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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
