Around Town: Rea Elementary presents ‘The Lion King’
After being selected by the Segerstrom Center for the Arts as a beneficiary of a two-year grant, Rea Elementary School in Costa Mesa will perform “The Lion King” at 2 and 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday at its campus at 661 Hamilton St.
Last year, Rea and three other Orange County schools were chosen for Disney Musicals in Schools, a program presented by Segerstrom and Disney Theatrical Group.
Segerstrom received a $100,000 grant from Disney to fund two years of the program.
With help from the arts center and the theatrical group, the four schools were able to organize and perform Disney musicals at their campuses last year. Rea performed “The Aristocats” in March 2015.
By being selected for Disney Musicals last year, Rea secured rights and rehearsal materials for its “Lion King” performance this year.
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700 perform at Segerstrom in Irvine students’ concert
Nearly 700 Irvine students took the Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall stage in Costa Mesa on Tuesday for the 34th annual Donald Bren Honors Concert.
The performance showcased the vocal and instrumental stylings of students in grades five through 12.
The event, presented by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation and the Irvine Unified School District, dedicated its proceeds to the district’s visual and performing arts department.
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Earth Day festival Saturday in Newport Beach
The Newport Bay Conservancy and Orange County Parks will present Earth Day at the Bay from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center in Newport Beach.
The Earth Day commemoration will have booths about water quality and recycling, plus arts and crafts activities and science exhibits.
Organizations such as the Orange County Health Care Agency Water Quality Laboratory and the Irvine Ranch Water District will attend.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Muth center is at 2301 University Drive.
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Irvine group presents all-girls math tournament
Irvine nonprofit Math for Service Inc. will hold its seventh annual All Girls Math Tournament from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Anne School in Laguna Niguel.
Math for Service founder Johnny Li began the competition to give girls an opportunity to demonstrate their skills in mathematics, according to a news release.
The tournament will welcome more than 200 contenders in grades three through eight for individual competitions and team activities.
St. Anne School is at 32451 Bear Brand Road.
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Scholarship dinner set for Newport Beach students
The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will present the 55th annual Scholarship Awards Dinner from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach.
The event will honor students from Sage Hill School and Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high schools for their academic achievements and will recognize a Teacher of the Year from each school.
The Radisson is at 4545 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $50.
For more information, visit newportbeach.com/events/55th-annual-scholarship-awards-dinner.
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OC Marathon Hall of Fame members to be inducted
The first members of the OC Marathon Hall of Fame will be inducted during a VIP and media reception Thursday evening at the Newport Beach Marriott hotel.
The U.S. Bank OC Marathon, Half Marathon and Wahoo’s OC 5K will be held May 1 in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. The Kids Run the OC race will be April 30 in Costa Mesa.
For more information, visit ocmarathon.com.
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12 Newport-Mesa schools earn Gold Ribbon
Twelve elementary schools in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District were given the California Gold Ribbon Award last week by the state Department of Education.
The schools are Andersen, Davis Magnet, Eastbluff, Harbor View, Kaiser, Killybrooke, Lincoln, Mariners, Paularino, Pomona, Sonora and Woodland.
They were recognized for demonstrating academic progress, such as programs that encourage literacy and looking ahead to college.
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Beckman High will host SoCal Student Film Festival
Beckman High School in Irvine will host the eighth annual SoCal Student Film Festival, a national high school student film showcase and competition, from 3 to 10 p.m. April 30.
More than 30 films from California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Washington state, Portugal and Slovenia will be shown to an audience of student filmmakers and fans. The festival received 775 submissions from all 50 states and from 57 countries, according to a news release.
The featured films will be in eight categories: animation, commercial, documentary, experimental, music video, narrative, news spot-feature and public service announcement.
Awards will be given to the film chosen as best in each category, and individual awards will be presented for acting, cinematography, directing, editing, production design, writing and special/visual effects. One contestant will be honored as SoCal Student Filmmaker of the Year.
Entries are judged by a panel of more than 40 students, teachers and administrators.
The event also will feature presentations, panels, Q&As, workshops, a networking opportunity, a product booth provided by Canon, a DJ and a Taco Bell food truck.
The festival will be held in the Beckman Performing Arts Center, 3588 Bryan Ave. Admission is $15 per person.
For tickets or more information, visit socalsff.com.
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STEAM Carnival set for Irvine
The Irvine Public Schools Foundation and The Market Place shopping center will present the second annual STEAM Carnival from 2 to 7 p.m. April 30 at the center’s Edwards Courtyard in Irvine.
The event will feature activities such as human foosball, a Lego scavenger hunt, an animal exhibit and a photo booth. Activities are related to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
Tickets are $4 in advance online and $5 at the door. All proceeds will go toward the foundation’s efforts to fund programs in the Irvine Unified School District.
The Market Place’s Edwards Courtyard is at 13782 Jamboree Road.
For more information, visit ipsf.net/steam-carnival.html.
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Volunteers sought for house cleanup in Costa Mesa
Volunteers are sought for the second annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors house cleanup on April 30 in Costa Mesa with Mayor Steve Mensinger, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Christ Lutheran and Palm Harvest churches.
The effort is intended to clean the homes of needy residents through donations and volunteers.
People and funds for event preparation, painting and cleanup materials are needed, organizers say.
For more information, email cm.cool@costamesaca.gov or call (714) 754-5156.
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Entries still open for contest to sing national anthem
Fairhaven Memorial Park’s annual Star-Spangled Banner Singer Contest welcomes Southern California residents 13 and older to enter videos for the chance to sing the national anthem at Fairhaven’s Memorial Day event.
Potential performers have until May 1 to send a YouTube link of themselves singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to cynthia.adair@dignitymemorial.com.
One person will be selected to sing the anthem May 30 at Fairhaven Memorial Park’s 24th annual Memorial Day event in Santa Ana, titled “Honoring Our Troops.”