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PREMIERE Your guide to the performing and visual arts in Orange County Fall/Winter 2016-2017
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54 SCENIC O.C. Inspiration is everywhere for these local artists
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Dance world star becomes UCI professor; first steps to a new studio
MIXED MEDIA Exploring the arts at Santa Ana Sites; literary lights shine bright in Newport
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VISUAL ARTS Gallery owners share their favorite spots; local artist has a heart for the homeless
Panto-monium in Laguna; SCR reaches a CrossRoads
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MUSIC Matthew Morrison returns to the O.C., John Alexander says goodbye to Pacific Chorale
Performance highlights from 30 years of Segerstrom Center for the Arts
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Venues/Organizations Gallery Guide Holiday Datebook Datebook Encore
54 ON THE COVER: Matthew Morrison Photography by Brian Bowen Smith 4 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Matt Kopec (Buddy) and the cast of Elf The Musical. Photo by Joan Marcus
HOLIDAY JOY AT SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS! Dec 4
Johnny Mathis 60th Anniversary Christmas Show It’s just not Christmas without Johnny Mathis!
Dec 9–18
ABT’s The Nutcracker A holiday tradition for the entire family to enjoy
Dec 20–Jan 1
Elf The Musical This modern day classic is the perfect gift for everyone on your list
Dec 22
The Klezmatics The Grammy-winning superstars make their Center debut
Dec 23
Fiesta Navidad The pageantry and excitement of Mexican holiday customs come to life
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Source of Inspiration The magic of the arts is to take inspiration from the past and use this to create something new. That’s what we celebrate in this issue of Premiere OC—a blend of tradition, inspiration, and innovation. One performer whose career has inspired many local students is Matthew Morrison, who honed his craft at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) before forging a career as a Broadway and television star. Morrison returns to Orange County with a cabaret act at the Irvine Barclay Theatre—and, just maybe, a master class at his alma mater (page 10). When it comes to tradition, O.C. must say goodbye to John Alexander, who served at the helm of Pacific Chorale for 45 years—but not before he leaves us with an exciting repertoire of concerts this season (page 12). We also cover innovators such as Allan Moon, who presents performances in unorthodox sites throughout Santa Ana. In doing so, he has brought the arts to new audiences and venues and will be recognized with an OC Arts Award (page 44). It’s not just the people of O.C.’s arts scene doing great things. Our performing and visual arts venues showcase programming that gives us a bounty of cultural riches. We celebrate the 30th anniversary of our major venue, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, by asking longtime patrons for their favorite shows (page 50). Other venues to visit this season include the Barclay, the Musco Center for the Arts, Laguna Playhouse, Cal State Fullerton, Soka University, and more; plan your cultural calendar with our Datebook (page 68). And, speaking of innovation, don’t miss our coverage of South Coast Repertory’s CrossRoads program (page 20). Our local museums also have plenty to offer, including the Bowers Museum, Laguna Art Museum, The Irvine Museum, Orange County Museum of Art, Muzeo, and the Hilbert Museum of California Art. Discover great new artists with the help of leading gallerists who recommend their favorite spots (page 34). And you’re sure to be inspired by the Santa Ana artist whose subjects, the homeless men and women of the community, are depicted in their portraits with dignity and respect (page 36). Inspiration and innovation—it’s all here in Orange County, and in this issue of Premiere OC. And for more arts coverage, be sure to read Orange Coast, and sign up for our weekly events newsletter at orangecoast.com.
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The legendary Tony Bennett is one of many musicians coming to Orange County this season. See more on page 14.
Photography courtesy of Bryan Adams Trunk Archive
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Stage and television star Matthew Morrison brings his cabaret act to the Barclay. By Cristofer Gross
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atthew Morrison, who shot to fame as show choir director of the fictitious William McKinley High School on the hit TV series “Glee,” will be back on campus in Orange County. The Broadway veteran, who graduated from Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), will perform an evening of cabaret with his band March 4 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on UC Irvine’s campus. “I love coming to Orange County,” he says. “I get to invite all my old high school friends; it’s a real homecoming for me.” Fans will hear music from “Glee” as well as his two CDs and many musical roles—from “Footloose,” his Broadway debut, to last year’s “Finding Neverland,” in which he played a swashbuckling J.M. Barrie, the author of “Peter Pan.” “The Barclay show will be kind of a career retrospective, highlighting different shows that I’ve been part of, like ‘Hairspray,’ ‘South Pacific,’ and ‘The Light in the Piazza,’ and songs from ‘Glee’ and my albums.” At age 11, Morrison moved to Orange County from Northern California. At Los Alamitos High School, which then housed OCSA, he went to regular classes until 1:30 p.m. and then headed to the then-condemned Oak Middle School, where “they opened up two rooms for us to hold all our drama, music, and dance classes.” It was during those Los Al years that the future Emmy-, Tony-, and Golden Globe-nominated Morrison would develop talent and a natural ease with the limelight, serving as both senior class president and prom king. “The great thing about these cabaret concerts is that they get me up on stage and doing what I love to do most,” he says. “They’ve been a great lifeline for me. It’s such a joy to share music with an audience.” thebarclay.org
Photography by Brian Bowen Smith
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s artistic director of Pacific Chorale, John Alexander brings a certain strategy to concert programming. “I always build my seasons with an architectural structure: the beginning and ending concerts are the pillars that hold the rest of it together,” he says. Planning those two concerts for 2016-’17 took on special resonance—this is Alexander’s 45th and final season with the organization. Alexander opens the season Oct. 30 with Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” a work that Beethoven regarded as his finest composition. “Beethoven lays out the whole of our life experience in this work, expressing the human emotions of joy, sorrow, compassion, humility, and ecstasy,” he says. “Performing the ‘Missa’ requires superhuman technical skills from the singers, and the Pacific Chorale is one of the few choirs in the country that has the musical and vocal skills to create a successful performance.” For the May 13 season closer, Alexander chose Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Sea Symphony,” a brilliant 20th-century work greatly influenced by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Using text from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” it is an exuberant paean to living life to the fullest. “The ‘Sea Symphony’ tells us to go out and explore, be willing to risk our lives, and sail as far as we can, unafraid of what lies ahead”—a fitting credo for Alexander’s journey into retirement. pacificchorale.org 12 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
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Music Events Maria Schneider Orchestra
Oct. 23: Tony Bennett. Really, that’s all we need to say (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Nov. 20: If you want to see the Berlin Philharmonic, better act now—it’s been 15 years since the orchestra was last in town. Conductor Sir Simon Rattle oversees a program that includes Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Dec. 1 through 3: Pianists
Jan. 21: Kronos Quartet is part
are the key to Pacific Symphony’s season; of the 12 classical concerts, seven of them feature guest artists on the ivories. This month, it’s MacArthur Fellowshipwinner Jeremy Denk in a concert of Viennese music (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
of the Philharmonic Society’s Eclectic Orange Series and the concert lives up to that name—on the bill are The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” as well as a new work commissioned by the philharmonic society as part of the 50 for the Future: Kronos Learning Repertoire to nurture young string quartets (Musco Center for the Arts).
Dec. 3: South Coast Symphony and guest vocalists tell tales in Opera Favorites with Stories from the Stage via arias, duets, and trios (Soka University).
Jan. 19: Ladysmith Black Mambazo stirs the spirit with its gospel-influenced South African music, which has moved audiences around the world for more than 40 years (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
Feb. 7 through 12: Cellist Johannes Moser is this year’s artistic director of the Laguna Beach Music Festival; he’ll perform solo, with the Calder Quartet, and in a finale with music for up to a dozen cellos (Laguna Playhouse).
Feb. 8: They’ve got the beat—the taiko drumming group Kodo pres-
ents its latest show, Dadan 2017, complete with its centerpiece instrument, the O-daiko, which weighs in at almost 900 pounds (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Feb. 15 and 16: Between “Stressed Out” and “Ride,” Twenty One Pilots has been all over the radio in 2016. Now they’re on tour—and your kid probably already has tickets to the show (Honda Center).
Feb. 21: The Maria Schneider Orchestra is led by the composer/ conductor whose two latest Grammys came earlier this year—one for her pastoral “The Thompson Fields” jazz album and the other for a collaboration with David Bowie (Soka Performing Arts Center).
Feb. 23 through 28: As part of its initiative to give opera a presence in Orange County, Pacific Symphony, joined by Pacific Chorale, presents a semistaged production of “Aida” (Segerstrom Center for the Arts). Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Broadway comes to O.C. with the touring production of the Tony-winning musical comedy, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.” Photography by Joan Marcus
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ords can lose something in translation, even from England to America. Thanks to the Lythgoe family— whose patriarch is “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe—the word “pantomime” has lost the mime and gained its voice as a boisterous holiday entertainment called panto. Kris Lythgoe, Nigel’s son, created the American version of panto. This Dec. 7 through 30, Laguna Playhouse will present Lythgoe’s “Sleeping Beauty” panto. It’s the second year of a relationship both the Lythgoes and Lagunans hope will be a long-running family affair. Becky Lythgoe, one of the producers, says panto takes classic fairy tales and turns them into interactive, hiss-the-villain melodramas filled with current pop songs sung by the story’s characters. Songs are chosen to appeal to a wide range of ages, from Jessie J’s “Domino”
and Pharrell Williams’s “Happy” to perennials such as “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor. “Our goal is to create holiday theater alternatives to ‘Christmas Carol’ or ‘Nutcracker’ that are affordable for families and help young audiences fall in love with the theater so that we make sure we have a future for theater,” Lythgoe says. The Lythgoes now have six productions available, with different shows in Pasadena and San Diego this year. Each performance includes the added attraction of preshow activities. “Families can come an hour early and do arts and crafts, cutting out snowflakes or decorating ornaments with characters from the show,” Lythgoe explains. “It’s part of getting the kids excited about live theater.” lagunaplayhouse.com
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Lucy Lawless, Olivia Holt, and Garrett Clayton from the 2014 production of “Sleeping Beauty” Photography by Mike Rozman
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or a play commissioning effort that takes its name from trafďŹ c intersections, South Coast Repertory’s CrossRoads Program is staunchly opposed to giving directions. “We have an ethos that we don’t tell the playwright what to write,â€? explains SCR Literary Director Kimberly Colburn. Two of the 10 commissions that were funded through Time Warner Foundation grants in 2013 and 2015 have already made it to the stage. Qui Nguyen’s “Vietgoneâ€? had critically acclaimed runs at SCR and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and is scheduled for productions at Seattle Repertory and the Manhattan Theatre Club. Aditi Brennan Kapil’s “Orangeâ€? will be produced by SCR from March 5 through 26. CrossRoads’s mission to celebrate the county’s diversity by fostering plays by ethnically and racially diverse writers meant that each commissioned playwright agreed to a short residency during which they explored Orange County. Surprisingly, both Nguyen and Kapil wound up in areas within themselves they had declared off-limits. “SCR said, ‘Come out to Orange County, explore our community, meet nice people, and then go write whatever you feel like writing,’â€? Kapil says. “And Qui and I both ended up writing something very new for us and very personal, from a place we really hadn’t gone to as artists.â€? Returning home to Minneapolis certain she would not write about Orange County, Kapil laughs: “Instead, I’ve written a play called ‘Orange’ set entirely in Orange County.â€? She describes it as a coming-of-age story about “a very alternative human,â€? which begins with a mother and daughter talking as they land at John Wayne Airport. “With ‘Vietgone,’â€? says Colburn, “Qui discovered pictures at UC Irvine of the refugee camp where his parents met. In that moment, he found inspiration to write a play he always wanted to write but didn’t have the gumption to attack yet. “Our job is just to bring them here and hope inspiration strikes,â€? she adds. “So far we’ve been pretty lucky.â€? scr.org
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Theater Events “Matilda”
Oct. 8 through Nov. 5: Playwright Paula Vogel reimagines the life of Othello’s wife in “Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief” (STAGEStheatre).
Oct. 13 through 23: Two preteens meet and embark on adventure in “The Boy at the Edge of Everything,” a play geared towards kids and families. Of note is the Oct. 22 “relaxed performance,” which is modified to accommodate audience members with learning disabilities, sensory disorders, and other special needs (Chance Theater).
Oct. 14 through Nov. 13: Babies switched at birth. Breakneck plot twists and turns. Passion, revenge, and musical numbers. The over-the-top world of telenovelas gets affectionately spoofed in “Destiny of Desire” (South Coast Repertory).
Jan. 17 through 29: A young girl defies the odds—and cruel parents and a nasty headmistress—
as she fights for a better life in “Matilda,” the musical based on the Roald Dahl children’s book (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Jan. 20 through Feb. 19: The Chicago Tribune hailed Lookingglass Theatre Company’s production of “Moby Dick” as “exceptionally enjoyable and accessible” and one of the company’s greatest shows of the past 20 years. Now, O.C. audiences can join the hunt for the great white whale (South Coast Repertory).
Feb. 24 through March 5: Looking for good, old-fashioned melodrama, complete with mustache-twirling villains, brave heroes, and gunfights? Then check out “Three Bandits and a Baby,” loosely based on San Juan Capistrano history (Camino Real Playhouse).
Feb. 28 through March 5: How does someone ensure his inheritance by offing his eight other relatives while also making sure his fiancée and mistress don’t find out about each other? Learn how in the Tony-winning musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
March 1 through 26: Actor/ pianist Hershey Felder has found his niche performing one-man shows about famous composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin. Next in the lineup: “Our Great Tchaikovsky” (Laguna Playhouse). “Moby Dick” 22 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
For a list of all Editor’s Picks, turn to the Datebook on page 68.
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Dance
Russia’s Mikhailovsky Ballet presents “Le Corsaire” this season; to see more dance offerings, turn to page 30.
Photography by Jack Devant
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UP A STEP U UCI enhances its reputation as a top dance school with the addition of Lar Lubovitch to the faculty. By Lara Wilson
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C Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts has a reputation for appointing esteemed working choreographers to join the faculty of the Department of Dance, and its latest hire continues the trend. Lar Lubovitch, whom The New York Times named “one of the 10 best choreographers in the world,” joins the department as a distinguished professor. Lubovitch brings to UC Irvine a career rich in experience and accolades. The New York-based Lar Lubovitch Dance Company celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017-’18 and the UCI Department of Dance will play a role in marking that milestone. Lubovitch has earned glowing notices for his company’s per-
his professional projects. Some opportunities will include the use of new technology to facilitate collaborations, lecture-demonstrations, and rehearsals from New York studios and other places around the world. Lubovitch will return to Irvine for five weeks in February; a dancer in his company will stay another five, teaching repertory. Lubovitch will present works during the department’s annual “Dance Visions” production Feb. 23 through 25.
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formances around the world and his appointment with the Dance Department will provide opportunities for UCI and the local community to engage with his work. Highlights of Lubovitch’s choreographic career include his work with American Ballet Theatre, Russia’s Mikhailovsky Ballet, Broadway’s “Into the Woods” and the 1996 revival of “The King and I,” and founding the Chicago Dancing Festival. So it’s no surprise that the faculty vote for Lubovitch’s distinguished professorship was unanimous. It capped off a three-year recruitment process, says Department Chair Lisa Naugle. The conversations identified ways Lubovitch could have the greatest impact in Southern California while continuing
“Crossing borders is the underlying raison d’être of making dance, to keep moving forward, discovering things newly. Universities like UCI, who’ve embraced the professional dance world, have been and remain the leading exponents of dance education,” Lubovitch says. Naugle adds, “Working within and across many disciplines, the field of dance is diverse and includes many generations. That accounts for our interest and intention to explore Lar’s work using the Internet. His presence will be felt through multiple aspects, such as online and streaming. And with two distinguished professors, Lubovitch and Donald McKayle, we have a long reach into the past, but also a long reach into the future.” www.arts.uci.edu Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 27
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Gina Cerato (center) and some of her dance students
‘DeFore’ and After Instructor works towards new studio to replace a local institution. By Lara Wilson
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hen Gina Cerato heard that Jimmie DeFore Dance Center would be closing after 38 years, it meant she and 45 other teachers—some of the most in-demand in the area—were out of a job. With approximately 3,000 dancers from beginning to professional levels similarly displaced from the Costa Mesa studio, Cerato turned to Go Fund Me to begin raising the money needed to give them all a new home. The prospective studio will replicate DeFore in its unique variety of open, preprofessional teen and adult classes and its broad clientele, standing apart from other studios in the area that focus primarily on children’s programs. What Cerato envisions would “cater to all different levels, all different ages,” letting students drop in as their schedules allow. DeFore was one of its kind in the area; 45 miles away, L.A.’s EDGE Performing Arts Center is the next closest option. Other cities, such as New York and San Francisco, offer a few such hubs for pros 28 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Jimmie DeFore Dance Center was a local dance institution before closing its doors.
and dance lovers. “There’s no reason why, here in Orange County, we wouldn’t be able to do that as well,” says Cerato. gofundme.com/danceoc
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Dance Events Oct. 15: The founders of L.A.’s BODYTRAFFIC want to make that city a major destination for dance, and if anyone can do it, it should be “the company of the future,” as the contemporary troupe was dubbed by The Joyce Theater Foundation (Musco Center for the Arts).
Oct. 15 and 16: Festival Ballet Theatre’s Storybook Season Series begins with “The Secret Garden,” in which the Frances Hodgson Burnett tale is told through multimedia set design, an original score, and contemporary ballet choreography (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
who embarks on a cross-cultural journey to become a dancer, into a family-oriented piece called “Chotto Desh” (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
Nov. 18 through 20: Ivan Vasiliev and Polina Semionova headline Mikhailovsky Ballet’s presentation of “Le Corsaire,” which the St. Petersburg company premiered in 2015 (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
Feb. 10 and 11: Savion Glover marries his genius tap skills with the music of Mozart, Bach, and more—played by an eight-piece ensemble—in “Classical Savion” (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
Oct. 27 through 29: Akram Khan adapts “Desh,” his dance work about a Bangladeshi boy
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March 9: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet recently marked its 20th anniver-
sary, and local audiences can see why the contemporary ballet company has attained that longevity with a program of mixed repertoire; several works were commissioned by Aspen Santa Fe over the years (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
March 17 through 19: The creative partnership between Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre has been a long and fruitful one. The latest example: A brand-new show created to honor the center’s 30th anniversary and ABT’s 25th engagement there (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
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A treasure trove of images can be found in “Frida Kahlo–Her Photos.” For more local art exhibits, see page 38. Photography by Lola Álvarez Bravo, ca. 1944 ©Frida Kahlo Museum. Courtesy of Banco de México Fiduciario en el Fideicomiso Museso Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
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Gallery O.C. gallerists share their favorite art spots. By Liz Goldner
Gallerist: Peter Blake
Peter Blake Gallery Favorite gallery: The Redfern Gallery Blake focuses on California minimalism and Light and Space artworks in his venue—styles illustrated by artists Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, and Joe Goode. One of Blake’s favorite galleries is The Redfern Gallery, specializing in 1880s to 1940s impressionism. He says, “Those light-filled canvasses influenced the Light and Space movement,” which began in the 1960s and is still popular.
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Gallerist: Ray Redfern
The Redfern Gallery Favorite gallery: Dawson Cole Fine Art The Redfern Gallery displays museum-quality paintings by renowned California impressionist painters including Benjamin Brown, Guy Rose, and William Wendt. When asked about a gallery he admires, Redfern praises Dawson Cole Fine Art. “I love the way Richard MacDonald, the venue’s chief artist, represents the human form. I think he’s one of the best sculptors living today.” Gallerist: Rich MacDonald Jr.
Dawson Cole Fine Art Favorite gallery: UC Irvine University Art Gallery Alongside the finely wrought MacDonald sculptures, Dawson Cole exhibits modern and contemporary paintings and works on paper by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso, Wayne Thiebaud, and Jian Wang, the latter painting abstract California landscapes. When gallerist Rich MacDonald Jr. was seeking inspiration as a UC Irvine MBA student, he says, “I often visited the UCI University Art Gallery.”
Gallerist: Juli Carson
University Art Gallery Carson, the gallery’s director, explains that the venue is “committed to promoting an intergenerational dialogue between ’60s and ’70s neo-avant-garde art and contemporary visual culture.” Its recent “Cross Section” exhibition featured 50-plus years of work by Ed Moses, an artist who veered from the Light and Space themes of his early contemporaries, delving into abstraction.
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Artist with Heart Brian Peterson offers help—and friendship—to his homeless neighbors. By Astgik Khatchatryan
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fter moving from Irvine to Santa Ana last year, 29-year-old car designer Brian Peterson returned to his fine-arts roots and painted a portrait of Matthew, a homeless man he kept seeing around town. “He had so much pain and memory and hope in his eyes,” recalls Peterson. Friends suggested he sell the portrait, and Peterson realized he could use the money to help Matthew. And so the “Faces of Santa Ana” project was born. It had its first gallery show earlier this year and is establishing a partnership with Illumination Foundation, which serves the homeless in Orange County. How does the project work? My newfound friends tell me their story. I take a photo and print it in black and white so I can use colors I feel align with their personality. When the piece is finished, I have them sign the portrait alongside my signature, because they are contributing to the work as much as I am, and I use the majority of the proceeds to buy them what they need. “Ben”
Do you give them cash? I don’t give them large sums because that may be irresponsible for many reasons. Instead I put the money in what I call a Love Fund and use it to send them to see family, or buy hotel stays, walkers, even birthday parties. What do your subjects think of the paintings? One said, “Wow, this is how my sisters must see me.” My aim is to help them see their uniqueness and step into the person they were made to be. We often try to provide the necessities of life: food, shelter, clothing. But in my mind, the most basic necessity is love. So I hope the project provides that. What’s been your takeaway? My heart is not to solve “homelessness” as an issue. The homeless are not a big group of people. They are individuals. John, James, Rebecca. Each has their pasts, hopes, and dreams. We can help by knowing and loving them individually. facesofsantaana.com
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DISCOVER CALIFORNIA’S NEWEST ART MUSEUM FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC T U E S D AY - S AT U R D AY, 1 1 A . M . T O 5 P. M . Chapman University invites you to discover the beauty and artistry of 20th Century California scene painters at the newly opened Hilbert Museum of California Art. The museum’s inaugural exhibition, “Narrative Visions,” includes oils and watercolors of everyday life in the Golden State, and features art by Millard Sheets, Lee Blair, Rex Brandt, Emil Kosa Jr., Phil Dike, and many others. Admission is free; come enjoy this artistic treasure in historic Orange, conveniently located across the street from the Orange Metrolink station.
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Visual Arts Events “Phillip K. Smith: Bent Parallel”
Through Nov. 13: Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), and Matt Maust (Cold War Kids) are known for their artistry in music, but “Rhythm” shows off their talents in the visual arts (Orange County Great Park).
Oct. 1 through Dec. 10: A decade of film installations exploring art, politics, and theory is celebrated with “Critical Aesthetics: The First 10 Years.” It includes 2004’s “After Before,” about U.S. presidential elections— a film that is just as timely now (UC Irvine).
Oct. 15 through Jan. 19: Some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the state (Monterey, Laguna Beach, poppy fields) are painted by top California Impressionists (Guy Rose, Colin Campbell Cooper, Franz A. Bischoff) in “Masterpieces of California Art” (The Irvine Museum).
Oct. 16 through Jan. 15: Two shows explore the use of color and light in different ways—“Miss Hills of Laguna, Anna Althea Hills: Art, Education, Community” looks at landscapes by the first lady of Laguna Beach’s early art scene, while “Phillip K. Smith: Bent Parallel” is a major colored-light installation by the artist who’s also
part of November’s Art & Nature Festival (Laguna Art Museum).
Oct. 26 through Nov. 17: Add to your art collection while supporting arts education at the 27th annual Collector’s Choice Juried Auction and Fundraiser Exhibition; the auction reception is Nov. 2; the works by faculty, alumni, students, and guest artists are on view at the LCAD Gallery on Ocean (Laguna College of Art + Design).
Jan. 7 through April 2: In the 1950s, designers and artists fed off each other creatively, resulting in the mutually inspired works in “Pop Art Design.” The show includes pieces by Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Claes Oldenburg, Charles Eames, and George Nelson (Orange County Museum of Art).
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VISUAL ARTS | EDITOR’S PICKS woodblock prints to explore contemporary social and political narratives in his large-scale watercolor paintings (Cal State Fullerton).
Feb. 11 through May 7: Has there been a Crawley-sized hole in your life? Fill it with “Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times,” which consists of about 40 costumes and jewelry from the beloved PBS show (Muzeo).
Feb. 25 through June 25: “Frida Kahlo—Her Photos” offers an intimate look at the famous artist’s life through 241 snapshots—part of a 6,000plus picture collection that had been locked away by Kahlo’s husband, Diego Rivera, after her death, and released 50 years later (Bowers Museum).
For a list of all Editor’s Picks, turn to the Datebook on page 68.
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ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! Nutcrackers and elves, festive holiday traditions, music and merrimentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all for you and your loved ones to experience at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Celebrating 60 years as one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beloved singers, the legendary Johnny Mathis will enchant with his favorite hits and carols, showing why he has been called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Voice of Christmas.â&#x20AC;? Welcoming a new tradition to the Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday events will be the GrammyÂŽ-winning Klezmatics performing their Chanukah Concert. Their exuberant music has changed the face of contemporary Yiddish culture and inspired millions of fans throughout the world.
Fiesta Navidad, with Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, is a merry and joyful holiday performance that celebrates and honors the unique cultural traditions of Mexico, including sing-alongs and the traditional Posada. Finally, Elf The Musical brings a hilariously fun end to our calendar year. Based on the beloved 2003 motion picture, this charming musical will warm the hearts of even the toughest Scrooge! Please join us for the hap-happiest season of all! 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
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This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday centerpiece is American Ballet Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sumptuous production of The Nutcracker. Featuring live music from PaciďŹ c Symphony, larger-than-life scenery and a cast of more than 100 performers joining ABTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinary dancers, this Nutcracker is sure delight and thrill with every step!
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For Santa Ana’s Allen Moon, all the city’s a stage. By Tim Alan
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sk arts aficionados to name a performance venue, and they may say Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, or some other legendary site. But Santa Ana resident Allen Moon could likely pick a vacant building in his neighborhood. Moon is the cofounder of Santa Ana Sites, which bills itself as “a community partnership that presents contemporary performances in public and private spaces throughout downtown Santa Ana. The traveling forum provides the community shared artistic experiences, encouraging the discovery of diverse environments and architectural space.” He will be honored for his work at the OC Arts Awards on Oct. 25. “Santa Ana is a town that has always had a very strong creative community and it seems to be hitting another one of its creative renaissances,” Moon says. “When I moved in, I was sort of taken by these beautiful landmark buildings, many of which were either unoccupied or were spaces that could be adapted for use by these performances.” Allen Moon
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Since 2014, Moon has presented 14 events, across the mediums of music, dance, and theater. Staging performances in nontraditional spaces instead of concert halls has both its advantages and disadvantages, Moon says. “Acoustics are tough, because concert halls are wonderfully designed to enhance the audio experience,” he says. “You can’t compete with that because it’s never going to be as good.” However, what is lost in terms of acoustics and traditional staging is replaced by a unique experience that allows the audience to absorb the work in a way that can be more personal, Moon says. “I have the ability to stretch the audience’s taste a bit more and present work that might be more challenging,” he says. santaanasites.com; artsoc.org/awards Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 45
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The Talk
First row: Frances Mayes, Alexandra Fuller, Sebastian Junger, Dave Eggers Second row: Ishmael Beah, Zadie Smith, Billy Collins, Alexander McCall Smith Third row; Christopher Hitchens, Tony Kushner, Roz Chast, Anna Deavere Smith
Library foundation brings literary luminaries to O.C. By Valerie Takahama
“The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” —Albert Einstein
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ho’s going to argue with Einstein? But it couldn’t hurt to know about the Newport Beach Public Library’s lecture series, too. Sponsored by the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation, the Witte Lecture Series has brought more than 80 eminent writers and thinkers to the library since 1998. Just scanning the list of past speakers lights up the brain’s pleasure centers. There’s Roz Chast, Zadie Smith, Billy Collins, Sebastian Junger, Tony Kushner, George Plimpton, and many more. The foundation’s other signature series, Library Live, has hosted more than 150 programs since 1995 featuring novelists and nonfiction authors such as Jane Smiley, Phil Klay, Erik Larson, Katherine Boo, Joyce Carol Oates, and Michael Lewis. For a sense of the variety, liveliness, and sheer 46 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
fun of the presentations, here are a few highlights selected by Tracy Keys, executive director of the nonprofit foundation: s #HRISTOPHER (ITCHENS h(E WAS SO ERUDITE and funny and outrageous. That level of thinking is not something you come across all the time.” s !LEXANDER -C#ALL 3MITH h(E WAS PROB ably the funniest person we’ve had on stage. He was in his kilt, his full Scottish regalia. People had tears running down their cheeks they were laughing so hard.” s !NNA $EAVERE 3MITH h)T S AN AWE INSPIR ing thing to watch her move from one character to the next. It’s like there were 20 people on stage.” nbplfoundation.org
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Mixed-Media Events Through Oct. 9: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the rare occasion when there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be silence in a library: Saddleback students in dance, music, theater, speech, and visual arts come together there to perform site-speciďŹ c pieces in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bodies & Ink: Celebrating National Banned Books Weekâ&#x20AC;? (Saddleback College).
Oct. 1: The Shanghai Acrobats of the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republic of China ďŹ&#x201A;y through the air with the greatest of easeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as dive through hoops, juggle various objects, and contort themselves into jawdropping positions (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
a ďŹ&#x201A;amenco show, but here itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the show itself, with dancers and musicians from Spain and America performing a program heavy on improvisation (Irvine Barclay Theatre).
Jan. 26: Viet Thanh Nguyen had a literary debut most writers can only dream of: His thriller, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sympathizer,â&#x20AC;? won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for ďŹ ction and the Edgar Award for best ďŹ rst novel from the Mystery Writers of America. He visits O.C. to talk about his book (Newport Beach Central Library).
March 11: Rita Moreno reminisces about her life Nov. 11 through 13: $ON T HAVE TICKETS TO SEE and careerâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;and since sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the ďŹ rst EGOT winâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Cursed Childâ&#x20AC;? in London? Treat yourself to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Sorcererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stone in Concert,â&#x20AC;? with an orchestra playing the John Williams score as the ďŹ rst ďŹ lm in the series is screened (Segerstrom Center for the Arts).
ners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure to be a discussion packed with insights and anecdotes (Musco Center for the Arts).
Nov. 15: $ID YOU KNOW THE NAMESAKE OF 3HERman Oaks and Corona del Marâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sherman Library & Gardens is the same person? Find out more about the interesting life of The General: Moses Hazeltine Sherman during this free talk (Sherman Library & Gardens).
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Show Time In honor of Segerstrom Center for the Arts’s 30th anniversary, we look at some performance highlights through the years. By Valerie Takahama
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ditor’s Note: Before the Orange County Performing Arts Center opened in 1986, the thought of legends such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Stephen Sondheim appearing locally was just a dream. But in the 30 years since then, the venue–now called Segerstrom Center for the Arts, with multiple stages–has
hosted those two arts titans, as well as a long list of luminaries too numerous to mention here. Instead, we’ve asked a few longtime center subscribers to tell us about their favorite shows over the years. Plus, a former board chair reminisces about the center and its cultural impact. Raise the curtain and read on.
Justus Schlichting 25-year subscriber 1. Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk (2008). “The reason why it sticks in my mind is I had never heard Jeremy Denk play. He was totally off my radar screen. It was a really gorgeous concert. It led to the beginning of my friendship with Jeremy Denk. So that was incredibly memorable from a personal standpoint.” 2. St. Lawrence String Quartet (2014). “As I approached retirement, I decided I was going to commission music as my third act. So in February 2014, James Matheson’s Second String Quartet premiered at the center, and my wife and I were the commissioners. And it was good!” LEFT: St. Lawrence String Quartet Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 51
FEATURE 3. Tokyo Quartet (2006). “What made this a concert to remember was they were playing a Mozart quartet and the fire alarm went off. There were strobe flashes, bright lights, and sirens. What was remarkable was the guys in the Tokyo kept playing. They didn’t miss a beat.”
Bev Sandelman 25-plus-year subscriber 1. “Jekyll and Hyde” (1995). “I was blown away by the pre-Broadway tour of Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde,’ starring Linda Eder and Robert Cuccioli. Nobody in the audience knew anything about it, and it blew everyone out of the theater.” 2. “La Bayadere” from the Bolshoi Ballet (2002). “It was the first time I saw it, and I really did not know the ballet. I wasn’t prepared for the stunning Kingdom of the Shades. It was almost more than I could comprehend. It was overwhelmingly beautiful.” 3. “The Car Plays” (2012). “It was part of the Off Center Festival. There were 15 cars in the plaza, and one or two audience members got into a car where there were two actors. I will never forget getting in the first car and the actors start acting and you are in the midst of their drama. This stands out as one of the most innovative and creative presentations the center has ever done.”
Kay Fukunaga 30-year subscriber 1. Grand opening of the Orange County Performing Arts Center (1986). “That was very important to me. It meant we didn’t have to go all the way to L.A. to hear world-class artists, and I loved the fact that the acoustics were so great.” 2. Kings of the Dance (2006). “It was such a treat. I went two nights. I appreciate that we get to see a variety of classical dance, not just full-length ballets, not just ‘The Nutcracker.’ ” 3. Tommy Tune and the Manhattan Rhythm Kings (2005). “I love tap dancing. I started taking lessons when I was 21 or so. It was so special because I got to meet Tommy Tune. I was so impressed.”
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In the Beginning Former board chair Timothy L. Strader looks back at the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s originsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and towards its future. My wife, Susan, and I have been interested in musical comedy and we used to go to Los Angeles to the Civic Light Opera. When I found out there was a group interested in starting a performing arts center here, we got involved. This was in 1979, the year Henry [Segerstrom] decided he would make a gift of the land so that the center could be located here. We decided to build a multipurpose hall that would provide the ability to present Broadway shows, opera, symSKRQ\ FKRUDO ZRUNV GDQFH DQG RQH RII HYHQWV :H Í&#x2020;JXUHG the right size would be a 3,000-seat theater. The center has changed the cultural landscape of Orange County. It provides the highest forms of arts and entertainment available in the United States. That helps the business community entice executives to come to Orange County.
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“Aliso Creek Path” Aliso Creek, South Orange County John Cosby “This painting is from a spot in the Aliso Creek bed looking towards Saddleback Mountain. Having grown up with the eucalyptus groves and creek beds of Southern California, I came up with this image after being asked to paint a major painting for the lodge at The Ranch at Laguna Beach. As the ranch is situated in the path of the creek and has many wonderful eucalyptus trees, this was the perfect image to hang over the fireplace in the lodge.” cosbystudio.com 54 | Premiere OC | Fall/Winter 2016-2017
“Estuary Colors” Back Bay, Newport Beach Kim VanDerHoek “Dramatic weather accompanied by clouds is so rare in Southern California that it’s a treat to paint. On this particular day the gray sky made the colors of the bluffs and reeds stand out. I wanted to capture that quiet, moody feeling of the Back Bay as a storm was just about to arrive.” kimvanderhoek.com
“Strawberry Pickers” Irvine Boulevard, Irvine Mark Jacobucci “Local agrarian scenes have been a significant part of my artistic repertoire. My paintings have become historical documents since I have painted landscapes that no longer exist due to the rapid pace of local development. ‘Strawberry Pickers’ is set in a field that is slated to be part of the Great Park Neighborhoods. It features dynamic compositions, stark contrast, and late afternoon or early morning light, which are hallmarks of my style.” landpainter.com Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 55
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“Shaw’s Cove” Laguna Beach Alan Espinoza Durán “I painted this my last semester at Laguna College of Art + Design. I woke up by the beach that morning and on a whim I went downstairs where this hidden beach is at. I brought my painting stuff, not sure what I was going to do, and after sitting and looking at the waves go back and forth I began painting a high horizon composition, a straight-on ocean painting.” alanespinozaduran.com
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to San Clementeâ&#x20AC;? Interstate 5 onramp, at the border of Dana Point and San Clemente Susan Cox â&#x20AC;&#x153;I painted â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Welcome to San Clementeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because merging onto the 5 at this point always feels like the drive is almost overâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost home to San Clemente.â&#x20AC;? susancoxart.com
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donutsâ&#x20AC;? Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa Michael Ward â&#x20AC;&#x153;This painting depicts a doughnut shop in Costa Mesa on Newport Boulevard between 17th and 18th streets. It is near an art supply store, so I have gone by it many times, but only recently realized its artistic potential. The palm tree was repositioned slightly, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really there, and really that tall.â&#x20AC;? tmichaelward.com Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 57
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND VENUES CULTURAL/ PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens 415 Avenida Granada San Clemente 949-498-2139 casaromantica.org Clayes Performing Arts Center Cal State Fullerton 800 N. State College Blvd. 657-278-3371, fullerton.edu Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive 949-854-4646, thebarclay.org Muckenthaler Cultural Center 1201 W. Malvern Ave. Fullerton 714-738-6595 themuck.org Musco Center for the Arts Chapman University 1 University Drive, Orange 844-626-8726 muscocenter.org
Musco Center for the Arts 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
MUSEUMS/ ART CENTERS Art-A-Fair 777 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach 949-494-4514 art-a-fair.com Beall Center for 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
Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum at La Habra 301 S. Euclid St. 562-905-9793, lhcm.org
Fullerton Museum Center 301 N. Pomona Ave. 714-738-6545 cityoffullerton.com
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity 3321 Hyland Ave. Costa Mesa 949-660-7791 chuckjonescenter.org
Grand Central Art Center 125 N. Broadway Santa Ana 714-567-7233 grandcentralartcenter.com
Festival of Arts 650 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach 800-487-3378, foapom.com
Heritage Museum of Orange County 3101 W. Harvard St. Santa Ana 714-540-0404 heritagemuseumoc.org
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Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center Muzeo (which means â&#x20AC;&#x153;museumâ&#x20AC;? in the international language of Esperanto) re-invents the concept of a regional cultural center for 21st century audiences. Founded in 2007, Muzeo is a center for arts, knowledge, entertainment and culture, engaging people of all ages via the showcase of prestigious and world-class traveling exhibits.
EXHIBITIONS: Tickets available for purchase at muzeo.org. Muzeo Express: Holiday Model Trains November 12, 2016 - January 8, 2017 Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times February 12 - May 11, 2017 Win a Trip to England! - For details, visit muzeo.org
EVENTS: 10th Anniversary Muzeo Gala celebrating the opening of Dressing Downton February 11, 2017 Full Calendar of Events: muzeo.org/events
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Exhibition produced by Exhibits Development Group in cooperation with Cosprop Ltd. and the Museum of London. Downtonâ&#x201E;˘and Downton AbbeyÂŽ. A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production. Š2005 Carnival Film & Television Limited. Masterpiece is a trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
Hilbert Museum of California Art 167 N. Atchison St. Orange 714-516-5880 hilbertmuseum.com Huntington Beach Art Center 538 Main St. 714-374-1650 huntingtonbeachart center.org International SurďŹ ng Museum 411 Olive Ave. Huntington Beach 714-960-3483 surďŹ ngmuseum.org Irvine Fine Arts Center 14321 Yale Ave. 949-724-6880 irvineďŹ nearts.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
Palm Court Arts Complex at Orange County Great Park Marine Way and Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine 866-829-3829, ocgp.org Pretend City Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum 29 Hubble, Irvine 949-428-3900 pretendcity.org
Muzeo 241 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim 714-95-MUZEO (956-8936) muzeo.org
Sawdust Art Festival 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach 949-494-3030 sawdustartfestival.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
MUSIC Choral Arts Initiative 949-287-4270 choralartsinitiative.org
MenAlive, the Orange County Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus 866-636-2548 menalivechorus.org Orange County Symphony 714-778-0314 ocsymphony.org Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra 714-744-7927, ocyso.org PaciďŹ c Chorale 714-662-2345 paciďŹ cchorale.org PaciďŹ c Symphony 714-755-5799 paciďŹ csymphony.org
Dana Point Symphony 301-832-0388 danapointsymphony.com
Philharmonic Society of Orange County 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org
Laguna Beach Live! 949-715-9713 lagunabeachlive.org
South Coast Symphony 714-731-8079 southcoastsymphony.org
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ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND VENUES DANCE Anaheim Ballet 714-520-0904 anaheimballet.org The Assembly theassemblydance.co Backhausdance 714-497-3137 backhausdance.org Festival Ballet Theatre 714-962-5440 festivalballet.org Laguna Dance Festival 949-715-5578 lagunadancefestival.org National Choreographers Initiative nchoreographers.org The Wooden Floor 714-541-8314 thewoodenďŹ&#x201A;oor.org
MISCELLANEOUS Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation 714-554-2711 apacf.org
Arts Orange County 3730 S. Susan St., Suite 100 Santa Ana 714-556-5160 Frida Cinema 305 E. 4th St., Santa Ana thefridacinema.org Irvine International Film Festival Laguna Hills Mall Cinema 24155 Laguna Hills Mall 949-800-6163 irvineďŹ lmfest.com Literary Orange literaryorange.org Newport Beach Film Festival 949-253-2880 newportbeachďŹ lmfest.com Newport Beach Public Library Foundation 1000 Avocado Ave. Newport Beach 949-717-3890 nbplfoundation.org
Orange County Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Festival Orange Coast College 2701 Fairview Road Costa Mesa kidsbookfestival.com
Concordia Studio Theatre Concordia University 1530 Concordia West Irvine 949-854-8002, x.1526 cui.edu
THEATERS
Costa Mesa Playhouse 661 Hamilton St. 949-650-5269 costamesaplayhouse.com
Attic Community Theater 2995 W. Segerstrom Ave. Santa Ana 714-662-2525, ocact.com Cabrillo Playhouse 202 Avenida Cabrillo San Clemente 949-492-0465 cabrilloplayhouse.org
Curtis Theatre 1 Civic Center Circle Brea 714-990-7722 curtistheatre.com Huntington Beach Playhouse 7111 Talbert Ave. 714-375-0696 hbplayhouse.com
Camino Real Playhouse 31776 El Camino Real San Juan Capistrano 949-489-8082 caminorealplayhouse.org
Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach 949-497-2787 lagunaplayhouse.com
Chance Theater 5522 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim Hills 714-777-3033 chancetheater.com
Lyceum Theater Vanguard University 55 Fair Drive Costa Mesa 714-668-6145 vanguard.edu
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Orange County Museum of Art Maverick Theater 110 E. Walnut Ave. Fullerton 714-526-7070 mavericktheater.com Musical Theatre Orange County 714-637-0186, mtoc.org Musical Theatre Village 36-C Mauchly, Irvine 949-753-1996 musicaltheatrevillage.net Mysterium 311 S. Euclid Ave. La Habra 562-697-3311 mysteriumtheater.com
Shakespeare Orange County Garden Grove Amphitheater 12762 Main St. Garden Grove 714-590-1575 shakespeareoc.org South Coast Repertory 655 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa 714-708-5555, scr.org STAGEStheatre 400 E. Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton 714-525-4484, stagesoc.org Westminster Community Theatre 7272 Maple St. 714-893-8626, wctstage.org
Newport Theatre Arts Center 2501 Cliff Drive Newport Beach 949-631-0288 ntaconline.com
CONCERT VENUES
Rose Center Theater 14140 All American Way Westminster 714-793-1150 rosecentertheater.com
The Coach House 33157 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano 949-496-8930 thecoachhouse.com
City National Grove of Anaheim 2200 E. Katella Ave. 714-712-2700, citynational groveofanaheim.com
Honda Center 2695 E. Katella Ave. Anaheim 714-704-2500 hondacenter.com
The Observatory/ Constellation Room 3503 S. Harbor Blvd. Santa Ana 714-957-0600 observatoryoc.com
House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim Gardenwalk 400 W. Disney Way 714-520-2334 houseofblues.com/ anaheim
PaciďŹ c Amphitheatre 100 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa 714-708-1870, pacamp.com Yost Theater 307 N. Spurgeon St. Santa Ana 888-862-9573 yosttheater.com
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A SAMPLING OF O.C. GALLERIES Cove Gallery
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
BREA City of Brea Gallery 1 Civic Center Circle 714-990-7731 breagallery.com Sarah Bain Gallery 110 W. Birch St., #1 714-990-0500 sarahbaingallery.com
CORONA DEL MAR SCAPE Gallery 2859 E. Coast Highway 949-723-3406 scapesite.com
COSTA MESA The ARTery Gallery @ The Lab 2930 Bristol St., thelab.com Daniel Oropeza Original Sculpture 1041 W. 18th St. Warehouse A-106 949-650-6169 danieloropeza.com Dax Gallery 2951 Randolph St. 714-957-1706 daxgallery.com
Gray Matter Museum of Art 485 E. 17th St., #101 gmmaca.org H Space Gallery Hurley 1945 Placentia Ave. 949-548-9375, hurley.com Jamie Brooks Fine Art 2967 Randolph Ave. Unit C, 949-929-4143 jamiebrooksfineart.com LIULI Gallery South Coast Plaza 3333 Bristol St., 2nd Level Sears Wing 714-438-8888, liuliusa.com Martin Lawrence Galleries South Coast Plaza 3333 Bear St. 949-759-0134 martinlawrence.com Randy Higbee Gallery 102 Kalmus Drive 714-546-2156 randyhigbeegallery.com
FULLERTON
Internal: Gallery & Oddities 115 S. Harbor Blvd., Suite G 714-869-7585 internalgallery.com
LAGUNA BEACH Artist Eye Laguna Gallery 1294 S. Coast Highway 949-497-5898 artisteyelagunagallery.com
Begovich Gallery Cal State Fullerton 800 State College Blvd. 657-278-7750 fullerton.edu
IRVINE CAC, Room, and University Art Galleries UC Irvine 949-824-9854, arts.uci.edu
Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow 1175 S. Coast Highway 949-988-0603, ar4t.com
Magoski Arts Colony 223/225 W. Santa Fe Ave. 714-441-1504 magoskiartscolony.com
Village Gallery Irvine Spectrum Center 59 Fortune Drive, #338 949-450-8282 villagegallery.com
Avran Art & Design 540 S. Coast Highway Suite 104, 949-494-0900 avranart.com
Orange County Fine Arts, Showcase Gallery
BC Space 235 Forest Ave. 949-497-1880, bcspace.com 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 JoAnne Artman Gallery 326 N. Coast Highway 949-510-5481 joanneartmangallery.com
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Lance Heck Design Kelsey Michaels Fine Art 354 N. Coast Highway 949-922-5250 kelseymichaels.com
Peter Blake Gallery 435 Ocean Ave. 949-376-9994 peterblakegallery.com
LCAD Gallery 374 Ocean Ave. 949-376-6000, lcad.edu
Prima Fine Art Galllery 570 S. Coast Highway 949-715-0039 primafineartgallery.com
Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art 611 S. Coast Highway 949-715-9604, lgoca.com Lance Heck Design 1153 S. Coast Highway 949-494-3299 lanceheck.com Las Laguna Gallery 577 S. Coast Highway 949-667-1803 laslagunagallery.com
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
Lu Martin Galleries 372 N. Coast Highway 949-494-8074 lumartingalleries.com
Sandstone Gallery 384-A N. Coast Highway 949-497-6775 sandstonegallery.com
Mark Timothy Gallery 350 N. Coast Highway 949-307-0498 marktimothygallery.com
Simard Bilodeau Galerie 1945 Laguna Canyon Road 949-376-7611 simardbilodeau.com
Studio 7 Galleries 384-B N. Coast Highway 1590 S. Coast Highway 949-497-1080 (north) 949-715-0012 (south) studio7gallery.com
Sue Greenwood Fine Art 330 N. Coast Highway 949-494-0669 suegreenwoodfineart.com Village Gallery 502 S. Coast Highway 949-494-3553 villagegallery.com
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A SAMPLING OF O.C. GALLERIES JoAnne Artman Gallery The Vintage Poster 1492 S. Coast Highway 800-558-7552 thevintageposter.com Wyland Galleries Laguna Beach 509 S. Coast Highway 800-WYLAND-1 949-376-8000 wylandgalleries.com
NEWPORT BEACH Art Resource Group 20351 Irvine Ave. 949-640-1972 artresourcegroup.com Debra Huse Gallery 229 Marine Ave. 949-723-6171 debrahusegallery.com 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
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO The Cottage Gallery 31701 Los Rios St. 949-340-6693 cottagegalleryonlosrios.com
Mission Fine Art Gallery 31760 Camino Capistrano Suite C 949-291-7738 mission-fine-art.com
Marcas Contemporary Art 305 E. 4th St., #103 714-760-4637 marcasgallery.com
SANTA ANA
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 ocfinearts.org
Avantgarden— The Art Gallery 207 N. Broadway 714-558-8843 artavantgarden.com Bear Street Gallery South Coast Plaza Village 3851 S. Bear St., Suite B-15 714-825-0592 ocfinearts.org F+ Gallery 661 Poinsettia St. 714-493-9430 fplusgallery.com
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TUSTIN Chemers Gallery 17300 E. 17th St., Suite G 714-731-5432 chemersgallery.com
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“Harbor Lights” Original Woodcut, 3’ x 4’ Trisha Wilson “Best of Show” Saddleback College Student Art Show, 2015 “Dana Sunset,” Acrylic Painting of Dana Point Harbor, 2014, Trisha Wilson Trisha has been showing her artwork since 1976 when she won a 2nd place ribbon at the Salt Palace, SLC, UT, Bicentennial Show 1976. She has been included in the Utah Woman’s Art Show, 1985, and Religious and Spiritual Art Show at the Springville Museum of Art, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, and 2015. In 2016 Trisha has shown her art at Saddleback College, the San Juan Capistrano Library, and the San Clemente Art Association Gallery.
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Holiday Datebook We may not get a winter wonderland for the holidays, but we do have a cultural one—seasonal shows are in abundance, with something for every arts lover. Here’s a selection of what’s on schedule. “A Christmas Carol”
“Home Alone” Young Macaulay Culkin spends his Christmas vacation fending off two would-be burglars during the screening of the 1990 comedy, with Pacific Symphony performing the John Williams score. Nov. 11 and 12 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org Winter Fantasy Ceramics, jewelry, photography, blown glass, and other works by 175 artists are available for purchase— just in time for holiday shopping. Nov. 19 through Dec. 18 Sawdust Art Festival grounds 949-494-3030, sawdustartfestival.org “The Holiday Gem 2016” Christmas Fantasy Land is the setting for this musical revue, which features classic holiday standards, Santa, and tap-dancing elves. Nov. 25 through Dec. 18 Gem Theater 714-741-9550, x.221 onemoreproductions.com “Little Women— The Broadway Musical” Go home for the holidays—the March home, that is, as part of the Holiday Literature Series. Nov. 25 through Dec. 23 Chance Theater 888-455-4212, chancetheater.com
“A Christmas Carol” The granddaddy of all local holiday offerings, the play is in its 37th year, with Hal Landon Jr. again starring as Scrooge. Nov. 25 through Dec. 24 South Coast Repertory 714-708-5555, scr. org An Irish Christmas Music, dance and stories from— where else?—Ireland spread Christmas cheer. Nov. 28 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646, thebarclay.org First Thursdays Art Walk The December edition of this monthly event usually has a festive vibe in tune with the season. Dec. 1 Various venues, Laguna Beach 949-683-6871 firstthursdaysartwalk.com Christmas Vacation The MenAlive chorus performs a concert of holiday hits both traditional and contemporary. Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646, menalivechorus.org “The Eight: Reindeer Monologues” Santa’s reindeer blow the lid off the North Pole in this saucy comedy for mature audiences. Dec. 2 through 23 Chance Theater 888-455-4212, chancetheater.com
Carols by Candlelight Pacific Chorale’s John Alexander Singers evoke the Christmas season with choral works performed in a beautifully lit church. Dec. 3 Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church 714-662-2345, pacificchorale.org “Nutcracker” for Kids Young ones who may not sit still through a full-length “Nutcracker” can try Pacific Symphony’s version, which clocks in at 45 minutes and includes a sing-a-long and Santa. Dec. 3 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org Vienna Boys Choir Looking for a traditional holiday show? You can’t get much more traditional than this famed choir, which was formed back in 1498. Dec. 3 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org
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Handel’s Glorious “Messiah” Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale unite for a “Messiah” in full flourish. Dec. 4 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org
Holiday Organ Spectacular The majestic William J. Gillespie Concert Organ is the star of this show of popular and sacred holiday music, presented by Pacific Symphony. Dec. 20 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org
Johnny Mathis: The 60th Anniversary Christmas Concert Tour Mathis’s mellifluous voice makes everything sound better, which is why his Christmas albums have been mainstays for generations of fans. Dec. 4 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org
“Elf the Musical” If you know the four food groups for elves, you’ll certainly want to see this Broadway touring production based on the Will Ferrell film. Dec. 20 through Jan. 1 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org
“The Nutcracker” American Ballet Theatre’s holiday spectacular, created by Alexei Ratmansky, returns to O.C. for its second year. Dec. 9 through 18 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org Big Band Christmas It’s a season of joy, and that joy resounds in the music of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, presented by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Dec. 10 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org “The Nutcracker” Festival Ballet Theatre’s annual production is a feast for ballet lovers with vibrant sets and costumes and an always-illustrious roster of guest dancers. Dec. 10 through 24 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646, festivalballet.org Aaron Neville— A Christmas Celebration The jazz crooner lends the holiday some New Orleans flavor. Dec. 11 Musco Center for the Arts 844-626-8726, muscocenter.org
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Holiday Festival This free, family-friendly celebration includes gallery tours, arts and crafts, music and dance performances, and kids’ art workshops. Dec. 18 Muckenthaler Cultural Center 714-738-6595, the muck.org ’Tis the Season! Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony and the Southern California Children’s Chorus perform stirring Christmas music in a concert that is a perennial holiday favorite in O.C. Dec. 18 and 19 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-662-2345, pacificchorale.org
The Klezmatics The Grammy-winning klezmer group showcases its multicultural melting pot of influences with its “Brother Moses Smote the Waters.” Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org Fiesta Navidad Los Camperos de Nati Cano’s mariachi show includes a posada procession and sing-a-longs. Dec. 23 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org Event information subject to change; contact venues for the latest information.
The Ten Tenors: Home for the Holidays “Australia’s rock stars of the opera” put their touch on classic holiday carols. Dec. 16 and 17 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799, pacificsymphony.org Na Leo Holiday Concert This Hawaiian female vocal trio wishes you “Mele Kalikimaka” with performances of holiday songs as well as their contemporary music. Dec. 17 Soka Performing Arts Center 949-480-4278, soka.edu An Irish Christmas Fall/Winter 2016-2017 | Premiere OC | 67
ARTS DATEBOOK OCTOBER “Bodies & Ink: Celebrating National Banned Books Week” Through Oct. 9 Saddleback College 949-582-4656 saddleback.edu “Rhythm” Through Nov. 13 Orange County Great Park 866-829-3829, ocgp.org The Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China Oct. 1 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org “Critical Aesthetics: The First 10 Years” Oct. 1 through Dec. 10 UC Irvine 949-824-9854 arts.uci.edu
“Destiny of Desire” Oct. 14 through Nov. 13 South Coast Repertory 714-708-5555, scr.org BODYTRAFFIC Oct. 15 Musco Center for the Arts 844-626-8726 muscocenter.org “The Secret Garden” Oct. 15 and 16 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 festivalballet.org “Masterpieces of California Art” Oct. 15 through Jan. 19 The Irvine Museum 949-476-0294 irvinemuseum.org “Miss Hills of Laguna, Anna Althea Hills: Art, Education, Community”/ “Phillip K. Smith: Bent Parallel” Oct. 16 through Jan. 15 Laguna Art Museum 949-494-8971 lagunaartmuseum.org
Kronos Quartet “Chotto Desh” Oct. 27 through 29 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 thebarclay.org
NOVEMBER “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert” Nov. 11 through 13 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org The General: Moses Hazeltine Sherman Nov. 15 Sherman Library & Gardens 949-673-1880 slgardens.org Mikhailovsky Ballet Nov. 18 through 20 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org
“Chotto Desh” “Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief” Oct. 8 through Nov. 5 STAGEStheatre 714-525-4484 stagesoc.org “The Boy at the Edge of Everything” Oct. 13 through 23 Chance Theater 888-455-4212 chancetheater.com
Tony Bennett Oct. 23 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org 27th annual Collector’s Choice Juried Auction and Fundraiser Exhibition Oct. 26 through Nov. 17 Laguna College of Art & Design 949-376-6000, lcad.edu
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Berlin Philharmonic Nov. 20 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org
DECEMBER Strauss’ Vienna with Jeremy Denk Dec. 1 through 3 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799 pacificsymphony.org
Opera Favorites with Stories from the Stage Dec. 3 Soka University 714-731-8079 southcoastsymphony.org
JANUARY “Pop Art Design” Jan. 7 through April 2 Orange County Museum of Art 949-759-1122, ocma.net “Matilda” Jan. 17 through 29 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org Ladysmith Black Mambazo Jan. 19 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 thebarclay.org “Moby Dick” Jan. 20 through Feb. 19 South Coast Repertory 714-708-5555, scr.org Fin de Fiesta Jan. 21 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 thebarclay.org Kronos Quartet Jan. 21 Musco Center for the Arts 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org
ARTS DATEBOOK Rita Moreno Viet Thanh Nguyen Jan. 26 Newport Beach Central Library 949-548-2411 nbplfoundation.org Masami Teraoka Jan. 28 through March 2 Begovich Gallery Cal State Fullerton fullerton.edu
FEBRUARY Laguna Beach Music Festival Feb. 7 through 12 Laguna Playhouse 949-715-9713 lagunabeachmusicfestival.com Kodo: Dadan 2017 Feb. 8 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 949-553-2422 philharmonicsociety.org
Twenty One Pilots Feb. 15 and 16 Honda Center 714-704-2500 hondacenter.com Maria Schneider Orchestra Feb. 21 Soka Performing Arts Center 949-480-4278, soka.edu “Aida” Feb. 23 through 28 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-755-5799 pacificsymphony.org “Three Bandits and a Baby” Feb. 24 through March 5 Camino Real Playhouse 949-489-8082 caminorealplayhouse.org
“Classical Savion” Feb. 10 and 11 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 thebarclay.org
“Frida Kahlo— Her Photos” Feb. 25 through June 25 Bowers Museum 714-567-3600, bowers.org
“Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times” Feb. 11 through May 7 Muzeo 714-956-8936, muzeo.org
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” Feb. 28 through March 5 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org
MARCH “Our Great Tchaikovsky” March 1 through 26 Laguna Playhouse 949-497-2787 lagunaplayhouse.com
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet March 9 Irvine Barclay Theatre 949-854-4646 thebarclay.org Rita Moreno March 11 Musco Center for the Arts 844-626-8726 muscocenter.org American Ballet Theatre March 17 through 19 Segerstrom Center for the Arts 714-556-2787, scfta.org
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