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2023 Boat Parade Sweepstakes Winner (Non-Commercial): My Way, owned by Les Davidson. Photo by Lawrence Sherwin It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Newport Beach thanks to the 116th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade, to be held December 18 through 22, and the Ring of Lights Home Decorating Read More

Martin Benson In November of 1964, a fledgling theater company named South Coast Repertory staged its first production, Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” at the Newport Beach Ebell Club. Tartuffe marked the SCR directorial debut of Martin Benson, the co-founder with David Emmes of South Coast Repertory. Over the next six decades, Benson Read More

Richard Soto and Richard Doyle in South Coast Repertory’s 2023 production of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jerry Patch. Photo by Jenny Graham/SCR. Tradition plays an important part this time of year, and there is no longer-running, time-honored holiday tradition in Orange County than South Coast Repertory’s Read More

Sally Struthers stars in “Rapunzel and her Holiday Wish” at Laguna Playhouse Laguna Playhouse is keeping it “All in the Family” this month when it presents Lythgoe Family Productions ninth Panto at the Playhouse production of “Rapunzel and her Holiday Wish” that runs December 7 through 29. Sally Struthers, who Read More

The Snow from Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Nutcracker.” Photo: Marty Sohl. Holiday traditions abound this time of year. One of the most popular of those is the belove ballet “The Nutcracker,” which is performed by ballet companies throughout the country. Orange County is fortunate that Segerstrom Center for the Arts has Read More

Attendees pose for a photo with Santa at a previous year’s Corona del Mar Christmas Walk. — Photo by Lawrence Sherwin © The Annual Corona del Mar Christmas Walk returns on December 8 for another holiday stroll that celebrates the merchants and restaurants of the Corona del Mar Village. The Read More