Charitable Giving

Little Birds screening with Director Q&A

Art Theatre

'Hot Coffee'

Huntington Beach Library

8: The Mormon Proposition

Art Theatre

Honda Center Donates Post-Concert Food to Charities

The food donations will start after Carole King and James Taylor's concert on July 20​After Carole King and James Taylor's concert on July 20, the Honda Center, the Anaheim Ducks and ARAMARK (Honda Center's food and beverage partner) will start donating all unused, leftover food to local Anaheim c ... More >>

This Just In: Not All World of Warcraft Players Are Deadbeats

​You there, sitting on the couch in your parent's basement, next to the Doritos, playing World of Warcraft for hours on end. Yes, YOU! What have you done to better mankind lately? More than 200,000 of your kind just donated $1.11 million to charity.

Lazy Dog in Irvine to Host a Free Lunch for Philanthropists

​Lazy Dog Cafe is rewarding un-lazy, um, dogs and turning them into guinea pigs. Stay with me. The soon-to-be-opened restaurant is offering a free lunch during their sneak preview at their new Irvine store on Tuesday, March 2nd to reward all "philanthropists". You don't have to be Bill or Mel ... More >>

Car "Restorer" Gets Jail, Probation, Restitution Order for Ripping Off Charity

​A 60-year-old Costa Mesa man pleaded guilty today to two felony counts of grand theft and was sentenced to 270 days in jail and three years probation in a bizarre cases involving a Ford Mustang collector's car he promised to restore for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation nonprofit for women, inclu ... More >>

Sports Chalet Stores Collect Shoes for Haiti

​Soles4Souls and Sport Chalet have joined forces to collect shoes for victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake. Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from individuals and footwear companies to give to needy people around the world, has made a commitment to donate more than 2 ... More >>

Safe, Secure Sites to Donate to Haiti Quake Relief

A lot of relief groups have and will be appealing for donations to help earthquake-rattled Haiti. The Pan American Development Foundation--an independent, non-profit organization that creates public-private partnerships to assist the least advantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean--is enc ... More >>

Attention, Polar Bears: HB Surf City Splash 2010 Wants You!

​There's still time to give in to your desire to strip down to your bathing suit--the one you always wear under your jammies during the winter--and walk, run or dive into the chilly Pacific Ocean near Huntington Beach Pier with other die-hards at high noon New Year's Day.Would knowing the nuttines ... More >>

Major Donor Pulls Funding, Leaves ACLU and Locals Scrambling

​An item the New York Times posted online Tuesday night that outed David Gelbaum as a major anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union and reported the Newport Beach philanthropist was cutting off $19 million in yearly donations because of economic setbacks has left the ACLU scrambling, ... More >>

The Eagle Has Landed . . . Flapping His Wings at John Wayne

Photo by Joel Eckman Maus Glenn and Wendy Stearns admire Challenger's wingspan as handler Al Cecere holds the non-releasable bald eagle.​ CHALLENGER'S CHARITY FLIGHT PATH IS CORRECTED . . . "Challenger," the non-releasable American bald eagle we told you about this morning, made his sched ... More >>

UC Irvine Discontinues Sugar Daddy Henry T. Nicholas' Rowing Teams, 3 Other Sports . . . Unless

The Los Angeles Times' Fabulous Forum blog reports today that UC Irvine as of Saturday is "discontinuing" five sports--men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's rowing, and sailing--to cut costs amid reduced state funding. University brass expects to save $1 million by ... More >>

Controversy at LB's Shore Ultra Lounge

Remember that charity benefit show I wrote about? The one at Long Beach's Shore Ultra Lounge? Yeah, that one. Anyone, the promoter sent me this email (and added it as a comment to all my previous posts) saying that he was, well, ripped off. Here's what he sent me. And before anyone gets mad at me, I ... More >>

Reminder: HB Restaurant Week Starts Today!!

Since I last wrote about the event, which runs until June 2, it's more than doubled in size, with 27 restaurants, pubs and bars confirmed, including Duke's. There are brilliant bargains to be had (check the website for details), and, even better, this chowing is for charity!

To Do Tonight - 5/14

A "Taste For Charity" and Silent Art Auction, 5 p.m.Tastes by top restaurants, silent auction of art from local galleries and a live auction with raffle prizes! This charitable gathering has it all. Proceeds benefit the Community Clinic, 1st Thursdays Art Walk, Sally's Fund, CSP Youth Shelter, Woma ... More >>

Going Postal to Help Hungry Orange Countians

When the postman drops letters, magazines and packages off at your Orange County home or business on Saturday, he or she is going to want something in return: food.To help combat a sharply increasing need for emergency food assistance, U.S. Postal Service letter carriers will seek donated food items ... More >>

And the War Came

California Repertory

La Casa Garcia Releases New Book

Last month, I wrote about the surprisingly good flautas offered by La Casa Garcia in Anaheim. It's not the county's best Mexican-American joint (though does belongs among the top 10), but owner Frank Garcia is a true Mexi-mensch; his annual We Give Thanks Thanksgiving dinners is the stuff of legend, ... More >>

Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band

Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. Responds to Weekly Query

Over the weekend, Christian philanthropist extraordinaire and Weekly reader Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. responded to my post asking whether he'd buy a new property for Newport Beach's St. James Episcopal Church because they're currently homeless for casting their theological lot with a homo-hating Ugand ... More >>

Kaba Modern to Perform at the VMA Pre-Show

Though UC Irvine-based hip-hop dance troupe only placed a disappointing third (when evvveryone knew they should have at least been second—c'mon America!) in the debut season of MTV's Best American Dance Crew, they're back for another competition: The chance to present at Sunday's Video Music Awar ... More >>

Comment 'til You Drop!

Gentle readers: As you may have already noticed, your favorite digital fishwrap has undergone a renovation. Bear with us as we work out the kinks. But already present: another way for readers to duke it out with each other and ourselves--you can now leave comments on our stories! Just check out the ... More >>

OC Music Fest 09 Partners with Be The Shirt for Contest

What are you doing in May 2009? Not sure yet? Well, try to pencil in a few days for OC Music Fest 09, which happens in about 10 months in Irvine and promises to feature nearly 100 established and up-and-coming bands. In the meantime, you creative types may want to enter the Be The Shirt band/art ... More >>

Benefit Concert for Iowa Flood Victims July 1

In an effort to help out their fellow Iowans, SoCal-based Iowa transplants Tyler and Jessica Kamerman are organizing a benefit concert called Reach Out for the flood-bedeviled citizens of that Midwestern state. If you would like to support Reach Out, contact Tyler Kamerman at (310) 968-2365. Th ... More >>

Arthur Magazine Faces a Grave Deadline

The great LA-based counterculture magazine Arthur needs to raise $20,000 by July 1 or it will have to cease publishing. LA Weekly's Randall Roberts summarizes the sorry scenario on our sister paper's blog here. If you're so inspired, you can donate money to Arthur's worthy cause by using the widg ... More >>

OC Fundie Funder Gives Money to Wacky Reeps, Homo-Haters--And Lou Correa?!

The most influential Orange County man you've never heard of is undoubtedly Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr., heir to the Home Savings (remember that bank?) fortune. He rarely makes public appearances due to suffering from Tourette's Syndrome, but that hasn't stopped him from giving millions of dollars away ... More >>

A Piece of Chone, All Your Own

The Angels are auctioning off Chone Figgins' helmet for charity! Did Chone steal your heart as well as second base this season? Then cast your online bid and his helmet can be yours. No, ladies, not that kind of helmet. Where's Commie Girl when I need her to make GOOD jokes about Angels' genitali ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Pleads Guilty to OC Felony

The Orange County District Attorney's office announced late this afternoon that rapper Snoop Dogg has pleaded guilty to knowingly carrying a dangerous weapon into John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana a year ago. The 35-year-old international celebrity, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus, was se ... More >>

Seeds in Your Teeth

49th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

Good Karma

Wally Ingram benefit

Indonesian Earthquake Relief

For anyone interested in helping the victims of the massive earthquake in Java, globetrotting raconteur and author of the forthcoming Prisoner of Trebekistan, Bob Harris has helpfully posted on his blog a list of charities assisting the survivors. Bob's post also touches on some of the questions you ... More >>

T-Shirt Design Contest!

OC Weekly Artist Program

Our MVP

Most Valiant Player: Carlos Delgado

Yule Log!

Mushmouth Reconsidered

You cant say that on TVbut Bill Cosby can

Letters

Pulling Out the Roots

ROCK for CHOC benefit

Bingo!

Charitable gaming scores big money for Brea businessman

Angelonis Sweepstakes

Neat! But is it art?