Subject: Discovery Science Center

• Bubble Burstin'

  One thing in life is certain: kids friggin' love bubbles. Another slightly less certain fact: They also tend to enjoy elephants. This prompted 15-time Guinness World Record holding bubble craftsman Fan Yang to attempt to puncture yet another world bubble record by placing one of the world's largest land mammals inside a bubble at Discovery Science Center's 12th annual Bubblefest extravaganza. Too bad that pesky Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Barboza decided to stick his nose in the middle of

  March 18, 2008

• Why Politics, Sports, and Elephants Shouldn't Mix

  There's a reason why most sports-minded people don't talk about political issues, and that's because they're idiots at most everything else (the brilliant Dave Zirin excepted). A great example occurred this morning on ESPN2's ESPN First Take, after they showed footage of bubble-maker extraordinaire Fan Yang trying to put a bubble around an elephant, the same stunt he tried to pull at SanTana's Discovery Science Center before activists shamed the place into canceling the event. I wish I took note

  April 10, 2008

• To Do Tonight 10/6

  Panic!, 10 p.m. DJs Christopher and E-Luv spin electro, house and old school mash-ups The Continental Room 115 W. Santa Fe Ave. Fullerton, CA 714-526-4529 The True Story of Bats, until November 1 Learn about these creatures of the night and their dung. Discovery Science Center 2500 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 714-542-2823 Gauguin: Sculptor of Myth & Mystery, until March 15 This exhibition highlights Gauguin's large body of sculptures, ceramics and woodblock carvings, emphasizing the lesser known

  October 6, 2008

• To Do Tonight 10/14

  Bad Parents, 10 p.m. Expect a spanking. $5 The Prospector 2400 E. Seventh St. Long Beach, CA 562-438-3839 Oktoberfest, until November 7 Go on a Sunday and watch the dachshund races if you’re in the mood for laughs, or head in any ol’ day if you’re in the mood to say prosit a lot. Old World Village 7561 Center Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 714-895-8020 transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, until November 8 UC Irvine is currently hosting “transPOP,” a touring exhibition of artists from Korea, Vie

  October 14, 2008

• Is Latest UCI Virtual World Study Grant 'Waste' or Boon for Business?

  Here we go again. The 49-page report "2008: Worst Waste of the Year," which U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) compiled to expose examples of "outrageous federal spending," included the National Science Foundation (NSF) having given UC Irvine a $100,000 grant to study the differences in how gamers from the U.S. and China play the popular online video game World of Warcraft. Well, UCI just announced it has received a new $3 million grant from

  February 17, 2009

• The Science of Hockey

  April 2, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/2

  Real Housewives of Orange County Open Casting Call, 5 p.m.In front of Macy's. Women who are open to sharing their family lives, professional endeavors and active social calendars for the cameras are invited to meet with casting producers, who are looking for strong and confident women residing in South Orange County. Interested women should live life unabashed, have a rich Southern California lifestyle and consider themselves influential in their community.South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., C

  April 2, 2009

• Ain't Dead Yet

  October 2, 2008

• Goin' Batty

  October 2, 2008

• Geeeeeeross!

  May 22, 2008

• Canine Candidates

  January 10, 2008

• Miles of Smiles

  January 10, 2008

• Bouncy, Trouncy, Flouncy, Pouncy

  January 10, 2008

• Bursting Your Bubble

  Bubbles Under the Big Top

  April 5, 2007

• Discovering Yourself

  Sesame Street Presents the Body

  February 15, 2007

• Eight Days

  May 27, 2004

• Goat Sucking

  October 19, 2006

• Urinarytractosaurus?

  June 29, 2006

• Yule Log!

  November 24, 2005

• Eight Days

  October 27, 2005

• Eight Days

  August 19, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  August 21, 2003

• Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . for Blood!

  December 30, 1999

• Speedcubing

  May 14, 2009

• To Do This Weekend 5/15-5/17

  Lady Windermere's Fan, daily, 8 p.m.This comedy by Oscar Wilde chronicling a series of misunderstandings and deceptions in the high society world of Victorian London, critics and audiences alike were charmed by Wilde's trademark wit and intelligence. In the play, Lady Windermere considers leaving her husband of two years when she believes he's been unfaithful with a woman who turns out to be her own mother. Remarkably, it will be the mother who sets her straight without ever revealing her ident

  May 15, 2009

• Robots and Us

  May 21, 2009

• Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home

  June 25, 2009

• The Science of Hockey

  April 30, 2009

• Head to Toe: All About Your Body

  October 1, 2009

• Don't Forget Your Pet While Letting It All ShakeOut

  Don't forget Bowser.​As Orange County readies for its participation in Thursday morning's "Great California ShakeOut" earthquake drill, actor and animal activist Leo Grillo is working feverishly to ensure animals are included in mock rescue efforts. Grillo is founder and president of D.E.L.T.A. Rescue animal sanctuary and Horse Rescue of America. He's offered his services up and down the state to be included in the disaster drill. His medical and administrative staff will&nbs

  October 14, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 5/25

  Film Screening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask, 8 p.m.Woody Allen's 1972 eccentric adaptation of the book that was under every teenager's bed and in every parent's dresser drawer takes a comical look at the science of love. Several quirky skits follow the book's segments: Our favorite is the "What Happens During Ejaculation?" bit, in which a man's body is viewed as a complex factory. Burt Reynolds running the brain as Mission Control. Woody Allen as a rel

  May 25, 2009

• Wild Rivers to Finally Close and Become... A Water Park

  ​We missed this item on the LA Times's Funland blog on Monday. Apparently, Irvine water park Wild Rivers, which has spent the better part of its decade proclaiming it would soon shut down but never actually doing so, may finally see its last day in 2010.In its place would be a seemingly identical water park, owned by the same people as before, but with a different name: Splash Canyon.

  October 23, 2009