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

The Remarkable Mister Holmes: A Madcap Musical Comedy Murder Mystery

Laguna Playhouse presents a spin on Detective Sherlock Holmes as he is put to the test without his faithful partner but with jokes, tunes, and slapstick coming at a delirious pace MORE

Swallows Soar Back to San Juan Capistrano for Annual Swallows Day Parade and Mercado Street Faire

Every year the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano Mission after migrating over 6,000 miles from Goya, Argentina. San Juan celebrates with Fiesta de las Golondrinas, also known as The Swallows Day Parade, welcoming the swallows back for the season, and celebrating the Old West.

“The Swallows Day Parade embraces the diversity of cultures that are the history and future of our San Juan Capistrano community,” said parade chair Karen Stine.

Visitors can expect about 100 vendors at the Mercado selling everything from jewelry, gift items, country western merchandise, cowboy hats, and different foods such as burgers, tacos, kebabs and sweet treats.

Orange County's Rising Stars: 12th Annual Artist of the Year Nominees Revealed

High school arts teachers nominated 923 students for the awards program this season.

Mexico's World-Renowned Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández Returns to Orange County

Mexico’s most distinguished ballet folklórico company led intensive workshops with Relámpago del Cielo and Orange County School of the Arts students ahead of its Segerstrom Center performance.

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.

Meet Mark Johnson: Artisan of Surfboards

If you've ever been curious about how one of the icons of Southern California life, the surfboard, is designed and constructed, visit Gallery Q at the Suzi Q in Laguna Beach for this presentation by a master board shaper MORE

¡DAMAS!

A free celebration of art, culture, and community centered around Women's History Month will fill the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza at Segerstrom Center for the Arts with music and pop-up businesses MORE

Celebrate Nowruz

Irvine's Pretend City Children's Museum is hosting special exhibits, stories, songs, and activities to honor and educate children of all backgrounds about the traditions of the Persian New Year MORE

Sometimes, I Wish...

José Casas's homage to "Waiting for Godot" focuses on two unhoused children on L.A.'s Skid Row at Christmas, in a staging by Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble at Santa Ana's Grand Central Art Center MORE