Carnegie Hall

The Irish Tenors

Cerritos Center

'My Father and the Man In Black': Family Tradition

Fathers, sons and Johnny Cash distinguish a new doc

[UPDATED with Removal of 100 Trees:] Can Death Be Blamed on Last Week's Small Earthquake?

​UPDATE, SEPT. 21, 9:45 A.M.: Whether or not a small earthquake earlier in the day caused a 10-ton Blue Gum Eucalyptus to fall and crush to death Haeyoon Miller on Thursday afternoon, the city of Newport Beach is cutting down 100 more trees in the same area.The city announced Tuesday evening that ... More >>

Bill Cunningham New York is Picture Perfect

​Earlier today, I posted about the documentary Con Artist, which follows the ups and downs of "business artist" Mark Kostabi's controversial career. The review mentions the artistic Orange County roots of the film's New York-based subject and filmmaker. Alas, you have to go to LA to see it (or put ... More >>

UC Irvine's New Computer-Games Major Gets Its Game On

The school is banking big on computer games as an emerging discipline

Fear and Longing In Karaoke

The contestants in KaraokeFest battle stage fright, self-doubt and one another

Leila Josefowicz

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Lynn Harrell and John Kimura Parker

Cerritos Center

Rufus Wainwright

Long Beach Convention Center

Action Film Master John Woo Appears at West Coast Premiere of His New "Red Cliff" in Santa Ana

John Woo ​Chinese master action film director John Woo, who achieved cult status with Dip huet seung hung (The Killer) before taking on Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II and other American projects, makes a special appearance at the West Coast premiere of his new film Chi bi (Red C ... More >>

Last Night: Rufus Wainwright at the House of Blues

Last Night: Rufus Wainwright and Lucy Roche Wainwright at the House of Blues Anaheim. Better Than: A night at the Met.  Best Overheard Question: "Is Rufus gay?"   Download: Poses; "14th Street" off Want One It was the most dressed down I'd ever seen Rufus Wainwright, which, if you've ever ... More >>

Rufus Wainwright

House of Blues

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

Pluck Off

The Emerson String Quartet

New Orange County Homelessness Benefit CD Provides Some Shelter From the Storm

Gray Paris

Web Exclusive! Daniele Thompsons valentine to the city of lights Avenue Montaigne has a melancholy undertone

Bob Becker

The Pacific Symphony first violist shares some of his favorite things

Commie Girl

A Simple Story: If you lived here, youd be homeless by now

4 Hands Is Easy Listening

Finally, something great from Canada besides Labatt Blue

Presto Django!

Gypsy jazz fest in Laguna

No Durn Fool

Doc Watson is a hillbilly, damn right

El Zelig

Despite a Decade of Unfulfilled Hope, El Pelos builds a rock en espanol scene

A Mid-Summer Nightmare

Cultures clash in A Dream in Hanoi

Good Pop, Bad Pop

The Woman Chaser and What Lies Beneath