Origins and Evolution: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (1965-1999)
by Peter Lefevre for UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Six decades. 25 Guggenheim Fellows. More than 1,000 students every year, producing hundreds of performances and exhibitions. Numbers...
September 8, 2025
Autumn Brings a New Season of Arts and Culture to Orange County
Fall 2025 offers audiences everything from adventurous debuts to time-tested favorites across the O.C. arts and culture scene.
September 3, 2025
Pola Benke Steps into New Role with Pacific Symphony
The Polish conductor will lead Musical Mornings series and Youth Orchestra concerts.
August 22, 2025
R&B Group En Vogue Joins Subaru Summer Concert Series Lineup
Audiences can groove to the music at a venue with Back Bay views as this annual Newport Beach tradition continues through October with performances from pop to jazz, bluegrass, rock, R&B and soul.
August 20, 2025
Pacific Chorale’s Annual Festival Unites Singers in Music and Community Spirit
The 17th Annual Choral Festival returns to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Sunday for a free performance that puts the community in the spotlight with a 190-person community choir.
August 15, 2025
Música Not Migra is a Testament to the Power of Community
To help the community during this time of heightened immigration enforcement, local bands, writers, artists, elected officials, community members and businesses are coming together monthly to raise funds for the Orange County Rapid Response Network.
August 1, 2025
Can Music Shape the Taste of Spirits? Stone Groove Thinks So
At this stillhouse in Anaheim’s Packing District, your cocktail might’ve been aged to country or blues.
July 30, 2025
New Art School in Tustin to Offer Bilingual OCSA Alternative
The K-12 school is going through a $35 million-$40 million expansion, and will offer additional instruction in the performing arts, creative writing, visual arts, dance and instrumental music.
July 21, 2025
With Your Help, We’ll Cover It All
Culture OC approaches its second anniversary with fresh honors and a determination to grow with support from readers like you.
July 2, 2025
Baroque Music Festival Returns for 45th Season, Honors Past Artistic Director
Burton Karson founded the Corona del Mar festival 45 years ago, and this year’s edition celebrates his legacy. He died in March at 90 years old.
June 20, 2025
‘Gospel Voices of OC’ to Celebrate Freedom, Juneteenth and Black History
The production by Arts & Learning Conservatory at Musco Center for the Arts is one of several events acknowledging our newest national holiday.
June 13, 2025
In Final Act, St.Clair and the Pacific Symphony Ponder Verdi’s Requiem
REVIEW: The departing music director, avoiding goodbyes, sticks to the music Thursday, in the first of his farewell concerts.
June 6, 2025
