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

Irvine Global Village Festival

Orange County's biggest annual event dedicated to honoring the diverse cultures that make up our communities; with music, art, lots of food and special activities for the kids MORE

Lowriders Cruise into Anaheim’s Muzeo

Jason Godinez crouches down to take a closer look at Danny Palomino’s black cherry, Chevy Fleetline “Spill the Wine.”

Parked in the center of Muzeo’s main gallery showroom, studio lights catch every gleaming curve and lacquered frame of the 1949 bomber.

“This is what I was most excited to come here to see,” said Godinez, referring to the new exhibition, “Lowrider Culture in the United States / Cultura Lowrider en los Estados Unidos,” currently on display at the Anaheim museum and cultural center. “Danny Palomino is a legend and being able to see his car in a setting like this – it's art on wheels. It allows people to really see how much we put into these cars and the history behind them.”

The Mansion at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary

For 100 years, the Muckenthaler Mansion and its surrounding grounds have stood as both a dream fulfilled and a gift passed on. The dream belonged to Walter Muckenthaler, the son of German immigrants turned prosperous citrus rancher, who commissioned and helped design the stately 18-room property and surrounding grounds on 8.5 rolling acres in west Fullerton.

The gift came from his son, Harold, who in 1965 handed the estate to the city with one condition: it be devoted to the arts. Six decades later, the Muckenthaler Cultural Center still delivers – offering some 100 events a year, ranging from theater and visual art to car shows, concerts, lectures, and children’s and adult arts education.

2025 Film Festivals Roundup: Orange County Celebrates Silver Screen Sensations

Local film festivals fill the fall season with big-name movies, cultural cinema and documentaries highlighting outdoor adventure.

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.

Ghosts of Laguna: Ye Arch Beach Tavern

A world-premiere opera at the Rivian South Coast Theater brings some of the hidden history of Laguna Beach to life in a haunting, musical setting MORE

Symphony on the Go!

The Pacific Symphony's traveling stage brings its free, pop-up concert series to Melinda Park in Mission Viejo MORE

Little Women: The Musical

Louisa May Alcott's timeless story of the March sisters and the bonds that endure through war and heartbreak comes to the stage in Yorba Linda in the musical version which has become a perennial itself since its Broadway premiere MORE

Fil-Am Comedy Night

It's Filipino History month and this lineup of top stand-up comedians coming together in Anaheim has the laughs whether you grew up Filipino-American or just want to hear what it was like MORE