Email Author ERIN DEWITT

2010 Stories by ERIN DEWITT

• Static Fridays

  published October 21, 2010

  It’s been a month since their grand opening celebration and Static Fridays continues to lure party people out in droves to Detroit Bar.... More >>

• Shakira

  published October 21, 2010

  When Shakira Mebarak Ripoll was just a chica, a choir teacher told her she sang like a goat. But that didn’t hinder the young... More >>

• When Garbo Talks!

  published October 14, 2010

  In the 1920s, when film made that pivotal switch from silent to audible, director Mauritz Stiller saw something equally amazing in a teenage... More >>

• Divine Reflections

  published October 14, 2010

  Churches, public shrines and even the most humble of homes in Pre-Soviet Russia were heavily adorned with religious paintings and icons. It was... More >>

• Funniest Housewives of Orange County

  published October 14, 2010

  While Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County may elicit much, um, unintended humor, the Funniest Housewives of Orange County comedy troupe... More >>

• 2nd Annual Noise Festival

  published October 7, 2010

  2nd Annual Noise Festival Art and music collide this week with the Annual Noise Festival now in its second year. The Noise music genre—not... More >>

• Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Lecture

  published September 30, 2010

  Since 1901, fewer than 100 individuals have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Of those, Soka University is fortunate to welcome two laureates to... More >>

• The History of the Devil

  published September 30, 2010

  What better way to celebrate the beginning of October than with Clive Barker’s The History of Satan? Now in revival at the Garage Theatre,... More >>

• The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

  published September 30, 2010

  In his first play written for a mainstream audience, Charles Busch’s The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife takes a look at one woman’s... More >>

• Zoppé Family Circus

  published September 30, 2010

  Descending from a long line of circus folk, the Zoppé Family Circus has kept its show frozen in time: Italy, more than a hundred years ago.... More >>

• Long Beach Q Film Festival

  published September 30, 2010

  Every year, the Long Beach Q Fest hosts screenings of films by and about the LGBT community. And over the last several years, the fest has... More >>

• Monstoberfest Opening

  published September 30, 2010

  One of our favorite October traditions gets an artfully spooky twist with Rothick Art Haus’s latest exhibit, “Monstoberfest,”... More >>

• Waiting for Lefty

  published September 23, 2010

  Clifford Odets’ compelling one-act play not only jump-started the writer’s career but also truly captured the voice of a blue-collar... More >>

• SoCal Film Fest

  published September 23, 2010

  So what if the next county over is the movie capital of the world? Orange County has got quite the abundance of film making talent—as... More >>

• In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play

  published September 23, 2010

  Back in the Victorian Era, female hysteria was a very common diagnosis among women—symptoms included nearly everything, such as... More >>

• OAR; The Dirty Heads

  published September 23, 2010

  Heading recycling-awareness programs, donating song proceeds to paralyzed Veterans, going on a USO tour—OAR seems to be a group of do-gooders... More >>

• Miradas: Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection

  published September 16, 2010

  For its latest exhibit, Muzeo got a hold of one of the country’s most extensive corporate collections of Mexican post-revolution artwork.... More >>

• Briefs: A Festival of Short Plays

  published September 16, 2010

  More than 150 submissions were entered to compete in Theatre Out’s first short-play festival—and now the company presents the top 10 for... More >>

• Donavon Frankenreiter

  published September 16, 2010

  It’s a night of feel-good vibes at this week’s Orange County Great Park concert. Headliner and OC resident Donavon Frankenreiter pops... More >>

• Kathleen Madigan

  published September 16, 2010

  Anyone that Lewis Black calls the “funniest woman in America” is sure to have some serious comedic chops. With wry wit, sharply... More >>

• Siqueiros Exhibition Walk-thru

  published September 9, 2010

  “Traditionally, landscape paintings offer views of idyllic vistas, but these landscapes offer scenes of a troubled world,” says Cynthia... More >>

• Earth: Fragile Planet

  published September 9, 2010

  It’s been beaten into our heads since kindergarten: Save the Planet! While we’ve taken leaps and bounds closer to environmental... More >>

• Mike Posner

  published September 9, 2010

  Well, look who’s the cool one now. In less than two years, 22 year-old Mike Posner went from making mixtapes in his dorm room to playing Jay... More >>

• GOOD Wednesdays Grand Opening

  published September 2, 2010

  There’s a new weekly residency on Detroit’s block. Starting this Wednesday, hump day now belongs to GOOD Wednesdays, a multi-medium,... More >>

• OC Film Fiesta: Arrancame La Vida

  published September 2, 2010

  Celebrating the city of Santa Ana’s hispanic heritage—and surprising cinematic roots (did you know that Marlon Brando briefly lived in... More >>