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

31st Annual Balboa Island Artwalk

Fine art fills the South Bayfront Promenade in this mile-long annual showcase featuring the work of local creators MORE

OC Theatre Guild Announces Winners at Its 5th Annual Awards Show

On Monday, May 11, the OC Theatre Guild announced the winners of its fifth annual awards celebration at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. This year's event continues the tradition of celebrating the vibrant and diverse achievements of the theater community.

Of the 28 awards distributed, Anaheim's Chance Theater dominated the evening, walking away with 18 wins, or 64% off all awards distributed, including both the Outstanding Production of a Play and Musical awards for its productions of “What the Constitution Means to Me” and “Tick,Tick ... BOOM!” respectively. Its production of “Spring Awakening” earned a total of seven awards.

The other theaters taking top honors included: the Curtis Theatre, taking home four awards for shows co-produced with Southgate Productions and Stages Theatre; Costa Mesa Playhouse and J Stage, each taking home two awards; and Alchemy Theatre Company earning one award.

Three Mexican Tenors Unite Opera, Mariachi and Family at Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony’s Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez leads a full orchestra, mariachi band and trio of operatic tenors – including his father.

Sophie Calle’s ‘Overshare’ Exhibition Takes Visitors on a Journey Through the Intimate

The exhibition at the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art examines social media expressions before there was social media.

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.

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot boards a luxiours train filled with murder suspects in this stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's best-known mystery, presented by Alchemy Theatre at the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center MORE

Emigdio Vasquez: Retrospective 50

Spanning eras of Mexican history and heritage as well as his own Orange barrio, Emigdio Vasquez's socially engaging masterworks of oil painting are gathered in their largest-ever public exhibition at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University MORE

Anaheim Children's Festival

It's the 33rd edition of this community institution at Pearson Park, with art projects and live performances programmed to inspire the creative side of children, presented by MUZEO and the City of Anaheim MORE

All-Abilities PROM

A free dance party for anyone aged 16 and up at the Norma Hertzog Community Center in Costa Mesa, giving everyone a safe, welcoming chance to move to the music in their own way MORE