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

Dance Visions 2024

Dance, theatre, and music fuse in inspiring and provocative ways in this annual spotlight on new, contemporary routines created by the Dance Department Faculty at UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts MORE

Why Does Kei Concepts Keep Changing Concepts?

Food columnist Anne Marie Panoringan has followed Kei (pronounced “Key”) Concepts restaurant group since its first brick-and-mortar, Sup Noodle Bar in Buena Park – her favorite of the concepts. Over the last decade (but especially in the last five years), the group has experienced rapid growth. It’s this constant state of change, transformation and downright hustle that has kept Kei Concepts afloat.

Hilbert Museum Reopens and Triples in Size

The expanded museum in Old Towne Orange features California scene paintings and nine new exhibitions on view starting Friday.

Annual Laguna Dance Festival Seeks to Celebrate Community, Artistry and Diversity

In the ever-evolving landscape of dance, Laguna Dance Festival organizers hope it will stand as a beacon, embodying values that challenge the traditional confines and identify systemic inequities of the art form. As the festival approaches its 2024 engagement in Laguna Beach, the spotlight is not only on the performances that await, but also on the visionary leadership of founder and artistic director Jodie Gates. She is the driving force behind an initiative that seeks to redefine dance through the lenses of diversity, inclusivity and community.

Gates's commitment to fostering an environment that mirrors the broader spectrum of human culture is evident in the festival's programming choices. The festival opens on Friday, Feb. 23 with New Zealand’s Black Grace, which will showcase choreographer Neil Ierema's fusion of contemporary dance with traditional Samoan movement. Los Angeles Ballet and the all-female tap ensemble Syncopated Ladies will join in subsequent days.

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.

Fiddler on the Roof

Experience the beloved musical in a intimate, under-the-stars staging at Fullerton's Muckenthaler Cultural Center MORE

Surf City Artisan Fair

The monthly street fair in downtown Huntington Beach provides food and live music as a backdrop to shopping from unique local designers and crafters MORE

Storytime at the Parks

The Knowledge Mobile comes to Jerome Park courtesy of Santa Ana Libraries to engage kids with singalongs and nature activities MORE

Subterranean Soundscapes: WestBeat acapella vocalists

A free, nightime concert that will sound like nothing you've ever heard - as the popular local vocalists who have performed at Disneyland sing a lineup of pop hits inside the resonant Jeronimo Tunnel along Mission Viejo's Oso Creek Trail MORE