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The life of a famous musician's child is an odd one. You're rich, famous by association, and always in a shadow. What happens when your father is Frank Zappa, one of the weirdest musicians in popular culture? You know life is going to be strange when your mom and dad's first act as parents is...
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Anaheim
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So you don't have your own lady friend to strip down this V-Day—save yourself some depression and head over to the Pike Bar for the Valentine Burlesque Revue. There, you can delight in a bevvy of beauties performing sassy dances and taking it down to the tassels, and you don't have to buy...
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Long Beach
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Music, Arts, Valentine's Day |
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With Al Meyerhoff’s death four years ago, workers and the environment lost an advocate and an example. Plaintiff or defendant, worker or corporate overlord, you knew Meyerhoff’s commitment to using the law with integrity. Ironically or not, the late “people’s...
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Portola Hills
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Lectures, Politics |
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The last time we requested three main courses piled onto the same plate, we were briskly ejected from one of the classier joints in South County. Politely, [itals] but briskly. It may have been the request, it may have been the altered, attack-of-the-munchies condition we were in. Either way,...
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San Juan Capistrano
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Come down to the Cerritos Center to check out axe- wielding duo the Assads. Two brothers from Brazil, they first rose to prominence in 1979 when they won the Young Artist Competition in Bratislava.
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Out of Town
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Alex's Bar :
Thu., February 16, 9:00pm
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Never have we seen a band control minds like Indian Jewelry—there’s a (possibly) mythical audio device called the feralizing lycanthropizer that makes normal humans act like deranged animals, and that’s probably what Indian Jewelry run their guitars through. They once lived in...
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Long Beach
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Brass sections, greasy hair, crooning—is it the 90s again? Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the swing band that conquered alternative radio with their single "Damnation" in '97 has been resurfacing as of late. Fresh off a recent performances on the Tonight Show and Dancing With the Stars, they'll be...
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San Juan Capistrano
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Music |
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STAGES theatre :
Fri., February 17, 10:00pm
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Is Valentine's Day finally over? For fuck's sake. So you survived Singles Awareness Day, or the Val-pocalypse, and now you need some tension relief. The improv geniuses of The Upperclassmen, who come straight outta Long Beach, present Valentine's Breakdown at STAGEStheatre. Here, the...
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Fullerton
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Valentine's Day, Theater, Comedy |
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The Blue Cafe :
Sat., February 18, 9:00pm
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Local zombies! Surface and grab a date for the Fourth Annual Sweetheart Massacre Zombie Prom in Long Beach. This year’s gruesome gala features music by Horror Squad, Pu$$y Cow and Micah Schnabel of Two Cow Garage. A bit more risqué than the typical high school dance, there's also...
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Long Beach
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Music, Dance, Burlesque, Arts |
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Alex's Bar :
Sat., February 18, 9:00pm
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Not to be confused with the famed WWII commando unit, the Devil's Brigade features Rancid bassist Matt Freeman on bass. Interestingly enough, the band also features Rancid guitarist/singer Tim Armstrong on guitar. Though the band is basically the same, the sound skews more psychobilly with...
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Long Beach
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Like many great musicians, location is a major influence to their sound. Jack Johnson’s mellow voice and reggae rhythms take listeners to a beach laced with the smell of wax on a surfboard. Bruce Springsteen conjures up images of New Jersey and hard-working, blue-collar neighborhoods as...
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Anaheim
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Dare we call Jake Shimabukuro the philosopher king of the ukelele? NPR called him a “master,” the thinkers at TED said he’s going to “revolutionize” the perception of the humble uke and Conan O’Brien was reeling after a live Shimabukuro version of “My...
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San Juan Capistrano
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Alex's Bar :
Mon., February 20, 8:00pm
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Everyone hates Mondays—we even sing about how much we hate them. “Manic Monday,” “Monday, Monday,” and the classic “I Don’t Like Mondays” (although that one refers to a PCP-tripping, murdering teen)—they all help us vent about the first day...
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Long Beach
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Libations, Happy Hours, Music |
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Brea Improv :
Tue., February 21, 8:00pm
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Fantasy Comedy—it's like Fantasy Baseball or Fantasy Football, except that you don't get to pick your players, the Improv does. This latest round of Fantasy Comedy features a talented roster of rookie funny people as well as old vets, showing off their stand-up chops. They advertise that...
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Brea
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Arts, Comedy, Theater |
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Here's a gig for Gen-Xers who remember the days of Studio K at Knott's Berry Farm. Pop starlet of the '80s Stacey Q, known for the synth gem "Two of Hearts" is on deck to wow nostalgia hungry music fans by spinning vinyl from the era.
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Fullerton
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The elder statesmen of indie rock are coming through town again—hipsters, prepare to be dazzled by heart-melting songs about the weather. Though Boise's Built to Spill may be responsible for irritating trends in modern music such as lyrical material rife with uber-precious sentiment, at...
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Pomona
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Surfer Blood are angling to become the go-to cute-rock mixtape leaders of the 2010s, but they’re starting to push past the basics, too. New EP Tarot Classics isn’t quite their “Letter to Memphis,” but the underrated Trompe Le Monde-era Pixies are all over...
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Santa Ana
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Every Tuesday night is College Night at Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge. If you need to unwind after a long day of classes—and you're an 18-plus starving student in the Orange County area—starting at 9 p.m., the swanky bowling alley offers $3 Bud Light drafts, $4 well drinks and $5...
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Orange
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Sports - Participatory, Cheap Thrills |
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Bowers Museum :
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 1 until Sun., March 4
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The newest exhibit at Bowers Museum goes deep into the underground empires of royal tombs from three of China's most influential dynasties: the Qin, the Han and the Tang. For this sequel to 2008's "Terra Cotta Warriors" exhibit, Bowers brings back a few of the life-size clay statues, protectors...
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Santa Ana
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Museum Exhibits & Events, Arts |
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The Chance Theater :
Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., February 5 until Sun., March 4
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While most rock musicals tend to blow (like that upcoming atrocious film adaptation starring Tom Cruise), this however, is a musical about rock. Totally different. Ambitious singer/songwriter Monica falls for drunk agoraphobic musician Ian in late '70s Glasgow. Together, they take on the world...
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Anaheim
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Broken Lizard's big break started with a little film called Super Troopers. The five-member group began as a sketch comedy troupe at Colgate University—and who knew a few years later Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske would make a film that, to...
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Brea
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Theater, Comedy, Arts |
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Muzeo :
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., February 8 until Sun., September 9, 10:00am
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There is perhaps no piece of literature more influential to human existence than the Bible. And despite having been authored thousands of years ago, it is still relevant and, remarkably, still in existence in its original form. View portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls along with leaves from the...
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Anaheim
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Museum Exhibits & Events, Arts |
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South Coast Repertory :
Daily from Fri., January 27 until Sun., February 26, 8:00pm
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Making her South Coast Repertory debut, playwright Molly Smith Metzler presents Elemeno Pea, the story of materialism, social classes and family bonds. Simone, the personal assistant to an Ad Exec's wife, invites sister Devon to visit her employer's luxurious waterfront estate. Though both...
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Costa Mesa
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Discovery Science Center :
Daily from Thu., November 24 until Sun., April 15, 10:00am
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Learning you are, yes, with "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination." This one-of-a-kind educational experience developed by the Boston Museum of Science in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. combines costumes and props from all six Star Wars films with interactive exhibits related to the...
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Santa Ana
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Museum Exhibits & Events, Arts |
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OC Fairgrounds :
Every week Wednesday, 5:30pm-9:00pm
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Looks like the food truck epidemic is here to stay, and we're not too upset about that. For those who constantly check Twitter feeds and Facebook posts to find where their favorite rolling restaurant is headed for lunchtime—we admit it, we've driven cross-county for Sriracha-Tapatio...
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Costa Mesa
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Food & Drink, Arts |
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