Did you blow your all money on Valentine’s dinner, roses and chocolate? Never fear. You can surround yourself with free or inexpensive beauty this weekend. As always, check Goldstar for discounts.
Art
FREE: Lunar new year celebration (Asian music, dance, art and kids’ activities) at Bella Terra.
FREE: MFA opening reception at UCI.
Inexpensive: Art and Chocolate Show in downtown LA. This is further away than my usual weekly listings, but it sounds like a unique event.
Dance
No ballet this weekend, but if contemporary is your thing check out the inexpensive CSULB Contemporary Dance Concert.
Classical Music
Feb. 16:
Inexpensive: The Talich Quartet at CSUF. Only $10!
Feb 17:
FREE: Classical Crossroads chamber music in Torrance.
Inexpensive: Hutchins Consort in Santa Monica.
Inexpensive: Orange County Guitar Circle recital at Chapman University.
Inexpensive: Piano recital at CSUF.
Feb 18:
Inexpensive: Hutchins Consort in Newport Beach.
Inexpensive: CSUF Symphony Orchestra with The Talich Quartet.
FREE: Classical music every Sunday at The Nixon Library. Free parking, too.
Inexpensive: Felici Piano Trio at Whittier College.
Free: Rio Hondo Symphony in Whittier.
Free: Peninsula Symphony in Redondo Beach.
Theater
Orange County has several regional theaters. Prices range between $15 – $25. Playing this weekend:
Newport Theatre Arts Theater: The Octette Bridge Club.
Costa Mesa Playhouse: A New Brain.
Vanguard University: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Golden West College: The Glass Menagerie.
Rose Center Theater: 42nd Street.
Chapman University: Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief.
Camino Real Playhouse: Villainy in the Vineyard
Jazz
Jazz is an American art form and it is high art to me. There are some crazy talented jazz musicians in this area. Most of these shows are free.
Feb 16:
Ron Kobayashi Trio at Bayside. After his set, Ron brings in a bunch of friends for a jam.
The Bradford Project at Bourbon Street.
Kei Akagi and Friends at UCI Winifred Smith Hall.
Elena Gilliam at The Parks Bistro.
Feb 17:
Elizabeth Lamers at Bacchus Bistro.