Archive for Thursday, June 05, 2008
Orange County Calendar
TODAY
Flag signing: Add your signature to a flag promoting breast cancer awareness to be carried in the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade. 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Gypsy Den Grand Central Cafe, 125 N. Broadway Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 835-8840 or (714) 244-2079 or www.metheds.org
Art: Michael Knowlton makes politically charged comments on current events, inspired by the media, through his paintings in “Blackwater Babylon: Michael Knowlton.” Gallery hours. Free. Grand Central Art Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. (714) 567-7233 or www.grandcentralartcenter.com
Photographs: “Memories in Vietnam: 1955-1975” features images as seen through the lenses of U.S. soldiers. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Viet Art Center, 13091 Galway St., Garden Grove. (714) 537-0608.
Hike: A strenuous and fast-paced 4.8-mile fitness hike. Reservations suggested. 9-11 a.m. Free. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Nix Nature Center, 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine. (949) 923-2235 or www.lagunacanyon.org
Book signing: Al Regnery discusses and signs his book “Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism.” 10:30 a.m. $6-$8. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda. (714) 993-5075 or www.nixonlibrary.org
Exhibit: “Epic: B.A.M.F.A.S.,” the Quad Annual Senior Art Exhibition, features students’ best work from their college art careers. Free. Tue.-Sat. noon-5 p.m. through June 13. (949) 824-9854 or www.epicbamfas.com
Concert: The Tony Dumas Trio performs jazz. 8 p.m. $20-$25. Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton. (714) 738-6595 or www.themuck.org
Film: Four young surfers travel through war-torn Liberia searching for the perfect wave in “Sliding Liberia.” 8 p.m. Free with admission. $8-$10. Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 759-1122 or www.ocma.net
FRIDAY
Concert: Spanish dancers join UCI’s Symphony Orchestra in “The Old and the New.” Pre-concert discussion 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m. $8-$12. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. (949) 824-2787 or www.arts.uci.eduExhibit: “Traces of Recollection” features clay sculptures by Gail Schneider. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 15. Free. Soka University, Founders Hall Art Gallery, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo. (949) 480-4081 or www.soka.edu
ONGOING
Theater: Laguna Playhouse presents “Alexandros,” a comedy about a 75th birthday party at which a family gathers and truths unravel. 2 p.m. today; other showtimes through June 30. $25-$65. Laguna Playhouse, Moulton Theatre, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. (949) 491-2787 or www.lagunaplayhouse.comTheater: “Cinderella Waltz” tells the story of Rosey Snow, who falls into a wacky Cinderella fairy tale with farcical characters playing the usual roles. 2:30 p.m. today; 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; and 2:30 p.m. June 8. $10-$12. Santa Ana College, Phillip Hall Little Theatre, 1530 W. 17th St., Santa Ana. (714) 564-5661 or www.sac.edu
Theater: “Reefer Madness,” a musical satire on the 1936 anti-drug propaganda film of the same name, follows a group of high school students pushed to try marijuana. 8 p.m. Thu.-Fri.; 1 and 8 p.m. Sat. $9-$17. UC Irvine, Claire Trevor Theatre, Mesa Road and West Peltason Drive. (949) 824-2787 or www.arts.uci.edu
Theater: “Metamorphoses” tells Ovid’s tale with classical and modern techniques in a pool of water. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 6 p.m. Sun. through June 28. $15-$18. Stagestheatre, 400 Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. (714) 525-4484 or www.stagesoc.org
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The Orange County Calendar is compiled by Nardine Saad. Submit items two weeks in advance to ocdesk@latimes.com or by fax to (714) 966-7711.
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