🌟January 1, 2025🌟

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

Back to the Future: The Musical

The classic time-traveling movie adventure has become an award-winning musical, whose nationwide tour stops at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts through Jan. 5 MORE

Anne Marie's Favorite Restaurant Experiences in 2024

Orange County’s restaurant scene experienced major upgrades and a few departures over the past 12 months. Here is Culture OC's food columnist's look back on her year of dining out.

2024's Top 5 Moments in Visual Arts, Culture and Popular Music

We have finished the final days of 2024 – didn’t that go by in a flash? Culture OC looks back on the top five best – or at least most memorable – moments in visual arts, culture and pop music.

2024's Top 5 Moments in Classical Music, Dance and Theater

Culture OC writers take a moment to reflect on the best in classical music, dance and theater this past year in Orange County – and a few miles beyond the northern border.

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.

Singer Songwriter Showcase

Local musical talent and storytelling are in the spotlight at this long-running Tuesday night concert event at Newport Beach's Campus JAX Supper Club MORE

Expression Through Color

Jury-selected works by local artists from the Huntington Beach Art League are showcased in a free exhibition through Feb. 1 MORE

Ghost Stories & Fairy Tales

Laguna Beach's Museum of Make Believe celebrates wonder and imagination through a magical forest created by paintings and miniature figures and immersive soundscapes MORE

Walkable Timeline

Combine fresh air with food for the mind using this installation at the Irvine Great Park - a half-mile trail with markers covering thousands of years worth of history MORE

 
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