TODAY 1Oscar winner. The singer with the...

TODAY

1Oscar winner. The singer with the Stradivarius voice, Maureen

McGovern, makes her debut at Founder’s Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are

$49. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more

information, call (714) 740-7878.

SUNDAY

2Live music. South Coast Plaza offers live music every Saturday

and Sunday in April. Fletcher Harrington plays pop music on Saturday.

Gabriel Mann plays jazz this week. The Push plays world music on

April 26. And Kerry Getz plays pop on April 27. All performances are

at 2 p.m., except the April 6 performance, which is at 4 p.m. South

Coast Plaza is at 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Call (714) 432-7854.

MONDAY

3Jazz duo. Walter Lakota and David Alcantar, the New York Jazz

Connection Duo, play at Mamma Gina at 251 E. Coast Highway in Newport

at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sundays and Mondays.

Diana Ditri joins the duo on vocals on Mondays. It’s free.

Information: (949) 673-9500.

TUESDAY

4”Taming the Shrew.” Orange Coast Community College’s Theatre

Department is staging a one-act cutting of William Shakespeare’s

comedy “The Taming of the Shrew,” a 40-minute production of full

measure slapstick comedy. Performances are at 5 p.m. Tuesday and

Thursday in the college’s Drama Lab Theatre. Performances are free.

For information, call (714) 721-5508. The college is at 2701 Fairview

Road in Costa Mesa.

WEDNESDAY

5Poetry. The second Orange County Poetry Festival is going on

through the month of April with a variety of events throughout Orange

County. For information about events and locations, call (714)

564-6526 or visit www.ocpoetryfestival.com. Most events are free.