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Summertime Jam Hits Laguna Beach During Busy Art Festival Season
Traffic and congestion continue to be a problem for tourists and locals alike in Laguna Beach. The city continues to find new ways to address the problem of being a popular summertime destination.
Community Arts
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Summertime Jam Hits Laguna Beach During Busy Art Festival Season
Traffic and congestion continue to be a problem for tourists and locals alike in Laguna Beach. The city continues to find new ways to address the problem of being a popular summertime destination.
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Little Saigon Night Market Blossoms Under the Summer Stars
To get a taste of Vietnamese night markets, you only have to go as far as Westminster.
Theater
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Chance Theater Curtain Lifts On The Epic Musical ‘Ragtime’
Director Casey Stangl’s scaled-down version of "Ragtime" stages the show as a play-within-a-play inside an abandoned urban warehouse and focuses on today’s divisions of race, immigration and income inequality.
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Santa Ana College Rescues O.C.’s Oldest Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare Orange County almost closed forever after 39 years. Then an offer came from out of nowhere.
Music
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For Summertime Patriotism, Nothing Beats Sousa
Can you imagine a fireworks show without a rousing John Phillip Sousa march? Neither can we!
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Choral Arts Initiative Takes Chances to Present New Composers
The vocal arts ensemble celebrates new works during its Premiere Project Festival.
Dance
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After 15 Years, Local Professional Dance Company Backhausdance is Just Warming Up
PREVIEW: Backhausdance closes out the Irvine Barclay’s contemporary dance series with two world premieres.
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Laguna Dance Festival Leaves Laguna Beach; Is That a Good or a Bad Thing?
The decision to move its main event to Irvine is a sign of trouble in a city that prides itself as a haven for the arts.
Visual Arts
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Chapman’s Hilbert Museum of California Art to Expand and Nearly Triple In Size
Originally slated to move to the Villa Park Orchards Packing House, the Hilbert Museum will stay put and expand into nearby dance department building.
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Costa Mesa Visual Arts Scene Starting to Make Waves
Led by the West Side, the scene is emerging from the shadows of shopping centers, the performing arts and action sports industries.