Author: Christopher Trela

Beast Feast Returns to Cucina Enoteca in Fashion Island April 26

CUCINA enoteca in Fashion Island is bringing back one of its most popular and innovative dining events: Beast Feast, a whole-animal, prix-fixe dinner scheduled for Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Executive Chef Cesar Sarmiento will utilize an entire seasonal “beast” to avoid waste and embrace sustainable cooking practices. This Read More

33rd Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show Blooms at South Coast Plaza April 20-23

Floral mannequin from previous Fleurs de Villes event. Kyle Cheesborough, the Horticulture Director at Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar, has a difficult task this month: he’s one of the Garden Design judges at the 33rd annual Southern California Spring Garden Show at South Coast Plaza that runs Read More

You Can’t Stop the Beat: Hit Musical ‘Hairspray’ Dances It’s Way to Segerstrom Center April 18-30

“You Can’t Stop The Beat” – (center) Niki Metcalf as “Tracy Turnblad” and Company in Hairspray. Photo: Jeremy Daniel. If ever there was an unlikely movie to be made into a Broadway musical, it’s “Hairspray.” This 1988 comedy comes from the mind of filmmaker John Waters, whose other cinematic creations Read More

On the Agenda for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting on April 11

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, April 11. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71671/72. The regular meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Agenda items include: Extending the expiration date of Read More

The 41st Annual Gentlemen’s Haberdashery Struts Its Way to Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach April 27 in Celebration of Fashion and Purpose

Model at the 2022 Gentlemen’s Haberdashery The Gentlemen’s Haberdashery is one of Orange County’s longest and most celebrated charitable fundraisers and social events, and is going on its 41st year. This year’s philanthropy event, entitled “Generations of Generosity,” will be held on Thursday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 Read More