Paul Hodgins

1 week ago | cultureoc.org | Paul Hodgins

The ceremony on Sept. 16 will include honoring the group’s longtime leader, Richard Stein, who is retiring. For the silver anniversary of its OC Arts Awards, Arts Orange County will honor several institutions, emerging and established artists and arts leaders, including its president and CEO, Richard Stein, who will step down at the end of June after nearly 17 years in the position.

3 weeks ago | conservativehome.com | Paul Hodgins

Paul Hodgins is the former Conservative Leader of Richmond Council“There’s no way of sugar-coating this — so I’ll just come out with it. The Conservative Party is dead. In fact, it’s been dead for quite some while.” so wrote ConservativeHome columnist Peter Franklin recently. He is dead right. William Atkinson was repeatedly warning the same in his last days as this website’s assistant editor. I and others have, too, written similar in the recent past.

1 month ago | cultureoc.org | Paul Hodgins

We are proud to honor donors giving $5,000 or more in our new Publishers donor level. As Culture OC settles into our second year of providing local arts and culture news, we’re receiving broader support from the community. To acknowledge that generosity, we have created a new category, Publishers, for individual or institutional donors who give $5,000 or more. We’re honored to include three supporters at that level.

1 month ago | cultureoc.org | Paul Hodgins

The theater’s challenges mirror many of American theater’s current dilemmas. It’s been a tough few months for South Coast Repertory. Last summer saw its final production at the Mission San Juan Capistrano. “Outside SCR,” a collaboration between the Costa Mesa theater company and the historic Mission, brought plays to an attractive outdoor stage in the Mission’s courtyard for four summers. In many ways the arrangement seemed to work well for both partners, and audiences loved the setting.

2 months ago | cultureoc.org | Paul Hodgins

Alexander Shelley will conduct major works by Ravel, Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Pacific Symphony’s 2025-26 classical series, announced today, includes four appearances by its music director designate, Alexander Shelley, who will assume the position full-time in 2026-27. Current music director Carl St.Clair will make several appearances, including a production of “Turandot” and a special all-Beethoven concert featuring pianist Lang Lang.