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Cultural Institutions and Parks

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Four Music Museums Worse than the Danish Graceland

    ​ A replica of Elvis Presley's Graceland opened in Denmark this week, proving that the creators of Lego are a lot less classy than they've always let on. To be fair to the Danes, we figured there must be an even stranger assortment of music-related museums here at home. We were right. The places ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 14, 2011

    The Magical Realist Mexican

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And why don’t more Mexicans go to museums?

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    'Mexico: Expected/Unexpected'

    Museum of Latin America Art

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Gov. Brown's Proposed Budget Cuts Will Affect State Parks, Including Those in OC

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyIt's technically San Diego County, but OC treats San Onofre like its own​Jerry Brown hasn't held the governor title for long, but he's already worthy of our unsupportive scowl. Reasoning? Part of his current suggestions for budget cuts milk state parks for $11 million thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Gettin' Made: Long Beach Museum of Art Free on Thursdays

    It's time to get your culture on--starting tonight, the Long Beach Museum of Art will be offering free admission in conjunction with October is Arts Month. Photo from Long Beach Museum of Art​ After the jump, details on the museum's Thursday night festivities.

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010
  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Download A Free Art Mix for Tonight's LBMA After Dark

    www.myspace.com/sweatergirlsThe Sweater Girls will perform live at LBMA tonight​LA Record's Chris Ziegler is deejaying the Long Beach Museum of Art's After Dark series tonight, and he made an art mix that you can download here. There are some gems in there--Mission of Burma's "Max Ernst," about th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010
  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010
  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    I Surf! Ten Questions w/ OCMA Curator Sarah Bancroft

    Hovin WangOCMA curator Sarah Bancroft​The first time I met Sarah Bancroft, I thought she was a volunteer working at Orange County Museum of Art, so I approached her and asked for directions to the bathroom. She told me where to go--nicely--and it wasn't until much much later that I found out that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Park Rangers' Dilemma: Bust Nudists or Smokers?

    UPDATE: The bill to ban smoking at state parks and beaches fell short, but the Long Beach backer vows to bring it back. ​UPDATE: California lawmakers rejected state Sen. Jenny Oropeza's proposal to ban smoking at state parks and beaches, something that is already prohibited in Laguna Beach and Hu ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 18, 2010

    'OsCene': Half-Empty or Half-Full?

    The Laguna Art Museum exhibit doesn't live up to its billing, but its best works are worth a good, long look

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Film Explores Hitchcock's Role in Fear-Mongering

    Photo courtesy of Universal and ZapomatikAlfred Hitchcock appears frequently in Johan Grimonprez's lauded film Double Take.​Alfred Hitchcock's television show and movie cameos frame the trajectory of the mass media's influence on collective fear in a highly praised documentary screening Thursday n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    5th Annual Museum Day

    Fullerton Museum

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Baila

    MOLAA

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Morning Tidepool Exploration

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2009
  • Calendar

    June 11, 2009
  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 5/21

    Film Screening: The Last Warrior, 7:30 p.m.Dave Lowry and Dr. Stephan Tumbull present a film on the most powerful samurai warlords. 66 minutes. Free with museum admission.Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA; 714-567-3600 American Girl Young Readers Club, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009
  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    En La Noche

    Museum of Latin American Art

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Beach Walk

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    An Historical Look at Illustration

    Laguna College of Art and Design

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    Lasting Impressions

    Mission San Juan Capistrano

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Holiday Art Sale

    Holiday Art Sale

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    J Flynn Gallery Goes Bye-Bye

    Weekly art critic Greg Stacy writes: "It is my sorry duty to report that we recently lost yet another fine local gallery, the J Flynn of Costa Mesa. Recent months have seen far too many local galleries close up for good, as the art world continues to suffer the effects of the ailing economy. In a t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    Mummy’s the Word

    Dinner and Lantern Lit Tour

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Coastal Commission Denies 241 Permit

    The California Coastal Commission voted at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday night to deny a coastal permit to the Transportation Corridor Agencies. It will now be much more difficult for the TCA to construct the Foothill-South (241) toll road extension. The vote was 8-2 in favor of denying certification. More ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    Picture Your Favorite Park. Now Picture It Gone.

    Fresh off the system of tubes some call an internets from the California State Parks Foundation comes an announcement of a photo contest. Get those pictures soon - regardless of the contest deadline, if the Governor follows through on his scare-tactic plan of closing 48 state parks, it might be the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Toll Road Sound-Byte Wars

    Governor Arnold Schwarnzenegger thinks the TCA's 241 (Foothill-South) toll road extension (which would bisect San Onofre State Beach, impact an Indian burial ground, mess with Trestles and possibly bring about Apocalypse) is about as tasty as steroids or a married woman's breast. The TCA (or Transpo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    On the Rocks

    Photo Pass

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Amber Waves

    Shenandoah

  • Culture

    January 10, 2008

    American Pie

    Popping off with Wayne Thiebaud

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    New poll shows mixed bag on 241 toll extension

    Photo by Craig Coppola/Courtesy Surfrider. A poll released this morning shows that OC voters are generally in favor of more toll roads, but not when they go through protected state parks. The poll, which was financed by the California State Parks Foundation, asked 400 voters from each of ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 31, 2007

    Mini-Maul

    Chris Burdens tiny Armageddon

  • Culture

    September 7, 2006

    Telephoning Buddha

    'Westward Toward the East'

  • Culture

    July 27, 2006

    Where Is the Disease?

    Artists at Continents End is old Californiabefore overdevelopment

  • Culture

    March 9, 2006

    Irvinian-Hosted Academia

    Pacific Modernities: Museum Culture and Civic Engagement

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Art

    Pacific Modernities: Museum Culture and Civic Engagement

  • Culture

    December 29, 2005

    This Week in It's a Pod, Pod, Pod, Pod World

    John Waters: Change of Life Podcast

  • News

    December 1, 2005
  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Toll Road Rage: What Your Mimi Doesn't Know

    What your Mimi doesn't know could fill San Mateo Canyon, if the TCA doesn't do it first.

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Blood in the Water

    San O. sharks bring out the Beast

  • Unknown

    November 21, 2002

    See the Wingless Bird!

    See it and weep

  • Culture

    August 24, 2000

    The Unbearable Burden of Lightness

    Chris Burden is Terribly Deep, or could be

  • Culture

    July 27, 2000

    Bad Commies!

    Unlikely interpretations at MOLAA- or is that MOOLAH?

  • Culture

    February 24, 2000

    Big Showoffs!

    The OMCA continues its tradition of not sucking

  • Features

    January 6, 2000

    CINEMA NON-VERITE

    Re-creating Re-creations

  • Culture

    November 11, 1999

    Pretty Girls

    Ellen Rose and Nora Novak rock. Plus, the long-awaited final word on the whole stupid uproar at the Brooklyn Museum

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Everyones A Critic

    Cartoons, communists and other things that upset people

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