Price Rightfully Finds Her Place Next to Gershwin with Pacific Symphony

Musicians are starting to rediscover the music of Florence Price, the first black woman composer to have a symphony performed by a major symphony orchestra.

Changing Direction and Leadership at Laguna Playhouse Reaps Rewards

"The Lion in Winter," with stars Gregory Harrison and Frances Fisher, is a part of the new legacy of plays being produced under the helm of Ellen Richard at Laguna Playhouse.

Artist Sergio O'Cadiz's Memory Lives on in Cypress Exhibition

Since the recent whitewashing of a Sergio O'Cadiz mural in Santa Ana, interest in his work is resurging and a retrospective can be seen on the Cypress College campus.

Whether in our grandest venues or on our own ciity streets, there is enrichment and entertainment to be found everywhere this week in Orange County! 
MARQUEE

Rhapsody in Blue

COSTA MESA - The Pacific Symphony celebrates the works of a trio of American composers who have each made singular contributions to the form of symphonic music  DETAILS »
FAMILY

Animate It!

LA HABRA - Children can learn how to bring their own cartoon creations to live with this digital animation workshop at the Children's Museum  DETAILS »
FREE

Meet on Beach

BEACH BOULEVARD - From La Habra to the shore in Huntington Beach, seven cities along the street also known as Highway 39 will unite for the first time with food, live performances, and bicycle/pedestrian-friendly stretches of road  DETAILS »
WILDCARD

'Dear Twin' - A conversation with debut author Addie Tsai & writer Rachel Will

SANTA ANA - The homegrown literary project and portable bookstore LibroMobile presents a conversation between a local author and an esteemed literary educator about their first novel  DETAILS »
EXTRA

Alice in Wonderland

WESTMINSTER - The Rose Center Theater presents a family musical version of Lewis Carroll's immortal story about a young girl's fateful chase of a white rabbit  DETAILS »
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