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1. News

   Who Killed Tootsie? And Should Her Owner Get Paid for Her Emotional Distress?

   By R. SCOTT MOXLEY

   Published: September 3, 2009

   Who Killed Tootsie?And should her bereaved owner get paid for emotional distress? Veterinarians and the pet industry sure hope the answer to the question is ‘no’...

2. Hey, You!

   [Hey, You!] Were You Raised In a Barn?

   By Anonymous

   Published: September 3, 2009

   You’re that girlfriend of mine who likes to shit with the door open and talk loud. Calling me closer to the door to talk isn’t a courtesy for me. When was it...

3. Music

   Paperplanes Can Make Long Beach Feel Like Lubbock

   By CHRIS ZIEGLER

   Published: September 3, 2009

   Rhinestone CowboysPaperplanes can make Long Beach feel like LubbockPaperplanes put out a record last year, and at the first curl of pedal-steel by Cliff Kane you had to...

4. Film

   With 'Extract,' Mike Judge Goes Back to Work

   By ROBERT WILONSKY

   Published: September 3, 2009

   Labor PainsWith Extract, Mike Judge goes back to workMike Judge began writing the screenplay for Extract not long after Office Space opened and closed in a matter of weeks in...

5. Theater

   The Autumn of Our Content on Local Stages

   By JOEL BEERS

   Published: September 3, 2009

   Autumn of Our ContentWhether or not our local stages actually observe the theatrical “seasons,” this fall’s lineup does include Spam, Spam, Spam,...

6. Food

   The Which Wich-ing Hour Has Arrived in OC for Those Other Sandwich Chains

   By EDWIN GOEI

   Published: September 3, 2009

   The Wiching HourOC’s only outpost of the Which Wich chain should have Subway and Quiznos quaking in their toastersMy first summer job as a teen was at an...

7. Calendar

   Smogtown

   Alex's Bar

   By CHRIS ZIEGLER

   Published: September 3, 2009

   Smogtown’s punk songs come built on the Adolescents, TSOL and the Beach Blvd. bands and bear such heavy production that sometimes that it’s almost like Chrome instead...

8. Calendar

   Life of Brian

   Bay Theatre

   By ERIN DEWITT

   Published: September 3, 2009

   With a tagline like “A motion picture destined to offend nearly two thirds of the civilized world. And severely annoy the other third,” anyone unfamiliar with the...

9. Calendar

   Menopause the Musical

   Laguna Playhouse

   By ERIN DEWITT

   Published: September 3, 2009

   The best way to diffuse an uncomfortable situation is with humor. For far too long, “The Change” has been a hush-hush subject among women. Well, it’s time to...

10. Calendar

    30th Annual Long Beach Blues Festival

    Rainbow Lagoon Park

    By Jack Grimshaw

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Three things you will not take to the 30th Annual Long Beach Blues Festival – weapons, pets or frowns. The organizers are quite specific. What you can take is an...

11. Calendar

    Poet Richard Beban Reading

    Barnes and Noble

    Published: September 3, 2009

    L.A poet Richard Beban will read at the Marina Pacifica Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at 7 pm. The reading will be hosted by Long Beach poet G. Murray Thomas. There...

12. Calendar

    Labor Day Pool Party

    CountyLine Pool

    By Spencer Kornhaber

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Honor labor in the way that great laborers honor themselves: By getting drunk in the daytime. The Long Beach Party Project is only charging five bucks for a full day of DJs and...

13. Calendar

    Full Moon Hike

    Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

    Published: September 3, 2009

    in OC Parks Resource Specialist Laura Cohen at sunset and watch the full moon rise on this strenuous, 3.5-mile hike on steep, uneven terrain (700-ft. elevation gain) through...

14. Calendar

    Mural Artist Meet and Greet

    Art Hotel

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Stephen Bellinger will be the subject of this artist Meet & Greet. His style is an awesome merging of surrealism, impressionism, and regionlist style murals. Colors and...

15. Calendar

    Green Party Meeting

    Irvine Ranch Water Districe

    Published: September 3, 2009

    The September 6 Green Party of Orange County meeting will focus on giving and receiving help during these tough economic times. Our focus will be non-profit groups and how we...

16. Calendar

    Teen Vogue Haute Spot

    South Coast Plaza

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Teen Vogue has created a unique retail destination where girls can shop and socialize in a fun atmosphere. On select days, Teen Vogue will present a variety of fashion...

17. Calendar

    Mew

    Detroit Bar

    By Brandon Ferguson

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Over the past ten years, Scandinavia has had a knack for yielding musically bold bands. Specifically, it has produced groups with an uncanny ability to alchemize something...

18. Calendar

    Afrobeat Down

    Alex's Bar

    By CHRIS ZIEGLER

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Afrobeat Down started as a tribute to Nigeria’s Fela Kuti, a musical figure so fearlessly larger than life that even something on the scale of a Civil War...

19. Calendar

    Paper Planes

    The Pike Bar & Grill

    By Spencer Kornhaber

    Published: September 3, 2009

    Back in 2004, the Weekly said that Long Beach's Paper Planes' self-released EP sounded like "the greatest rock & roll music we've ever heard in our lives." In 2008, we...

20. Calendar

    Anna in the Tropics

    Orange Coast College

    Published: September 3, 2009

    In this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama from Nilo Cruz, it's a steamy Florida summer in the 1920s. Passion and ambition flare up among the workers in a Cuban-American cigar...