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The Newport Beach City Arts Commission has announced the lineup for the 2019 Concerts on the Green series that takes place this summer at the Newport Beach Civic Center, 100 Civic Center Drive. The 2019 Concerts on the Green take place on June 16, July 7, August 25 and September...

Newport Beach city officials announced this week that the central library is celebrating its 25-year anniversary with special events and activities now through July. A balloon tower with a giant “25” greeting guests entering the library kicks off the celebration this week, a city...

With our city council elections approaching, you’ve been reading a stream of letters to the editor yearning for the old days of big, expensive, and bloated city government. The small and loud old guard lost power in 2014, and they don’t like it. There was a time when you had to...

Several Newport Beach residents joined together to file a lawsuit last week that claims the argument opposing a measure on the November ballot is misleading, the author is actually a supporter and that it’s just a ruse. Former Mayors Mike Henn, Rush Hill, and Keith Curry, along...

The next phase of the rotating sculpture exhibition in the Newport Beach Civic Center Park is underway, as arts officials heard an outline of the upcoming program last week. The City Arts Commission heard a presentation on July 12 from Library Services Director Tim Hetherton and...

It’s only one week until the 4th Annual Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival, and we’re already salivating over the sensational lineup of restaurants that are participating this year. We’re also impressed with the wineries—which is important when you’re listing Wine...

As they prepare for Phase III of the Newport Beach Civic Center Sculpture Exhibition, the city Arts Commission will operate with two less commissioners, at least for the time being. Jennifer Van Bergh submitted her resignation on June 6, writing in a letter to Library Service...

Classical music goes casual this weekend when Pacific Symphony brings its family-friendly Symphony in the Cities program to Newport Beach on Sunday, July 16 at the Newport Beach Civic Center, 100 Civic Center Drive. The evening will begin with the Symphony’s “Musical Playground”...

The Newport Beach City Council agreed that public art is important to the city when they voted 7-0 this week to proceed with phases III and IV of the Sculpture Exhibition in Civic Center Park. Library Services Director Tim Hetherton made a presentation at the City Council meeting...

Prepare to get some “Satisfaction” this weekend when the Newport Beach City Arts Commission kicks off the 2016 series of Concerts on the Green on Sunday, July 31, with a performance by Hollywood Stones, a five-piece rock band that recreates the classic rock music of the Rolling...

By Scott Peotter | Special to the NB Indy We Needed an Adult in the Room! The city’s auditors of the Taj-Ma-City-Hall made a presentation of their draft report last week. The bottom line? The City went over its own inflated budget by $29.3 Million and there is $1.2 Million in...

As an attorney practicing in securities law, I was both shocked and surprised to read the proposal by Mayor Diane Dixon and Finance Committee member Will O’Neill to refinance the civic center debt. I was shocked because this proposal was vigorously debated at the City...

Let’s face it: We all want to do it, say we do it, or actually do it. The “it” is “being green.” It’s a term that is now part of our vernacular, and lives, since we realized four decades ago that the earth’s resources are not infinite and we have become a wasteful culture. You...

Three steel saplings, a giant metallic fly, and a pebble weighing 12,000 pounds were among the 10 artworks being installed this week at the Newport Beach Civic Center Park. The artworks join the 10 current works that have been on display for the past year as part of the city’s...

By Richard Simon | NB Indy / Photos by Charles Weinberg | NB Indy High humidity coupled with the emotions of the moment had eyes watering and faces dripping at the Newport Beach Civic Center Community Room on Tuesday afternoon during a ceremony that followed the Flame of Hope Run...

There will soon be more art in the Civic Center park, following a Newport Beach City Council decision this week. Council unanimously approved 10 new pieces of art for Sculpture Exhibition in Civic Center Park on Tuesday. They will be installed in August and stay for two years,...

Call for Entries: Sculpture in Civic Center Park Exhibition Artists, private collectors, galleries and museums/non-profit institutions are invited to submit pre-existing artworks for consideration for temporary exhibition at the City’s Civic Center Park. This is a unique...

City staff presented the council with “lessons learned” from the costly and controversial Civic Center project this week during Tuesday’s study session. During the Dec. 13 meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Diane Dixon asked staff to “provide a recap of the change in scope of the Civic...

The California Coastal Commission met in Newport Beach this week, prompting a discussion with a commissioner of important topics from one local group and several demonstrations outside the civic center, both in support and protest of specific issues, from others. About two dozen...