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

A View From the Bridge

Laguna Playhouse stages one of the greatest works of American theatre, Arthur Miller's drama about the American Dream and the desire and envy it can trigger in the soul MORE

Alexander Shelley Will Be Pacific Symphony's Next Music Director

The British conductor brings a distinguished background and a wealth of interdisciplinary experience to his new role.

Lyric Opera's Founder Makes Sure New Works and Classics Have a Home in Orange County

Diana Farrell is the president, artistic director and founder of the up-and-coming Lyric Opera of Orange County (LOOC), which aims to champion contemporary and reimagined classic works in approachable settings, as well as Orange County artists. In 2022, Diana was named a Women Leader in Orange County Arts and an OC Visionary by the Los Angeles Times.

Farrell is now the president and artistic director of Lyric Opera of Orange County, a burgeoning opera company that champions Orange County artists and contemporary and traditional works reimagined for the modern audience.

She and the company make their Carnegie Hall debut this January with the new opera “The Yellow Wallpaper,” composed by Brooke DeRosa and written by Farrell, and based on the haunting 1876 novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The performance will premiere in Orange County next fall.

She joins Culture OC for a Q&A.

Cal State Fullerton's New Visual Arts Complex Positions Students for the Future

The Visual Arts Modernization Project added and renovated multiple buildings, combined all four of its galleries into one space, and packed classrooms with the latest in digital art technology.

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.

French Selections by Chloe Perrier

Cocktails and French jazz are on the menu in this intimate concert by the gifted songwriter and vocalist at San Clemente's Casa Romantica MORE

Native American Heritage Festival

Thornton Park in Santa Ana will host a day-long celebration that gives everyone the chance to experience the traditions of American inidigenous cultures through storytelling, music, dance, and more MORE

Disney Classics of the 1950s and '60s

The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University has an extensive archives of illustrations, concept art, and original cels from Walt Disney Animation, and has curated this special celebration of timeless classics like Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and others from the mid-20th Century MORE

Vivo Flamenco

A special dance concert spotlights the students of the Claudia De La Cruz Flamenco Institute alongside a dazzling lineup of guest artists as they celebrate the history and traditions of the Flamenco MORE