WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ECLECTIC ORANGE

The 2001 Eclectic Orange Festival, sponsored by the Philharmonic

Society of Orange County will continue through Nov. 11 at venues

throughout Orange County. For tickets, contact (714) 740-7878 or o7

https://www.eclecticorange.org.

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OCTOBER

‘YOU ARE HEAR’

The Orange County Museum of Art will present a musical exhibit through

Sunday. Titled “You Are Hear,” the exhibit will include musical

instrument sculptures, a video installation of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s

“Helicopter Quartet” and performances of “Poeme Symphonique” for 100

metronomes. The museum is at 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Hours

are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Museum admission is $5

for adults, $4 for seniors and students and free for members and children

16 and younger.

DAVID SEDARIS

Popular NPR commentator and playwright David Sedaris will take the

stage at 8 p.m. today at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. $24-$29.

YAMATO, DRUMMERS OF JAPAN

Yamato, Drummers of Japan will take the stage at 8 p.m. today at

Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. $15-$35.

PACIFIC CHORALE

Pacific Chorale will perform Verdi’s “Requiem” at 7 p.m. Sunday in

Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. $18-$55.

NOVEMBER

‘SOON’

The North American premiere of Hal Hartley’s “Soon” will take place at

8 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 3, 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 8 p.m. Nov. 5-7

in Founders Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. The theater piece examines the conflicts between the

extremes of religious belief and civic responsibility. $25.

‘RIGOLETTO’

Opera Pacific will present “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 6-10 and 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center,

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. $25-$175.

‘POWDER HER FACE’

“Powder Her Face,” an opera by Thomas Ades, will be performed at 8

p.m. Nov. 9 and 4 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center,

6200 Atherton St., Long Beach. The opera is based on the scandalous life

of the Duchess of Argyll. $45-$70.