Each week, Arts Orange County and Culture OC deliver you this look at the stories and events happening in our arts and cultural community.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: The Complete Brandenburg Concerti

The chamber music masterworks of Bach presented by world-renowned musicians from New York's Lincoln Center, presented by Orange County's Philharmonic Society at Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo MORE

Chance Gets to the Heart of the Matter to Find Its Voice

PART 2: Over 25 years, through trial and error, Chance Theater discovers the plays - and musicals - that connect to its community.

ABT Gillespie School’s New Director Says ‘The Nutcracker’ Rounds Out Students’ Training

Susan Brooker sets the artistic vision for the school which includes opportunities that prepare a young dancer for a professional career.

Culture OC Writer Eric Marchese Wins 3rd Place at the National Arts and Entertainment Awards

At the awards gala held this weekend on Dec. 3, 2023, Culture OC writer Eric Marchese was announced as a third place winner at the 16th annual ceremony.

Alexander Shelley Vies for Pacific Symphony Conducting Job

REVIEW: The English conductor impresses with accomplished reading of Dvořák staple.

Each week, we recommend a variety of events and experiences from the listings at SparkOC.com, our free website for Orange County's arts and cultural community.

Movie-Made Los Angeles / Lecture and Book Signing

Laguna Beach played many interesting roles in the early years of Hollywood, and author/film scholar John Trafton will be on-hand at the Laguna Art Museum to illuminate that history through his new book MORE

Holidays Around The World

Music, dance, and a magical snowfall will be just part of the free day of global festive traditions celebrated out on the Argyros Plaza of Segerstrom Center for the Arts MORE

Candlelight Walk at Heritage Hill Park

It's the 37th edition of O.C. Parks' beloved family-oriented nighttime stroll through the grounds of this historic site, decorated for the season and featuring Santa Claus himself MORE

Jane Austen Writing Program

Try out the lost art of personal letter writing through this special program offered by the Mission Viejo library, part of their ongoing series of Austen-themed literary events MORE