OC Arts Ahead - November 1, 2023

November 1, 2023

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

Mark Morris Dance Group - The Look of Love

Led by the vocals of Broadway star Marcy Harriell, this renowned contemporary dance troupe stages a captivating tribute to the pop tunesmiths Burt Bacharach and Hal David at the Musco Center For the Arts MORE

‘Two Remain’ Brings Opera Composer Back to O.C., Where His Career Took Off

When the lights go up Saturday in the Huntington Beach Central Library’s theater for the final performance of a two-night presentation of the 2018 opera “Two Remain,” there will be at least one very attentive audience member: its composer, Jake Heggie. Like everyone else in the house, he’ll be watching the opera about two survivors of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and the ghosts who haunt their memories. But he’ll also be looking to see the opera’s final character for the first time, and whether it conveys to him that an opera he has spent nearly 20 years working on is really finished.

Two Action-Packed Dance Shows from NYC Come to Orange County This Weekend

This weekend, Segerstrom Center for the Arts and Musco Center for the Arts will be buzzing with unique pictures of dance that show the art form’s range and remind us that dance isn’t one thing – there’s room to explore and experiment.

Tiler Peck’s “Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends” and Mark Morris’ “The Look of Love” will bring a combination of modern and balletic styles, narrative and abstract movement, bravura and softness.

‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Both a Classic and a Historical Snapshot

REVIEW: SCR’s new production of the 1959 drama underscores the strength of Lorraine Hansberry’s concepts – and of her writing.

Culture OC on the SoCal Restaurant Show

Food columnist, Anne Marie Panoringan, is a frequent guest on the SoCal Restaurant Show on AM 830 KLAA, airing every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

Saturday, Oct. 21, she joined host Andy Harris to talk about Culture OC and her recent columns.

Take a Listen!

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.

Once The Musical

The Electric Company Theatre at Fullerton's Muckenthaler Center brings to life the stage adaptation of the classic movie romance between street singers in Ireland MORE

San Clemente Village Art Faire

The south county beachside community has its own long-running take on a monthly art walk, with an emphasis on the handmade work of local artisans MORE

Viva La Vida Santa Ana

The streets of Downtown Santa Ana will be lined with beautiful, unique Ofrendas for this day-long family-friendly celebration of life and community, complete with live music, artwork, and food MORE

Affective Resistance

A multi-disciplinary group exhibition at the UCI University Art Gallery spotlights the tensions between ideals of liberty and realities of a government system of incarceration MORE

"As a smaller nonprofit that has been promoting the arts in the Orange County community for over 25 years, VAALA has been grateful for the thought partnership and services that Arts OC has given us. Arts OC's network and support of VAALA has been crucial to our capacity-building and growth efforts over the past few years."

— Yvonne Tran, Board President,

Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA)

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