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SPECIAL EVENTS

HISTORY OF HITCHCOCK

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

Alfred Hitchcock. The series will be moderated by retired OCC

professor H. Arthur Taussig. 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. For more information, call (714) 432-5880.

THANKSGIVING-EVE BASH

Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Orange County will have its

Thanksgiving Eve Bash from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday, Nov.

27 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Fashion Island, 451 Newport Center Drive.

Tickets will cost $25, $20 in advance. Information: (714) 544-7773,

https://www.bigbrooc.org, https://www.redwagonfoundation. org.

RING OF LIGHTS

The Commodores Club if the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will

host the Ring of Lights home decorating competition in December. All

home, business, and yacht clubs lining the harbor are invited to

participate. Decorations must be in place by Dec. 8. Information

(949) 729-4400.

NEWPORT HARBOR CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE

Beautifully decorated yachts, boats, kayaks and canoes will sail

along the harbor in the 95th annual Newport Harbor Christmas Boat

Parade Dec. 17 through 21. Each night, the parade will begin at 6:30

p.m. at Collins Island and last two and a half hours. The parade is

hosted by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of

Commerce. Information: (949) 729-4400, https://www.christmas

boatparade.com.

MUSIC

RITA COOLIDGE

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present Grammy

Award-winning vocalist Rita Coolidge at 7:30 p.m. through Saturday at

Founders Hall. Tickets cost $56. Information: (714) 556-ARTS,

https://www.ocpac.org.

THE GREAT LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony give a tribute concert to

St. Clair’s longtime friend and mentor Leonard Bernstein at the

Orange County Performing Art Center today. The orchestra will perform

Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” and excerpts from “Candide”

and “On The Town.” The concerts start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 to

$35. For information, call (714) 755-5789.

DAVID CASSIDY

David Cassidy will be performing some of his greatest hits, such

as “I Think I Love you” and “Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted,” at

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center. Tickets cost $25 to $105. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

VERMEER STRING QUARTET

The Orange County Philharmonic Society will present the Vermeer

String Quartet at 8 p.m. Monday at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The

cost will be from $26 to 32. Information: (949) 553-2422,

www.philharmonicsociety.org.

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET

The St. Lawrence String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Tickets

cost $42. Information: (714) 556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.

ARTURO SANDOVAL

Grammy and Emmy Award winner Arturo Sandoval will perform at 7:30

and 9 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29 at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center’s Jazz Club. Tickets cost $49 and $56. Information: (714)

556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.org.

BASH 2003

The 33rd annual Orange County Live Music Festival will be from

noon to midnight Nov. 30 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and

Tennis Club at Fashion Island, 900 Newport Center Drive. Tickets will

cost from $14 to $28. Information: (949) 640-4000,

https://www.ocmusicians.org.

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS

The Pacific Symphony will perform Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,”

Boccherini’s Sinfonia in D minor No. 4, and Corelli’s Concerto Grosso

in F major at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $65. Information: (714) 755-5799,

https://www.pacificsymphony.org.

‘A JOURNEY TO JOY’

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will host Santiago Canyon

College’s music departments annual winter festival concert “A Journey

to Joy” at 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach.

There will be a 100-member chorale backed by a professional

orchestra. Tickets cost $15 per person and $12 for seniors, students

and children younger than 12. Information: (714) 628-4828.

KINGS SINGERS

The King’s Singers, England’s premier vocal ensemble, will perform

at 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. The cost will be from $30 to $35 per person and full-time

student are half price. Information: (714) 740-7878,

https://www.thebarclay.org.

FIESTA NAVIDAD CONCERT

Jose Feliciano will join mariachi bandleader Nati Cano as part of

the 10th annual Fiesta Navidad concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $20 to $69. Information:

(949) 553-2422, https://www.phiharmonicsociety. org.

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

‘TEN LITTLE INDIANS’

The Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse will present Agatha Christie’s “Ten

Little Indians” through Sunday at the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse, 661

Hamilton St., Costa Mesa. Tickets will cost $10 to $15. Information: (949) 650-5269, https://www.costamesa playhouse.org.

‘TWELFTH NIGHT’

Orange Coast College’s Theatre Department will stage Shakespeare’s

gender-bending comedy “Twelfth Night” through Sunday. Show times are

8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. All

performances will be in the Drama Lab Theatre on the OCC campus, 2701

Fairview Road in Costa Mesa.

‘MACBETH’

Vanguard University’s theater department will present

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” today through Sunday at the college’s Lyceum

Theater. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and at

2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. There will be no 2 p.m. matinee

Nov. 15. Information: (714) 556-3610,

‘SWEENEY TODD’

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ departments of Drama, Dance

and Music at UC Irvine present the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd:

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at 8 p.m. through Saturday and at 2

p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost from $12 to $24. Information: (949)

824-2787, (949) 824-5000.

‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’

Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners will be performed through Dec. 14.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and

Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $17 opening night, otherwise $13.

Information: (949) 631-0288.

THE MOUSETRAP

Corona del Mar High School drama department will present “The

Mousetrap” at 7 p.m. through Saturday at Corona del Mar High School’s

Little Theatre, 2101 Eastbluff Drive. Tickets cost $7 presale and $8

at the door. Information: (949) 515-6049.

‘OUR TOWN’

Newport Harbor High School’s Theater Arts department will present

Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town” at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday

at Costa Mesa High School’s Lyceum Theater, Fairview Avenue and Fair

Drive. Tickets cost $5 to $10. Information: (949) 515-6341.

THE MIRACLE WORKER

Estancia High School’s drama department will present “The Miracle

Worker” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 to 6 and 12 and 13 at the Barbara Van

Holt Theatre at Estancia High School, 2323 Placentia Ave., Costa

Mesa. Tickets cost $8. Information: (949) 515-6537.

‘ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE’

The City of Newport Beach will present the Newport Repertory

Theatre’s eighth annual production of the play “It’s A Wonderful

Life” Dec. 5 through 7 at Corona del Mar High School’s Theatre, 2101

Eastbluff Drive. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Dec. 5, at 1:30 and 8

p.m. Dec. 6 and at 1 p.m. Dec. 7. Tickets cost $2 to $11. Information

(949) 644-3151, https://www.geocities.com/

newportbeachreportorytheater.

ART

S. SAM PARK

The artist S. Sam Park will have an exhibition and book signing

from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6 at June’s Fine Art Gallery, 326 Marine Ave.,

Balboa Island. Information and reservation: (949) 673-0939.

DANCE

‘LORD OF THE DANCE’

The Orange County Performing Art Center will present Michael

Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Nov.

28 and 29 at the Center. Information: (714) 556-ARTS.

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: (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

PERFORMANCE POETRY

Moon Mad Productions in conjunction with Poetry at the Jolly

presents performance poetry by Lee Mallory at 8 p.m. today at the

Jolly Roger Restaurant. Information: (714) 564-6526, (949) 494-3137.

PERFORMANCE POETRY

Courtney Montgomery and Jaimes Palacio will offer performance

poetry and live music at 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Alta Coffee House, 506

31st St., Newport Beach. Information: (714) 564-6526, (949) 675-0233.