As the production makes its West Coast premiere at South Coast Repertory, writer and director Amir Reza Koohestani discusses political resistance, artistic freedom and the U.S. visa restrictions ...

Orange County choreographer Linda Sohl-Ellison celebrates her company's legacy with an eight-hour video anthology featuring rare footage, legendary performers and decades of groundbreaking dance.

Celebrity chef Jamie Gwen is the co-founder of Relish, a fine dining and spirits experience that took place over the weekend in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. She talked about the all-star lineup of ...

From a world premiere to action sports and marine life documentaries, celebrations of culture, cooking, art and more – all in the form of inspiring features and creative shorts – Orange County’s film ...

Local guzheng performer and composer transcends time by creating contemporary sounds with a classic Chinese instrument.

Alexander Shelley, the new music director of the Pacific Symphony, in the several times this listener has heard and witnessed him, is a conductor not given to exaggeration. He is an honest musician, ...

Banned Books Week offers a reminder of Orange County’s nearly century-long history of censorship battles over textbooks, plays, movies, comics, art and library shelves.

This September, Culture OC marks three years as an independent nonprofit newsroom. Anniversaries usually invite us to look back. This year, we are also looking outward at the artists, organizations, ...

From June 27 through July 6, cities across the county will light up with parades, fun runs, carnivals, patriotic concerts, harbor cruises, pub crawls, slip-and-slides, community picnics, and of course ...

There is something inherently uncomfortable about laughing during “Assassins.” That, of course, is part of the point. Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s darkly comic musical gathers a collection of ...

Baseball season, concerts and all things Snoopy are reasons why you’d find visitors driving around Anaheim and Buena Park as soon as the rain eventually subsides. Dining elsewhere before an Angels or ...

Nestled in a tiny commercial center off Anaheim Boulevard in its namesake city, Lizzette Barrios-Gracián’s small brick-and-mortar has become a community hub and veritable feast of literary ...