ARTS & CULTURE ARTS & CULTURE CULTURE » Virtual Events to Help Ring in the Lunar New Year Boca de Oro to Promote Literacy Through Lending Libraries in Santa Ana Celebrating Black Joy as an Alternative Form of Resistance and Reclaiming of Humanity Poll Finds Anaheim Voters Favor Recognizing Little Arabia District; City Council Ignores Push For Signs OC Fair Officials Say They Have No Plans to Remove Pride Flag Amid Outcry Comedian Sandra De Anda Uses Online Stand-Up Shows to Raise Money For Local Charities OC Fair Seeks Public Input on Removing the Pride Flag While Annual Event Faces Diversity Questions ‘To Know Better’ Campaign Competition Announces Its Winners Anaheim’s Little Arabia Commercial District Continues to Push City Leaders For Official Recognition What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 DANCE » Artists Housing in Santa Ana Gives Painter Second Chance at an “American Dream” ‘To Know Better’ Campaign Competition Announces Its Winners Hodgins: Local Arts Groups Get Creative and Prepare for a Post-COVID World What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 Christmas in the Time of COVID-19 Prominent Orange County Arts Supporter William J. Gillespie Dies A Winter Without ‘Nutcracker’ Strikes a Hit to Companies and Dancers Terry Dwyer Lands Job as CEO of Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Florida Laguna Dance Festival’s 16th Winter Season Makes Your Home Its Venue Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus FOOD » Panoringan: Hip to Be Square – Chewing the Corner of Detroit-, Roman- and Sicilian-Style Pizza Panoringan: Valentine Treats, Plus, A Ramen Revolution O.C. Restaurant Industry Responds to California’s Reduced Restrictions Panoringan: Winter Openings and Mistaken Food Identities Panoringan: Baking 101 from Local Pros; Plus, Burritos, the Underrated Breakfast of Champions What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 Panoringan: The Food Industry in 2020 Saw Closures, Openings, Pivots, Perseverance Panoringan: Lockdown Part Two – How Restaurants Are Reacting Nine Months Later Panoringan: Four to Look Forward to, South Coast Plaza Updates, and Knott’s Taste of Merry Farm Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus MUSIC » Artists Housing in Santa Ana Gives Painter Second Chance at an “American Dream” Hodgins: Local Arts Groups Get Creative and Prepare for a Post-COVID World What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 Christmas in the Time of COVID-19 Orange County Women’s Chorus Creates ‘Something New’ for Our Times Terry Dwyer Lands Job as CEO of Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Florida Segerstrom Center for the Arts Brings Back Live Performances on the Plaza Jeremy Denk Hits the Right Notes in Streamed Performance Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Philharmonic Society Cobbles Together a COVID Season, Looks Forward to Live Events in January THEATER » Artists Housing in Santa Ana Gives Painter Second Chance at an “American Dream” Live Theater in O.C. – and What the Pandemic Hath Wrought OC Theatre Guild Vows to ‘Nurture, Support and Promote’ Local Companies Hodgins: Local Arts Groups Get Creative and Prepare for a Post-COVID World What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 Christmas in the Time of COVID-19 Prominent Orange County Arts Supporter William J. Gillespie Dies Terry Dwyer Lands Job as CEO of Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Florida Laguna Playhouse Celebrates Its 100th Birthday in 2020 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Brings Back Live Performances on the Plaza VISUAL ARTS » Artists Housing in Santa Ana Gives Painter Second Chance at an “American Dream” Getty Pacific Standard Time Initiative Grants $300,000 to 3 O.C. Arts Institutions Local Artists Create Murals to Honor Legends and Inspire Communities OC Museum of Art Hires Heidi Zuckerman as New Director and CEO ‘To Know Better’ Campaign Competition Announces Its Winners Hodgins: Local Arts Groups Get Creative and Prepare for a Post-COVID World What’s Coming in Local Arts & Culture in 2021 Christmas in the Time of COVID-19 John Upton, Longtime O.C. Photographer and Educator, Dies Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus 126 SharesShare126TweetRedditEmail