Author: Christopher Trela

Visit Newport Beach Sales Team Wins ConferenceDirect CVB of the Year Award

Scott Durkin, Vice President, Marketing Programs, ConferenceDirect; J.J. Wills, SVP, Marketing Programs & Business Development, ConferenceDirect; Jennifer Brannon, National Account Director, Visit Newport Beach; Amanda Kliem, Director of Sales, Visit Newport Beach; Chris Baum, SVP & Publisher, ConferenceDirect Visit Newport Beach is two for two! As the nonprofit marketing and Read More

Mayor’s Table at Lido House Hotel Welcomes New General Manager Quentin Gravet

Mayor’s Table Have you tried the Mayor’s Table hamburger? It’s a delicious handful of simplicity that yields big flavors, accompanied by perfectly seasoned fries. Something else—make that someone else—well seasoned is Quentin Gravet, the new General Manager of Mayor’s Table who has extensive wine expertise and a passion for personalized Read More

Segerstrom Center for the Arts Presents North American Premiere of American Ballet Theatre ‘Woolf Works’ Through April 14

Hee Seo and Aran Bell in “Woolf Works.” Photo: Fabrizio Ferri. It’s always a privilege and a delight when American Ballet Theatre comes to Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The longtime partnership between ABT and Segerstrom Center was fostered by Henry Segerstrom many years ago, enabling ABT to bring its Read More

Newport Beach Composer Joseph Mulroy’s Musical about OC Surfers Gets Full Staging at Irvine Valley College through April 14

(L to R): Ruby DeKeyser (Bunny), Stephen Goeres-Hill (Surfer), James Farol (Tom Bannick/Surfer), Autumn Havlik (Bunny), Charlie Alvarez (Surfer), Jose Herrera Pena (Surfer), Ryland Henderson (Bunny) in “Surfin Days” at Irvine Valley College. Orange County has long been a hotbed of surfing culture. Huntington Beach has the moniker Surf City. Read More

City Officials Celebrate Opening of Newport Harbor’s Newest and Largest Public Dock

Assemblymember Diane Dixon, Council Member Lauren Kleiman, Supervisor Katrina Foley, Mayor Pro Tem Joe Stapleton, Mayor Will O’Neill, Council Member Robyn Grant, Council Member Erik Weigand at the opening of the new public dock. Photo by Chris Trela. Officials from the City of Newport Beach, the County of Orange, the Read More