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"An Evening of Excellence in Art Education" feted teachers who were given a private tour of OCMA by its chief executive and director, Heidi Zuckerman.

Watching and loving Jocelyn Bioh's Broadway play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” from the couch, and more in this week's Essential Arts newsletter.

Paula Tomei, who started in 1979 as a subscriptions assistant and grew alongside the Costa Mesa theater company, has been the only managing director in SCR's 60-year history.

During her time with the Costa Mesa regional theater, it presented 435 plays, 149 of which have been world premieres commissioned and produced with her support.

Paul Folino died on Oct. 14 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75.P

A cross-country journey that covers much more than miles takes the stage next as South Coast Repertory present Coleman ’72.

OCMA has reopened after shutting down to complete construction. Plus, Simone Forti at MOCA and a book on Richard Gilman, in our weekly arts newsletter

The theater actor appeared in 120 productions before retiring in 2006, starting with SCR’s inaugural 1964 production of Molière’s “Tartuffe.”

Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and Director of the a href= https://ocma.art target= _blank Orange County Museum of Art /a , today announced the naming of piv

A new study from MIT shows how a type of cells called microglia contribute to the slowdown of neuron activity seen in Alzheimer’s disease. The study found that microglia that express the APOE4 gene, one of the strongest genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, cannot metabolize lipids normally, leading to a buildup of excess lipids that interferes with nearby neurons’ ability to communicate with each other.