Author: Christopher Trela

Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours Program Premieres July 26-27 on PBS SoCal and KCET

Pictured (from left to right): Bella Ramsey, Bill Nighy, Gemma Chan, Letitia Wright, Paul Mescal, Taron Egerton and Toby Jones (Photo Courtesy of Visit Newport Beach).UK Hponours The Newport Beach Film Festival has become known for spotlighting films from other countries, especially Great Britain. In 2015, that relationship became stronger Read More

Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours Program Premieres July 27-28 on PBS SoCal and KCET

Pictured (from left to right): Bella Ramsey, Bill Nighy, Gemma Chan, Letitia Wright, Paul Mescal, Taron Egerton and Toby Jones (Photo Courtesy of Visit Newport Beach).UK Hponours The Newport Beach Film Festival has become known for spotlighting films from other countries, especially Great Britain. In 2015, that relationship became stronger Read More

Corona del Mar Resident Molly Lynch Brings Renowned National Choreographers Initiative to Irvine Barclay Theatre

Scene from “Mass Hysterical” by Emily Adams at the 2022 NCI program Corona del Mar resident Molly Lynch has been a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and Artistic Director for Ballet Pacifica from 1988 to 2003. She’s currently Professor and Chair of the Dance Department at the Claire Trevor School of the Read More

Cultural VIPs Attend United Ukrainian Ballet’s Sold-Out Performance of ‘Giselle’ at Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Elizaveta Gogidze and Alexis Tutunnique in the United Ukrainian Ballet’s Giselle by Alexei Ratmansky, photo by Karolina Kuras It was an especially stirring evening as an array of cultural VIPs, celebrities, and dance lovers attended the West Coast debut of the United Ukrainian Ballet at Segerstrom Center for the Arts Read More

Populaire Restaurant Offers Special Menu Inspired by Tina Turner Musical at Segerstrom Center

Tina Turner menu at Populaire For many years, Chef Ross Pangilinan concocted wonderful menus based on Broadway musicals that came to Segerstrom Center when he was at Leatherby’s Café Rouge. The menus were always colorful and clever, and provided a fun start to a musical evening. Pangilinan left Leatherby’s to Read More