Local guzheng performer and composer transcends time by creating contemporary sounds with a classic Chinese instrument.

Celebrity chef Jamie Gwen is the co-founder of Relish, a fine dining and spirits experience that took place over the weekend in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. She talked about the all-star lineup of ...

The 26 th OC Arts Awards, celebrating outstanding local achievements in the arts, were held Tuesday night at Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa, in the heart of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Arts ...

Alexander Shelley, the new music director of the Pacific Symphony, in the several times this listener has heard and witnessed him, is a conductor not given to exaggeration. He is an honest musician, ...

Banned Books Week offers a reminder of Orange County’s nearly century-long history of censorship battles over textbooks, plays, movies, comics, art and library shelves.

Casagrán, who studied law at UCLA before earning a theater degree from UC San Bernardino, co-founded Ophelia’s Jump and has built the ...

As the season-opening concert of your brand new music director – your first in some 35 years – it was an entirely anticlimactic evening on Thursday at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

For the Addams family, naturally, things get a little stranger. Cabrillo Playhouse opens its 2026-27 season with “The Addams Family,” the musical comedy inspired by Charles Addams’ famously macabre ...

Planning for the annual makeover from family-friendly theme park to fog-filled streets and mazes of terror at Buena Park’s Knott’s Berry Farm can take months, if not years. An important part of that ...

A Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award will be bestowed upon artist Ann Phong for her lifetime achievement. Born in Saigon, Vietnam and now residing in Southern California, Phong has participated in ...

This September, Culture OC marks three years as an independent nonprofit newsroom. Anniversaries usually invite us to look back. This year, we are also looking outward at the artists, organizations, ...