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

Orange International Street Fair

Labor Day Weekend traditionally sees Old Towne Orange transformed into a bustling, tasty celebration of flavors and crafts from dozens of countries MORE

What to See, Hear and Experience in Orange County This Fall

Culture OC’s writers look ahead to the performances, exhibitions, events and cultural experiences worth putting on your calendar in fall 2026.

Orange County Women’s Chorus Finds Power in a Collective Voice

The story of the Orange County Women’s Chorus doesn’t begin in a concert hall, conservatory, or cultural institution, but in a living room in 1997 in Irvine with nine women wondering what might happen if they simply sang together.

“We’d known one another through a church choir,” said OCWC founding board president Mary Langsdorf. “The director of that choir left for a full-time job in Los Angeles but proposed, ‘If I did something in Orange County, would you sing with me?’”

The Orange County Women’s Chorus has evolved from that small gathering into a 60-plus-voice ensemble recognized as one of the region’s leading amateur choruses. Its trajectory has carried the singers from local performances to major Southern California stages, national choral conferences, international tours and a 2022 spotlight concert at Carnegie Hall.

Newcomers and a Veteran of the Orange County Food World Sit Down with Ivy Dai

In this month’s ‘Walk-Ins Welcome’ podcast, Ivy Dai talks with an Orange County food veteran and a couple chefs relatively new to the dining scene.

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.

The Los Angeles Jazz Composer’s Ensemble

The contemporary musician's collective, which aims to expand the literature of jazz with workshopping and collaboration, brings some of their originals to Santa Ana's Sanctuary Studio for the Arts & Humanities MORE

California Fibers: The Languages of Fiber

This exhibit at the Huntington Beach Art Center explores how the materials and processing of fibers contain hidden stories of the history and culture that shaped them MORE

Blue Star Museums

Active-duty servicemembers and their families receive free admission through Labor Day to the Bowers, MUZEO, and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum MORE

JAX Classic Vinyl Series Presents: 50 Years of Boston

Campus Jax, Newport Beach's haven for lovers of live music, kicks off a brand new concert series which pays tribute to legendary albums from the era of vinyl records MORE