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SPECIAL

COSTA MESA HIGH

CHOIR CONCERT

The Costa Mesa High School Choir spring concert, “Folk Songs of

the World,” will be given at 7 p.m. Monday at Newport Mesa Christian

Center. The concert will be performed by the five choirs of the high

school under the direction of Jon Lindfors and accompanied by Kathryn

Klein. The songs, which come from Japan, Mexico, South Africa,

Jamaica and Macedonia, will be sung in English and in their original

languages. The grand finale will be the combined choirs singing “The

Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Tickets for the concert can be

purchased at the high school’s associated student body window or at

the door. The Newport-Mesa Christian Center is at Fair Drive and

Newport Boulevard. For more information, call the high school at

(714) 424-8700.

ORANGE COUNTY

POETRY FESTIVAL

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.

MUSIC

JAZZ BY FRANK POTENZA

Guitarist, composer and educator Frank Potenza makes his Scott’s

Seafood Jazz Club debut with the Shelly Berg Quartet featuring Red

Holloway today at 7:30 and 9:30 at Founder’s Hall. Tickets are $46

for the late show and $49 for the early performance. The Center is at

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714)

740-7878.

CUBA’S ORQUESTA ATAGON

Hear the rich sounds of Orquesta Aragon at 8 p.m. May 3 at the

Barclay Theatre. For more than 60 years, this legendary ensemble has

introduced the sounds of Cuban jazz to countries around the world.

Tickets are $35 and $29 and are available through the Barclay box

office at (949) 854-4646.

SOUTH COAST PLAZA’S

APRIL MUSIC

The Push plays world music on today, and Kerry Getz plays pop on

Sunday at South Coast Plaza. 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.

IL TROVATORE

Opera Pacific presents Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” in Segerstrom Hall.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Monday through May 4, with a Sunday

show at 2 p.m. Tickets are $120 to $25. The Orange County Performing

Arts Center is at 600 Town Center Drive. Information: (714) 546-6000.

‘VIENNESE DELIGHT’

Pianist Christopher O’Riley, a Van Cliburn medalist, will perform

with musicians from the Pacific Symphony in “Viennese Delight,” part

of the Cafe Ludwig at Founder’s Hall series. The performance is at 2

p.m. Sunday. Founder’s Hall is at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center, 600 Town Center Drive. Tickets are $35 and $45. Information:

(714) 755-5799.

‘RUSSIAN BEAUTY’

The Pacific Symphony plays a program of Russian works on May 7 and

8 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. The divertimento from

Stravinsky’s “The Fairy Kiss,” written on the 35th anniversary of

Tchaikovsky’s death, and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 precede

Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet suite. Tickets cost from $19 to $59.

The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information:

(714) 755-5799.

MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN

Canadian pianist and composer Marc-Andre Hamelin will perform at

7:30 p.m. May 8 in Founders Hall. Herbert Glass will give a preview

at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $49. Founders Hall is at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Information: (714) 755-5799.

NEIL SEDAKA

Pop legend Neil Sedaka joins the Pacific Symphony ops in concert

in Segerstrom Hall at 8 p.m. May 9 and May 10. Tickets cost $26 to

$80. Segerstrom Hall is at the Orange County Performing Arts Center,

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 755-5799.

PARISSA AND THE

DASTAN ENSEMBLE

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is presenting the

Parissa and Dastan Ensemble in concert at 7 p.m. May 11 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $100, $59, $55, $40, $29

and $19 at can be purchased at the Center’s Box Office at (714)

556-2787. The Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

OCC SYMPHONY

The Orange Coast College’s Symphony will close its 42nd season at

7:30 p.m. May 11 with a performance featuring works by composers

Mussorgsky, Ravel and Beethoven. The concert is in OCC’s Robert B.

Moore Theatre. Tickets are $10 to $6 and are available at the

Community Education Office. Information: (714) 432-5880. OCC is at

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

SOPRANO ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN

Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian will debut in the Orange County

Performing Arts Center’s Voices in Song series at 7:30 p.m. May 10 in

Founder’s Hall. She won first prize in the prestigious Placido

Domingo 2000 “Operalia” competition. Tickets are $60 and are

available at the Center box office or online at www.ocpac.org. The

Center is at 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

755-5799.

TCHAIKOVSKY’S

‘SWAN LAKE’ BALLET

Conductor Carl St. Clair leads the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in

excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” at 3 p.m. May 10 as part of

the orchestra’s Classical Connections series. Tickets are $32 to $50.

Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive.

Information: (714) 755-5799.

OCC’S GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Orange Coast College’s Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Joe

Poshek, will perform a concert at 8 p.m. May 10 in OCC’s Fine Arts

Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 to $5. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

MUSIC AT THE TEE ROOM

The Mark Davidson Trio, with Ron Eschete on guitar, performs at 8

p.m. Fridays at the Tee Room, 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. $10

cover. (949) 756-0121.

JAZZ TRIO

Gulfstream Restaurant in Newport Beach presents a jazz trio Sunday

through Wednesday as regular entertainment at 850 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 6 to 10 p.m. Monday

through Wednesday. (949) 718-0188.

WEEKLY JAM

The Studio Cafe presents Monday Night Jams from 7 to 11 p.m. every

week. “Wanted” musicians include guitar players, bass players,

singers, drummers, keyboardists and others at 100 Main St., Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 675-7760.

MAMMA GINA WEEKEND JAZZ

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

MUSIC AT THE GRILL

The Bluewater Grill offers live music Friday and Saturday nights.

Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien (known as MPG) perform

classic rock, R&B; and swing at 8:30 p.m. Fridays. Marvin Gregory and

MPG will perform classic rock, swing and R&B; at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays.

The restaurant is at 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949)

675-3474.

MUSIC AT THE PELICAN

The Rusty Pelican offers the music of Common Ground from Wednesday

through Sunday. The band performs from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and

Thursday, from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday and from 2

to 6 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Free. (949) 642-3431.

MUSIC AT PLAYERS

Players restaurant is now offering live music from 9 p.m. to

midnight every Friday and Saturday. Players is at 512 W. 19th St.,

Costa Mesa. No cover charge. (949) 646-5615.

WEEKEND MUSIC

Anthony’s Riverboat Restaurant in Newport Beach presents Jesse on

the sax on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday for brunch. The

program features all your favorites on the saxophone. Anthony’s is at

151 E. Coast Highway. (949) 673-3425.

POP-ROCK AND FLAMENCO

Tate 5, a funk, rock and Motown act, performs at 9 p.m. Saturdays

at Carmelo’s Ristorante, 3520 E. Coast Highway, Corona del Mar. Solo

guitarist Ken Sanders performs classical flamenco tunes at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Sundays. Free. (949) 675-1922.

SATURDAY NIGHT R&B;

Gerald Ishibashi and the Stone Bridge Band play rock and R&B; at 9

p.m. Saturdays at Sutton Place Hotel’s Trianon Lounge, 4500 MacArthur

Blvd., Newport Beach. Free. (949) 476-2001.

STAGE

‘INTO THE WOODS’

The Newport Harbor High Theatre Arts Department will present “Into

the Woods” at 2 p.m. today at the Robert B. Wentz Theatre, at 15th

Street and Irvine Avenue, Newport Beach. Tickets are $20.

Information: (949) 515-6341.

IMPROV AT OCC

Orange Coast College is presenting a unique and hilarious

improvisational production under the direction of OCC theater

professor Alex Golson. The 40- to 60- minute production is modeled

after the popular improvisational TV show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?”

Performances are scheduled for 6 p.m. May 12 and 1 p.m. May 13 in the

Drama Lab. Admission is free. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road in Costa

Mesa. For information, call (714) 432-5640, ext. 5.

‘RELATIVELY SPEAKING’

“Relatively Speaking” will be performed at the South Coast

Repertory at the Julianne Argyros Stage through April. Tickets cost

from $19 to $54. South Coast Repertory is at 655 Town Center Drive in

Costa Mesa. For tickets, call (714) 708-5555 or visit www.scr.org.

‘INTIMATE APPAREL’

South Coast Repertory will premiere Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate

Apparel,” a drama about an African American seamstress in 1906, her

divergent clients and the love she finds through her letters, on the

Segerstrom Stage through May 18. Tickets cost $19 to $54. South Coast

Repertory is at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For tickets,

call (714) 708-5555 or visit www.scr.org.

‘POOR RICHARD’

Jean Kerr’s bittersweet 1964 romantic comedy “Poor Richard” ends

its run on Sunday in Orange Coast College’s Drama Lab Studio. Curtain

is 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $6 and

$7 and be purchased by calling (714) 432-5640. OCC is at 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

‘SHERLOCK HOLMES’ IN SONG

“Sherlock Holmes & the Giant Rat of Sumatra,” a zany musical by

Tim Kelly and Jack Sharkley, will be staged May 8 through 11 and 15

through 18 in the Drama Lab Theatre at Orange Coast Community

College. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays

and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Advance tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for

students and seniors. Tickets will be $12 and $8 at the door. OCC is

at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

ART

‘ZINE SCENE’

“Zine Scene,” an exhibit of zines organized by the Cranbrook Art

Museum, will be on display through Sunday at the Orange County Museum

of Art’s Satellite Gallery, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. Zines are publications -- like magazines -- created by

people or small groups. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday

through Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday. Free. (949) 759-1122.

OCC ART AUCTION

Art that will be auctioned to benefit Orange Coast College’s Frank

M. Doyle Arts Pavilion will be on display today, Sunday and May 1 and

2 at the Blue Square Gallery, 355 Old Newport Blvd. will have an art

auction to benefit the college’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. OCC

will hold its benefit auction from 6 to 9 p.m. May 3 in the lobby of

the college’s new $15-million Arts Center. Information: (714)

432-5707.

‘ORANGE COUNTY TASTEMAKERS’

Bradford J. Salamon will unveil his series of 36 portraits of

people within the Orange County art scene that are making a

difference in its evolution at an artist’s reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

May 17. The exhibition will run through June 15 at the Blue Square

Gallery, 355 Old Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

548-1101.

DANCE

THE BALLET MONTMARTE

The Ballet Montmarte will present a mixed program of classical and

contemporary ballet works at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Barclay Theatre,

4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Tickets are $18 and are available only at

the Barclay box office. Reservations: (949) 854-4646.

‘ENEMY BEHIND THE GATES’

Phildanco, a Philadelphia dance company, is bringing the ballet

“Enemy Behind the Gates” to the Irvine Barclay Theatre at 8 p.m.

today. Tickets are $35 and $30, half price for full-time students

with valid ID. Information: (949) 854-4646.

SWING ERA SALUTE

The State Street ballet of Santa Barbara will perform “Ballroom,”

a salute to the Swing Era, at 8 p.m. May 3 at Orange Coast College’s

Robert B. Moore Theatre. Tickets cost from $37 to $31. OCC is at 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5880.

STUDENT DANCE CONCERT

Orange Coast College’s Dance Department will host its 40th annual

Student Dance Concert at 8 p.m. today at the Robert B. Moore Theatre,

featuring modern, jazz, tap, ballet, Middle Eastern and flamenco

dance. Tickets are $13, for information, call (714) 432-5880. OCC is

at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

FIESTA LATINA CELEBRATION

Orange Coast College will stage its fourth annual Fiesta Latina

Celebration on May 8 and 9. One-hour public performances are

scheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 8 and 10:30 a.m. and noon May 9 at the

Robert B. Moore Theatre. Admission is free. OCC is at 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 432-5506, ext. 4.

THE EIFMAN BALLET

The dynamic and innovative Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg returns

under the direction of Bori Eifman in “Tchaikovsky -- The Mystery of

Life and Death” May 16 through 18 at the Orange County Performing

Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $20 to

$65 and are available at the Center box office or by calling (714)

740-7878.

PRIMA BALLERINA

CYNTHIA GREGORY

Prima ballerina Cynthia Gregory will be the featured speaker at

Ballet Pacifica’s inaugural Signature Event at 11 a.m. May 15 in the

Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport. The gala

luncheon will be a retrospective of Gregory’s dancing career,

including special photos of her life and film clips of her most

acclaimed performances. Information: (949) 851-9930, ext. 111.

SWING

Lessons are given every Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Avant Garde

Ballroom in Newport Beach by the Orange County Swing Dance Club. All

ages are welcome, and no partners are needed. For more information,

visit ocswing.com or call (909) 656-6119.

ARGENTINE TANGO

Tango dancing is offered from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on the first

Saturday of each month at Danscene Studio, 2980 McClintock Way, Costa

Mesa. (714) 641-8688.

BOOKS

BOOK STUDY

A group is forming May 2 for a 10-week study of Debbie Ford’s

best-selling book “The Dark Side of Light Chasers.” The group will

meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays at the Center for Spiritual Discovery

at 2850 Mesa Verde Drive East in Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

754-7399.