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

An Evening With Keb' Mo'

A bona fide living legend of the blues takes the stage at the Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo MORE

Makerspaces Carve Out a Place for Creativity

Imagine having a garage filled with a wood shop, metal shop, laser cutters/engravers, 3D printers, sewing and embroidery machines and other tools to make gifts or embark on a creative endeavor whenever you feel like it.

Of course, most people don’t have a garage that big – or one at all if they live in an apartment – not to mention the money to buy so much equipment. But communal makerspaces with these types of machines, tools and even teachers have been popping up across Orange County, making it easy to access everything that’s needed to bring your next creative idea to fruition.

4,000-Year-Old ‘Gilgamesh’ Gets a New Life in Cerritos Opera Premiere

Before there were Marvel superheroes, before there was Tarzan, before there was even Noah and his ark, there was Gilgamesh, a superhuman (two-thirds god and one-third human) from ancient Mesopotamia whose life story has been hailed as the world’s first hero.

On March 28 and 29, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts will host the world premiere of “Gilgamesh: The Opera,” a multimedia operatic production created in partnership between the Lyric Opera of Orange County, the chamber music ensemble Bridge to Everywhere and the Assyrian Arts Institute.

Orange County Fans of BTS Celebrate the Group’s Return

From all corners of O.C. and beyond fans – aka the ARMY – are eagerly awaiting the K-pop juggernaut’s fifth album, which drops today.

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.

Big Fish the Musical

Alchemy Theatre Company brings to life the fantastical story of Edward Bloom - a man who's spent his life telling tall tales of his adventures - and the son who now wants to know the truth behind the legends MORE

After The Dust Settles by Ruben Benjamin

The newest exhibit at Laguna Beach's Gallery Sonder presents works that occupy a unique space between painting and sculpture from the Munich-born artist who has shown all around the world MORE

Kidstock

A week of live musical performances to make toddler toes tap at Irvine's Pretend City Children's Museum MORE

Fender Amplified Creations

A unique exhibit showing off dozens of Fender guitars which have been transformed into unique pieces of visual art, now on display at the Fullerton Museum Center MORE