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  • Music Restored Celebrates the Work of Composers the Nazis Tried to Erase
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    Music Restored Celebrates the Work of Composers the Nazis Tried to Erase

    December 15, 2025August 28, 2026

    A chance discovery set celebrated conductor James Conlon on a 25-year mission to restore unjustly neglected music.

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  • Blimp Hangars, a Spectrum Spectacle and Orange County’s Most Notorious Tradition
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    Blimp Hangars, a Spectrum Spectacle and Orange County’s Most Notorious Tradition

    December 15, 2025August 28, 2026

    Tustin, Irvine and Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Metrolink stations don’t have it all, but they have a lot to see and do in the surrounding areas.

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  • South Coast Repertory Announces New Production of ‘A Christmas Carol’
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    South Coast Repertory Announces New Production of ‘A Christmas Carol’

    December 13, 2025August 26, 2026

    Pulitzer-nominated playwright Amy Freed, an SCR favorite, will write the adaptation, which may debut in 2028.

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  • Keeping It Local: Holiday Shopping With an Orange County Focus
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    Keeping It Local: Holiday Shopping With an Orange County Focus

    December 12, 2025August 26, 2026

    Co-op stores, pop-up markets and independent boutiques make it easy to support local makers and businesses this season.

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  • South Coast Repertory & UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch Pilot Program for Emerging Artists
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    South Coast Repertory & UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Launch Pilot Program for Emerging Artists

    December 10, 2025August 26, 2026

    ‘The Next Stage’ Places UCI’s Drama Students Into SCR’s Professional Environment, Providing Real-World Experience, Mentorship and More

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  • Wrapped in Tradition: Where to Find Orange County’s Best Tamales This Season
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    Wrapped in Tradition: Where to Find Orange County’s Best Tamales This Season

    December 10, 2025August 26, 2026

    Tamales in Orange County live everywhere – in neighborhood kitchens, longtime restaurants, food trucks and street festivals that draw thousands. Here’s your roadmap to the institutions, regional specialties and December tamal blowouts that define the season.

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  • Culture OC’s Joel Beers and Timothy Mangan Receive National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
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    Culture OC’s Joel Beers and Timothy Mangan Receive National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

    December 9, 2025August 26, 2026

    Joel Beers and Timothy Mangan, contributing writers to Culture OC, each earned 3rd place honors at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 1sth annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards ceremony,…

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  • Kathryn Kanjo to Lead UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
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    Kathryn Kanjo to Lead UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

    December 9, 2025August 26, 2026

    The experienced administrator has held appointments at other significant California museums.

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  • Calming Chords Help Soothe Local Cats and Canines
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    Calming Chords Help Soothe Local Cats and Canines

    December 8, 2025August 26, 2026

    Wild Tunes nonprofit encourages musicians to play for homeless pets at animal shelters including one in Mission Viejo.

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  • Two New Exhibits at Irvine Fine Arts Center Span Themes of Love, Loss and Labor
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    Two New Exhibits at Irvine Fine Arts Center Span Themes of Love, Loss and Labor

    December 5, 2025August 26, 2026

    Alisa Ochoa’s intimate solo exhibition ‘Splinters’ and the wide-ranging group show ‘Swing Shift’ explore loss, devotion, routine and the many visible and invisible forms of labor, through Jan. 17.

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