After a year off, the National Choreographers Initiative has brought back dancers and choreographers to work on new works.
Category: Irvine
Irvine, home to UC Irvine and the Great Park, has about 318,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the Great Park and development.
Posted inGovernment
Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
Questions are mounting about whether county supervisors are aiming to engineer safer re-elections for themselves by jettisoning parts of their district that didn’t vote for them, and adding in areas that are more favorable at the ballot box.
Posted inGovernment
Residents Call Out Public Agencies for Inaction on Handling Irvine Asphalt Factory Emissions
Activists are calling on the city and air quality district to push forward, but after months of slow movement residents are taking matters into their own hands.
Posted inGovernment
Orange County Power Authority Criticized For Lack Of Transparency
Following the collapse of a similar agency in neighboring Riverside County, concerns arise that Orange County’s agency could make the same mistakes without robust public input.
Posted inIrvine
Is the Dream of an Irvine Veterans Cemetery on the Way Out the Door?
State Senator Tom Umberg pulled a bill this week that would have cemented Irvine as the site of the cemetery, opening room for veterans’ new favored site in Gypsum Canyon.
Posted inCountywide
Veterans, County Leaders Rally Around Veterans Cemetery in Gypsum Canyon, Legislative Battle Looms
New plans for a veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon open up a host of questions for county, state and federal officials.
Posted inIrvine
How Did Irvine Fail to Build a Veterans Cemetery After Nearly a Decade of Debate?
The project fell into the same unending loops that have come to define major projects in the city that come with big promises and few tangible results.
Posted inMusic
New Chamber Group Makes Its Debut at Post-pandemic Barclay Theatre
Trio Barclay, with violinist Dennis Kim, plays music by Shostakovich, Dvorák and Seyfried during their inaugural concert.
Posted inMusic
An Evening With Renée Fleming is the Perfect Way to Celebrate the Normality We Crave
REVIEW: Renée Fleming’s electric performance during the Barclay’s first in-person post-pandemic indoor concert was a welcome balm for an enthusiastic audience.
Posted inDance
Laguna Dance Festival Brings Live, In-Person Dance Back to Young Orange County Dancers
Students embrace the chance to dance inside a studio after a year of unconventional dance training.
