Orange County Calendar

Concert: Jazz and blues vocalist Dee Dee McNeil performs. 6-8:30 p.m. $6-$8. Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. (714) 567-3600 or www.bowers.org

Nature: Timo Waterman discusses the variety of raptors living in the nature center and Huntington Beach. 6-7 p.m. Free. Shipley Nature Center, 17829 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. (714) 842-4772 or www.shipleynature.org

Dancing: Aegis of Dana Point Senior Community presents the summer concert series Dancing in the Courtyard with music by the Caravan. Call to RSVP. 6-8 p.m. Free. Aegis of Dana Point, 26922 Camino de Estrella, Dana Point. (949) 488-2650 or www.danapoint.org

Wine tasting: The Assn. for Women in Technology's Seventh Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction benefits charities and scholarship programs. 6-8:30 p.m. $20-$40. Wyndham Orange County, 3340 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa. (949) 833-1900 or www.awtsocal.org

Concert:Stone Soul performs '60s soul and Motown music. 6:30 p.m. Free. Eastgate Park, 12001 St. Mark St., Garden Grove. (714) 741-5280 or www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us

Support group: A nonprofit support group for those with prostate cancer, survivors and their family members. 7 p.m. Free. First Presbyterian Church, 838 N. Euclid St., Fullerton. (714) 607-9241 or www.cityoffullerton.com

Film: UC Irvine visual studies students present “The Big Lebowski,” directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, during the Elusive L.A. film series. Discussion to follow. 7 p.m. Free. UC Irvine, Humanities Instructional Building 100, West Peltason and Pereira drives. (949) 824-6283 or www.uci.edu

ONGOING

Exhibit:“Signals: A Video Showcase” features artists engaged with written or spoken words as essential components of their visual language in "Word Play." Gallery hours through Friday. Free. Orange Lounge, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. (949) 759-1122 or www.ocma.net

Theater: Fullerton Children's Repertory Theater presents "Beauty and the Beast." 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. through Saturday. $10. Fullerton Union High School, Little Theatre, Chapman Avenue at Lemon Street. (714) 671-1084.

Theater: "The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" incorporates all of Shakespeare's works into one farcical play. 8 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. $15. Camino Real Playhouse, 31776 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano. (949) 489-8082 or www.caposhakes.com



Theater: "Return to the Forbidden Planet" is a musical science-fiction retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." 8 p.m. Fri., 4 p.m. Sat. through July 27. $10-$20. Maverick Theater, 110 E. Walnut Ave., Fullerton. (714) 526-7070.

Exhibit: "Pressing Matters: 500 Years of Wine in Art" features examples of wine through centuries of art. Gallery hours through Aug. 10. $5. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. (949) 498-2139 or www.casaromantica.org

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