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SPECIAL EVENTS

ART OF ALFRED 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 through June 4. 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, https://www.occtickets.com.

NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

The Newport Beach Film Festival will display more than 300

features, short films, documentaries and animation from more than 45

countries. The festival will also host several galas, seminars, and

question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers. The event will be from

April 15 through 25 at Edwards Island Cinemas, Lido Theater, Edwards

Big Newport, and at the Orange County Museum of Art. Information:

(949) 253-2880, https://www.newportbeach

filmfest.com.

MUSIC

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. 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.

SPRING FESTIVAL CONCERT

Santiago Canyon College’s California Master Chorale and Concordia

University’s Chorale will perform a wide array of music selections

including the West Coast premiere of John Rutter’s “Mass of the

Children,” at 7 p.m. April 18 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,

600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach. The program will also include

solos by tenor Jonathan Mack and soprano Katharine Terray of the Los

Angeles Opera. Tickets cost from $10 to $12. Information: (949)

854-8002 ext. 1526.

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.

THE VILLAGE INN

The Village Inn on Balboa Island offers great music Thursday

through Sunday nights. Roc Kodz performs at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Road

Dogz and Martins at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, Greg Topper at 9 p.m. and the

Derek Bordeaux R&B; Combo at 6:30 p.m. The Village Inn is at 127

Marine Ave., Balboa Island. Information: (949) 675-8300.

CURTIS BRENGLE

Bayside Restaurant offers piano player Curtis Brengle performing

jazz, classical and contemporary from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays through

April at 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949)

721-1222.

JIMMY HEWITT

Bayside Restaurant offers contemporary solo guitarist Jimmy Hewitt

from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays through

April at 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949)

721-1222.

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.

REBA McENTIRE

Grammy Award winner Reba McEntire will perform as part of the

Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 11 at the

Orange County Fair and Exposition Center. Information: (714)

740-2000, https://www.ocfair.com/pacific

amphitheatre/

TRAIN

Musical group Train will perform as part of the Pacific

Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 15 at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center. Information: (714) 740-2000,

https://www.ocfair.com/pacific

amphitheatre/

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH

Musical group Hootie and the Blowfish will perform as part of the

Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. July 18.

Information: (714) 740-2000, https://www.ocfair.com/pacific

amphitheatre/

MOZART CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA SEASON FINALE

The Mozart Classical Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at

the Irvine Barclay Theatre at 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets cost

$25 to $39. Information: (949) 854-4646.

SINATRA TRIBUTE

La Cave Restaurant offers David Kinwald’s live tribute to Frank

Sinatra from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 646-7944.

THE UNDERGROUND LOUNGE

La Cave Restaurant offers the Underground Lounge, featuring Pete

Villani singing Bennett, Martin and Sinatra from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

646-7944.

PLAN BE

La Cave Restaurant offers the funky soul jazz music of Plan Be

from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 646-7944.

THE GINGER BAKER JR TRIO

La Cave Restaurant offers the jazz fusion music of the Ginger

Baker Jr. Trio from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays at 1695 Irvine Ave.,

Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

TODD OLIVER JAZZ QUARTET

La Cave Restaurant offers the jazz music of the Todd Oliver Jazz

Quartet from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1695

Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

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 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

‘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 show’s

regular run will be through Saturday 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 Friday to April 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.

‘MR. MARMALADE’

“Mr. Marmalade,” written by Noah Haidle, is a story about games

people play as seen through the eyes of an extraordinarily advanced

4-year-old with a vivid imagination. 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.

‘SOMETHING TO HIDE’

“Something to Hide” is a mystery thriller that revolves around a

writer in the English countryside. The play will be performed at 8

p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays

through April 25 at the Newport Theatre Arts Center, 2501 Cliff

Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets cost $17 opening night and $13 for all

other performances. Information: (949) 631-0288.

PACIFIC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

South Coast Repertory will be having its seventh annual Pacific

Playwrights Festival, featuring works in development by emerging and

established writers such as Lucinda Coxon, Sarah Ruhl, Craig Lucas

and Richard Greenberg from May 7 to 9 at South Coast Repertory, 655

Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 708-5555,

https://www.scr.org.

‘I PAGLIACCI’ AND ‘CARMINA’

Opera Pacific presents the paring of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “I

Pagliacci” and Car Orff’s “Carmina Burana” in their original

languages with subtitles. The productions will be performed at 7:30

p.m. April 20 to 24 and at 2 p.m. April 25 at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $40 to $185. Information: (714)

556-2787, https://www.ocpac.org.

‘THE HOBBIT’

The Newport Beach Repertory Theater and the city of Newport Beach

Recreation Services will present Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” at 2 and 8

p.m. Sunday and at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Corona del Mar High School

Theatre, 2101 Eastbluff Drive, Newport Beach. Tickets cost: $9 to

$11. Information: (949) 644-3151, https://www.geocities.com/

newportbeachrepertorytheater/

‘THE LION IN WINTER’

Vanguard University presents “The Lion in Winter,” a sardonic

family drama about King Henry II. The production will be performed at

8 p.m. April 16 to 18 and April 22 to 25 and at 2 p.m. April 18, 24

and 25 at the Lyceum Theater, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost

$10. Information: (714) 668-6145.

ART

‘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. The

exhibition will also feature paintings commissioned as covers for

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

https://www.ocma.net.

AESTHETIC STRATEGIES

“Aesthetic Strategies,” is a project where three Southern

California artists -- Claude Kent, Rogelio Chacon, and Brian Boyer --

present and defend their personal attitudes toward aesthetics from 6

to 9 p.m. Saturday at Arden2 OC Project Gallery, 350 E. 17th St.,

Suite 112, Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 548-0097

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.

DANCE

NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER

The Nederlands Dans Theater, which focuses on contemporary dance,

will perform its new repertory program at 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, https://www.ocpac.org.

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.