Celebrate Santa Ana’s Literary Arts Scene All Weekend Long
Consider spending the weekend with family soaking up literary and performing arts at these two festivals in Santa Ana: the Boca de Oro...
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Eric Marchese
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Stage Door Closes Its Doors, For Now
The theater landscape is littered with the corpses of small-sized companies forced to close for a variety of reasons – for example,...
Kristina M. Garcia
Feb 17, 20231 min read
The Three Prolific Sister Artists from Monterey that Time Forgot, and UCI’s Museum Update
During the first half of the 20th century, Margaret, Esther and Helen Bruton, also known as the Bruton Sisters, were major multitalented...
Paul Hodgins
Feb 17, 20231 min read
Triumph Over Adversity Festival Brings Dynamic New Talent to O.C.
The darkest years of the pandemic are behind us, but their memory lingers. The sudden shutdown of public life was one of many upheavals...
Paul Hodgins
Feb 10, 20231 min read
National Endowment for the Arts Chair Talks in O.C.
When President Biden nominated Maria Rosario Jackson to head the National Endowment for the Arts in October 2021, the appointment was...
Kristina M. Garcia
Feb 3, 20231 min read
Honoring Orange County’s History at the 43rd Annual Black History Parade and Unity Festival
Always the first Saturday of February, the Orange County Heritage Council’s 43rd Black History Parade and Unity Festival calls in all...
Eric Marchese
Jan 31, 20232 min read
SCR Plays up the ‘Repertory’ Concept, Pairing Two Similar-themed Plays as ‘Voices of America’
While South Coast Repertory was in the process of creating its 2023 season, David Ivers, SCR’s artistic director, decided that the...
Richard Chang
Jan 31, 20232 min read
UVSA Tet Festival Returns to Costa Mesa
It’s been a tense and grief-filled week for Asian American communities living in California because of recent mass shootings, but that...
Paul Hodgins
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Orange County Gets a Big Dose of Muti Magic
REVIEW: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of its departing conductor, delivers a program that showcases its gifts. Half a...
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