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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 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.redwagon foundation.org.

RAW FOOD GOURMET

HOLIDAY BALL

Celebrate the holidays with an elegant evening from 7 to 11 p.m.

Dec. 6 at the Halecrest Pavilion, 3107 Killybrook Lane. There will be

five raw gourmet appetizers, delectable desserts, live music, dancing

all night, roaring fire, candlelight setting and a cash bar. The cost

is $55 to $60. Information and reservations: (949) 650-0672.

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.christmasboat

parade.com.

MUSIC

RITA COOLIDGE

The Orange County Performing Arts Center will present Grammy

Award-winning vocalist Rita Coolidge at 7:30 p.m. today at Founders

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

https://www.ocpac.org.

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. today 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,

https://www.philharmonic society.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. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Jazz Club. Tickets cost $49 and $56.

Information: (714) 556-ARTS, https://www.ocpac.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 Master 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.