Irvine’s Great Park Advances – With Some Growing Pains
Recent events and infrastructure improvements increase the park’s potential, but financial and logistic hurdles remain.
October 23, 2026
Why We Need Gov. Newsom to Sign AB 2222 – and Why It Matters for Orange County Arts Journalism
As local newsrooms shrink, California’s Community NEWS Act offers a potential lifeline for independent arts and culture reporting – but the governor must act by Sept. 30.
September 20, 2026
Culture OC Journalists Share Four Decades of Segerstrom Memories
Our writers, some of whom have been covering the Segerstrom Center for the Arts since the curtain rose on its first performance in 1986, recall memories from the past 40 years.
September 9, 2026
What Does a Healthy Arts Ecosystem Really Look Like?
We've spent years talking about the arts as an ecosystem. What might change if we started thinking and behaving like one?
September 7, 2026
Culture OC Talks with Arts Leaders to Kick Off Arts, Culture & Creativity Month
Local arts leaders sit down with Culture OC publisher Paul Hodgins to share their thoughts on issues, plans and challenges facing Orange County arts organizations.
April 1, 2026
Ticket Trauma: How Local Performing Arts Organizations are Affected
Ticket fraud and mishandling doesn't just impact big acts and their fans. Local performing arts organizations are also feeling the pain and fighting back.
November 6, 2024
Artist of the Year High School Awards Program is at Risk of Disappearing
Program needs to raise $12,500 to continue this season.
November 5, 2024
To Sit or Not Sit at the Bar, That is the Question
Our culinary columnist explains why sitting at the bar is better.
July 31, 2024
California’s Budget is in the Red – Its Arts Programs are Black and Blue
Just two scant years ago, California was sitting plush with a $97 billion budget surplus. The state budget for 2022-23 was a healthy $307 billion and funded a long list...
July 1, 2024
Is a Deluxe Performing Arts Center in the Cards for Mission Viejo?
Multiple moving parts will keep proposed project in the air for years – but ‘starter theater’ is likeliest stop-gap solution.
June 10, 2024
Classical Music is Booming. Theater? Not So Much.
We look at what ails theater, still struggling to recover four years after the pandemic.
May 10, 2024
