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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Representatives from dozens of local arts organizations gather to honor Ann Phong, Eli Simon, Janet and Walke Ray and other influential arts figures and organizations.

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.

There is something inherently uncomfortable about laughing during “Assassins.” That, of course, is part of the point. Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s darkly comic musical gathers a collection of ...

There’s something special about creating something new, entirely from scratch. And it’s even better when you get to do it with your own hands. From taking your first lump of clay and shaping it to the ...

For most people, Bea Arthur comes with a ready-made image. There’s the height (a few hairs under 5 feet 10 inches tall). The unmistakable deep voice. The impeccable comic timing punctuated by that ...