ARTS & CULTURE ARTS & CULTURE CULTURE » Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Community Celebrations for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos Reimagined for a Safer Holiday Season Santa Ana Author Captures Plight of Immigrants in His New Children’s Book Leopo: A Time to Reflect, Recognize Local Indigenous History Inaugural Viet Book Fest Shares Children’s Books by Vietnamese Authors and Illustrators Live Performance May Be on Pause, but Arts Students Continue Their Studies with Hope Pageant of the Masters Still Hoping Ticketholders Will Let it Slide Pandemic Forces Another Holiday to Go Virtual: Observing Rosh Hashanah from a Distance A Celebration of Mexican Independence Through a Santanero Lens Orange County Writers of Color Rise to the Moment DANCE » Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Hodgins: Segerstrom Center Refuses to Let the Pandemic Keep the Curtain Down Backhausdance to Explore New Concepts in a Virtual Kickoff of its 18th Season Segerstrom Center Elects Jane Fujishige Yada as Its Next Chair National Choreographer’s Initiative Goes Dark for the First Time in 17 Years How the Local Dance Scene Might Change in the Decade Ahead Hip Hop Culture Hits the Streets in Santa Ana American Ballet Theatre Takes Us to Ancient Greece in ‘Of Love and Rage’ After Living Her Dream, Dancer Danica Paulos Plans to Photograph the World ABT’s ‘Of Love and Rage’ Will Receive Its World Premiere at Segerstrom FOOD » Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Panoringan: The Accidental Influencer — A Conversation with Connie Bang-Co Aboubakare Panoringan: Amazon Fresh 101 – A Comprehensive Guide to OC’s Tech-Savvy Grocery Store Panoringan: Rodeo 39 Coverage (Part Two), Hot Chicken Concepts and Halloween Treats Panoringan: Surf City Still Works Expansion, Stanton’s Rodeo 39 Preview and Fall-O-Ween at Knott’s Panoringan: Chef Cao of Burnt Crumbs Competes on ‘Chopped’; plus, O.C. Restaurant Week Recs Panoringan: Honoring Labor Day with Stories From Frontline Service Workers Barclay and Bayside are Serving Up a Weekly Jazz Lunch Panoringan: Barbecue Basics from Seasoned Pros, Plus Family-Friendly Meal Kits from OC Eateries Panoringan: OC’s New Brunch Scene Is What Locals Are Craving MUSIC » 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 Hodgins: Segerstrom Center Refuses to Let the Pandemic Keep the Curtain Down Segerstrom Center Elects Jane Fujishige Yada as Its Next Chair OC Music & Dance Seeks to Help Veterans and Law Enforcement Through Music Pacific Chorale Dips Its Toe Back into Performing with a Soothing Psalm for COVID Times Pacific Symphony Strives to Reimagine Programming as it Postpones 2020-21 Season How the Pandemic Made UCI Composer Michael Dessen’s World Go Zoom THEATER » Laguna Playhouse Celebrates Its 100th Birthday in 2020 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Brings Back Live Performances on the Plaza Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Hodgins: Segerstrom Center Refuses to Let the Pandemic Keep the Curtain Down Segerstrom Center Elects Jane Fujishige Yada as Its Next Chair Maverick Theater Resurrects ‘Night of the Living Dead’ How Moviewatching in Orange County is Transforming During the Pandemic The 28-Year History of Stages Theatre Began with a Need for a Home Stages Theatre, a Mainstay for 28 Years on the Local Theater Scene, Closes Its Doors Costa Mesa Youth Theater Decides the Show Must Go On, Even During the Coronavirus Pandemic VISUAL ARTS » Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in the Year of Coronavirus Laguna Art Museum, O.C. Museum of Art Back Open for Business Sawdust Reinvents Itself as an Outdoor Marketplace During Coronavirus Restrictions Laguna Art Museum Executive Director Malcolm Warner Announces Retirement Orange County Museums Reopen with Precautions, Yet Some Stay Closed Orange County Museums Eye Reopening But Remain Cautious Muckenthaler Cultural Center Finds a Way to Thrive During the Pandemic Artists Revive the Self-Guided ‘Art Along the Coast’ Tour Fullerton’s Hunt Library Gets a New Life. Will Its Biggest Champions Be a Part of It? Todd D. Smith is Leaving the Orange County Museum of Art 126 SharesShare126TweetRedditEmail