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The City of Newport Beach is located in the coastal center of Orange County. It has approximately 90,000 residents and brings in between 20,000 to 100,000 tourists daily during the hot summer months. The City is composed of several distinct “villages” such as Newport Coast and the charming Balboa Island.

Known for its fine residential areas, modern shopping facilities, strong business community, and quality school system, the City surrounds Newport Bay where more than 9,000 boats of all types are docked within the 21-square-mile harbor area. The bay area and the City’s eight miles of ocean beach offer outstanding fishing, swimming, surfing, and aquatic sports activities.

Annual events such as the Newport Beach Art Exhibition and Sale, the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Balboa Island Art Walk, and the Baroque Music Festival all take place within Newport Beach. Throughout the year, the Newport Beach Public Library presents art exhibits, concerts, guest speakers, and children’s activities that focus on art, music, theatre and literature. The City is also home to the Orange County Museum of Art, NewportHarbor Nautical Museum, and the historic Lido Theater. During the summer, the City Arts Commission sponsors several Shakespeare by the Sea and Concerts in the Parks events.

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June 25, 2010 - Ongoing

WRITTEN BY: Alyssa Canann and Tom Shelton
DIRECTED BY: Doug Bilitch
MUSIC & LYRICS BY: Alyssa Canann and Tom Shelton

We’re in the French Riviera, 1962. Four former comrades-in-arms and their respective loved ones gather for a birthday bash. Unbeknownst to the guests (that’s you) the party’s a ruse. Underlying the reunion of old friends is a nefarious scheme, ...More

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	Tell-a-friend Third Thursdays Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) May 17, 2012 Spend your third Thursday evenings at OCMA. Enjoy dinner and drinks, tours of the groundbreaking exhibition Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, and special eclectic ...More
	Tell-a-friend Music by the Bay Presented by ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum at ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum May 18, 2012 Music by the Bay is ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum’s popular musical reception series. Please join us for an evening of fun and friends at ...More
	Tell-a-friend The 18th Annual Balboa Island Artwalk Presented by Balboa Island Artwalk at Balboa Island Artwalk May 20, 2012 Over a Mile of Art & Live Music! The Balboa Island Artwalk is the premier showcase for talented local artists and marks the start of the Island's summer season. ...More
	Tell-a-friend Studio Sundays Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) May 20, 2012 New at OCMA! Enjoy art making together inspired by Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series ...More
	Tell-a-friend Ray Friesz (1930-2007) Thought Out Presented by Brett Rubbico Gallery at Brett Rubbico Gallery March 24-May 26, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday. March 24 2012 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. In honored memory of Ray Friesz this exhibition titled Thought Out shows 23 paintings with a very ...More
	Tell-a-friend Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) February 26-May 27, 2012 Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series is the first major museum exhibition to explore the artist’s most celebrated series created from 1967 to ...More
	Tell-a-friend Impressionism: Then & Now Presented by SOCALPAPA/Southern California Plein Air Painters Association at ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum February 29-June 3, 2012 SOCALPAPA presents their 3rd Annual Impressionism Show, featuring the best juried works from their membership. All artwork is for Sale and a portion of the proceeds benefits the ...More

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Event Name	Organization	Dates	City
The Boy Friend The Boy Friend Presented by Newport Theatre Arts Center at Newport Theatre Arts Center June 1-July 1, 2012 A witty and stylish musical cartoon of the Jazz Age. The Boy Friend is a good-humored, tuneful and affectionate valentine to the innocence and high spirits of the Charleston, cloche hat and short skirt days of the ‘20s, a delightful spoof of the old fashioned operetta – all to a flapper beat. This is the show that brought Julie Andrews to fame on Broadway!	Newport Theatre Arts Center	06/01/12- 07/01/12	Newport Beach
Family Fun Zone Fridays Family Fun Zone Fridays Presented by ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum at ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum June 15, 2012 ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum is introducing Family Fun Zone Fridays this summer at the Balboa Fun Zone. Beginning in June, visitors will enjoy a mix of FREE hands on activities, interactive programs and live entertainment that will connect them to the living museum in their backyard. Activities include: science-based experiments, nautical arts and crafts and family-friendly audio tours through our Ship Model Gallery. For the first time, ExplorOcean/NHNM will introduce a...	ExplorOcean/Newport Harbor Nautical Museum	06/15/12	Newport Beach
Free Second Sundays at OCMA Free Second Sundays at OCMA Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) June 10, 2012 Free Second Sundays is one of the best ways for Orange County families to spend time together enjoying art. Thanks to the generous support of the Visionaries, Target, and The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, admission is free on the second Sunday of every month. Join us for all day family fun on these special days! Activities from 11 am-4 pm. June 10: The museum will be between exhibitions in June and no artwork will be on view....	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	06/10/12	Newport Beach
Free Second Sundays at OCMA Free Second Sundays at OCMA Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) July 8, 2012 Free Second Sundays is one of the best ways for Orange County families to spend time together enjoying art. Thanks to the generous support of the Visionaries, Target, and The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, admission is free on the second Sunday of every month. Join us for all day family fun on these special days! Activities from 11 am-4 pm. July 8: Picture This! Visit the work of artist Jack Goldstein and dive into a sea of...	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	07/08/12	Newport Beach
Free Second Sundays at OCMA Free Second Sundays at OCMA Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) August 12, 2012 Free Second Sundays is one of the best ways for Orange County families to spend time together enjoying art. Thanks to the generous support of the Visionaries, Target, and The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, admission is free on the second Sunday of every month. Join us for all day family fun on these special days! Activities from 11 am-4 pm. August 12: California Adventure! Come to camp OCMA for the day and enjoy unique...	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	08/12/12	Newport Beach
Free Second Sundays at OCMA Free Second Sundays at OCMA Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) September 9, 2012 Free Second Sundays is one of the best ways for Orange County families to spend time together enjoying art. Thanks to the generous support of the Visionaries, Target, and The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, admission is free on the second Sunday of every month. Join us for all day family fun on these special days! Activities from 11 am-4 pm. September 9: Grandparent’s Day Celebration! It’s Grandparent’s Day,...	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	09/09/12	Newport Beach
Jack Goldstein x 10,000 Jack Goldstein x 10,000 Presented by Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) at Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) June 24-September 9, 2012 This exhibition is the first American retrospective of Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), a central figure in Postmodernist discourse of the 1970s and 1980s. Goldstein’s oeuvre developed over the years in an unusual breadth of media, from sculpture, performance, and film, to photography, records of sound effects, paintings, and aphorisms. The exhibition includes two immersive installations, 20 of Goldstein’s films produced from 1971 to 1983, a representative...	Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)	06/24/12- 09/09/12	Newport Beach

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