It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween, but don’t be afraid to register your boat and participate in the annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. You can also decorate your humble Newport abode for the Ring of Lights home decorating contest.
Christmas Boat Parade and Ring of Lights entries...
“American Clown”
“Be a clown, be a clown, all the world loves a clown.” Those lyrics by the great Cole Porter were written in 1948, at a time when we did love clowns like Emmett Kelly and the clowns in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus with their...
With over 300 films (many of them short subjects) in the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival, it’s impossible to watch them all over the eight days of the Festival which runs October 16-23. Here are a few that stand out.
“Theater is Dead” is billed as a darkly comic suspense...
How do you top the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival, which featured a slew of movie premieres, A-list talent, independent filmmakers, and memorable after-parties as part of the Festival’s 25th anniversary?
Easy: Welcome to the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs October 16 through 23. During those eight days,...
By Camden Tucker | Special to the NB Indy
Janice Molinari and Melissa Forman’s documentary directorial debut, “Stronger Than You Think,” which screens October 19 and 22 at the Newport Beach Film Festival, tells the story of lifelong swimmer Alie Truwit, who lost her foot and later, part of her...
A new chapter – make that a new movement – begins this month when Alexander Shelley officially conducts his first concert of the 2025-2-26 season as Pacific Symphony’s Artistic and Music Director Designate (he assumes full directorship in the 2026-27 season).
Music Director Laureate Carl St.Clair, who is passing the...
By Mandy Fang | NB Indy Arts Writer
An age-old classic, everybody knows the story of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” But not everybody can say they’ve seen it on stage, told by some of the country’s best artist-athletes.
Just in time for the Halloween season, the world-renowned San Francisco Ballet haunted the...
The musical RENT was a Broadway phenomenon that opened on Broadway in April 1996 and closed on September 7, 2008, after 12 years, making it one of the longest-running shows on Broadway. RENT won the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The musical featured two...
By Zoe Luczaj | NB Indy Arts Columnist
Imagine four famous rock and roll pioneers all jamming in the same recording studio at the same time. Now imagine that very session materializing before your eyes—and ears.
South Coast Repertory’s new production of “Million Dollar Quartet” is a vibrant musical time capsule...
Lights, camera, action!
The schedule for this year’s 26th annual Newport Beach Film Festival has been announced, and it’s an impressive collection of award-contender screenings from noted directors and actors plus special events and after-parties that make this year’s Newport Beach Film Fest one not to miss.
The Festival will screen...
