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 Mission
San Juan Capistrano - "Two Journeys: One
Mission" - San Juan Capistrano
October 11, 2009 – January 5, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
“Godspeed” by Suzi Chauvel and “5264” by Siân
Poeschl. Visual depictions of ageless journeys,
through photography on metal and kiln-formed glass
Exhibit
is free with paid admission to the Mission.
LOCATION:
Mission San Juan Capistrano
26801 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano
INFORMATION:
(949) 234-1317
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Music
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 Pacific
Symphony Presents: "Bach, Beethoven &
Brahms "
Sunday, November 1, 2009
3:00 pm
Bach’s
charming inventions were written as exercises
for the musical education of his students. Beethoven’s
piano trio, written while spending a penniless
summer in Vienna, features themes found in his
Second Symphony. While Brahms’ seemingly effortless
quartet is testament to his love of Schubert,
it also includes shameless bursts of popular music
of the time.
LOCATION:
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
615 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa
INFORMATION:
714-755-5799
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Film
& Cinema
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Historical
Tours & Programs
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 San
Juan Capistrano Walking Tour - San
Juan Capistrano
Sundays
1 pm
The
Walking Tour visits two San Juan Capistrano adobes
built in the 1790s and the Victorian Pryor House.
Tales of ghosts, pirates, buried treasure and
of many who have lived here will point out why
San Juan is so special.
Donations
of $2.00 per adult and $1.00 per child are accepted
and go to several projects including Save the
Adobe Fund.
LOCATION:
Tours leave from "Lady Debra's" at the corner
of Camino Capistrano and Verdugo Street.
San Juan Capistrano
INFORMATION:
(949) 493-8444
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Current
Museum Exhibits
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 Discovery
Science Center Presents: Mexico: Festival of Toys
- Santa Ana
Now through Jan 3, 2010
You're
invited to bring your children and immerse yourselves
in Mexican culture through toys and games of the
past and present. This interactive exhibit features
hand-made toys for both celebration and play.
Challenge each other in traditional Mexican games,
play with authentic dolls and masks, learn about
the cultural significance of Mexican toys.
LOCATION:
Discovery
Science Center
2500 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
INFORMATION:
714-542-2823
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 Bowers
Museum Exhibit: "The Baroque World of Fernando
Botero"
September 12 - December 6, 2009
Featuring
35 rare etchings by Rembrandt Van Rijn made between
1629 and 1654, Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars
in Rembrandt?s Etchings focuses on a subject the
artist frequented in his formative years: the
beggar. Rembrandt's images document and humanize
the vagrant population living in 17th century
Dutch society that considered these individuals
repulsive and outcast.
LOCATION:
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana
INFORMATION:
(714) 567-3679
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Readings,
Lectures & Seminars
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 Casa
Romantica Poetry Reading Series
Ongoing - Readings are held the last Wednesday
of every month at 7:00 pm.
Promoting
and celebrating the many poets living and writing
in Orange County and offering the best poetry
of Southern California and beyond in a setting
both historic and beautiful: the Casa Romantica
Cultural Center Gardens.
Events are free and open to the public.
LOCATION:
Casa Romantica
415 Avenida Granada
San Clemente, CA 92672
INFORMATION:
(949) 498-2139
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 Orange
County Museum of Art - Visionaries Lecture Series
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Newport Beach
Every Monday beginning October 19
1:30–3:30 pm
Spend
the coming art year answering the question–how
did contemporary art become contemporary? Discover
the unexpected connections between the past and
present and encounter the sudden changes that
shocked the art world. Dr. Jeanne S. M. Willette
(Associate Professor of Art History at Otis College
of Art & Design) leads this new series of in-depth
lectures in art history to examine the Big Three—painting,
sculpture, and installation and trace their history
from past to present.
LOCATION:
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach
INFORMATION:
949-759-1122
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Theater
& Performing Arts
- Featured On Stage Peformances
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 SCR
presents: "Saturn Returns"
October 23 - November 22, 2009
From
the fertile brain of Noah Haidle, one of the brightest
new voices in American theatre, comes 88-year-old
Gustin. He’s endearingly crabby and, according
to his caregiver, perfectly healthy and in no
need of care. But there are echoes in Gustin’s
home, echoes of the women he loved — and thought
he couldn’t live without. He steps into those
echoes and takes the audience with him through
three stages of his life, on an inventive journey
that bends time and surprises at every turn.
LOCATION:
South Coast Repertory
655 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa
INFORMATION:
714-708-5555
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 Laguna
Playhouse presents: "Moonlight and Magnolias"
October 6 - November 1, 2009
Making
movie history is not easy! Just ask film producer
David O. Selznick, who stops the filming of Gone
with the Wind three weeks into production because
he wants a rewrite of the unwieldy script. He
hires playwright Ben Hecht to do the job—in only
five days! Only one problem: Hecht has never even
read the novel. So, Selznick summons Hecht and
Gone With the Wind director Victor Fleming to
his office, locks the doors and closes the shades.
Subsisting on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the
three men spend five days crafting a screenplay
that will become the blueprint for one of the
most successful films of all time. This wildly
funny and engaging tale illuminates the behind-the-scenes
business of movie-making during the golden age
of Hollywood.
LOCATION:
Laguna
Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92652
INFORMATION:
Box Office
(949) 497-ARTS (2787)
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Community
Theater
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 Musical
Theatre Village presents: "Seussical the
Musical "
Sept.
11 - Oct. 25, 2009
Combine
Seuss’ most beloved characters with a toe-tapping
score and the good Doctor’s sense of fun, and
you have one of the most popular musical productions
today!
LOCATION:
Musical Theatre Village
36-C Mauchly
Irvine, Ca
INFORMATION:
Box Office (949) 753-1996
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 Camino
Real Playhouse presents: "Noises Off"
- San Juan Capistrano
October 2 - 25, 2009
The
Camino Real Playhouse presents "The funniest play
written in my lifetime," said The New York Times
critic Frank Rich. It propelling the author Michael
Frayn to international fame,. The play keeps audiences
in stitches in a perfectly delightful farce about
Nothing On, which is a purposefully terrible farce
about sexual dalliances. This play-within-a-play
is interrupted as actors come and go, usually
at the wrong time and through the wrong doors,
while off-stage assignations lead to on-stage
chaos. From first rehearsal to final performance
the delirium never ends. Bring extra oxygen!
LOCATION:
Camino Real Playhouse
31776 El Camino Real
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 675
INFO:
(949) 489-8082
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Wine
Tasting Events
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 Monthly
Tasting Party
Meets
the FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH (except January)
6-9 pm
Enjoy
their wines with hot food, snacks, artisan breads
& cheeses. Cost: $30 per person. Drop in - no
reservation required. Live music, taste their
bubbly Champagne, Raspberry Sparkling, plus over
20 wines to select from.
LOCATION:
Laguna Canyon Winery
2133 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651 USA
949.715.9463 (Wine)
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