Email Author CHESNEY HIGGINS

2008 Stories by CHESNEY HIGGINS

• Walk Tall

  published December 25, 2008

  We wait all year for those special seasonal treats—though we’ll happily eat absolutely anything you can make from sweet potatoes all... More >>

• Dancing Snow Shoes

  published December 18, 2008

  Christmas is lovely, isn’t it? But if you’re anything like us, you enjoy the fam, some eats, a few days off, but then you’re ready... More >>

• Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Tours

  published December 11, 2008

  Once again, let us praise the merits of living in Orange County during the winter months. You get to see the sun year round, which means you have... More >>

• Shomer Shabbos

  published December 4, 2008

  Upon first viewing, the genius Coen brothers’ film The Big Lebowski may seem as sprawling and pointless as Los Angeles itself. But... More >>

• 'Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China'

  published December 4, 2008

  The title of the exhibit kind of says it all. The Miao are a cultural group that come primarily from southern China, and they really put some... More >>

• Going Green

  published November 27, 2008

  Caid mille failte! St. Patty’s day is great and all—if you like drunk and obnoxious (American) jocks and green beer barf on your shoes.... More >>

• Zuzu's Petals

  published November 27, 2008

  Before the Christmas onslaught begins—the shopping, the parties, the rushing around, the (more) parties, the traveling, the endless cries of... More >>

• Mind Blown

  published November 27, 2008

  Holy trifecta of great music! Continuing its quest to be more and more rad, the fair city of Long Beach will host an incredible and rare show... More >>

• Hey Hermano

  published November 27, 2008

  Originally from Puerto Rico and educated at the Chicago Art Institute, Arnaldo Roche brings to the Museum of Latin American Art his densely... More >>

• They're Professionals

  published November 20, 2008

  Verily I say unto thee that once was born an octopus in the form of a human child. His name was Coady and, with his ability to summon the power of... More >>

• Going in Circles

  published November 6, 2008

  Okay, follow us here. Artist Richard Turner had an idea that started with the film Contempt, Jean-Luc Godard’s quietly devastating... More >>

• Guess Whose Coming?

  published November 6, 2008

  Rounding out a great year of deliciously varied theater, STAGES mounts The Dinner Party. A cast of six characters are brought together for... More >>

• Wild Palms

  published November 6, 2008

  An exhausting election year, home foreclosures, rising unemployment, the economy in a downward spiral—why go on? The only salvation left,... More >>

• This Year's Model

  published October 23, 2008

  As the first decade of the twenty-first century slinks its way out of the party in shame, it’s hard not to get a little nostalgic for the... More >>

• Tustin Farmers' Market

  published October 9, 2008

  Although temperatures here in Southern California are still generally pretty fair and mild despite it being technically winter, nature (and... More >>

• Ch-ch-ch-Changes

  published October 9, 2008

  Nestled between Portfolio—one of Long Beach’s finest spots for coffee—and the myriad of vintage/tchotchke shops on Fourth Street,... More >>

• In a China Shop

  published July 31, 2008

  Following the critical success of Taxi Driver, a manic bout of cocaine abuse, and his salvation by Robert DeNiro (his friend and the... More >>

• Pointe It Out

  published July 31, 2008

  The American Ballet Theater, based in New York city, is by and large one of the most reputable, daring, and classically trained ballet... More >>

• Bike and Hike

  published July 31, 2008

  We know the troublesome stresses of our modern life well. The traffic, the gas prices, the flailing economy, the mortgage, your insufferably... More >>

• Tyke Hike

  published July 24, 2008

  Send your kid to Asia. No, don't actually send them there-you know you'd kind of miss them after a few days. Instead, take them to the Bowers... More >>

• Totally Righteous

  published July 10, 2008

  Holy trifecta of classic rock! Journey are playing with Heart and Cheap Trick? Now that is a lineup that would give Mike Damone the vapors.... More >>

• Ferrante the Grouch

  published July 3, 2008

  The Marx Brothers remain one of the most brilliant comedy teams of all time. Coming out of vaudeville, the Brothers were as adept at... More >>

• Constructive Play

  published June 5, 2008

  Nobody realizes how cool it is to be a kid until they aren’t one anymore. To wit: the arrival at the perpetually innovative and creative... More >>

• Mr. Mister Miyagi

  published June 5, 2008

  What could be more fun than sitting in an enclosed, private room and singing at the top of your lungs with your friends, without shame or remorse?... More >>

• Gonna Live Forever

  published May 29, 2008

  Knowing what you want to do with your talents at a young age is both a gift and a burden. The most a young artist can hope for is to be... More >>