2023 Flight of Newport. Photo by Jim Collins Newport Harbor is filled with boats of all sizes on sunny summer weekends, but on Sunday, July 13, you’ll see even more sailboats than usual when the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce (with assistance from the Balboa Yacht Read More
California Biennial 2025 art. Photo by Chris Trela The Orange County Museum of Art is desperate. And scared. But social. “Desperate, Scared But Social” is the name of a 1995 album by riot grrrl band Emily’s Sassy Lime, and it’s the title of OCMA’s 2025 California Biennial, which explores the Read More
Newport Beach Independent editor Christopher Trela won three awards at the OC Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards Winners of the Orange County Press Club’s 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards were announced on June 18, 2025. At the event, regular Newport Beach Independent contributor Richrd Simon won second place for Read More
Eric Marienthal performs at the 2024 Eric Marienthal & Friends concert. Photo by Chris Trela It’s time for great jazz for a great cause when the annual Eric Marienthal & Friends Concert returns to the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach on Sunday, July 13 to raise funds for the High Hopes Read More
Newport Beach Film Festival CEO and Executive Director Gregg Schwenk, actor Ralph Macchio and Newport Beach Film Festival Co-Founder Todd Quartararo on the red carpet at the TV Fest. Photo by Chris Trela The Newport Beach Film Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary last fall with a star-studded lineup of actors, Read More
Brian Mackey, Valerie Larsen, Amanda Sitton, Gabbie Adner, Christopher M. Williams and Omri Schein star in the Laguna Playhouse production of “PERIL IN THE ALPS,” written and directed by Steven Dietz and now playing at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach. There are a handful of famous literary detectives whose Read More
Booker Winery at the 2024 Pacific Wine & Food Classic. Photo by Chris Trela One of the most popular wine and food events in Orange County returns to Newport Beach this summer for its eighth incarnation. The Pacific Wine & Food Classic will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Read More
Chef Jamie Gwen Longtime Newport Beach resident Jamie Gwen is a syndicated radio host, certified sommelier, public speaker, seven-time cookbook author, and a Food Network star (she won Cutthroat Kitchen and competed on Beat Bobby Flay). Gwen was also a regular presence at the annual Newport Beach Wine & Food Read More
First it was a Four Seasons hotel, then The Island Hotel and later, in 2017, the Irvine Company renamed it the Fashion Island Hotel. Whatever the moniker, the 31-year-old luxury property is a landmark in Newport Beach —with its upscale lobby bar known for its lively late-night atmosphere. During the Read More
Miami City Ballet’s “Swan Lake” Dance lovers are familiar with “Swan Lake,” the classic ballet with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but there are various versions of “Swan Lake” performed by ballet companies around the world. Miami City Ballet is bringing yet another “Swan Lake” to Segerstrom Center for the Read More
