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DINING
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA HOUSE
Hollywood’s hip Geisha House opens a Santa Ana outpost, offering a provocative menu and often gorgeous presentations amid décor suggesting a surreal high-class brothel. Cozy up to a Geisha’s Dream cocktail of vodka, pomegranate juice and midori. Be seduced by shishito peppers; kanpachi serrano, baby amberjack with yuzu-lemon ponzu sauce; matzo-miso soup (soy vey!); the eight-skewer Robata World; grilled Kobe rib-eye steak; and the Geisha Lips no-rice roll of cucumber-wrapped tuna, shrimp, crab, avocado and tobiko. Stay excited with banana fritter and cinnamon ice cream. 2773 N. Main St., Santa Ana, 714.564.0350. Map 613

ART
Now Screening
The Orange County Museum of Art offers two video art exhibitions. The Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection traces the genre from early experiments to the present day, with artists including John Baldessari and William Wegman. H Box is a roaming screening room, unveiled at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, presenting new international video commissions; 10 will be shown in Newport Beach. 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, 949.759.1122 Map L15

SPORTS
WAVES AND CURLS
The world’s largest professional surfing competition, the U.S. Open of Surfing, July 18–26 at Huntington Beach Pier, hosts 500 athletes and draws 400,000 spectators. The Hurley-sponsored event marks the 50th anniversary of competitive surfing in Huntington Beach and offers $200,000 in cash prizes. Champions have included Rob Machado, Andy Irons, Kelly Slater and Lisa Andersen. A massive beach-lifestyle festival features action sports contests and demonstrations, live music and fashion shows. Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, 424.653.7900 Map N9

EVENT
Midway of the Mind
The OC Super Fair, July 10–Aug. 9 in Costa Mesa, decides to “Think Big,” extending its run and unveiling Al’s Brain—a 3-D Journey Through the Human Brain, a peek into the brain of “Weird Al” Yankovic featuring educational displays and a 10-minute 3-D film. The Action Sports Arena offers tribute bands, a skateboarding competition, a demolition derby and bull-riding. Concerts at Pacific Amphitheatre include Heart, Rick Springfield and Duran Duran; tickets include fair admission. Some 80 food vendors offer fair fare ranging from giant turkey legs to deep-fried Twinkies. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 714.708.3247 Map K12

DINING
Après Fest
Checking out all that art at Laguna Beach’s famed summer festivals—Festival of Arts, Sawdust Art Festival and Art-A-Fari—really works up an appetite. If you’re also hungry for a change of scene, consider these nearby restaurants.
K’ya Bistro Bar The convivial spot at La Casa del Camino on Coast Highway serves tapas and other small plates amid Spanish arches and blackboards listing specials. Highlights: hibachi salmon with spicy coconut sauce; golden beet salad; braised beef short rib; three-cheese macaroni or lobster truffle risotto.
Mark’s Restaurant Mark’s, on Coast Highway for a decade and gone for six years, reopens in a cheery spot on Laguna Canyon Road with canyon views. On the California menu are an ahi tower with asparagus nibs; a rib-eye steak with coffee rub, blue cheese and bourbon caramel sauce; and a superb tarte Tatin.
Nirvana Grille Highlights at this cozy and contemporary room serving California cuisine include the refreshing Rangpur Passion, with gin, limes, passion fruit and ginger ale; chicken wontons with a chipotle cream sauce; pistachio sea bass; and house-made goat cheese maple syrup ice cream.

MUSICALS
ROOF TOPS
Summer at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa leaves a song in your heart. Many songs. Chaim Topol, the original Tevye, returns to star in the Tony Award-winning classic Fiddler on the Roof, Aug. 11–23. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, it features rousing tunes such as “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset.” July 7–19 at the center, special effects, an irresistible story and memorable tunes such as “Truly Scrumptious” and the Oscar-nominated title song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang add up to a Broadway blockbuster for the whole family. You’ll believe a car can fly. THEATER

MUSIC
Evenings of Note
Picnics, starry nights and fireworks are among the draws at the Pacific Symphony’s summer season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. “The Music of Billy Joel—and More,” on July 4, stars pianist-singer Michael Cavanaugh and includes a salute to the U.S. Armed Forces. “The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein,” July 18, is a symphonic night at the movies featuring clips from musicals such as Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music. Those concerts are conducted by Richard Kaufman. Aug. 8, music director Carl St.Clair leads the orchestra, the Pacific Chorale and soprano Kiera Duffy in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and a winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition in a work to be determined. Aug. 22, St.Clair marks the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth with Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, with projected images by photo-choreographer James Westwater, plus works by other American composers and Dvorák’s “New World” Symphony. MUSIC + DANCE

SHOPPING
Y-Y-Yes!
The Y in Y-3 stands for Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, the 3 represents Adidas’ signature stripes and the hyphen between them suggests the collaboration of the renowned designer and the popular sports label. The store, Y-3’s first on the West Coast, carries sportswear, footwear and accessories for men and women and is modeled after its successful concepts in Asia and Europe, which feature a minimalist white, black and orange scheme. Fashion Island, 929 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, 949.760.2656