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

Pacific Symphony Presents Disco Fever—Let's Dance!

The dance hits of the 1970s brought to life by the Symphony's world-class musicians in a night of high-energy music at Irvine's Great Park MORE

R&B Group En Vogue Joins Subaru Summer Concert Series Lineup

Audiences can groove to the music at a venue with Back Bay views as this annual Newport Beach tradition continues through October with performances from pop to jazz, bluegrass, rock, R&B and soul.

The Personal is Political for Writers at OC Poetry Slam

The monthly poetry performance competition at The Den is one of Orange County’s brightest literary gathering spaces.

Pacific Chorale’s Annual Festival Unites Singers in Music and Community Spirit

The 17th Annual Choral Festival returned to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Sunday for a free performance that puts the community in the spotlight with a 190-person community choir.

Lawrence Christon, Founding Writer for Culture OC, Has Died

Lawrence “Larry” Christon, Culture OC contributor, former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, drama critic, groundbreaking comedy critic, author, essayist and feature writer, died at 85 on Aug. 3 from complications of a stroke. His longtime companion, Lynne Heffley, was by his side. Christon was at the formative first meeting for the group that later founded Culture OC, and his thoughts and contributions were invaluable.

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.

Chicano Heritage Festival

Centennial Park in Santa Ana will host a day of celebration for the music, art, and culture of Mexican-Americans in Orange County - free to attend MORE

Chalk Art Festival

Artists of all ages and experiences are invited to witness dazzling displays of chalk art creation, as well as add their own, at the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center MORE

SteelCraft's Summer Safari

Meet exotic birds and reptiles, as well as Safari Mickey Mouse, in this celebration of wildlife at Garden Grove's SteelCraft MORE

Celebrate Seniors with Music

Aug. 21 is National Senior Citizens Day, and the city of Laguna Niguel wants to create connections between the generations with a concert in the courtyard of the Sea Country Senior and Community Center MORE