Calendar for Dec. 2

Pianist Conrad Tao joins the Pacific Symphony in a concert at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

Dec. 1, 2015 12:49 PM PT

WEDNESDAY

Cooking class

Learn how to create one-pot dinners with a menu featuring chicken cacciatore, jambalaya and tomato ragu in a hands-on cooking class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sur La Table, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Tickets are $69. For more information, call (800) 243-0852 or visit surlatable.com.

Concert

Musician Jonathan Richman will perform with Tommy Larkins at 10 p.m. at The Wayfarer, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. Tickets are $15. For more information, call (949) 764-0039 or visit wayfarercm.com.

TILL FRIDAY

‘American Alchemy’

Newport Beach City Arts Commission presents “American Alchemy,” an exhibit by artist Joe Lewis, at the Newport Beach Central Library’s Friends Meeting Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Regular exhibit hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. For more information, call (949) 717-3801.

THURSDAY TILL SATURDAY

Pacific Symphony Concert

Pacific Symphony will perform Beethoven’s “Eroica” on a program that includes Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, performed by Chinese American musician Conrad Tao (pictured). The show are at 8 p.m. at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive. Tickets are $25 to $110. For more information, call (714) 755-5799 or visit pacificsymphony.org.