Chance Theater is excited to announce that the Orange County premiere of Pasek and Paul’s musical, Edges, will be the third show in its 23rd Anniversary Season, and the first show presented live and in-person since shutting its doors on March 13, 2020. This clever and charming musical is directed…
Newport Beach News
Orange County Women’s Chorus
The Orange County Womenâs Chorus normally rehearses in Newport Beach and offers several concerts here and elsewhere several times every year, but due to the pandemic has â like most arts organization â transitioned to virtual concerts.
Last December, the group brought holiday cheer to patrons with a seasonal-themed concert called âSomething New.â
Now, the Orange County Womenâs Chorus is back with another virtual concert called, appropriately, âZoom Out,â on Sunday, May 16.
After a year of computer screens and cancelled plans, the Chorus wants to remind everyone of the wide world that awaits us in the post-pandemic era, and that weâve always been able to visit through our music.
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Over the next three to four months, the design for the restoration of Fullerton’s historic Hunt Library will take shape, and those involved are asking the community to participate in the planning.
The mid-century modern building designed by architect William Pereira
has been at the center of discussion among the city, developers and preservationists over the last couple of years. The Norton Simon Foundation and Hunt Foods donated the building, located at 201 S Basque Ave., to Fullerton in 1962. Although Norton Simon had intended to use the building as an art museum, the city used it as a public library until its closure in 2013 due to lack of funding. For several years, Grace Ministries International Church leased the building.
by Aaron Orlowski, UCI | January 11, 2021
“The challenges are real, but the silver lining in all this is that now we have to think outside the box to build long-term resilience,” says Anne Olin ’93, founder, president and CEO of Orange County nonprofit incubator Charitable Ventures. “We may begin to see strategic partnerships, new modes of service delivery, maybe even mergers, which are rare in the social sector. Nonprofit leaders always find a way to fight another day.”
Courtesy of Anne Olin
When the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the budgets of Orange County charities this spring, UCI alumna Anne Olin’s nonprofit incubator, Charitable Ventures, was poised to step into the gap. The challenges haven’t let up since, even as opportunities have arisen to rethink social-sector work in the county.