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SPECIAL

MULDOON AT MULDOON’S

Patrick Muldoon, who played Austin Reed for three seasons on “Days of

Our Lives,” will be inducted at 2 p.m. today into the Guiness/Muldoon’s

Irish Wall of Fame. Muldoon also starred in “Melrose Place’ and “Starship

Troopers.” Gaelic Storm will play a free courtyard concert after the

ceremony. Muldoon’s Dublin Pub is at 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport

Beach. (949) 640-4110.

SEEING RED

Red Buttons will do a “Command Performance” appearance at 4 p.m.

Sunday at Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview

Road. Buttons, a frequent performer in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe, won an

Academy Award for his role in the 1957 film “Sayonara.” He will be joined

by vocalist Fran Jeffries and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. $27-$29 in

advance, $33 at the door. (714) 432-5880.

‘FUNNY LADIES’

The women behind some of the funniest characters in the comics will

talk about their “stripping” at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 during “Funny Ladies: Women

Who Write the Comics” in the Newport Beach Central Library’s Friends

Meeting Room. The program will feature a free screening of a 46-minute

documentary about some of America’s most popular women cartoonists. The

library is at 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 717-3801.

HOT YACHTS

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum will present Gary Miltimore’s “Hot

Yachts, Ocean Racers From Topsails to Turbos” exhibit of 25 original

yacht paintings -- with photographs and models -- through March 15 at 151

E. Coast Highway in Newport Beach. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Free. (949) 675-8915.

MUSIC

MUSIC AND BOOKS

Borders Books, Music & Cafe will present classical guitarist Joseph

Yashar at 2 p.m. today at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Pop musician Mark

Bruce will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. (714) 279-8933.

VICTORIA CHAMBER SERIES

The Victoria Chamber Series will continue at the Unitarian

Universalist Church with clarinetist Hakan Rosengren and pianist Anne

Epperson today, pianist Valentina Gottlieb on Feb. 16, soprano Keiko

Takeshita and M’lou Dietzer on March 16, the Del Gesu string quartet on

April 20 and pianist M’lou Dietzer on May 18. The church is at 1259

Victoria St., Costa Mesa. $8 for adults or $5 for students. (949)

651-8493.

CAFE LUDWIG

Cafe Ludwig, the second of three concerts celebrating Beethoven’s

chamber music, will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center by musicians from Pacific Symphony Orchestra. The

concert will be hosted by Christopher O’Riley, a Van Cliburn medalist.

The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $30-$40. (714)

556-2787.

‘DON GIOVANNI’

Opera Pacific will present “Don Giovanni” at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Jan.

26, and at 2 p.m. Jan. 27, at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

$25-$175. (800) 346-7372.

E-MUSIC

UC Irvine’s Gassmann Electronic Music Series will offer a free concert

titled “Another From an Other” at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Music and Media

Building, Room 220. The university is at the corner of Campus and

University drives in Irvine. (949) 824-7288.

JAMES NAUGHTON

Two-time Tony Award winner James Naughton will bring his talent to the

Orange County Performing Arts Center on Thursday through Jan. 27 as part

of the Center’s Cabaret Series. Naughton, the star of “City of Angels”

and “Chicago,” will perform pieces from jazz to country. Performances

will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Jan. 26,

and 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $46

for 9:30 p.m. and $49 for all other shows. (714) 556-2787.

COWBOY MUSIC

Cowboy musician Michael Martin Murphey will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 26

at Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre, 2701 Fairview Drive,

Costa Mesa. $25-$27 in advance, $31 at the door. (714) 432-5880.

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra Classics series will present

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony under the baton of Carl St. Clair at 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 and 31 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $21-$56. (714) 740-7878.

MONHEIT AT FOUNDERS HALL

Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit will perform Feb. 1-3 at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, as part of the

2001-02 Jazz Club series in Founders Hall. Show times are 7:30 and 9:30

p.m. Feb. 1 and 2; 7 p.m. Feb. 3. $46 or $39. (714) 740-7878.

BAABA MAAL

The Irvine Barclay Theatre will present an acoustic evening with Baaba

Maal, the Senegalese singer who is featured in the soundtrack to the film

“Black Hawk Down,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 2 at the theater, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. $32 or $25. (949) 854-4607.

TAKACS QUARTET

Maxim Philippov will appear with the Takacs Quartet at 8 p.m. Feb. 5

at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The performance, which will include music

by Beethoven and Ravel, is co-sponsored by the Laguna Chamber Music

Society and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. The Barclay is at

4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. $20-$29. (949) 553-2422 or (949) 249-2404.

MUSIC AT THE ANNEX

Musical acts perform at 5 p.m. Sundays at the Pierce Street Annex, 330

17th St., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 646-8500.

WEEKEND BLUES

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach will present The

Balboa Blues on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The

program will feature jazz and classic rock tunes for dining and dancing.

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.

SENIOR CENTER AFTERNOON

A seven-piece group plays big band tunes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Fridays at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. $4.

(949) 644-3244.

STAGE

‘THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES’

South Coast Repertory will present Moliere’s “The School For Wives”

through Feb. 10, with a pay-what-you-will performance at 2:30 p.m. today.

Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2:30 and 8

p.m. Saturday and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. SCR is at 655 Town Center

Drive. $19-$52. (714) 708-5555.

‘MAKING IT’

Joe Hortua’s “Making It” will start in previews Tuesday at South Coast

Repertory. Set in a trendy Manhattan restaurant, the play reflects on

money, power and the American dream. The play’s run will open Friday and

close Feb. 24. Performances will be held at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday through

Sunday, with matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A pay-what-you-will

performance will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 26. Preview tickets start at $19.

$27-$51. (714) 708-5555.

‘LOVE OF THREE ORANGES’

UC Irvine will present “Love of Three Oranges,” Conte Carlo Gozzi’s

fantasy fairy tale about a melancholy prince who falls in love with three

oranges, from Thursday to Feb. 2 at Winifred Smith Hall at the campus,

corner of Campus and University drives in Irvine. Performances will be at

8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, and 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 26 and

Feb. 2. $7-$15. (949) 824-2787.

‘COMEDY OF ERRORS’

“The Comedy of Errors,” Shakespeare’s first comedy, will be performed

Thursday through Feb. 3 at Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Studio, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Staged by the College’s theater department,

the play will open at 8 p.m. Thursday, and show again at 8 p.m. Saturday

and 2 p.m. Sunday. Free, but donations appreciated. (714) 432-5880.

HAMLET DONE FUNNY

UC Irvine’s Stage 2 will present Janusz Glowacki’s “Fortinbras Gets

Drunk” Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 and Feb. 7-9. The comedy, which parallels

and manipulates Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” will be staged at 8 p.m. on each

day, with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 2 and 9. $9. (949) 824-4259.

‘BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS’

Ann-Margret will star Feb. 5-10 in the touring revival of “The Best

Little Whorehouse in Texas” at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

The musical tells the tale of Miss Mona’s Chicken Ranch brothel, a place

in danger of closing when a puritanical TV reporter discovers it.

Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 2 and 8 p.m.

Saturday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The Center is at 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. $27.50-$64.50. (714) 556-2787.

ART

‘NEW NEIGHBORHOOD’

“New Neighborhood,” an exhibit of graphic-style oil and mixed media

paintings by Joan Corman Block, will be on display at the Newport Beach

Central Library through Jan. 31. The library is at 1000 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Free. (949) 717-3870.

GATHERING LIGHT

“Gathering Light,” an exhibit of photographs by Richard Ross, will be

on display through March 31 at the Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San

Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday

through Sunday. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, free for

members and children younger than 16. (949) 759-1122.

AUDIENCE DREAMS

“The Dream of the Audience,” a collection of works by late artist

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, will be on display Sunday to March 10 at UC

Irvine’s Beall Center for Art and Technology, at the campus, corner of

University and Campus drives. There will be a panel discussion at 2 p.m.

Jan. 20, followed by a reception. Beall Center hours are noon to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday. Free. (949) 824-2787.

LIFE, ART & KARAOKE

“Lee Bul: Live Forever,” an installation by Korean artist Lee Bul

consisting of video and three karaoke booths, will be exhibited Jan. 26

through May 5 at the Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive,

Newport Beach. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

$5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, free for members and children

younger than 16. (949) 759-1122.

CELAYA EXHIBIT

The Orange County Museum of Art will present the work of painter,

photographer, sculptor, printmaker and poet Enrique Martinez Celaya

through Feb. 3 at the museum, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach.

Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 for adults,

$4 for seniors and students, free for members and children younger than

16. (949) 759-1122.

ART WORKSHOPS

Newport Beach Community Services will present a Drawing and Painting

workshop series on Wednesdays through March 6 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

at the Vince Jorgensen center, 2005 Dover Drive, Newport Beach. Mimi

Sharon Stein will lead the sessions. $66 or $71 for the series. (949)

644-3151.

DANCE

MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP

The Mark Morris Dance Group will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday to Jan. 26

at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. The program

will feature “Dancing Honeymoon,” “Bijoux” and more. $35 and $40. (949)

854-4646.

SENIOR BALLROOM

Ballroom dancing to the music of the Ray Robbins Combo is offered from

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 W. 19th St.

$3. (949) 645-2356.

DANSCENE STUDIO

Ballroom dancing is offered at 8 p.m. on the first Friday of each

month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa. $10. (714)

641-8688.

BIG BAND DANCING

An afternoon of dancing to big band music is offered from 1:30 to 3:30

p.m. Fridays at Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.

Coffee and other refreshments are served. (949) 644-3244.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Tango dancing is offered from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on the first

Saturday of each month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa

Mesa. (714) 641-8688.

KIDS

STARLIGHT STORIES

Children 3 to 7 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 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 will be 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.

BOOKS

WRITERS AND ENVIRONMENT

UC Irvine’s School of Humanities and the Nichols Chair in Humanities

and the Public Sphere will present “The Writer and the Environment” with

Homero Aridjis and Terry Tempest Williams at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Both are

noted authors and environmental activists. The lecture will be held in

the Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100, at the UCI campus,

corner of Campus and University drives in Irvine. Free. (949) 824-7288.

GROUP FICTION

The Fiction Book Group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each

month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center

Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949) 759-0982.

OPRAH BOOK CLUB

The Oprah Book Club discusses Oprah Winfrey’s most recent selections

at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Barnes & Noble

Booksellers at Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

(949) 759-0982.

DINING/TASTING

TWILIGHT DINING

A twilight dining menu, featuring dishes such as chicken parmigiana

and calamari picante at reduced prices, is held from 5 to 6 p.m. weekdays

and 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 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. 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.

BIRRAPORETTI’S

Swing music by the 12-piece Don Miller Orchestra is presented at 8

p.m. Mondays at Birraporetti’s at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. (714) 850-9090.

BISTRO 201

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