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David Benoit Celebrates His Return to Health with Music
The celebrated jazz pianist and composer opens the concert season at Soka University with “Resonance and Renewal,” a new work for cello and orchestra.
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In the Midst of a Milestone, Chapman University’s Musco Center Steps Into Its Next Act
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Happy Birthday Culture OC!
We are celebrating three years of elevating the arts!
EDITORS’ PICKS
There’s more happening in OC than we can cover. Every week, our editors pick a handful of additional events worth your attention – chosen independently, with no input from the organizations involved.
Sept. 18 @ 7:30 p.m.
System6
This acclaimed acoustic jazz sextet was originally formed by the legendary Cuban conga maestro Francisco Aguabella. Following Aguabella’s passing in 2010, the ensemble entered a new era under the leadership of the English-born, Los Angeles-based powerhouse saxophonist and multi-woodwind artist Benn Clatworthy. The band delivers a dynamic fusion of high-energy Afro-Cuban roots, traditional hard bop, and adventurous contemporary free jazz. Performance this week at Saddleback College.
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Sept. 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
Musco Center’s 10th Anniversary Jubilee
This one-night celebration marks the Musco Center for the Arts’ tenth year. The event brings together Musco Center alumni, local professional artists and current Chapman University students in a shared performance that honors the artistic community built over the past decade. The program will feature pieces from Backhausdance, Intuitiv Artship, Ashley Faatoalia, Kyla Stone and more.
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Through Oct. 10
Patch
This exhibition at the Green Gallery in Buena Park showcases the work of Yoon Lee, Lily Milburn Rutledge and Qiqi Zhou to explore the body as a site of memory, care and social conditioning. Taking its title from the idea of a patch—something that protects a wound while also marking where it exists—the exhibition considers how experiences and external expectations remain with us through the body, and how we might reshape those relationships on our own terms. Patch will also feature three artist-led workshops exploring natural ochre painting, Korean folk painting-inspired imagery, and the relationship between sound and intuitive mark-making.
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