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

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Performs Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Vivaldi's most popular work is brought to life at Aliso Viejo's Soka Performing Arts Center, featuring multi-Grammy Award-winning soprano Estelí Gomez MORE

Ticket Trauma: How Local Performing Arts Organizations are Affected

Ticket fraud and mishandling doesn't just impact big acts and their fans. Local performing arts organizations are also feeling the pain and fighting back.

Artist of the Year High School Awards Program is at Risk of Disappearing

Program needs to raise $12,500 to continue this season.

SCR World Premiere Paints A New Portrait of Joan Rivers

REVIEW: Tessa Auberjonois’ uncanny, tour-de-force realization of the icon elevates Daniel Goldstein’s script.

Bernadette Peters Opens Pacific Symphony's 2024-25 Pops Season

The iconic star returns to Costa Mesa for the first time since 2015 for a concert with a bounty of Sondheim works.

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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.

Veterans Day Ceremony

Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park in Irvine will host this free ceremony honoring veterans and their families. Welcome to all MORE

Holiday Gift Faire

You can kick off your present-shopping with seasonal plants and unique, handmade holiday gifts at Corona Del Mar's Sherman Library and Gardens MORE

Alice in Wonderland

A live, musical journey into Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy featuring original songs at Westminster's Rose Center Theater MORE

Coast Film & Music Festival

This growing celebration of new cinema in Laguna Beach focuses especially on stories which uplift as well as focus on outdoor adventures MORE