UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art: A Culmination of Legacy & Resurgence
by Peter Lefevre for UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Drive past the carefully manicured lawns of Irvine, the most famously planned city in America, and the last...
September 22, 2025
Zombies, Love and Family Rule: 20 Years of ‘Night of the Living Dead’ at the Maverick
At the heart of Maverick Theater’s “Night of the Living Dead” are a group of people who love playing zombie together.
September 17, 2025
David Ellenstein Resigns as Artistic Director of Laguna Playhouse
David Ellenstein announced today that he has resigned his position as Artistic Director of the Laguna Playhouse effective November 16, 2025. David Ellenstein comments, “I have truly enjoyed my time...
September 15, 2025
Growth and Experimentation: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (2000-2025)
by Peter Lefevre for UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts It’s the turn of the millennium. We’ve escaped the mortal threat of Y2K. Beanie Babies are the next...
September 15, 2025
It’s Culture OC’s Second Anniversary, and We Have a Lot to Celebrate!
Our award-winning, nonprofit arts journalism website covers topics, events and organizations that other media outlets have forgotten or abandoned.
September 10, 2025
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
‘Fools’ at Westminster Community Playhouse
See Neil Simon’s comic fable of wit, wonder and triumph of the human spirit.
August 28, 2025
‘August: Osage County’ at Curtis Theatre
Tracy Letts’ 2008 masterpiece makes its way to the stage in Orange County.
August 21, 2025
David Ihrig Wants to Create the ‘Theater of Tomorrow’
Irvine-based acting teacher and theorist will try the latest technology and his unique acting technique in a new-play festival.
August 4, 2025
New Life in This Old Fox
As the Fox Theatre in Fullerton turns 100, renewed interest and hope in its restoration grows.
July 25, 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
