Culture OC Ovations

Oct 21, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 CXU Gallery

CXU Gallery is pleased to present “Memory Lag,” a solo exhibition by Jung Yeon Bae. The exhibition explores the relationship between memory, travel, time, and emotion, considering the ways experiences can remain with us long after the moment itself has passed. “Memory Lag” takes its title from the…

Oct 21, 2026 - Oct 22, 2026 Triangle Square

Royd Tolkien's brother, Mike, was diagnosed with ALS. Royd nursed him through his final years of life to find that Mike had left him his bucket list to fulfill on his behalf - but he won't know what he's facing until the tasks are revealed. On 10/21, live Q&A following the screening with Director…

Oct 21, 2026 - Dec 11, 2026 Irvine City Hall

Art at City Hall in Irvine invites the community to experience 20 Years Later:  The Great Picture.  Twenty years ago, six photographers known as The Legacy Project created The Great Picture, the world’s largest photograph. Measuring 31 by 111 feet, it was made using the world’s largest camera — a…

Oct 21, 2026 - Nov 08, 2026 CSUF, Grand Central Art Center

Now on view at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, Taken From EARTH by Antonio Palomo. Taken From EARTH reflects on the rocket’s double meaning as one of humanity’s most powerful inventions. As a child, the artist saw rockets as symbols of wonder, discovery, and the desire to reach…

Oct 21, 2026 - Dec 12, 2026 University Art Gallery (UCI)

What does it mean to desire, to stand before, to be subject to, the power of Law in a time of forever wars? Before the Look of Law connects Kafka’s enigmatic depiction of law with Simon Leung’s 2006 curatorial project, Look of Law, to meditate on an unprecedented hostile takeover of the collective…

Oct 21, 2026 - Nov 08, 2026 South Coast Repertory - Julianne Argyros Stage

At the insistence of his wife, a political prisoner, a man agrees to help a blind woman train for a race in Paris.  After placing third, they take on a second challenge.  Can they run the 38-kilometer Channel Tunnel from France to the UK in a few hours to avoid being hit by the first train of the…

Oct 21, 2026 - Jan 07, 2027 Hunt Branch Library, The

Now on exhibit, Bound Together: The Craft of Bookmaking, at the Hunt Branch Library in Fullerton.  A unique exhibition organized by the Fullerton Museum Center and curated by Jozef Chavez, Museum Coordinator and Shay Jones, Creative Supervisor. Bound Together: The Craft of Bookmaking invites…

Oct 21, 2026 - Dec 13, 2026 Brea Art Gallery, The

What Fearful Shadows is a contemporary art exhibition that reimagines iconic elements of early American horror—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Salem Witch Trials, and the works of Edgar Allan Poe—through the lens of modern culture. Featuring original works that range from illustrative to…