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1. News

   Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?

   By Spencer Kornhaber

   Published: October 22, 2009

   A New PageHas the decline of The Orange County Register created enough media space for nonprofit news website the Voice of OC to put down roots?At a half-open window on the...

2. Hey, You!

   [Hey, You!] Dud, Where's My Seat?

   By Anonymous

   Published: October 22, 2009

   My friend and I arrived during the previews to a nearly full theater. You and your friend were seated with an empty seat on each side of you. I asked if anyone was sitting...

3. Music

   Four Albums In, Peaches Is Still Successfully Freaking Out Squares

   By SAM MCPHEETERS

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Forbidden FruitFour albums in, Peaches is still successfully freaking out squaresIt took me four albums, but I finally got the joke. Or, rather, I got that I am the joke. Of...

4. Film

   'Cirque du Freak' Tries to Get In On the Vamp Trend, Fails

   By AARON HILLIS

   Published: October 22, 2009

   One Vampire Movie That Really SucksCirque du Freak tries to get in on the trend. Fails Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s...

5. Arts

   Almost Everything About the Little Corporal at Muzeo's 'Treasures of Napoleon'

   By DAVE BARTON

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Where’s the Little Corporal?Muzeo’s exhibit will help you sort out the truth from the tall tales about NapoleonIn the graveyard of pop culture, Napoleon Bonaparte...

6. Food

   Kula Offers Sushi Not As Art, But As a (Still Tasty) Commodity

   By EDWIN GOEI

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Masters of (Almost) All They ConveyKula offers sushi not as art, but as an assembly-line commodity—a good commodity, thoughKula isn’t the first revolving sushi bar...

7. Calendar

   Maragret Cho

   Irvine Improv

   By Grace Le

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Since landing a gig as the opening act for Jerry Seinfeld in the late ‘80s, Margaret Cho has become a comedic force to be reckoned with. A veteran comedian, Cho is...

8. Calendar

   Jaws Screening with Special Guest Brian Singer

   Marion Knott Studios

   By Jessica Ford

   Published: October 22, 2009

   “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Jaws, the 1975 classic that spawned a generation of thalassophobes, is coming back to the big screen for one scary night....

9. Calendar

   The Hobbit

   Irvine Barclay Theatre

   By CHRIS ZIEGLER

   Published: October 22, 2009

   Canadian theatre company Theatre Sans Fils’ adaptation of Tolkien’s The Hobbit plays much more like Ralph Bakshi than Peter Jackson. Authored in 1979, this is a heady...

10. Calendar

    Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author Signing

    Barnes and Noble

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney will be at the Barnes & Noble in Orange to sign copies of his book. Proceeds will help benefit the Faylane Elementary School library,...

11. Calendar

    Wing, Wheels, Rotors and Expo

    Los Alamitos Army Field

    By Jack Grimshaw

    Published: October 22, 2009

    You won’t find these “fast movers” in the Yellow Pages. Back in the Vietnam War, they were the people you called up when you urgently needed someone to come in...

12. Calendar

    Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch

    Irvine Park Railroad

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 22, 2009

    It's the Irvine Park Pumpkin Patch, Charlie Brown! Actually, you don't have to be part of the Peanuts gang in order for you to get your fill of great pumpkins. Nothing welcomes...

13. Calendar

    Haunted Fullerton Walking Tour

    Fullerton Museum

    By ERIN DEWITT

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Highly theatrical blood-and-guts haunted houses are all well and good. In fact, they’re pretty awesome. But what really raises goosebumps are ghost stories based on fact;...

14. Calendar

    Frankenstein in Love

    Hunger Artists Theatre

    By Mark Miller

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Clive Barker is a name synonymous with horror. What you already know is that he’s directed a handful of films and authored more than twenty books, all of which have no...

15. Calendar

    Club Lucky

    House of Blues

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Twice a month, Downtown Disney's House of Blues manages to snatch the title of "Happiest Place on Earth" when it plays host to Club Lucky: Orange County's premier 18+ gay dance...

16. Calendar

    Astronomy at the Library

    Foothill Ranch Library

    Published: October 22, 2009

    2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. Come celebrate the 400th anniversary of when Galileo first pointed a telescope toward the night sky. Includes astronomy exhibits,...

17. Calendar

    20th Annual High Tea and Fashion Show

    Balboa Bay Club

    Published: October 22, 2009

    The 20th Anniversary High Tea & Fashion Show at the Balboa Bay Club will welcome over 400 ladies and gentlemen from the Orange County area, and feature an exclusive fashion...

18. Calendar

    Trick or Treat Halloween Festival and Hearse Procession

    OC Fairgrounds

    Published: October 22, 2009

    the 12th annual fright fest offers free daytime trick-or-treating for kids in costume, a gigantic pumpkin-carving exhibition by Farmer Mike (now author of “Farmer Mike...

19. Calendar

    David Sedaris

    Irvine Barclay Theatre

    By STACY DAVIES

    Published: October 22, 2009

    Grammy-nominated and über-hysterical humorist David Sedaris brings his self-deprecating autobiographies about his middle-class rearing and multitude of odd-jobs (before...

20. Calendar

    Moonlight and Magnolias

    Laguna Playhouse

    By Grace Le

    Published: October 22, 2009

    They say you've gotta be tough as nails to withstand the knocks of show business and make it to the big time. Nothing illustrates this better than Moonlight and Magnolias, a...