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1. News

   Keith May Chronicles the OC Sightings of the Suddenly Not-Very-Reclusive Sasquatch

   By Keith May

   Published: October 15, 2009

   The Adventures of a Costa Mesa BigfootWith a camera in his hand and a song in his heart, photojournalist Keith May chronicles the OC sightings of the suddenly...

2. Hey, You!

   [Hey, You!] You're Such a Member!

   By Anonymous

   Published: October 15, 2009

   I was one of the two people who stood behind you at Costco while you returned a blatantly used and damaged table, a microwave used then taped up all shitty in the box, a coffee...

3. Music

   Big Whup Get Under Your Skin

   By CHRIS ZIEGLER

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Whup LifeThe post-punk work in progress known as Big Whup will get under your skinBig Whup began when Drew Denny, an exhaustively traveled Texan, fell in with an LA band who...

4. Film

   Max and the Gang's All Here, But Spike Jonze Can't Get the Spirit of the 'Wild Things' Onscreen

   By J. HOBERMAN

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Let the Mild Rumpus Start!Max and the gang’s all here, but Spike Jonze can’t quite get the spirit of the Wild Things onscreenDirected by Spike Jonze from a 400-word...

5. Theater

   The Chance Theater Masters Anton Chekhov's 'The Seagull'

   By JOEL BEERS

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Mastering a MasterThe Chance Theater’s take on Chekhov’s The Seagull manages the neat trick of remaining faithful without being overly reverentialRussian playwright...

6. Food

   Fora is a Hidden Gem on Naples' Restaurant Row

   By EDWIN GOEI

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Fora Good TimeThe imaginative, delicious tasting menus star at this hidden gem of Naples’ restaurant rowIn a city as vast as Long Beach, the best restaurants are usually...

7. Calendar

   The Swell Season

   Fingerprints

   By ERIN DEWITT

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Though they had to delay their last scheduled in-store performance at Fingerprints—winning an Oscar for Best Original Song has a way or shuffling a person’s previous...

8. Calendar

   The Fling

   Detroit Bar

   By CHRIS ZIEGLER

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Big songs that sound simple (but aren’t once you look into the light shining through the cracks)—this was a thing that both the Band and Paul McCartney loved, and now...

9. Calendar

   Spooky Science: Skeletons!

   Discovery Science Center

   Published: October 15, 2009

   Mixing science, art and culture, the Center's newest exhibition will showcase the science under your skin. Spooky Science: Skeletons will highlight “Dia de los...

10. Calendar

    Gogol Bordello

    The Grove of Anaheim

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 15, 2009

    The lull is over. Eugene Htz leads this ragtag band of multiethnic misfits to the Grove of Anaheim to deliver more hard-hitting, accordion-shredding, vodka-swilling action....

11. Calendar

    The Bangles

    Cerritos Center

    By STACY DAVIES

    Published: October 15, 2009

    In the Music Bible, the Runaways begat the Go-Go’s and the Go-Go’s begat the Bangles —in fact, Bangles bassist Michael Steele was a former member of the...

12. Calendar

    SoCal Acoustic Live Competition

    The Gypsy Den

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 15, 2009

    The annual SoCal Acoustic Live Competition brings local musicians together to determine the best unplugged performers for 2009. This isn't our average coffee house open-mic....

13. Calendar

    Rent

    Orange County Performing Arts Center

    By Amanda Parsons

    Published: October 15, 2009

    The musical about rough inner-city life complete with sing-alongs and dance sessions, Rent is a celebration of love, happiness and living life, and it’s currently at the...

14. Calendar

    Alice in Wonderland

    Irvine Barclay Theater

    Published: October 15, 2009

    Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Emmy Award-winning choreographer Robert Sund’s rendition of Alice in Wonderland is a heart-racing adventure down the Rabbit...

15. Calendar

    The Shining

    Bay Theater

    By CHRIS ZIEGLER

    Published: October 15, 2009

    Kubrick’s hell hotel is one of the great nightmarescapes in horror—the Overlook, where plenty of history and things and people in disgusting bear suits are themselves...

16. Calendar

    Newport Beach Restaurant Week

    Wine Lab

    Published: October 15, 2009

    Celebrate the culinary delights of all that Newport Beach has to offer. Newport Beach Restaurant Week is celebrated at Wine Lab, as well as many other restaurants along the...

17. Calendar

    OC Auto Show

    Anaheim Convention Center

    By LESLIE AGAN

    Published: October 15, 2009

    First came Benz and Daimler. Then came Henry Ford and his strong-armed command of the assembly line and mass production of Ford Model T’s that put America on it’s ass...

18. Calendar

    Farewell to Swallows

    Mission San Juan Capistrano

    By Jack Grimshaw

    Published: October 15, 2009

    How do you bid a proper farewell to favorite visitors who’ve been here since March and are now winging their 6,000-plus mile journey back home? If you’re the city of...

19. Calendar

    An Evening with Joan Collins

    Carpenter Center

    By NATE JACKSON

    Published: October 15, 2009

    Few starlets have managed the kind of talent, luck and longevity that it takes to stay in the spotlight for 50-plus years. Not to mention the body. Name any other actress who...

20. Calendar

    Rumble and Rock

    Downtown Anaheim

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 15, 2009

    What could be better than an evening of bikes, babes, rock 'n' roll, and handlebar mustaches? How about a FREE night of all of the above? Downtown Anaheim hosts Rumble and...