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PREMIERE TABLE OF CONTENTS Spring/Summer 2014
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Don’t Take Your Seats Activities offer preshow fun PLUS Pageant of the Masters’ “head” honcho, UC Irvine’s New Swan Theater
MUSIC page 17
The $5 Million Fiddle Violinist makes sweet music on a Stradivarius PLUS Honda Center’s concert master, Pacific Choral’s world premiere
DANCE page 25
All The Right Moves Local choreography project breaks new ground PLUS The Wooden Floor’s success, Chapman’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star
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41 MUSEUMS/ART CENTERS page 33
Get Your Motor Running The story behind a video sculpture at Orange County Museum of Art PLUS Muckenthaler gets ready to grow, Sawdust’s creative classes
MIXED MEDIA page 49
The Great Outdoors Take in the arts alfresco PLUS Families celebrate imagination, a new multimedia art collaboration
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ARTS VENUES AND ORGANIZATIONS
GALLERIES
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GALLERIES
Art Adventure – Laguna Beach
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Come for the summer festivals, stay for the galleries PLUS Contemporary street art in Costa Mesa, worshipful works of art
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ARTS DATEBOOK ENCORE
Cover, top: San Francisco Ballet at Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Michael Khoury); bottom left, Dawson Cole Fine Art
PREMIERE President and Publisher Christopher O. Schulz cschulz@orangecoast.com Editor Anastacia Grenda agrenda@orangecoast.com Art Director Carla Butz cbutz@orangecoast.com
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Contributing Writers Cristofer Gross, Astgik Khatchatryan, Scott Martelle, Rose Flores Medlock, Lisa Pawlak, Jenna Sampson, Lauren Schroeder, Lara Wilson Contributing Photographers Baldemar Fierro, Priscilla Iezzi, Michael Khoury, Lauren Schroeder, Lisa Renee
Every time a show opens, tensions are high–will they love it or pan it? When we launched Premiere OC last fall, we faced the same emotions–would Orange County embrace a magazine dedicated to the performing and visual arts? The critics–our readers–loved it, and we’re back for the first of many encores. This issue of Premiere OC covers all aspects of the arts in our community: music, theater, dance, museums, galleries and more. In each category, we offer insights and editors’ picks of the “must see” performances and exhibitions–large and small–throughout Orange County. As well, we focus on summer arts opportunities, including outdoor music, theater and movies. We also cover summer arts activities for kids–the best way to enrich minds and fill those summer days. Finally, we’ve expanded our coverage of galleries in Orange County, including outlining a full day’s activities in Laguna Beach. So, enjoy the spring/summer issue of Premiere OC, and we will see you again next fall. Until then, for the latest in quality coverage of the arts, read Orange Coast magazine and visit us online at orangecoast.com.
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April 25 & 26
Rain Celebrate 50 years of Beatlemania with this rousing tribute
May 13–25
The Book of Mormon From the creators of South Park
May 27
LA Opera — Thaïs A concert version of Massenet’s opera starring Placido Domingo
June 24 – July 13
Jersey Boys The true story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons returns for three weeks
July 25–27
Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev A world premiere performance by two of ballet’s biggest stars
July 29 – August 10
Ghost The Musical A brand-new Broadway musical based on the Academy Award®-winning film
August 19–31
Once The 8-time Tony Award® winner makes its Orange County debut
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GREAT PERFORMANCES COMING SOON
Theater “Smokefall” is one of the many shows that has been developed during South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. Spring/Summer 2014 | Premiere OC | 9
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A mini Belle at “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” preshow program
Please Don’t Take Your Seats Rush into the auditorium and you might miss the fun of preshow activities in the lobby Story and photos by Lauren Schroeder
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t Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Broadway and Curtain Call shows, the entertainment begins well before the curtain rises. Preshow “audience engagement” activities, which take place an hour before most performances, are themed to each production. “Billy Elliot” patrons watched ballet demonstrations by Anaheim Ballet dancers and practiced ballet positions themselves at barres placed throughout the lobby. At “Catch Me If You Can,” participants were sent off with “passports” on a scavenger hunt to different stations featuring photo opportunities, themed games, or fun facts. For “Flashdance,” a photo op allowed people to re-create the iconic splash scene—but with streamers instead of water. Activities at the recent production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” were tailored for kids. A cushioned reading area, decorated as Belle’s enchanted
“We have been introducing many new audience engagement activities and look forward to adding more,” says center President Terrence W. Dwyer. “It is my goal that patrons leave the theater feeling a strong connection to the center as well as a better understanding and appreciation for the performance they just experienced.” It’s an idea that’s catching on—Broadway touring companies for “War Horse” and “Evita” have even replicated Segerstrom’s preshow activities program.
library, provided books and coloring sheets. A Lumiere puppet-making workshop, led by master puppeteer and center teaching artist Ellen Schulze, gave children an opportunity to get crafty and connect with one of the show’s main characters. “I get really excited when kids come to see live theater, especially in this age of video games,” says Schulze. Beth Schwandt, a middle-school show-choir teacher, says the preshow activities get her students in the mood for the performance. “[The activities] build knowledge and excitement for the main event,” says Schwandt, who brought more than 60 students to the show.
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Some Assembly Required UC Irvine’s portable modular theater houses Shakespeare fest
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The play’s the thing, as Shakespeare wrote, but UC Irvine’s New Swan Theater deserves attention, too. The “contemporary Elizabethan” venue is made of 14 1-ton steel pieces that interlock like Legos. It’s the site for the annual New Swan Shakespeare Festival, which this year presents “Romeo and Juliet” and “Twelfth Night” from July 10 through Aug. 30. s 7!,,3 Perforations allow sound and light to trickle out of the theater. The exterior is covered in strips of painted wood; the interior is made from manufactured wood panels used in construction. s "!,#/.9 The three seating levels are arranged in a spiral, similar to New York’s Guggenheim Museum. s -%::!.).% Like all of the theater’s 125 seats, these were crafted from chairs bought at a UC San Diego surplus sale.
Heads Up Topping off the costumes at Pageant of the Masters Reagan Foy keeps everyone’s head on straight at the Pageant of the Masters. She creates the headpieces for Laguna Beach’s iconic “living pictures” show. With the help of 13 volunteers, Foy makes about 140 pieces a year so the cast members can perfectly emulate images in the artworks they are re-creating. Her job requires a mastery of proportion and perspective—and lots of pantyhose. “I cut the [waist] part to make caps to contain cast members’ hair, and I use the legs in headpieces,” Foy says. She starts by fitting a cast member with a buckram cap, then builds the shape of the hair from the artwork using Fosshape, a moldable craft fabric that becomes flat and hard with steam. “If the person in the painting has long hair, I use muslin fabric cut 12 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
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s 3%4 The design lets audiences use their imagination. Flanking the entrance and the balcony are portals that can be mounted with doors, windows, or fabric. s 34!'% The audience encircles the 21-foot-long oval stage— there’s no “fourth wall” between actors and audience members, says Eli Simon, the festival’s artistic director. s '2/5.$,).'3 The area under the mezzanine is named after Elizabethan theatergoers who paid a pittance to watch from the “pit” at ground level.
Reagan Foy with some of her handiwork
in the shape of the hair—this keeps it two-dimensional, and we can control it easier than using real hair or a wig.” Foy also does a hat fitting if necessary, creating the basic shape that is later painted to add dimension and adornment. During the show—which runs from July 9 through Aug. 30—Foy does the final makeup and costume check. “We’ve had moments where we’ve had to fix something,” she says, “but it’s a well-oiled machine.” Photo by Priscilla Iezzi
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For ďŹ ve years, comedian/writer/ actress—and part-time Monarch Beach resident—Rita Rudner has made regular appearances at Laguna Playhouse, performing one-woman shows as well as three roles in “Tickled Pink,â€? a play she wrote with her husband and professional collaborator, Martin Bergman. Her latest show,“Rita Rudner and Her New Dress,â€? takes place May 31.
look at the latest plays through staged readings of works in development at the 0ACIl C 0LAYWRIGHTS &ESTIVAL (South Coast Repertory).
-AY THROUGH Musicals are 3-D Theatricals’ bread and butter—it puts on four shows a year in Fullerton and Redondo Beach. The Stephen Sondheim classic h)NTO THE 7OODSvoffers a good opportunity to see the company in action (Plummer Auditorium). -AY THROUGH There’s plenty of great children’s theater in O.C., but teen audiences are comparatively underserved. Theatre for a New Generation ďŹ lls the gap with topical plays on issues such as bullying, teen pregnancy, and, in hDON T U LUV ME v abusive relationships (Laguna Playhouse).
-AY THROUGH h4HE "OOK OF -ORMONv made true believers out of audiences with its musical-theater chops and irreverent humor (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
*ULY THROUGH !UG The Chance Theater is renowned for its award-winning summer musicals. This year’s entry is the Tony- and Grammy-winning h)N THE (EIGHTSv (Chance Theater).
!UG THROUGH A man and woman make an emotional connection through music in h/NCE v the Tony-winning adaptation of the ďŹ lm of the same name (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62.
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“Wherever we go, Martin looks for a place for me to do my act. After we bought our beach house, we were walking around Laguna and he said, ‘Wait, there’s a theater there,’ so we went in and started talking with them. It’s a perfect size—not too big, not too small—and it’s such a comfortable space. I’m so comfortable there that it enabled me to try something I had never done before, when I played three characters in ‘Tickled Pink.’ I did a German accent, I wore enhanced bosoms. In this new show there will be a lot of stuff about marriage, love and relationships, and raising children—things people can relate to. And there will be some Orange County things; I carry my notebook around with me here and write in it at night.�
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Hey, Kids, Let’s Put on a Show Shining a spotlight on some of our local youth theater programs
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MUSICAL THEATRE VILLAGE MUSICAL THEATRE ORANGE COUNTY This “civic light opera that focuses on youth” offers children the chance to participate in musicals with cool production values—the upcoming “Disney’s 7DU]DQ WKH 0XVLFDOȕ LQFOXGHV ͅ \LQJ DQG EXQJHH VWXQWV The show is presented at the new 635-seat El Dorado Performing Arts Center. “Tarzan” runs on weekends July 18 through 27 at 1651 Valencia Ave., Placentia, 714-637-0186, mtoc.org.
&KLOGUHQ DQG DGXOWV ZRUN WRJHWKHU WR SXW RQ ̈́ YH family-friendly shows each year. Check the website for audition and ticket information on the upcoming shows “Annie Get Your Gun” and “The Music Man.” “Annie Get Your Gun” runs from May 30 through June 29, and “The Music Man” runs from July 25 through Aug. 24 at 36-C Mauchly, Irvine, 949-753-1996, musicaltheatrevillage.net. For more information on summer arts programs for kids, turn to page 56.
Tune in: the reception is so much better live! Pacific Chorale John Alexander Singers James R. Taulli, stage director John Alexander, conducting
Heggie and Scheer
Have you ever seen someone crawl through a radio? The Radio Hour, the new creation by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, crosses Alice in Wonderland with the golden age of radio in a magical program about the power of singing to shape and give meaning to our lives. Including a swinging salute to radio legend Fred Waring, “The Man Who Taught America How to Sing.”
Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
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A SURPRISING AND EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE. Friday | March 28 | 8:00 PM
Saturday | April 5 | 8:00 PM
Los Angeles Jazz Quartet
Amy Hanaiali’i: Remembering Napua
Mark Ferber, Drums Larry Koonse, Guitar Chuck Manning, Sax Darek Oles, Bass Experience a night of entertainment and Aloha as Amy honors her beloved tutu, Napua Woodd.
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JAZZ MONSTERS SERIES Together, they are out-of-this-world!
Saturday | April 26 | 8:00 PM
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Midori Solo Violin Recital
Sundays at Soka with Pacific Symphony
Schubert, Lutoslawski, Bach & Beethoven.
Simone Porter, Violin. All-Beethoven program.
Friday | May 9 | 8:00 PM An Evening with
Branford Marsalis JAZZ MONSTERS SERIES.
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Music Carl St. Clair leads Pacific Symphony through a rehearsal. They’ll be even busier soon–July marks the beginning of their biggest season ever, in honor of St.Clair’s 25th year with the orchestra. Spring/Summer 2014 | Premiere OC | 17
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Iryna Krechkovsky with the Stradavarius on loan to her through 2015
The $5 Million Fiddle Local violinist makes sweet music on a Stradivarius by Scott Martelle
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ryna Krechkovsky looks like a typical grad student waiting in line at the Peet’s coffeehouse near UC Irvine. She has a purse over her shoulder and a glossy black hard-sided instrument backpack. Inside is a 324-year-old Stradivarius violin worth $5 million. Suddenly, three bucks for an iced tea doesn’t seem all that extravagant. You’d think walking around with a fortune strapped to your back would be nerve-racking, but Krechkovsky has grown accustomed to it. Ukrainian-born but raised in Canada, Krechkovsky was awarded the instrument from a music competition run by the Canada Council for the Arts’ musical instrument bank, a collection of 19 violins, cellos, and other stringed instruments worth a combined $36 million. She will have the violin through 2015. For a professional musician, the chance to play a piece of art has an obvious appeal that outweighs worries about being responsible for it. To KrechPhoto by Priscilla Iezzi
kovsky, who with her pianist husband, Kevin Kwan Loucks, is an artist-in-residence at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts and member of the Trio Céleste ensemble, a violin is “an instrument that you have to take care of, whether it’s a Strad or something else. You treat it with a lot of care.” Yes, but... The violin is known as the 1689 Baumgartner Stradivari, after highly regarded Swiss luthier Fritz
versatile and may lean only toward one end of that spectrum. So with a player like Iryna, you really get to experience all of these possibilities because she has such incredible expressiveness, versatility, and technique. “Sometimes you might get one or the other—the player might be good, but the violin can’t accommodate their skill level, or vice versa. But with Iryna and her Strad, it’s the whole package.”
“Sometimes you might get one or the other—the player might be good, but the violin can’t accommodate their skill level, or vice versa. But with Iryna and her Strad, it’s the whole package.” –Ross Gasworth Baumgartner Jr., who owned the instrument for a time in the 1960s. It broadens Krechkovsky’s range and offers fresh challenges. Cellist Ross Gasworth, the third member of Trio Céleste, hears the difference. “Iryna can draw both a very direct, clear sound when she wants to, as well as a more covered, intimate sound,” he says. “Many instruments aren’t as
Still, the first few times playing the Strad left her jittery, and it took a couple of months before she was completely comfortable with it. “It’s better not to think about it, though, because that invites problems,” she says. “It was a little bit scary playing it, and when you feel that way,” it’s easier to hit a wrong note. “So I try not to be paranoid about it.”
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Show Time Honda Center event manager keeps things running smoothly
Pacific Chorale’s John Alexander is out to expand choral music beyond its traditional structures by merging music, dance, and theater. Who better to help him cast a wider net than the men who wrestled “Moby-Dick” into an opera? Once onboard, however, composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer realized they were in uncharted territory. “There was no model to follow in writing a choral opera for 24 voices and eight instruments,” Heggie says. For “The Radio Hour,” which has its world premiere May 18, their solution was to create a character named Nora and divide up the chorale’s John Alexander Singers to create her troubled inner world and a more positive outer world of music. “It’s been a horrible day, and Nora’s head is filled with negative thoughts,” Heggie says. Adds Scheer: “The beauty of this elite chorus is that they can create an amazing sound world within Nora’s apartment. When she tunes in her radio for escape, we hear rap, swing, Latin, choral, jingles, even talk radio.” Through a door in the radio, Nora enters the world of music. When she encounters an ingenious musical puzzle, she gets a chance to change her life—and Alexander and company get a good shot at moving choral music to new levels.
night with an impromptu few songs from the back of a flatbed truck in the parking lot. “There were 3,000 or 4,000 people out there, which was a little stressful for our security staff,” he says, “but it went perfectly, and people had a good time.”
by Rose Flores Medlock Few people can say their job guarantees working with popular music artists, the Harlem Globetrotters, and bull riders. Thanks to the versatile venue that is the Honda Center, Senior Event Manager Jason Davis is one of the lucky ones. Davis began working for the Walt Disney Co. in 1998, when it owned the then Mighty Ducks and Anaheim Angels. When Henry and Susan Samueli purchased the Ducks in 2005, he switched from working strictly for the hockey team to event management at the arena. “I like that my job is always something different, whether it’s a family show like the circus or ‘Disney on Ice,’” he says. “Over the years, I’ve worked on [shows by] the Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, and UFC.” Today, Davis often sees 17- or 18-hour days for events such as concerts, which can be unpredictable. When Shakira performed at the center, she ended the 20 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
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Pacific Symphony Experience the Power of Live Music! Pacific Symphony is proud to call Orange County home, performing in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall — an architectural and acoustic gem that brings great music to life. During the summer, the orchestra can be heard at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and select outdoor parks. Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, the Symphony offers a Classical series of great orchestral masterworks; an exciting Pops season, enhanced by state-of-the-art video and sound; and Family Musical Mornings, concerts created specifically for kids 5-11.
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May 15: The Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s multiyear Beethoven: The Late Great series concludes with the triumphant sounds of his iconic Ninth Symphony and the West Coast premiere of MarkAnthony Turnage’s Beethoven-inspired “Frieze” (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
May 17 and 18: The Doobie Brothers, Keb’ Mo’, and Charles Bradley & The Extraordinaires are just a few of the acts scheduled for this year’s Doheny Blues Festival, a weekend–long jam session taking place on multiple stages (Doheny State Beach). June 22 through 29: Festival Orchestra plays period instruments in its appearance at the Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar (various locations).
July 4 through Aug. 30: For music lovers, Pacific Symphony’s concert series under the stars is a rite of summer. This year’s programs include an appearance by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Gershwin and “Fantasia” nights, and the traditional Tchaikovsky Spectacular (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater).
July 9: Bow down, mere mortals, and worship the diva glory that is Cher—although she’s turning 68 this year, she’s still going strong with her recent album “Closer to the Truth,” charming TV reality show appearances on “The Voice” and “Dancing with the Stars,” and the Dressed to Kill tour, complete with Bob Mackie costumes and special guest Cyndi Lauper (Honda Center). July 17 through Sept. 4: The bands playing in this year’s Muck Roots music series cover a range of genres, including bluegrass (Dustbowl Revival), Brazilian jazz (Grupo Falso Baiano), and traditional Korean music (Haemil) (Muckenthaler Cultural Center).
July 19: The Choral Arts Initiative may be only a year old, but it’s already commissioned its first work, from young composer Dale Trumbore. The piece will premiere at the choral group’s summer show (Our Lady Queen of Angels Church).
To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62.
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Spotlight Rich Cook June’s “Practically Perfect Poppinsâ€? concert marks Cook’s ďŹ nal show with MenAlive—Orange County’s Gay Men’s Chorus, which he founded in 2001. As Cook embarks on a new career chapter focused on sacred music, he looks back at his favorite MenAlive moments.
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“A TOUR DE FORCE FOR AN ACTOR AT THE TOP OF HER CRAFT.”
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A pioneer in 20th century drama, Ruth Draper was described as “the greatest individual performer that America has ever given.” Her uncanny ability, while alone on stage, to shift between many characters brought awe to actors, royalty and throngs of crowds for decades. Now, Annette Bening makes Draper’s timeless monologues her own — highlighting their continued influence on audiences and artists alike. Meet the harried society woman, the hostess, the debutante; like Draper before her, Bening embraces and embodies these monologues in this tour-deforce premiere.
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Brian Enos’ “Cold Winter’s Waiting” was developed at NCI and premiered by Grand Rapids Ballet
All the Right Moves Choreography project promotes new dance works by Lara Wilson
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or choreographers, professional dance commissions are often like riddles. A piece must either begin or end an evening, requiring a certain mood; it must have this number of dancers; it must use that piece of music. This kind of structure can be successful in producing a certain type of work, but the goal of the National Choreographers Initiative (NCI) is to cultivate new ideas, not tried-and-true ones. Presented annually by the NCI Advisory Committee in partnership with Irvine Barclay Theatre and UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dance Department, the NCI program offers emerging choreographers the opportunity to develop new works without a deadline and gives them time and space to hone their craft. The 20 handpicked participants—four choreographers and 16 professional ballet dancers from across the country—collaborate during a three-week work-
shop. The program culminates in a public performance followed by a question-and-answer session. (This year’s workshop runs July 7 through 26.) Molly Lynch is NCI’s founder and artistic director, as well as an associate dance professor at UC Irvine and the former artistic director of Ballet Pacifica. She says the pieces brought to life through the initiative often mature as commissions for professional companies, illustrating the value of the NCI opportunity. She estimates that 70 percent of works begun in the program join the repertories of companies nationwide, an outcome she hadn’t anticipated at the start. But it’s the audience, she says, that keeps the program going here. “They’re well educated and interested in seeing the process...it’s an audience that enjoys new work, feels engaged by it, and wants to talk about it.” And if you’re new to dance, the behind-the-scenes glimpse NCI provides will make the perfect introduction.
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A scene from one of The Wooden Floor’s annual shows
Dance to Success The payoff for students in The Wooden Floor’s programs can continue for years by Rose Flores Medlock Perhaps the most poignant effect The Wooden Floor has had on the community is evident through its success stories. A student who began dancing with the Santa Anabased organization when she was in fourth grade today is a pre-med student—the first in her family to attend college. “Her father raised her and her brother as a single parent,” says Executive Director Dawn S. Reese. “Because [of her] father’s support and The Wooden Floor’s support, she’s double majoring in math and biology. We call this the ripple effect, because her success is galvanizing her family. Her mother went on to get her GED, her brother is in college studying engineering, and her father is still an active volunteer here.” “One young man was able to rise above his circumstances and earned a scholarship to UCLA’s dance program,” adds Artistic Director Melanie Ríos Glaser. Reese and Glaser agree that cultivating an environment in which students become successful in life and school changes the child, his or her family, and the larger community of Orange County. The Wooden Floor was founded in 1983 by Beth Burns, who wanted to give low-income children a way to build confidence and develop a sense of discipline and success. “It’s also about having students problem-solve and be co-creators, making sure what they have to say and who they are really matters,” says Glaser. 28 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
Among the programs The Wooden Floor offers are Dance Free Weeks and an annual concert. Dance Free Weeks are on-site programs at area schools where students participate in dance classes one hour each day for five days. “We’ve served over 75,000 students through Dance Free Weeks and our year-round program at our Santa Ana campus,” Reese says. For the annual concert–which takes place May 29 through 31 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre this year –students work with professional choreographers from across the country.
“The process is fantastic for the students as they experience the full journey of the creative process,” Glaser says. “It builds community, a sense of self, and being witness to who they are and what they can accomplish.”
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Mariah Spears Spears planned to major in engineering in college, but when she saw Chapman University’s dance program, she was hooked. The 20-year-old sophomore hiphop dancer appeared on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” last season.
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May 16 and 17: L.A.’s Diavolo Dance Theater takes its cues from skateboard culture in “Transit Space,” complete with skate ramps and decks. The program also includes the company’s “Trajectoire” and repertory pieces (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
July 25 through 27: Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev are the Brangelina of the ballet world (just call them “Vasipova”)—the star dancers perform together in a make-up appearance from their show that was postponed earlier this year (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Aug. 1 and 2: Orange County-based contemporary company Backhausdance offers audiences an in-depth look at how a repertory work is created in the annual “Deconstructed” show (Chapman University).
Aug. 8 through 10: The Anaheim International Dance Festival 2014 celebrates the art form with an exhibit, a film screening, workshops, a gala show with guest dancers and members of Anaheim Ballet, and the “Stars of Tomorrow” performance (various locations). Aug. 15: Young up-and-coming dancers share the stage with members of major companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet in Festival Ballet Theatre’s Gala of the Stars (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62. *For an up-to-date list of arts and entertainment events, visit our online calendar at orangecoast.com/arts. And get the latest on Orange County arts events delivered to your inbox with our Don’t Miss newsletter. Sign up at orangecoast.com/join. 30 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
“I actually tried out the year before that, and the thing I needed to work on was technique. At Chapman I was taking ballet, jazz, and modern-dance classes, and that gave me the foundation I needed to give me an edge in competition. Chapman prepared me in other ways, too, like what to wear to auditions that stands out and is eye-appealing. That really helped me during the Vegas tryout round. Everyone at the school was so supportive while I was on the show. Dean of Students Jerry Price e-mailed me every week, and when I got back, everyone was so excited. A dance career is always iffy—you wonder, ‘Can I make it?’—but after being on the show, I feel like it’s something I can accomplish.”
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Powerhouse also applies to the stars of July’s Solo for Two dance event featuring the incomparable Natalia Osipova, who recently won Britain’s Critics’ Circle National Dance Award, and Ivan Vasiliev, who captivated millions of television viewers around the world with his performance during the opening ceremonies for the Sochi Olympics. Both have become international dance celebrities and are well known to Center audiences from previous visits. Their program will include two world premieres created to showcase their extraordinary personalities and unerring artistry.
Music resonates through the Center’s halls in nearly every conceivable genre. Coming up is the sophisticated jazz of Diana Krall in a special onenight-only performance. The Center’s Cabaret Series welcomes composer Jimmy Webb and Maureen McGovern. They bring the ballads and tunes they’ve each made famous. RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles features the history-making songs that originated in Liverpool and conquered the world. L.A. Opera returns to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall to perform Jules Massenet’s exotic masterpiece Thaïs. Rich in melodies and the full power of the company’s orchestra and chorus, Thaïs stars Plácido Domingo. Diana Krall
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Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev
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The Center continues to roll out the red carpet to one Broadway hit after another. Mamma Mia! is followed by the 2011 Tony Award®-winning phenomenon, The Book of Mormon. Jersey Boys is back by popular demand with its string of hits made immortal by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, as well as Ghost the Musical and Once, which won eight 2012 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the 2013 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album.
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“Powerhouse” describes the spring and summer half of Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ 2013–14 season. The calendar is filled with blockbusters and star power guaranteed to draw sold-out performances and standing ovations. Don’t miss a moment of one of Segerstrom Center’s most exciting seasons ever.
And if summer is coming, that means the Center’s annual free Movie Mondays on the Arts Plaza is on its way, too, so keep your lawn chairs handy and your beach blankets ready!
For more information about Segerstrom Center’s 2013–2014 season, visit SCFTA.org 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
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1 The body of the car, a Ferrari Modena, is made from molded fiberglass, steel, and polycarbonate sheeting. It’s roughly 14 feet long.
2 The car hangs on the wall. A cut-out space on the wall houses a rear-projection video system. It shows a driver (Sarkisian) carelessly plowing through the computer-animated streets of a popular video game.
3 While the driver crashes into virtual buildings and runs over animated pedestrians, an older man is stuck in the back seat, tossing about helplessly as the homicidal driver takes him for a joyride 34 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
through the cartoon-like terrain. The man in the back is played by Sarkisian’s father, Paul (the other Sarkisian in the exhibit title), an avant-garde artist in ’60s and ’70s Los Angeles whose paintings are showcased alongside his son’s work.
4 According to Peter Sarkisian, on one hand the driver navigates the lawless virtual world of a video game environment, where no rules apply and is free to act out homicidal recklessness with total indifference, as though he is bored while playing a video game or watching TV. On the other hand, the driver is sitting in a car, where common sense sheds light on the driver’s behavior, making him look downright insane. This conflict underscores the fundamental incompatibility of digital and physical realities and demonstrates the danger of letting the consequence-free world of digital images drive our choices, feelings and ideas back in the physical world.
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Running a Muck Fullerton cultural center stays the course with master plan by Rose Flores Medlock The Muckenthaler Cultural Center has much more going on than meets the eye: In addition to impressive expansion plans set to break ground in 2015, Executive Director Zoot Velasco is quick to point out that The Muck has been integral in helping young refugees in Fullerton learn English. “This has been going on parallel to the plan,” he says. “In 2009, we started an outreach program with Crittenton Services and their foster care for refugees. They take care of high school-aged kids from war-torn countries brought to the U.S. by the government, and with The Muck’s help, these kids are learning English twice as fast since we launched the program.” Indeed, giving back to the community by serving as a regional center for the arts was the original plan when The Muck was conceived. “We’re becoming what we were supposed to be when we were first founded in 1968,” Velasco says. “While building our
master plan, we’ve also been reaching out to do arts programs in North Orange County. Part of the reason we’ve been successful is because we keep redefining our programs and providing new services.” That flexibility is perhaps one secret to the center’s prosperity—in 2007, it operated on a $430,000 budget and last year worked with $1.1 million—which is expected to continue on an upward trajectory with each phase of the expansion. The plans call for a media lab, a gallery, dance and recording studios, arts and crafts classrooms, and indoor and outdoor event space to be added to the 1924 mansion over a five-year period. Although the approval process has been tricky with the city and state at times, given The Muck’s designation on the National Register of Historic Places, Velasco is pleased with the progress and architecture firm Gensler. Other notable regional Gensler projects include Beckman Coulter in Brea and Dodger Stadium improvements.
Release Your Inner Artist Sawdust Art Festival offers a world of creativity year round by Jenna Sampson The life of a Laguna Beach artist looks idyllic. She lives and practices her art in a sparkling seaside town and, during the summer, can show her work at one of the picturesque festivals nestled along Laguna Canyon Road. The Sawdust Art Festival allows you to live that
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dream, even if you don’t have the “artist” part down. Every summer, Sawdust showcases about 200 local artists who work in a range of media, along with hands-on opportunities to try collage, painting, printmaking, and more. “Visitors should plan to come all day and sign up for a Sawdust Studio art class,” says Maggie Spencer, who teaches fused-glass classes. “They’re only two hours long, and you don’t need any artistic experience.” Although this year’s summer festival runs from June 27 through Aug. 31, Sawdust offers art workshops year round. The classes are offered in two-hour sessions every Friday and Saturday. Choose among oil painting, figurative drawing, glassblowing, and digital photography. Other options let you fashion pendants or earrings by casting molten silver in water; make custom ceramics using the on-site pottery wheel; and create a fused-glass sushi plate.
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April 5 through May 17: Groundbreaking West Coast assemblage artist George Herms serves as curator for the group show “Body Language” (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art).
April 12 through Aug. 31: “The Lure of Chinatown: Painting California’s Chinese Communities” uses 19th and 20th century works to chart the evolution of these neighborhoods through the years (Bowers Museum).
June 7 through Aug. 10: The New York Times has “all the news that’s fit to print”—as well as photos fit to spark an artist’s creativity. In “Jody Zellen: Above the Fold,” Zellen takes images of world events from the paper and turns them into gouache paintings, digital works, and a video installation (Grand Central Art Center).
June 27 through Aug. 31: It’s not summer until the Laguna Beach art festivals open for business. Art-A-Fair and the Sawdust Art Festival (pictured), just steps from each other along Laguna Canyon Road, both offer a wide range of work by hundreds of artists as well as live music and art workshops (ArtA-Fair and Sawdust Art Festival grounds).
June 29 through Sept. 21: Well-known California landscape artist Rex Brandt considered watercolor the ideal medium to capture the effect of light and air in his scenes. The painter, who had a home in Corona del Mar, gets a retrospective in “Rex Brandt: In Praise of Sunshine” (Laguna Art Museum).
July 6 through Aug. 30: You could say that the Festival of Arts offers everything for art lovers under one roof—if, of course, the open-air fest actually had a roof. In addition to works by 140 Orange County artists, there are hands-on art workshops for children and adults, tours, demos, and special events.
To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62.
*For an up-to-date list of arts and entertainment events, visit our online calendar at orangecoast.com/arts. And get the latest on Orange County arts events delivered to your inbox with our Don’t Miss newsletter. Sign up at orangecoast.com/join.
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Test your knowledge of local museums
Haskins is the president of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories and author of the “Save Your Stuff” series. His three-person team worked on a 12-by-7-foot painting that is more than 200 years old as part of the Station of the Cross XII Conservation Project at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
O.C. museums have hosted some unusual shows over the years. See if you can distinguish the real ones from the fakes.
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Discover One Of Southern California’s “It’s a discovery process–it’s peeling back the layers to discover the problems or issues. When you looked at this painting on the wall, what jumped out was that it was extremely dirty, then you could see it was falling apart—paint was flaking off and there were cracks. It’s been forever since any significant conservation work was done. There were three amazing discoveries. Three inches of the original painting were wrapped around the bottom, and on that there’s writing from the artist. Then they wrapped 3 inches of the painting around the top, above the head of Christ—there was the Hebrew writing for the plaque in the painting that says ‘Here is Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.’ And when we popped the painting out of the wall, we found a newspaper from 1927 someone had used as a spacer. The very best effort has been made to preserve the legacy of the mission and a major element of its spiritual environment. It goes past just fixing up an old painting.”
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FOREST & OCEAN GALLERY The recently expanded Forest & Ocean is hard to miss—the building, with its panoramic windows, takes up a sizable chunk of real estate at its namesake intersection. Photography is the gallery’s main focus, complemented by three-dimensional art including ceramics, sculpture, and jewelry. Underwater photographer Allard van der Graaf’s images of sea life can be seen on rideable surfboards. Jeweler Gretchen Schields uses antique lace and woolly mammoth ivory in her designs. Owner Ludo Leideritz, an artist himself, 42 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
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gilds the back of his nature photographs with platinum and silver leaf, giving the images a unique threedimensional look. 480 Ocean Ave., 949-371-3313, forestoceangallery.com
SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART Sue Greenwood Fine Art opened its doors a decade ago as a gallery for emerging artists with an emphasis on Bay Area Figurative works. Today the gallery maintains its emphasis on contemporary realism and
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â&#x153;&#x201C; Travel Tip No. 1 â?&#x2018; Finding parking in Laguna during the summer is an adventure unto itself. Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve secured a coveted spot (or parked in the Act V lot on Laguna Canyon Road to take in the summer festivals), leave your car where it is and get around town via the free trolley. This summer, service runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily June 27 through Aug. 31 (July 4 hours are 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.). <RX FDQ Í&#x201E; QG URXWH LQIRUPDWLRQ DW visitlagunabeach.com.
â&#x153;&#x201C; Travel Tip No. 2 â?&#x2018; LCAD ON FOREST Laguna College of Art + Design on Laguna Canyon Road is gaining more exposure with its new loft-like gallery space, LCAD on Forest, in the heart of downtown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The gallery is an experiment in what happens when art, technology, and community come together,â&#x20AC;? says gallery Director Andrea Harris-McGee. The gallery features work by LCAD students, mentors, alumni, faculty, and staff, as well as professional artists. Everything from the art to the walls it hangs on changes on a monthly basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a big lab. Everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in ďŹ&#x201A;ux. We get to make it what we want,â&#x20AC;? says Harris-McGee. 225 Forest Ave., 949-376-6000, lcad.edu
ARTISTS REPUBLIC 4 TOMORROW Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow (AR4T) showcases work by emerging artists, many of whom have a background in action sports such as skating, surďŹ ng, and snowboarding. Several featured artists, including Dennis McNett and Russ Pope, have designed for Vans. (The company is a presenting sponsor of the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows.) New exhibitions appear every month, and a permanent small-works section showcases prints, original pieces, cards, jewelry, and books. In August 2013, AR4T moved its gallery to a larger space in the HIP district of Laguna Beach. 1175 S. Coast Highway, 949-988-0603, ar4t.com Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow
Gallery browsing is free, all the better to save your money for the plein-air painting youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got your eye on. Put even more cash toward your purchase by saving with the Laguna Beach Passport. For $23, you get unlimited admission all summer long to the three art festivals, one-time free parking in the Act V lot, and discounts for select shops, restaurants, and attractions. Lagunabeachpassport.com
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Taking It from the Streets Dax Gallery focuses on contemporary art for a new generation Alex Amador began working in clothing manufacturing at only 15 years old, laying the foundation for a career and an art collection. As a founder of Empire Graphic, he silk-screened shirts for surf-skate clients such as Hurley and O’Neill and met the graphic artists creating the imagery. After selling his stake in the business eight years ago to Massive Prints, he began collecting artwork. Now the 29-year-old has opened Dax Gallery in Costa Mesa, specializing in what Amador calls contemporary street art. “It’s a visual language that has evolved and matured from guerrilla-style graffiti to something acknowledged and appreciated by a large audi44 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
ence,” he says. “I personally appreciate it deeply because it focuses on a new generation and is easy to relate to.” The 4,900-square-foot gallery behind The Camp is easy to spot, thanks to the series of large murals displayed on the side of the building. “I’m talking to other businesses about adding their own murals,” Amador says. “The overall concept is to bring art to the community and get people to enjoy it. People might not go into a gallery or an art show, but they will walk past a wall, and it might spark something in them. That’s the biggest part of my plan for the gallery—reaching out and getting the community and schools involved.”
THE REDFERN GALLERY ORANGE COUNTY’S PREMIER ART GALLERY DEALING IN HISTORICAL IMPRESSIONISTIC ART FOR OVER 38 YEARS Granville Redmond A Vibrant Spring - circa 1925 16 x 20 inches framed – $84,000
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Before Julius the sock monkey, Paul Frank Industries and the company Park la Fun—before Frank’s career of creating whimsical characters that embody his blend of design, fine art, and pop culture— Frank was a kid growing up in Huntington Beach. He recalls how he got started and how a major Orange County art exhibit influenced him.
“The Back Room Spring Celebration”
May 3: Meet artists and see them at work during the Laguna Canyon Artists Spring Open Studios Event. Laguna Canyon Artists is made up of more than 25 people who work in a range of styles and media (Laguna Canyon Artists).
May 15 through June 30: JoAnne Artman Gallery is one of the most interesting contemporary art spaces in the county, with its carefully curated shows in the front room. But there are visual treats beyond the main gallery, and they come to the forefront in “The Back Room Spring Celebration” (JoAnne Artman Gallery).
May 18: Bring your walking shoes to the 20th annual Balboa Island Artwalk, where 100 artists are stationed along a 1-mile-plus stretch, selling their paintings, photography, jewelry, sculpture, and blown glass, with an array of bands performing throughout the day (Balboa Island).
July 26 through Sept. 12: Engraving, etching, intaglio, monoprint—the “L.A. Printmaking Society Members’ Exhibition” showcases all those techniques and many more. If you’re feeling inspired after seeing the juried exhibit, try it for yourself at printmaking, papermaking, and book art workshops (City of Brea Art Gallery).
To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62.
*For an up-to-date list of arts and entertainment events, visit our online calendar at orangecoast.com/arts. And get the latest on Orange County arts events delivered to your inbox with our Don’t Miss newsletter. Sign up at orangecoast.com/join.
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“Twenty years ago I went to the first ‘Kustom Kulture’ show at the Laguna Art Museum. I saw [works by] Robert Williams, Von Dutch, and Ed “Big Daddy” Roth with his custom cars made out of plaster and newspaper. It was enlightening to see the creativity, to see that this was art. “At the time, I was starting to learn how to sew and taking design courses at Orange Coast College. In my 20s, I wanted to customize my sneakers, so my mother bought me a sewing machine at Costco. Later I made some wallets, and friends all wanted one. That encouraged me, and I started to make little bags and backpacks. I’d trade custom wallets for smoothies.”—As told to Astgik Khatchatryan
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NEWPORT BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL/ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT THE HYATT REGENCY NEWPORT BEACH The recently renovated hotel is also home to the Back Bay Amphitheatre. This year, the three-day jazz festival lineup includes Chaka Khan, Brian McKnight, Dave Koz, and Mindi Abair. The summertime series has hosted performers such as Michael McDonald, Chris Botti, Michael Bolton, and Chris Isaak. 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach Jazz Festival: May 30 through June 1, festivals.hyattconcerts.com Summer Concerts: Most Friday evenings, June through October, hyattconcerts.com 50 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
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PACIFIC AMPHITHEATRE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The only thing more eclectic than the OC Fair’s annual concert series is the fair’s strangely addictive fried food items. There’s always a range of musical genres and generational acts. As of press time, only a few performers had been announced, but they include Ziggy Marley, Little Big Town, and Pink Floyd tribute band Which One’s Pink? 100 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa July 11 through Aug. 10, ocfair.com
PAINT SAN CLEMENTE PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Throughout the city, attendees can watch 100 artists during the painting process and attend the event’s culminating art show at the San Clemente Art Association’s gallery. The weeklong competition offers a hefty $13,000 in prizes. 100 N. Calle Seville, June 14 through 22, scartassociation.com
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The venue’s high season is kicking into gear, with Pacific Symphony’s summer concert series and bigname music acts splitting the schedule. The lineup includes One Republic, Paramore, and Mötley Crüe; the Country Megaticket offers access to concerts by Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, and more. (For more on Pacific Symphony, see page 22) 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine Various dates, livenation.com
The historic landmark hosts five summer concerts in the mission’s central courtyard. Attendees can dance the night away to tribute bands honoring Motown, the Eagles, Chicago, Johnny Cash, and the Beatles. 26801 Ortega Highway, June 28, July 19, and Aug. 2, 16, and 30, missionsjc.com
SHAKESPEARE ORANGE COUNTY* SUMMERFEST ORANGE COUNTY With the departure of founder and longtime Artistic Director Tom Bradac, Shakespeare Orange County gets a new name and a new leader in actor John Walcutt. The expanded season includes special appearances by performing arts groups and discount tickets for families, teens, and seniors. (Bradac hasn’t gone far—he’s still artistic director emeritus and will have a role in a coming show.) Festival Amphitheatre, 12762 Main St., Garden Grove, May through Sept., shakespeareoc.org
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CAPISTRANO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Camino Real Playhouse presents “Twelfth Night” at the adjacent Historic Town Center Park. You can also try to win a prize in the preshow Prettiest Picnic concert. 31852 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano July 25 through Aug. 3, caminorealplayhouse.org
OC PARKS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES This annual series spreads the wealth around, with concerts staged at parks throughout the county. Musically speaking, there’s a little something for everyone—from ska to indie rock to Latin music. Various locations, June through Aug., ocparks.com Spring/Summer 2014 | Premiere OC | 51
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Celebrate Imagination Families can get creative at countywide festival by Lisa Pawlak Imagine a monthlong celebration of the arts, sparking creativity across Orange County. Imagine dozens of community organizations—schools, libraries, parks, cities, and professional arts groups—hosting innovative events and hands-on activities. Imagine parents creating and exploring art alongside their children— painting the streets, listening to storytellers, discovering museums, writing haiku. Those visions become reality at Imagination Celebration. Arts Orange County and the Orange County Department of Education present the 29th annual family spring arts festival, themed “Imagination Knows No Boundaries,” from April 12 through May 25. Organizers expect about 150,000 people to attend. “What I love about this festival is it gives the pub-
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lic a chance to try out affordable arts experiences in virtually every area of the county,” says Pat Wayne, deputy director of Arts Orange County. The celebration includes more than 50 events in theater, dance, music, and visual arts. Explore Orange County Museum of Art’s Free Second Sunday, enjoy the Arts Alive & Street Painting Festival in Mission Viejo, see a juried children’s photography show at the Huntington Beach Art Center, or attend “Día del Niño” in Santa Ana’s Birch Park. Better yet, since most events are free, experience them all.
For a guide to summer arts programs for children, go to page 56.
Harmonic Convergence Three groups bring some ancient Greece to O.C. arts by Cristofer Gross Flannery O’Connor said everything that rises must converge. Three Laguna Beach arts groups hope the opposite proves true and an unusual new collaboration takes off.
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The Greeks called it ekphrasis—illuminating one thing through the interpretive powers of something else. That serves as the title for this project, in which the Laguna groups use music and dance to interpret a painting. To do it, Laguna Beach Live! chose composer Alan Chan, Laguna Dance Festival selected choreographer Bernard Gaddis, and those artists chose as their inspiration “Lotus Land” from the Laguna Art Museum collection. Chan already has experience merging music and poetry as well as creating art that raises environmental awareness. According to Museum Director Malcolm Warner, Chan’s music “is exuberant, playful, and fun,” incorporating influences ranging from traditional Chinese to big-band music. He and Gaddis chose the 1967 painting by Californian Lee Mullican for the “many scenes and themes within it.” “You see different pockets of activity and design,” Warner says. “Even though it’s a stationary work of art, it seems to unfold over time.” The process of developing the piece includes two public events prior to its premiere during September’s Laguna Dance Festival. The museum will preview the music on May 8 and more of the piece closer to the world premiere.
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April 24 through May 1: For O.C. cineastes, spring doesn’t bring flowers, romance, or the start of baseball season—it brings the Newport Beach Film Festival and its wealth of features, documentaries, and shorts, plus seminars, parties, and other special events (various locations).
April 25 and 26: Well-known for her one-woman plays that explore
Crow runs The Frida Cinema, a recently opened, two-screen independent movie house in Santa Ana’s East End neighborhood. It’s an extension of his Long Beach Cinematheque, a nonprofit that has offered audiences outdoor screenings, classics, fundraisers, and obscure celluloid gems.
contemporary social issues as well her work in film and TV shows, Anna Deavere Smith closes the Witte lecture series with a presentation titled “Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition” (Newport Beach Central Library).
May 3: It takes a special kind of mind to tie together “The Godfather,” the Kardashians, plastic surgery, the Second Amendment, and Bruce Springsteen in an overview of the U.S. Constitution. Comedian Colin Quinn covers all that and more in “Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional” (Irvine Barclay Theatre). May 4: Travel back to a simpler time—19th century California—during Rancho Days Fiesta, where the activities include basket weaving and making adobe bricks, and the entertainment features Native American, Mexican, and English settler songs and dances (Heritage Hill Historical Park).
June 22: Celebrate the changing of the season at the Summer Solstice Festival, which includes art workshops, gallery tours, an arts and crafts fair, live music, storytellers, and the event’s famous International Taco Festival (Muckenthaler Cultural Center).
July 7 through Aug. 4: Bring your popcorn and beach chair for the free Movie Mondays series, which screens a mix of contemporary and classic crowd pleasers on the exterior of Segerstrom Hall. (Segerstrom Center for the Arts). Aug. 23: The art of technology is on display at the OC Mini Maker Faire, where you can see everything from cigar-box guitars to replica “Star Wars” droids and try your hand at creating art from recycled objects, soldering badges, or launching your own handmade rocket (UC Irvine). To see a chronological list of all Editor’s Picks, go to the Arts Datebook on page 62. *For an up-to-date list of arts and entertainment events, visit our online calendar at orangecoast.com/arts. And get the latest on Orange County arts events delivered to your inbox with our Don’t Miss newsletter. Sign up at orangecoast.com/join. 54 | Premiere OC | Spring/Summer 2014
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Summer Arts Activities for Kids It’s easy to fill up your child’s summer break with vacations and day trips, beach outings, movies, and other activities. But interactive arts opportunities can be a valuable way for kids to spend their summer vacation while developing skills that will serve them in and out of the classroom—the arts have been shown to have many educational benefits. Plus, it’s a lot of fun. Here are some programs offered by local arts institutions.
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714-637-0186, mtoc.org Youth auditions for this North County company’s production of “Disney’s Tarzan the Musical” are scheduled for late April, with weekend performances July 18 through 27.
714-728-7100, artsandlearning.org The Santa Ana-based organization offers classes and works with school districts throughout the year. When summer comes, there are a variety of summer day camps for all ages that run from late June through August. Stage craft and combat, hip-hop dance, and comedy are just some of the options to choose from.
Bowers Kidseum 714-480-1520, bowers.org/kidseum Children ages 6 to 12 can travel around the world in eight weeks via Kidseum’s Art & Archaeology summer camps. The Monday-through-Friday camps run from June 23 through Aug. 15.
Festival of Arts 949-464-4234, foapom.com During the festival’s run from July 7 through Aug. 29, kids ages 5 to 12 can take classes taught by artists in disciplines such as printmaking and ceramics. Reservations are required.
Irvine Fine Arts Center 949-724-6880, irvinefinearts.org The center’s year-round roster of arts classes is sizable and covers a wide range of subjects, and it offers more of the same for its summer art camps, which run from June through August. Check the website for a complete schedule.
Laguna Playhouse 949-497-2787, extension 202, lagunaplayhouse.com Acting, movement, and musical theater are all covered in one-week workshops for kids ages 9 through 12 and 12 through 16. Students will also have the chance to perform as part of the workshops, which take place July 14 through 18 and 21 through 25.
Muckenthaler Cultural Center 866-411-1212, themuck.org The annual Multi-Arts Summer Camp for ages 6 through 12 introduces participants to a variety of hands-on arts experiences aligned with state education standards. Clowning, puppetry, music, painting, and dance are just some examples of what kids get to do at this camp, which runs from June through August.
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949-234-1315, missionsjc.com Kids can take a spin on the wheel—the pottery wheel—in the ceramics camp for ages 6 through 12. They’ll learn how to throw clay as well as glaze their finished work. The camp is offered in two sessions in July and August.
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Orange County School of the Arts 714-560-0900, extension 5630, ocsarts.net The school’s enrichment program offers summer sessions from June 23 through July 31. Grade level and length of sessions vary; subjects include creative writing, animation, ballroom dance, and television production.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2122, scfta.org Six Days of Broadway! is a an intensive musicaltheater workshop where students ages 11 to 19 learn from professionals and present a show at the end of their weeklong sessions. Summer at the Center offers a similarly in-depth musical-theater experience (this one for two weeks) for at-risk high schoolers and also culminates in a show for the public.
South Coast Repertory 714-708-5510, scr.org SCR’s Summer Acting Workshops provide kids with the chance to learn voice, movement, improvisation, and other elements of theater. There are two-week sessions from July 14 through 26 and July 28 through Aug. 9, and students in grades three through 12 are divided into age groups. For older students (grades seven through 12) there is a summer musicaltheater workshop, and an advanced musical-theater workshop for grades eight through 12.
UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts 949-824-8976, outreach.arts.uci.edu Middle and high school students get professionaland college-level training at Summer Academies in the Arts workshops. Offerings are grouped into music, art, dance, and drama categories, with specific workshops such as digital filmmaking, computer music programming, and music theater.
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Orange County Arts Organizations and Venues CULTURAL/ PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949-498-2139, casaromantica.org
Art + Technology UC Irvine 712 Arts Plaza, 949-824-6206, beallcenter.uci.edu Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, 714-567-3600, bowers.org
Clayes Performing Arts Center Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., 657-278-3371, fullerton.edu
Children’s Museum at La Habra 301 S. Euclid St., 562-905-9793, lhcm.org
Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive, 949-854-4646, thebarclay.org
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity 3321 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-660-7791, chuckjonescenter.org
Muckenthaler Cultural Center 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton, 714-738-6595, themuck.org Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 and 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714-556-2787, scfta.org Soka Performing Arts Center 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, 949-480-4278, performingarts.soka.edu
ExplorOcean 600 E. Bay Ave., Newport Beach, 949-675-8915, explorocean.org Festival of Arts 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 800-487-3378, foapom.com Fullerton Museum Center 301 N. Pomona Ave., 714-738-6545, cityoffullerton.com
Festival of Arts Huntington Beach Art Center 538 Main St., 714-374-1650, huntingtonbeachart center.org International Surfing Museum 411 Olive Ave., Huntington Beach, 714-960-3483, surfingmuseum.org Irvine Fine Arts Center 14321 Yale Ave., 949-724-6880, irvinefinearts.org The Irvine Museum 18881 Von Karman Ave., Suite 100, 949-476-0294, irvinemuseum.org Kidseum 1802 N. Main St., Santa Ana 714-480-1520, bowers.org Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, 949-494-8971, lagunaartmuseum.org
Soka Performing Arts Center
MUSEUMS/ ART CENTERS Art-A-Fair 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949-494-4514, art-a-fair.com Beall Center for
Grand Central Art Center 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, 714-567-7233, grandcentralartcenter.com Heritage Museum of Orange County 3101 W. Harvard St., Santa Ana, 714-540-0404, heritagemuseumoc.org
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Muzeo 241 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, 714-95-MUZEO (956-8936), muzeo.org Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, 714-667-1517, occca.org Orange County Museum of Art 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, 949-759-1122, ocma.net
Palm Court Arts Complex at Orange County Great Park Marine Way and Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine, 866-829-3829, ocgp.org Pretend City Children’s Museum 29 Hubble, Irvine, 949428-3900, pretendcity.org Sawdust Art Festival 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949-494-3030, sawdustartfestival.org
MUSIC Choral Arts Initiative 949-287-4270, choralartsinitiative.org Dana Point Symphony 301-832-0388, danapointsymphony.com Laguna Beach Live! 949-715-9713, lagunabeachlive.org MenAlive, the Orange County Gay Men’s Chorus 866-636-2548, menalivechorus.org Orange County Symphony 714-778-0314, ocsymphony.org Pacific Chorale 714-662-2345, pacificchorale.org Pacific Symphony 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org
Philharmonic Society of Orange County 949-553-2422, philharmonicsociety.org
Cabrillo Playhouse 202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente, 949-492-0465, cabrilloplayhouse.org
South Coast Symphony 714-731-8079, southcoastsymphony.org
Camino Real Playhouse 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949-489-8082, caminorealplayhouse.org
DANCE Anaheim Ballet 714-520-0904, anaheimballet.org Backhausdance 714-497-3137, backhausdance.org Festival Ballet Theatre 714-962-5440, festivalballet.org Laguna Dance Festival 949-715-5578, lagunadancefestival.org
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity
Chance Theater 5552 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills, 714-7773033, chancetheater.com Costa Mesa Playhouse 661 Hamilton St., 949-650-5269, costamesaplayhouse.com Curtis Theatre 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, 714-990-7722, curtistheatre.com
Maverick Theater 110 E. Walnut Ave., Fullerton, 714-526-7070, mavericktheater.com
Westminster Community Theatre 7272 Maple St., 714-893-8626, wctstage.org
Musical Theatre Orange County 714-637-0186, mtoc.org
CONCERT VENUES
Musical Theatre Village 36-C Mauchly, Irvine, 949-753-1996, musicaltheatrevillage.net Mysterium 19211 Dodge Ave., Santa Ana, 714-505-3454, mysteriumtheater.com Newport Theatre Arts Center 2501 Cliff Drive, Newport Beach, 949-631-0288, ntaconline.com The Irvine Museum National Choreographers Initiative nchoreographers.org The Wooden Floor 714-541-8314, thewoodenďŹ&#x201A;oor.org
THEATERS
Encore Dinner Theatre 690 El Camino Real, Tustin, 855-545-5400, encoredinnertheatre.com Geffen Playhouse 10886 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles 310-208-2028 geffenplayhouse.com
3-D Theatricals Plummer Auditorium, 201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, 714-589-2770, 3dtshows.com
Huntington Beach Playhouse 7111 Talbert Ave., 714-375-0696, hbplayhouse.com
Attic Community Theater 2995 W. Segerstrom Ave., Santa Ana, 714-662-2525, ocact.com
Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949-497-2787, lagunaplayhouse.com
Rose Center Theater 14140 All American Way, Westminster, 714-793-1150, rosecentertheater.com Shakespeare Orange County * Summerfest Orange County Festival Amphitheatre 12762 Main St., Garden Grove, 714-590-1575, shakespeareoc.org South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714-708-5555, scr.org Stages Theatre 400 E. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, 714-525-4484, stagesoc.org
City National Grove of Anaheim 2200 E. Katella Ave., 714-712-2700, citynational groveofanaheim.com The Coach House 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949-496-8930, thecoachhouse.com Honda Center 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, 714-704-2500, hondacenter.com House of Blues Anaheim 1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, 714-778-BLUE (2583), hob.com/anaheim The Observatory/ Constellation Room 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, 714-957-0600, observatoryoc.com PaciďŹ c Amphitheater 100 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 714-708-1870, pacamp.com Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, 949-855-8095, livenation.com
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Galleries A sampling of O.C. galleries ALISO VIEJO Founders Hall Art Gallery Soka University 1 University Drive 949-480-4081, soka.edu
ANAHEIM Center Gallery 250 Center St., 714-765-4422, anaheim.net Rothick Art Haus 170 S. Harbor Blvd. 714-829-8283, rothick.com
BREA City of Brea Gallery 1 Civic Center Circle 714-990-7731, breagallery.com
Magoski Arts Colony 223/225 W. Santa Fe Ave. 714-441-1504, agoskiartscolony.com
JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 N. Coast Highway 949-510-5481, joanneartmangallery.com
IRVINE
LCAD on Forest 225 Forest Ave. 949-376-6000, lcad.edu
CAC, Room, and University Art galleries UC Irvine 949-824-9854, arts.uci.edu
LAGUNA BEACH Artist Eye Laguna Gallery 1294 S. Coast Highway 949-497-5898, artisteyelagunagallery.com Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow 1175 S. Coast Highway 949-988-0603, ar4t.com
Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art 611 S. Coast Highway 949-715-9604, lgoca.com Lu Martin Galleries 372 N. Coast Highway 949-494-8074, lumartingalleries.com Peter Blake Gallery 435 Ocean Ave. 949-376-9994, peterblakegallery.com
1945 Laguna Canyon Road 949-376-7611, simardbilodeau.com Studio 7 Galleries 384-B N. Coast Highway 1590 S. Coast Highway, Suite 3 949-497-1080 (north), 949-715-0012 (south) studio7gallery.com Sue Greenwood Fine Art 330 N. Coast Highway 949-494-0669, suegreenwoodfineart.com Townley Gallery 570 S. Coast Highway 949-715-1860, townleygallery.com
NEWPORT BEACH
Sarah Bain Gallery 110 W. Birch St., #1 714-990-0500, sarahbaingallery.com
Art Resource Group 20351 Irvine Ave. 949-640-1972, artresourcegroup.com
CORONA DEL MAR
Brett Rubbico Gallery 361 Old Newport Blvd. 949-515-5102, brettrubbicogallery.com
SCAPE Gallery 2859 E. Coast Highway 949-723-3406, scapesite.com
Debra Huse Gallery 229 Marine Ave. 949-723-6171, debrahusegallery.com
COSTA MESA The ARTery Gallery @ The Lab 2930 Bristol St., thelab.com Dax Gallery 2951 Randolph St. 714-957-1706, daxgallery.com H Space Gallery Hurley 1945 Placentia Ave. 949-548-9375, hurley.com Martin Lawrence Galleries South Coast Plaza 3333 Bear St. 949-759-0134, martinlawrence.com
DANA POINT The Shed Fine Art Gallery 24471 Del Prado 949-429-5591, theshed-danapoint.com
FULLERTON Begovich Gallery Cal State Fullerton 800 State College Blvd. 657-278-7750, fullerton.edu
Tanya U. Lozano AvantGarden at the Santora Building BC Space 235 Forest Ave. 949-497-1880, bcspace.com The Bluebird Gallery 1540 S. Coast Highway 949-497-5377, bluebirdgallery.net Cove Gallery 1492 #8 S. Coast Highway 949-494-1878, covegallerylaguna.com Dawson Cole Fine Art 326 Glenneyre St. 949-497-4988, dawsoncolefineart.com Forest & Ocean 480 Ocean Ave. 949-371-3313, forestoceangallery.com The George Gallery 354 N. Coast Highway 949-715-4377, thegeorgegallery.com
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Quorum Gallery 374 N. Coast Highway 949-494-4422, quorumgallery.com Redfern Gallery 1540 S. Coast Highway 949-497-3356, redferngallery.com Salt Fine Art 1492 S. Coast Highway 949-715-5554, saltfineart.net Sandstone Gallery 384-A N. Coast Highway 949-497-6775, sandstonegallery.com Seven Degrees 891 Laguna Canyon Road 949-376-1555, seven-degrees.com Simard Bilodeau Galerie
Lahaina Galleries Fashion Island 1173 Newport Center Drive 949-721-9117, lahainagalleries.com Susan Spiritus Gallery 20351 Irvine Ave. 714-754-1286, susanspiritusgallery.com YellowKorner Gallery Fashion Island 401 Newport Center Drive, Suite A203 949-706-0415, yellowkorner.com
ORANGE Guggenheim Gallery Chapman University 1 University Drive 714-997-6800, guggenheimgallery.com
SAN CLEMENTE San Clemente Art Association Gallery 100 N. Calle Seville 949-492-7175, paintsanclemente.com
Gallery 104 166 Avenida del Mar 949-218-0903, gallery104.com
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO The Cottage Gallery 31701 Los Rios St. 949-340-6693 Mission Fine Art Gallery 31760 Camino Capistrano, Suite C 949-291-7738, mission-ďŹ ne-art.com
SANTA ANA Avantgardenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Art Gallery 207 N. Broadway 714-558-8843, artavantgarden.com F+ Gallery 661 Poinsettia St. 714-493-9430, fplusgallery.com
Ginac Gallery 200 N. Spurgeon St. 949-310-8840, ginacgallery.com Night Gallery Ceramics 201 N. Main St. 714-973-8477, nightgalleryceramics.com Q Art Salon 205 N. Sycamore St. 714-835-8833, qartsalon.com Showcase Gallery South Coast Plaza Village 3851 S. Bear St., Suite B-15, 714-540-6430, ocďŹ nearts.org
TUSTIN Chemers Gallery 17300 E. 17th St., Suite G 714-731-5432, chemersgallery.com
CONCERTS
JoAnne Artman Gallery
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Arts Datebook APRIL ‘Body Language’ April 5 through May 17 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana 714-667-1517, occca.org Newport Beach Film Festival April 24 through May 1 Various locations 949-253-2880, newportbeachfilmfest.com Anna Deavere Smith: ‘Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition’ April 25 and 26 Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. 949-717-3890, nbplfoundation.org Pacific Playwrights Festival April 25 through 27 South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa 714-708-5555, scr.org ‘Chuck Jones: Drawn from the Far Side’ April 26 through Aug. 3 Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana 714-567-3600, bowers.org
MAY ‘Into the Woods’ May 2 through 18 Plummer Auditorium 201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, 714-589-2770, 3dtshows.com ‘Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional’ May 3, Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, 949-854-4646, thebarclay.org Laguna Canyon Artists Spring Open Studios Event May 3, Laguna Canyon Artists, 3251 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach lagunacanyonartists.com
Rancho Days Fiesta May 4, Heritage Hill Historical Park 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest 949-923-2230, ocparks.com/heritagehill/ ‘don’t u luv me?’ May 8 through 10 Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach 949-497-2787, lagunaplayhouse.com ‘The Book of Mormon’ May 13 through 25 Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa 714-556-2787, scfta.org Beethoven: The Late Great—The Finale May 15, Segerstrom Center for the Arts 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 949-553-2422, philharmonicsociety.org ‘The Back Room Spring Celebration’ May 15 through June 30 JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach 949-510-5481, joanneartmangallery.com Diavolo Dance Theater May 16 and 17 Irvine Barclay Theatre Doheny Blues Festival May 17 and 18 Doheny State Beach 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point 949-360-7800, dohenybluesfestival.com Balboa Island Artwalk May 18, South Bayfront Promenade, Balboa Island balboaislandartwalk.info
JUNE ‘Jody Zellen: Above the Fold’ June 7 through Aug. 10 Grand Central Art Center 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana 714-567-7233, grandcentralartcenter.com
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Summer Solstice Festival June 22, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton 866-411-1212, themuck.org
Cher’s Dressed to Kill Tour July 9, Honda Center 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, 714-704-2500, hondacenter.com
Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar June 22 through 29 Various locations 949-760-7887, bmf-cdm.org
‘Washi: Printmaking with Paper of Fukui’ July 10 through Sept. 28 Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Art-A-Fair June 27 through Aug. 31 Art-A-Fair grounds 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949-494-4514, art-a-fair.com Sawdust Art Festival June 27 through Aug. 31 Sawdust Art Festival grounds, 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach 949-494-3030, sawdustartfestival.org ‘Rex Brandt: In Praise of Sunshine’ June 29 through Sept. 21 Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, 949-494-8971, lagunaartmuseum.org
JULY ‘In the Heights’ July 3 through Aug. 3 Chance Theater 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, 714-777-3033, chancetheater.com Pacific Symphony Summer Concert Series July 4 through Aug. 30 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org Festival of Arts July 6 through Aug. 30 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach 800-487-3378, foapom.com Movie Mondays July 7 through Aug. 4 Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Muck Roots July 17 through Sept. 4 Muckenthaler Cultural Center Choral Arts Initiative July 19, Our Lady Queen of Angels Church 2046 Mar Vista Drive, Newport Beach 949-287-4270, choralartsinitiative.org Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev July 25 through 27 Segerstrom Center for the Arts ‘L.A. Printmaking Society Members’ Exhibition’ July 26 through Sept. 12 City of Brea Art Gallery 1 Civic Center Circle 714-990-7731, breagallery.com
AUGUST ‘Deconstructed’ Aug. 1 and 2 Chapman University 1 University Drive, Orange 714-497-3137, backhausdance.org Anaheim International Dance Festival 2014 Aug. 8 through 10 Various locations Gala of the Stars Aug. 15, Irvine Barclay Theatre, 949-854-4646, festivalballet.org ‘Once’ Aug. 19 through 31 Segerstrom Center for the Arts OC Mini Maker Faire Aug. 23, UC Irvine, 712 Arts Plaza ocminimakerfaire.wordpress.com
PREMIERE
Thank you for supporting the arts
ART-A-FAIR page 39
CHARLIE PALMER page 53
IRVINE BARCLAY THEATER pages 13 & 29
MONACO JEWELERS
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ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS page 11
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS pages 7 & 31
BACKHAUS DANCE page 57
DAWSON COLE page 37
BOWERS MUSEUM page 8
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS page 32
BRION JEANNETTE page 35
GAETANO HARDWOOD FLOORS page 55
LUGANO DIAMONDS
KELLEHER AND ASSOCIATES
LAGUNA ART MUESEUM pages 47
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MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER
ORANGE COAST MAGAZINE
ORANGE COUNTY FINE ARTS
page 48
page 61
PACIFIC CHORALE page 15
page 57
PACIFIC SYMPHONY page 21
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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY page 19
SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA page 16
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY page 5
THE SHED
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CALIFORNIA CLOSETS page 2-3
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE page 24
MARTIN LAWRENCE GALLERY page 40
ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART page 27
REDFERN GALLERY page 45
YELLOW KORNER page 61
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