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Art Exhibits & Events

Mission San Juan Capistrano - "Two Journeys: One Mission" - San Juan Capistrano
October 11, 2009 – January 5, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

“Godspeed” by Suzi Chauvel and “5264” by Siân Poeschl. Visual depictions of ageless journeys, through photography on metal and kiln-formed glass

Exhibit is free with paid admission to the Mission.

LOCATION:
Mission San Juan Capistrano
26801 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano

INFORMATION:
(949) 234-1317

Artists Village Open House - Santa Ana
Ongoing - First Saturday of the Month

Downtown Santa Ana comes alive with arts the first Saturday of each month when galleries, theatres, artists and performers in the Artists Village host a monthly Open House for the public. This free event attracts as many as 1500 individuals who come from throughout Los Angeles and Orange County to walk more than 150 participating studios and galleries located in historic buildings in the heart of downtown Santa Ana.

714-571-4229

Laguna Canyon Premier Artists (Private Studios) & Wine Tasting
1/2 Day Tour - Meet 8 to 15 of Laguna's Premier Artists.

These award winning Gallery and Festival Artists will show you their latest work of art in their private studios as well as the process and tools used for their inspiration. Many have won prestigious awards and are renowned around the world. Enjoy contemporary art, plein air, mixed media/abstract, bronze sculptures, figurative art, sculptured glass jewelry and more. There's also a stop at Laguna's famous Culinary Arts for wine tasting & cheese.

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Music

Pacific Symphony Presents: "Beethoven's Fifth"
December 10-12, 2009

Virtuoso oboe playing is spotlighted in a superb orchestral suite paying homage to Ravel’s comrades who died in World War I. Then, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin adds lightness and flamboyance to the program with the irresistible dance rhythms of Rodrigo’s “Fantasy for a Gentleman.” Finally, the most famous four notes in music: the “da-da-da-dum” opening of Beethoven’s exceptional Symphony No. 5.

LOCATION:
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
615 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa

INFORMATION:
714-755-5799

Handel's Messiah
December 13, 2009

It's hard to image a holiday season without "Messiah," the most famous oratorio in the world. Through some of the most beautiful music ever written, "Messiah" conveys a message of hope to everyone who hears it, year after year after year. Thrill to blazing trumpets, thundering timpani and the electrifying, uplifting "Hallelujah" chorus.

LOCATION:
Orange County Performing Arts Center - Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

INFORMATION:
714-755-5799

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Film & Cinema

Bowers Museum Film Series
Ongoing

In this diverse series, you can watch contemporary Italian cinema, enjoy dazzling graphic re-creations of a Chinese village from 7,000 years ago, or watch a film on documenting gems and minerals for both museums and private collections.

LOCATION:
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana

Cinema Orange - Newport Beach
Every Last Thursday of the month
8 pm

Cosponsored and cocurated by the Newport Beach Film Festival, Cinema Orange spotlights the cinematic works of independent filmmakers from around the world. Celebrating the program’s fifth season, the 2009 Cinema Orange series showcases feature-length narratives, documentaries, shorts, and animated films from the recent Newport Beach Film Festival.

LOCATION:
Orange County Museum of Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach

Cinema Sage Hill
Ongoing, Starting October 21, 2009

A free monthly film series open to the public. Created to foster an appreciation and an awareness of independent films and expose audiences to the creative aspects of filmmaking, Cinema Sage Hill will showcase diverse and thought provoking independent narrative and documentary films from around the world. Films will screen at The Studio at Sage Hill, the new state of the art cultural facility on the campus of at Sage Hill School. Panel discussions with filmmakers, documentary subjects, scholars, cultural leaders and journalists will follow select screenings.

LOCATION:
The Studio at Sage Hill
20042 Newport Coast Dr.
Newport Coast

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Historical Tours & Programs

San Juan Capistrano Walking Tour - San Juan Capistrano
Sundays
1 pm

The Walking Tour visits two San Juan Capistrano adobes built in the 1790s and the Victorian Pryor House. Tales of ghosts, pirates, buried treasure and of many who have lived here will point out why San Juan is so special.

Donations of $2.00 per adult and $1.00 per child are accepted and go to several projects including Save the Adobe Fund.

LOCATION:
Tours leave from "Lady Debra's" at the corner of Camino Capistrano and Verdugo Street.
San Juan Capistrano

INFORMATION:
(949) 493-8444

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Current Museum Exhibits

Discovery Science Center Presents: Mexico: Festival of Toys - Santa Ana
Now through Jan 3, 2010

You're invited to bring your children and immerse yourselves in Mexican culture through toys and games of the past and present. This interactive exhibit features hand-made toys for both celebration and play. Challenge each other in traditional Mexican games, play with authentic dolls and masks, learn about the cultural significance of Mexican toys.

LOCATION:
Discovery Science Center
2500 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92705

INFORMATION:
714-542-2823

Bowers Museum Exhibit: "The Baroque World of Fernando Botero"
September 12 - December 6, 2009

Featuring 35 rare etchings by Rembrandt Van Rijn made between 1629 and 1654, Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt?s Etchings focuses on a subject the artist frequented in his formative years: the beggar. Rembrandt's images document and humanize the vagrant population living in 17th century Dutch society that considered these individuals repulsive and outcast.

LOCATION:
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana

INFORMATION:
(714) 567-3679

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Readings, Lectures & Seminars

Casa Romantica Poetry Reading Series
Ongoing - Readings are held the last Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm.

Promoting and celebrating the many poets living and writing in Orange County and offering the best poetry of Southern California and beyond in a setting both historic and beautiful: the Casa Romantica Cultural Center Gardens.

Events are free and open to the public.

LOCATION:
Casa Romantica
415 Avenida Granada
San Clemente, CA 92672

INFORMATION:
(949) 498-2139

Orange County Museum of Art - Visionaries Lecture Series - Newport Beach
Every Monday beginning October 19
1:30–3:30 pm

Spend the coming art year answering the question–how did contemporary art become contemporary? Discover the unexpected connections between the past and present and encounter the sudden changes that shocked the art world. Dr. Jeanne S. M. Willette (Associate Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art & Design) leads this new series of in-depth lectures in art history to examine the Big Three—painting, sculpture, and installation and trace their history from past to present.

LOCATION:
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach

INFORMATION:
949-759-1122

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Theater & Performing Arts
- Featured On Stage Peformances

SCR presents: "Saturn Returns"
October 23 - November 22, 2009

From the fertile brain of Noah Haidle, one of the brightest new voices in American theatre, comes 88-year-old Gustin. He’s endearingly crabby and, according to his caregiver, perfectly healthy and in no need of care. But there are echoes in Gustin’s home, echoes of the women he loved — and thought he couldn’t live without. He steps into those echoes and takes the audience with him through three stages of his life, on an inventive journey that bends time and surprises at every turn.

 

A Christmas Carol
November 28 - December 26, 2009

Orange County's happiest family tradition is 30 years old! Once again, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit and, of course, Ebenezer Scrooge himself will bring 19th-century London to life in Orange County's favorite Christmas tradition.

LOCATION:
South Coast Repertory
655 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa

INFORMATION:
714-708-5555

Laguna Playhouse presents: "Winter Wonderettes"
November 24-December 30, 2009

The Wonderettes are back! Set six months after the end of The Marvelous Wonderettes, this seasonal sequel finds the girls returning to their hometown for a Holiday celebration with their family and friends, complete with great Wonderette renditions of ‘60s holiday tunes. Wonderette member Betty Jean is in charge of her company’s Christmas party, so naturally the Wonderettes are the logical choice for the entertainment. But when Santa turns up missing, the girls must use their talent and creative ingenuity, plus some great holiday tunes such as “Little Saint Nick” and “It’s a Marshmallow World,” to rectify their holiday party without the jolly big guy in red.

LOCATION:
Laguna Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92652

INFORMATION:
Box Office (949) 497-ARTS (2787)

Community Theater

Musical Theatre Village presents: "A Christmas with Scrooge "
December 4 - 27, 2009

The Classic Dickens tale of "Christmastime in Londontown" set to song and dance. It is our annual MTV tradition and a heartwarming way to spend the Holiday Season.

LOCATION:
Musical Theatre Village
36-C Mauchly
Irvine, Ca

INFORMATION:
Box Office (949) 753-1996

Camino Real Playhouse presents: "A Christmas Story" - San Juan Capistrano
Nov. 27 - Dec. 20, 2009

Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the '40's, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good 'ol Santa Claus himself. “You’ll shoot your eye out!” is the refrain, but that never derails him from his dream.

LOCATION:
Camino Real Playhouse
31776 El Camino Real
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 675

INFO: (949) 489-8082

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Wine Tasting Events

Laguna Canyon Premier Artists (Private Studios) & Wine Tasting Tours
1/2 Day Tour - Meet 8 to 15 of Laguna's Premier Artists.
These award winning Gallery and Festival Artists will show you their latest work of art in their private studios as well as the process and tools used for their inspiration. Many have won prestigious awards and are renowned around the world. Enjoy contemporary art, plein air, mixed media/abstract, bronze sculptures, figurative art, sculptured glass jewelry and more. There's also a stop at Laguna's famous Culinary Arts for wine tasting & cheese.

Monthly Tasting Party

Meets the FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH (except January)
6-9 pm

Enjoy their wines with hot food, snacks, artisan breads & cheeses. Cost: $30 per person. Drop in - no reservation required. Live music, taste their bubbly Champagne, Raspberry Sparkling, plus over 20 wines to select from.

LOCATION:
Laguna Canyon Winery
2133 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651 USA
949.715.9463 (Wine)

 

 

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