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1. Feature

   [BEST OF OC] El Profesor (the Professor): Erwin Chemerinsky

   By Spencer Kornhaber

   Published: October 8, 2009

   UC Irvine brought Erwin Chemerinsky to Orange County in June 2008, so it’s not strange that his favorite thing about the county is The University that now employs him....

2. ¡Ask a Mexican!®

   [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Wedding Edition

   WEB EXCLUSIVE!

   By GUSTAVO ARELLANO

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Dear Readers: Since the Mexican’s sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must ignore my research archives to slaughter a pig and hire a...

3. Feature

   [BEST OF OC] El Promotor (the Promoter): Dennis Lluy

   By ALBERT CHING

   Published: October 8, 2009

   A year ago, the Yost Theater was dormant. But since November 2008, it has hosted the (International) Noise Conspiracy, the Bird and the Bee, Richard Swift, community events, a...

4. Film

   'An Education' and Its Star, Carey Mulligan, Get Good Marks

   By SCOTT FOUNDAS

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Higher LearningAn Education and its star, Carey Mulligan, get good marksAn Education’s title is a double entendre in the film version of British journalist Lynn...

5. Feature

   [BEST OF OC] El Artista (the Artist): Aaron Kraten

   By ALBERT CHING

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Kids, don’t be like Aaron Kraten. Sure, he’s a successful mixed-media artist who has had his work shown throughout Orange County and Los Angeles and even across the...

6. Feature

   [BEST OF OC] El Francés (the Frenchman): Pascal Olhats

   By EDWIN GOEI

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Ask any OC restaurateur or foodie to name the county’s most iconic French chef, and they’ll likely say, “Pascal Olhats.” Olhats is the closest thing in...

7. Calendar

   Dana Point Art Festival

   Lantern Bay Park

   By Jack Grimshaw

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Your basic weekend beach-barbecue-and-beer bash becoming a bit mundane? Wanna juice up that jaded palate? How about belly-dancing, bagpipes and the Beatles (sort of)? Head out...

8. Calendar

   The Rosewood Thieves and Dead Trees

   Detroit Bar

   By DOUG WALLEN

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Buffed with breathy vocals and fresh, crackling instrumentation, the Rosewood Thieves explore the knotty intersections of folk, rock and pop with a welcome levity. After...

9. Calendar

   Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors

   Grove of Anaheim

   By RYAN RITCHIE

   Published: October 8, 2009

   Looks like these two have finally found a name that suits them. In 2002, the former Doors members played as the Doors of the 21st Century, but a legal battle with drummer John...

10. Calendar

    Jack's Fourth Show featuring Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

    Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

    By Chris Zielger

    Published: October 8, 2009

    The Runaways played one of their earliest shows (if not the first) at a house party in Garden Grove, covered by diligent, vigilant Bomp! magazine—establishing even then...

11. Calendar

    Poet Charles Harper Webb

    Barnes and Noble

    By ERIN DEWITT

    Published: October 8, 2009

    A poet, a musician, a scholar; Charles Harper Webb is a creative and intellectual force to be reckoned with. As a teenager, he possessed enough talent to play guitar and sing...

12. Calendar

    Loaded on Tuesdays

    Que Sera

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Get loaded on a weeknight? OK! With drink specials and free pool all night long, how could it get any better? No cover, that's how. Get your groove and drink on at this...

13. Calendar

    Treasures of Napoleon

    Muzeo

    By Amanda Parsons

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Vertically challenged men deal with their shortcomings in different ways. Some buy very large pickup trucks. Others wear cowboy boots. Napoleon Bonaparte tried to conquer the...

14. Calendar

    Forbidden Zone

    Long Beach Art Theatre

    By NATE JACKSON

    Published: October 8, 2009

    As far as kooky, outer-space art films go, the opening line of the trailer for Richard Elfman’s The Forbidden Zone (1980) pretty much says it all: “Just keep telling...

15. Calendar

    MURS

    House of Blues

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Instead of embracing the formula of violence and consumerism so often used by popular rappers, MURS takes a step back from the top 40 machine and throws a wrench in its cogs....

16. Calendar

    The Streets

    The Glass House

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Can't get enough Cockney rhyming slang and rap music? Then the answer, my friend, is Mike Skinner, aka The Streets. Combining progressive beats with electronic rifts and verse...

17. Calendar

    Dean Grech

    Viento y Agua Gallery

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Dean Grech picked up a guitar at the age of 7 and hasn't let it go ever since. Influenced by giants such as Wes Montgomery, Grech plays smooth jazz with a passion that can only...

18. Calendar

    The Archaeology of Possession, Inheritance, and Value

    Chapman University

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Monica L. Smith received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan. She is presently Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Los...

19. Calendar

    Chapman 5K Walk/Run

    Chapman University

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Come join in the fun at the Chapman University / Toyota of Orange 5K Run / Walk. Run or walk through the Old Towne Orange Historic District, including neighborhoods listed on...

20. Calendar

    Sunny Day Real Estate

    House of Blues

    By Brandon Ferguson

    Published: October 8, 2009

    Emo was a four-letter word long before fucktards such as Pete Wentz permanently relegated the entire genre into Hot Topic oblivion. But if the scene had only one saving grace...