Meet the Strong Water Founders: Orange County’s Sole 2024 James Beard Semifinalist
Our culinary columnist interviews Strong Water’s owners, Ying Chang and Robert Adamson. It was November 2019 when I initially visited Anaheim’s Strong Water, Ying Chang and Robert Adamson’s long-awaited project in...
March 8, 2024
Pacific Symphony’s New Pops Conductor is Ready to Make a Splash
Instead of waving a conductor’s baton, he wielded a lightsaber. Instead of wearing a tuxedo, he donned a black tunic from a galaxy far, far way. These are the creative...
February 9, 2024
Paul Hodgins Makes an Appearance on ‘This Day’
Our publisher and co-founder, Paul Hodgins, recently appeared on “This Day,” a news program serving the residents of Laguna Woods. Watch his segment here. Culture OCAt Culture OC, our mission...
February 8, 2024
Why the Ecology Center Wants to Change the Way You Think About Everything You Eat
From a one-acre dirt patch in San Juan Capistrano to a 28-acre organic farm with a restaurant and a dinner series, founder Evan Marks has created a fantasyland for farm-to-table...
January 24, 2024
Cabrillo Playhouse Catches a Second Wind
It’s a 71-year-old community theater inside a 95-year-old house located at the southernmost tip of Orange County, which has one of the highest percentages of older adult residents in the...
January 22, 2024
State-of-the-Art Culinary Program at Valley High Breaks Barriers
Farm-to-table preparation with an on-site garden is one of many highlights of the culinary program at Valley High School in Santa Ana. Spearheaded by the nonprofit High School Inc., the...
January 15, 2024
Meet David Ellenstein, Laguna Playhouse’s New(est) Artistic Director
For just over a year now, David Ellenstein has served as the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse – at first in an interim capacity before his tenure was solidified this...
December 15, 2023
Bowers Museum Hires First Chief Curator Since 2005
Like the new president, Tianlong Jiao has both an academic and museum administration background. The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana has appointed Tianlong Jiao as its new chief curator, starting this Friday,...
November 30, 2023
Paula Tomei to Step Down as SCR’s Managing Director
Paula Tomei, South Coast Repertory’s longtime managing director, will step down in August 2024. The announcement was released today. Tomei, 66, has been with Orange County’s most prominent theater company...
November 14, 2023
New Bowers Museum President Aims to Reach Out to Local Communities
The hiring of a full-time, senior curator is Seán O’Harrow’s top priority. Seán O’Harrow, the new president and CEO of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, is a multicultural person,...
November 9, 2023
California Arts Council’s Leader Resigns Unexpectedly
Jonathan Moscone, executive director of the California Arts Council, has announced he is leaving his post after less than two years. Moscone, 59, told the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday...
November 7, 2023
Irvine Barclay Theatre President Jerry Mandel to Step Down
Jerry Mandel, president of Irvine Barclay Theatre, will leave his position at the end of this year. The announcement was made today. Craig Springer, Irvine Barclay Theatre’s executive vice president,...
November 2, 2023
