Subject: Chapman University

• Ode to Providence Audition

  March 26, 2009

• (Don't) Protest Jim Gilchrist Tonight at Chapman!

  Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is Latino Heritage Month in the United States, so what better way to celebrate their heritage to America than invite Mr. Minuteman himself to speak during college festivities? Thus goes Chapman University's logic (full disclosure: I'm an alumn and got kicked off the campus), and so Jim Gilchrist will speak tonight at Beckhman Hall 404 at 7pm. Some Chicano activists plan to protest the event, but our advice: let the man speak and bury himself with whispers of Aztlán and th

  October 2, 2006

• Muslim Bashers of Orange County Unite!

  Want to start a jihad against jihadis? You'll get your chance this October, when the David Horowitz Freedom Center plans to organize "the biggest conservative campus protest ever" with something called Islamo-Facism Awareness Week in college campuses across America. It didn't surprise us that UC Irvine is amongst the universities that will host the event, due to the campus' wacky Muslims (read Reut Cohen's fascinating blog for more details), but Cal State Fullerton and Santa Ana College? The onl

  August 24, 2007

• Chapman responds to outlaw fraternity

  As reported yesterday on Navel Gazing, a group hoping to start a Jewish Fraternity at Chapman, see [Scarlet Letters, May 10] has issued a warning through the American Civil Liberties Union that the school cease what they consider violations of their First Amendment rights on campus or face the consequences. Read yesterday's post here. The ACLU vaguely threatened legal action if Chapman does not immediately allow the students to wear their shirts on campus as well as other public displays of th

  October 4, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 10/09

  “DON’T YOU KNOW THAT YIDDISH IS DEAD?,” 7pm Listen to a lecture by Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the National Yiddish Book Center. Admission is free. Memorial Hall, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, (714) 997-6815 www.chapman.edu/admission/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=483 TOO OLD FOR THE CHORUS, 7:30pm If not tonight, you have until October 14 to check out this musical, which “takes a funny and sometimes touching look at the rewards and challenges of aging.” La Mi

  October 9, 2007

• Chapman lawsuit dismissed, Attorney vows to appeal

  A lawsuit filed three years ago by three former Chapman University professors on behalf of the government [see "Litigating it Old School" Aug, 3] was dismissed by United States District Court for the Central District of California Oct. 22. The case was scheduled to begin a civil jury trial in two weeks. Alleging that Chapman shortchanged its students and taxpayers by ignoring classroom hour requirements at its satellite campuses, the plaintiffs filed a sealed complaint in 2004 on behalf of the

  October 26, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 12/04

  SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT, 7:30pm Music to be performed will include traditional and contemporary wind band literature. Golden West College, 15744 Golden West St., Huntington Beach, (714) 895-8150 CHAPMAN JAZZ COMBOS AND BIG BAND, 8pm Jazz enthusiasts should capitalize on this event: admission is free. Memorial Hall Auditorium located at Chapman University HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY, 8pm A musical biography of the legendary Hank Williams The Laguna Playhouse, Moulton Theater, 606 Laguna Canyon R

  December 4, 2007

• soundDowntown Set Times Announced

  soundDowntown is almost here - as in, tomorrow. If you haven't yet read Chris Ziegler's article on how the event came together, why here it is! Even better, full set times have been posted on the official Web site, and we've got them after the cut. "DJ Pubes" is performing, so I'll recommend him most highly of all.

  November 14, 2008

• OC Shows Respectable Level of Support for Prop. 8 Challenge

  According to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the ACLU, among the Orange County contingent filing "friend of the court" briefs in support of Attorney General Jerry Brown's legal challenge of same-sex marriage barring Proposition 8:Irvine United Congregational ChurchOrange County Asian Pacific Islander Community AllianceThe Center Orange CountyChapman University groups Chapman Outlaw, Chapman Queer-Straight Alliance, Chapman Feminists, and Chapman SPEAK (Students for Peace

  January 22, 2009

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Giant Steps,' 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' More

  November 20, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Luke and Brie Are On a First Date,' 'The Godfather,' More

  March 5, 2009

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Orfeu Negro,' 'For the Bible Tells Me So,' More

  March 12, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 2/23

  2009 Literary Forum: Giuseppe Conte, 7 p.m.His poetry collections include L'Ultimo aprile bianco (The Last White April, Società di Poesia, 1979) and L'Oceano e il ragazzo (Rizzoli BUR, 1983). Le stagioni (The Seasons, Rizzoli BUR, 1988) won the Montale Prize.Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA; 714-997-6729Johnny No Good, 9 p.m.No cover charge and drink specials all night long.Alex's Bar, 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA; 562-434-8292Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.No cover and live singing

  February 23, 2009

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Citizen McCaw,' 'Absurdistan,' More

  March 19, 2009

• Something Completely Different

  April 10, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' and More

  March 27, 2008

• Wednesday - 12/5

  Ha Ha Hanukkah at the Brea Improv, Chapman University’s 30th Anniversary Economic Forecast at the Hyatt Regency Irvine

  November 29, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the week: Sahara

  October 4, 2007

• Film

  March 24, 2005

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Camille

  April 26, 2007

• [Special Screenings] Festival Mania!

  April 16, 2009

• [Newport Beach Film Fest] Orange County Connections Abound Among This Year's Entries

  April 16, 2009

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Bullitt

  April 12, 2007

• Back To School

  August 26, 2004

• Special Screenings

  The Princess Bride

  March 22, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  March 15, 2007

• Know Your Most Popular Spring Break Destinations

  According to 2004 hotel bookings at Travelweb.com

  March 8, 2007

• Pasquale Verdicchio

  April 23, 2009

• [Special Screenings] 'Rats Is a Four-Letter Word,' 'Gandhi, My Father,' 'The Toxic Avenger,' More

  April 23, 2009

• Top 10 Party Schools

  March 9, 2006

• Acting in the Raw

  May 19, 2005

• Strange Land

  February 19, 2004

• C

  October 24, 2002

• Apocalypse

  October 10, 2002

• Brilliantly Insane

  March 28, 2002

• What a Concept

  November 8, 2001

• Orange

  September 27, 2001

• Letters

  September 21, 2000

• Container Stumps Experts

  April 6, 2000

• How Can You Do This to Me, Babe?!

  January 20, 2000

• [Special Screenings] Q Film Festival, 'Fight Club,' 'Princess Mononoke,' More

  May 7, 2009

• [Locals Only] Chasing Paper With Faded Paper Figures

  May 7, 2009

• [Special Screenings] Polish Film Festival, 'Battle In Seattle,' More

  April 30, 2009

• [Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More

  May 14, 2009

• Even Chapman U Feeling the Publishing Blues?

  I have no love lost for Chapman University, the private school from which I graduated in 2001 but for which I have no respect since President Jim Doti doesn't give a shit about letting a free press do its job. But their head PR person, Mary Platt, is a nice woman (unlike their previous PR lady, Ruth Wardwell), and so it was with sadness that I received the latest issue of the alumni magazine. It comes out every quarter, and is usually fat with alumni updates, short features about Chapman teacher

  February 6, 2009

• The Alley Cats: Friday Night's Barbershop Quartet

  ​In another edition of what this writer's going to call "Free Things to Do This Weekend" (it's unofficial!), So-Cal's own barbershop quartet, The Alley Cats, comes home Friday night with a free concert at Chapman University.  Formed in 1987 at Fullerton College, the group is considered as "America's Premiere Doo-Wop Group" --you may have even seen them perform at Disneyland or in Las Vegas with Jay Leno. There's just something about a bunch of guys in matching suits and top hats, sing

  August 20, 2009

• Chapman 5K Walk/Run

  October 8, 2009

• Because the Night

  October 29, 2009

• Yahya El-Hobb 
(Long Live Love)

  November 5, 2009

• How Chapman University's Logo Got a Cameo in "The Fourth Kind"

  ​After generating about $15.5 million at the box office in its opening weekend, The Fourth Kind starring Milla Jovovich only took in a disappointing $4.6 million in its second, this past weekend. Adding insult to insult, Universal has been stung with criticism for fabricating news articles to bolster the alien abduction movie's "based on a true story" claim.Even if you've joined the millions and millions avoiding this steaming pile of celluloid, chances are you've see

  November 17, 2009