.

Segerstrom Hall is at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 755-5799.

PARISSA AND THE DASTAN ENSEMBLE

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is presenting the

Parissa and Dastan Ensemble in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $100, $59, $55, $40, $29

and $19 at can be purchased at the Center’s Box Office at (714)

556-2787. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

OCC SYMPHONY

The Orange Coast College’s Symphony will close its 42nd season at

7:30 p.m. Sunday with a performance featuring works by composers

Mussorgsky, Ravel and Beethoven. The concert is in OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. Tickets are $10 to $6 and are available at the

Community Education Office. Information: (714) 432-5880. OCC is at

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

SOPRANO ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN

Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian will debut in the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Voices in Song series at 7:30 p.m. today in

Founder’s Hall. She won first prize in the prestigious Placido

Domingo 2000 “Operalia” competition. Tickets are $60 and are

available at the Center box office or online at www.ocpac.org. The

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

755-5799.

OCC’S GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Orange Coast College’s Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Joe

Poshek, will perform a concert at 8 p.m. today in OCC’s Fine Arts

Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 to $5. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents the Bavarian

Radio Symphony Orchestra playing a whole lot of Brahms in Segerstrom

Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. The first night’s program is

Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F major, Symphony No. 4 in E minor and

Symphony No. 1 in C minor. On the second night, the orchestra will

perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Debussy’s “La Mer” and the suite from

Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Tickets are $19 to $59.

Information” (949) 553-2422.

OCC CHORALE CONCERT

Orange Coast College’s 120-voice chorale will close out its

2002-03 season with a concert at 8 p.m. May 17 in OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. The concert will feature Schubert’s beautiful and

moving Mass in G, and J.S. Bach’s Cantata 4, “Christ lag in

Todesbanden.” Tickets are $8 to $10. Information: (714) 432-5880.

FRENCH PIANIST

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini has fallen ill and will be

replaced by French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in the May 21 concert

presented by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Jean-Yves

will be performing a program of Chopin, Debussy and Satie in

Segerstrom Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $35. Information: (949)

553-2422.

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

The Studio Cafe presents Monday Night Jams from 7 to 11 p.m. every

week. “Wanted” musicians include guitar players, bass players,

singers, drummers, keyboardists and others at 100 Main St., Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 675-7760.

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. No cover charge. (949) 646-5615.

WEEKEND MUSIC

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach presents Jesse on

the sax on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday for brunch. The

program features all your favorites on the saxophone. 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

ONE-ACT PLAY FEST

A dozen one-act plays, many of them original, will be performed

May 21 through 25 in Orange Coast College’s annual Spring On-Act Play

Festival. The plays will be staged in OCC’s Drama Lab Studio. Curtain

time is 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $6 and $7. Information: (714) 432-5640, ext.1. OCC is at

2701 Fairview Road in Costa Mesa.

PACIFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

The South Coast Repertory will be having the sixth annual Pacific

Playwrights Festival, featuring works in development by emerging and

established writers, Friday through Sunday, May 18. Fully staged world premieres by Lynn Nottage and Rolin Jones are joined by

readings and workshops of plays by Nilo Cruz, Amy Freed, Howard

Korder, Donald Margulies and Jeff Whitty. South Coast Repertory is at

655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. Information or tickets: (714)

708-5555 or visit www.scr.org.

IMPROV AT OCC

Orange Coast College is presenting a hilarious improvisational

production under the direction of OCC theater professor Alex Golson.

The 40- to 60- minute production is modeled after the popular

improvisational TV show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” Performances are

scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Drama Lab.

Admission is free. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road in Costa Mesa. For

information, call (714) 432-5640, ext. 5.

‘INTIMATE APPAREL’

South Coast Repertory will premiere Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate

Apparel,” a drama about an African American seamstress in 1906, her

divergent clients and the love she finds through her letters, on the

Segerstrom Stage through Sunday, May 18. Tickets cost $19 to $54.

South Coast Repertory is at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For

tickets, call (714) 708-5555 or visit www.scr.org.

‘SHERLOCK HOLMES’ IN SONG

“Sherlock Holmes & the Giant Rat of Sumatra,” a zany musical by

Tim Kelly and Jack Sharkley, will be staged Thursday through Sunday,

May 18, in the Drama Lab Theatre at Orange Coast College.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and at 2

p.m. on Sundays. Advance tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for

students and seniors. Tickets will be $12 and $8 at the door. OCC is

at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

MACHOMER

The Irvine Barclay Theatre will be bringing back “MacHomer: The

Simpsons Do Macbeth” at 8 p.m. May 21 to 24. Tickets are $32 and $26.

The Barclay is at 4242 Campus Drive in Irvine. Tickets: (949)

854-4646.

BEING DEAF IN AMERICA

Casey Weber is directing his own play, “My World and Yours,” about

being deaf in America. Ths 21 to 25 with curtain time set for 8 p.m.

every day except 2 and 7 p.m. on May 25. It will be performed at

Orange Coast Community College’s Drama Lab Studio Theatre. OCC is at

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

‘CATS’

“Cats,” the longest running musical in history, returns to Orange

County to the Orange County Performing Arts Center May 27 through

June 1 in Segerstrom Hall. Tickets are $19.50 to $54.50. They are on

sale at the Center box office or by calling (714) 556-ARTS or

www.ocpac.org. The Center is at 600 Town Drive in Costa Mesa.

ART

‘ORANGE COUNTY TASTEMAKERS’

Bradford J. Salamon will unveil his series of 36 portraits of

people within the Orange County art scene that are making a

difference in its evolution at an artist’s reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 17. The exhibition will run through June 15 at the Blue

Square Gallery, 355 Old Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 548-1101.

DANCE

THE EIFMAN BALLET

The dynamic and innovative Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg returns

under the direction of Bori Eifman in “Tchaikovsky -- The Mystery of

Life and Death” Friday through Sunday, May 18, at the Orange County

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

cost $20 to $65 and are available at the Center box office or by

calling (714) 740-7878.

PRIMA BALLERINA

CYNTHIA GREGORY

Prima ballerina Cynthia Gregory will be the featured speaker at

Ballet Pacifica’s inaugural Signature Event at 11 a.m. Thursday in

the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport. The gala

luncheon will be a retrospective of Gregory’s dancing career,

including special photos of her life and film clips of her most

acclaimed performances. Information: (949) 851-9930, ext. 111.

SWING

Lessons are given every Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Avant Garde

Ballroom in Newport Beach by the Orange County Swing Dance Club. All

ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. For more information,

visit ocswing.com or call (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. (714) 641-8688.

POETRY

‘TWO FOR LOVE’

Poets Lee Mallory and Ricki Mandeville weave a sensual tapestry of

words from Mallory’s “Bettin’ on the Come” poetry book and earlier

favorites. Also performed will be Mandeville poems, including

“Beneath My Bed.” Music will be performed by Courtney Montgomery. The

free event is at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St.,

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 675-0233.

KIDS

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. Free. (714) 432-7854.

DINING/TASTING

SUNSET DINNERS

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunset Dinners from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Monday

through Friday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $10-$15.

(949) 642-3431.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

The Rusty Pelican offers Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

every Sunday at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $8-$15. (949)

642-3431.

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken

parmigiana and calamari picante at reduced prices, is offered from 5

to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays at Villa Nova

Restaurant, 3131 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.

WINE TASTINGS

Hi-Time Wine Cellars offers wine tastings from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

Fridays and from 1:30 to 8 p.m. Saturdays. (949) 650-8463.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

A Sunday brunch featuring international seafood and salad buffets,

roasts carved to order and breakfast favorites is held from 10:30

a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sutton Place Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport

Beach. $30; $40 with champagne. (949) 476-2001.

CLUBS

ALTA COFFEE

Musical acts perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at

Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St., Newport Beach. (949) 675-0233.

ATRIUM MARQUIS

A variety of live music is presented daily at the Atrium’s

Airporter Club, 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. (949) 833-2770.

BISTRO 201

Jazz is played at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 11 a.m.

Sundays at Bistro 201, 3333 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (949)

631-1551.

DIN DIN AT BAMBOO TERRACE

Instrumental music is performed after 9 p.m. Thursdays, and pop

and rock is presented after 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Din Din

at the Bamboo Terrace, 1773 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949)

645-5550.

DURTY NELLY’S

Live music is performed at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at

Nelly’s, 2915 Red Hill Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 957-1951.

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

Live music is performed Mondays through Saturdays at the Four

Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949)

759-0808.

HARD ROCK CAFE

Live music is performed Sundays at Hard Rock Cafe, 451 Newport

Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-8844.

THE HARP INN

Live music is performed Thursdays through Saturdays at the Harp

Inn, 130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-8855.

HOGUE BARMICHAEL’S

Live music is performed Wednesdays through Saturdays at

Barmichael’s, 3950 Campus Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 261-6270.

LIDO CIGAR ROOM

Enjoy a smoke with your drink at Lido Cigar Room, 3441 Via Lido,

Suite D, Newport Beach. (949) 723-0595.

MARGARITAVILLE

Live music is performed at Margaritaville, 2332 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. (949) 631-8220.

MARRAKESH

Authentic Moroccan cuisine and belly dancing is offered at 5 p.m.

daily at Marrakesh, 1976 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. (949) 645-8384.

MARRIOTT HOTEL

Live music is performed Mondays through Saturdays at the Marriott

Hotel, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 640-4000.

MULDOON’S

Muldoon’s is an Irish pub at 202 Newport Center Drive, Fashion

Island, Newport Beach. (949) 640-4110.

OYSTER BAR LOUNGE

Local pop and light rock acts perform Fridays and Saturdays at

Newport Landing’s Oyster Bar Lounge at the Balboa Ferry Landing, 503

E. Edgewater Ave. (949) 675-2373.

TEE ON THURSDAY

The Tee Room presents its two-piece band every Thursday between 6

and 9 p.m. at 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. (949) 756-0121.

TOTALLY COFFEE

Open mike night is held from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays at

Totally Coffee, 1525 Mesa Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa. (714)

435-9367.

VILLA NOVA

Rich Fauno plays at the piano bar at 9 p.m. Sundays through

Wednesdays and the three-piece jazz and blues band Misbehavin’ plays

at 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at Villa Nova, 3131 W. Coast

Highway, Newport Beach. (949) 642-7880.