Chicago

Richard Vanecko, Richard Daley's Nephew and Costa Mesa Resident, Faces Manslaughter Rap

A Costa Mesa man who is the nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley faces trial in the Windy City for manslaughter. Richard Vanecko, 38, allegedly punched a Mount Prospect man in the face outside a Chicago bar during the early morning hours of April 25, 2004. The man fell backward, hit his h ... More >>

What's the Best Way to Spend Your Band's Nest Egg?

By: Jessica Hopper Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She i ... More >>

[Exene Says...] The Way Celebrities Portray Rural White Men With Guns is Really Mature

Have you viewed Jim Carrey's recent video Cold Dead Hand? Clocking in just under six minutes, the video is a satire with a bull's eye painted on gun advocacy, Charleton Heston and Hee-Haw. Basically everything a rural white guy from the '70s is supposed to hold dear. Released four months after a cel ... More >>

To Kill a Mockingbird and Save Mr. Lincoln: Gayle Brandeis and the Political Young Adult

Our little lit family's sojourns find us back from a week in Baja California Norte, Mexico by way of, yes, Chicago, Illinois and Maycomb, Alabama. Audio books are the absolute best travel companions (can pause, never need to go pee), and listening together to the first four cassettes (yes, old-schoo ... More >>

[VIDEO:] Footage of TSA Test Flight Allowing Bats, Clubs and Small Knives Aboard Jetliner

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that as of April 25 airline passengers will be able to carry on board previously forbidden items such as small knives, golf clubs, hockey sticks, souvenir baseball bats and other sports equipment that currently must be checked in. The ... More >>

On the Line: Frederic Castan of Motif Restaurant, Part Two

"There's always a great love behind a great man.", per Chef Castan. His wife, Maria, is equally talented in the fine arts as a painter. She attends workshops, and has hundreds of works completed. Maria often travels with Frederic, but admittedly prefers the climate close to home. Good thing he didn' ... More >>

Maps & Atlases

Constellation Room

Second City Laugh Out Loud

Laguna Playhouse

Haven Gastropub Chef Fights For Foie

The clock ticks ever closer toward the July 1 ban on foie gras to take effect in the state of California, and a council of chefs is not going quietly into that good night. Yesterday, a group calling itself C.H.E.F.S, the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards, took the fight for foie to ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesday: Kaskade at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas

Looking for an excuse to escape to Vegas? Here's your chance -- we're giving away a pair of tickets to see DJ extraordinaire Kaskade May 26 at The Cosmopolitan's venue The Chelsea.

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

No. 76: Wet Burrito at 301 Cafe

​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . I just did an interview with KPCC-FM 89.3's Multi-American blog about my coming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States and, of course ... More >>

Michael Bay Shoots the Moon

Destroying Chicago and our brain cells: 'Transformers' is back

No. 79: Pork Curry at Miyabi-Tei

​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Supposedly, Portuguese missionaries introduced curry to Japan after they picked up the meal in Goa, India--I say "supposedly," because almost all food ... More >>

No. 78: Bánh Tieu at Bánh Mì So 1

​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .I'm still of the opinion that Vietnamese pastries don't get enough respect, get lost in the world of bánh mì, pho, and even bún. Bánh Mì So 1, of ... More >>

No. 79: Any Sandwich Made at the Crosby

The Crosby Cristo, in one of its rare sightings...​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .We here at SaFII make no bones about our love for the Crosby, about our respect for chef Aron Habige ... More >>

#82: Lobster Roll at Lobsta Truck

ProfessorSalt.comSummertime in Maine. But in So Cal.​Few foods better capture the flavor of the New England shore better than the lobster roll. It's simply steamed, chilled lobster meat in a butter-grilled New England-style split-top roll. Portable, chilled, light-yet-substantial, it's the perfect ... More >>

No. 85: Comida Corrida at Taquería La Raza

Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the 2011 edition of Stick A Fork In It's 100 Favorite Dishes. We've just kicked off our countdown to #1 (which will appear the same week as our compendium on all that's good and right about Orange County).

No. 86: Breakfast Burrito at Troy's Drive-In

Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the 2011 edition of Stick A Fork In It's 100 Favorite Dishes. We've just kicked off our countdown to #1 (which will appear the same week as our compendium on all that's good and right about Orange County).

#87. Mandoo at L&M Liquor and Deli

Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the 2011 edition of Stick A Fork In It's 100 Favorite Dishes. We've just kicked off our countdown to #1 (which will appear the same week as our compendium on all that's good and right about Orange County).

ChickPita Moving Into Brea Mall

​Spotted at Brea Mall's food court, the fourth OC location for ChickPita is taking over the old Tacos N More space. This chain of Mediterranean grills already has an express version in Laguna Niguel with a condensed menu. It appears they are expanding to the east, with Las Vegas and Chicago loca ... More >>

AnQi Going the Molecular Gastronomy Route for New Year's Eve

​I've had molecular gastronomy dinners a couple of times--was floored by it at Moto in Chicago (along with a dinner bill that nearly equaled my weekly paycheck), was underwhelmed by it at Bazaar in Los Angeles. Isn't molecular gastronomy a 2007 trend? Not to the folks at AnQi.

New Irvine Spectrum Cafe To Brew Intelligentsia Coffee

Photo by Brekkie Fan​ Kelly's Coffee and Fudge recently shuttered at the Irvine Spectrum; but caffeine-fiends who already miss the place will not be left wanting for long. In its place there will be a honest-to-goodness French café that will serve coffee originally roasted in...Chicago?

Miradas: Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection

Muzeo

The Wild Party

Claire Trevor Theatre, UC Irvine Arts Plaza

Queso Confundido

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Cheddars in Denver, brazers in Chicago: A wab by any other name . . .

Fullerton's Audacity Start US Tour This Week

​Though Fullerton's Audacity called Orange County's music scene "a joke" in a recent interview with the District, we still heart them and their sloppy poppy ways. So it's cool to see them about to embark on a 15-date national tour, starting this Thursday in Tucson, AZ, and joined by a variety of o ... More >>

No Teeny Wiener Menu At Mustard's

Mustard's, for those of you who don't know, is a down-to-earth sports-themed (in a good way) café at 3630 Katella Ave. in Los Alamitos. Its claim to fame is authentic Chicago-style dogs, which it does very well, but, really, what's with the ridiculously long repertoire? From pork chops to chicken s ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Renegade Craft Fair!

Renegade Craft Fair is finally coming to southern California! This is one of the big awesome craft shows (think Felt Club flavor!) that goes on yearly in the U.S., but up until this point it's been held in far-away fabled lands  with exotic names like Brooklyn and Chicago. So definitely ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Renegade Craft Fair

Hey Folks! The Gettin' Made Feature is moving to the Heard Mentality section of the OC Weekly site, make a note of it! Heard Mentality is transforming like your fave yellow Camero into an all-emcompassing culture section.   Renegade Craft Fair is finally coming to southern California - thi ... More >>

All That Jazz

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

Get Familiar

Fountains of Wayne

We're Doomed

I just read this from Editor and Publisher: "'[M]ore newspapers and newspaper groups will default, be shut down and be liquidated in 2009, and several cities could go without a daily print newspaper by 2010,' the Chicago-based credit ratings firm Fitch Ratings said in a report on the outlook ... More >>

Walter Meego with Mr. White, B.B. Guns and James Monroe at Detroit Bar

Weird, Fun Gig at UC Irvine Tonight

Bird Names: Straight-up winging it... Acrobatics Everyday has another big show tonight for the cognoscenti and curious over at the UC Irvine campus' Phoenix Grille, 8 p.m., $5. Here's your lineup, darlings: BIRD NAMES Ramshackle, eerie Fall-like indie rock from Chicago. WUMMIN Psychedelic ava ... More >>

Hot to Trot

Harlem Globetrotters

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Pizza for Pesos: Chicago Pizza

Flying Blind

A birds-eye view of 9/11

Ending War 101

UCI profs book could be the real roadmap to peace

Summer Grub Guide

Your guide to the best damn eats in OC

Get Out!

Those Aren't Words ... Nightlife and More: Jan. 26 - Feb. 2

Grub Guide

This Week in the Year

'Wooooooooooow!'

The soggy/succulent Italian beef and Chicago hot dogs of Portillo's arrive in Buena Park

Eight Days

Checklist, Please!

Five summer school spots

Not so Perverse

What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County?

Eat Cheap

Part Two

Once in a Lifetime

Is Paul Suntups life a Talking Heads song?

Iambic Pentathalon

The poetry of the game of poetry