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  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    [UPDATED with No Quorum?] Occupy-Type Protest Planned Tonight Over $158 Million "Bailout" for Anaheim Hotels

    ​UPDATE, JAN. 31, 10:58 A.M.: What if you threw an Occupy-type protest over $158 million in taxpayer handouts being given to a hotel developer and no one showed up to hear it? That could become a reality tonight should three Anaheim City Council members who last week approved tax subsidies to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Ghirardelli Coming To Disney California Adventure

    ​Like Disneyland and Ghirardelli chocolate?If so, prepare to be happy.Learn more after the jump, chocoholics.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Occupy Orange County Rallies Support; Plans for Large Protest in Irvine

    ​At least 39 people, many fed up with the death of the American dream, made their voices heard last night thanks to the magic of telephonic conferencing. People with degrees ranging from business management to graphic design, some struggling to find decent paying jobs in a dire economy, called in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Carol Channing Headlines Gay Days, Which Also Draw Glee Star to Disneyland

    ​Diamonds may very well be a girl's best friend, but Carol Channing is a gay's best friend.The 90-year-old entertainer will join a bunch of other celebrities at the end of the month to help celebrate the 2011 Gay Days Anaheim at Disneyland Resort. The three-day event will take place from Friday, S ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 28, 2011

    MouseWait and More of OC's Best Apps!

    [Trendzilla] Download them now. Even better? They're FREE!

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    House of Blues Lawsuit: Pot, Booze & Ticket Cheating

    Fire marshall: Don't read this story​A former high-ranking employee at the House of Blues (HOB) Downtown Disney is suing the Anaheim establishment for California Labor Code violations including wrongful termination and defamation, and he's spilling what he's says are dirty secrets.In a lawsuit fil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Lost and Found: Disneyland's Treasures

    ​For nearly 60 years, tourists have traveled from all across the globe to visit Disneyland. And for just as many years, tourists have been leaving a lot of crap behind them before making their way back home.But if you lost it at Disneyland, odds are one of the park's numerous Cast Members have fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    [UPDATED: All Clear] BREAKING: Disneyland, The Happiest Place On Earth Ain't so Happy, Currently on Lock-Down

    UPDATE, 1:51 P.M.: The Orange County Register reports that authorities indicated the "suspicious device" that was the catalyst for all the Disneyland hysteria was a geocache. Confused? You should be. A geocache is a GPS item that is used for techy treasure hunts.What happened to going door to door a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Anaheim Residents Blast Disney Apparel Depicting Mickey and Goofy as Taggers

    ​Goofy and Mickey found a new hobby. Tagging. And Anaheim leaders and residents were pissed about it. They complained to Disney officials about merchandise being sold at theme-park shops that depicted the beloved characters next to a spray can, The Orange County Register reports. One T-shirt shows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    OC Can Still Play . . . Until Sunday

    Art GuevaraSan Juan Capistrano Piano​Those 20 artfully painted pianos that have been donated and spread across our county for the past couple of weeks as part of Pacific Symphony's "OC Can You Play?" project are still around, but not for much longer. Having started on Jan. 16, the series comes to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    'OC Can You Play?' to Stash Pianos Everywhere

    ​​If you've stumbled across any random pianos recently, you may have wondered why there are 20 randomly placed around Orange County. The Pacific Symphony is promoting its "OC Can You Play?" project and dispersing the pianos everywhere from Costa Mesa to Brea to Mission Viejo. The instruments wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    What You Missed: Gay Days Anaheim, Sandcastles, Kite Festival, Blessing of the Animals, Chihuahua Beauty Contest

    Mary Bell/OC Weekly​So what'd you miss? This weekend we helped celebrate Gay Days Anaheim, both at their Friday night kick-off "Wonderland" and also at Disneyland Resort. We also checked out the Newport Beach Sandcastle Contest, Seal Beach Japanese Kite Festival... and the cutest of all, the Inter ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Gay Days Anaheim

    Disneyland Parks

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Tony Hawk Reverse Pelvic Thrust 900 Skating Trick at Downtown Disney Doesn't Pan Out

    ​Musing about Tony Hawk 11 years ago, an OC Weekly cover snidely stated, "Dude, You're Old."It's also been opined here--or maybe it was elsewhere--that skateboards should have an expiration date.Hawk, who is 62 (check that: 42), gave credence to both notions Saturday afternoon at Downtown Disney.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    The Furries Fly at ESPN Zone

    Will Peter the Anteater or Tuffy the Titan win the ultimate mascot-off?​If you've ever wondered who would whip whose ass--UC Irvine's Peter the Anteater or Cal State Fullerton's Tuffy the Titan--the answer may be fothcoming today in Irvine.

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Looking for a Hot Christmas Date? Feed the Homeless

    More gruel, please.​Got nothing to do Christmas Day. Head out to the Special Christmas Feed the Homeless Event 2 p.m. Friday at the Walk of Honor in Santa Ana's Civic Center complex. Bring along healthy food to help serve the homeless who live, gather and share meals with their families at the Civ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009
  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Have One Helluva Happy Halloween

    ​ Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Incoming: Selena Gomez at the House of Blues, Rooney at the Glass House

    ​Miley Cyrus is so 2008. (And 2006, and 2007. And OK, 2009, too, but still.)

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Indie Fest USA in Anaheim Seeks to Break Film Festival Mold

    Indie Fest USA 2009, which is scheduled to open with red carpet arrivals at the Disneyland Hotel Aug. 22 and continue seven days thereafter in Anaheim, vows to "break the mold in film festivals," according to Ray L. Gibb, vice president of events with Indie Fest USA Entertainment Group.  "At ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Penn State More Psyched Than USC By Disneyland Visit

    One perk for Penn State University players, coaches and fans who have already arrived in Southern California for the New Year's Day Rose Bowl is the traditional Disneyland visit, which is Friday. After all, who wouldn't want to escape the weather in University Park, PA (current temperature: 23 degre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Last Night: Bad Brains, Death By Stereo and Kevin Seconds at House of Blues

    Better Than: Pretty much any other concert you could have gone to last night.In the canon of legendary punk bands, it is pretty much impossible to fuck with the furious, dred-wielding four piece that is Bad Brains. And for hoards of die-hard O.C. punks young and old, a chance to see them in action ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Bad Religion, Death by Stereo, The Darlings @ HOB Anaheim 4/3

    Last night marked the final weekend for Bad Religion's relentless assault on the Anaheim House of Blues. Since February 29, the elder statesmen of Los Angeles punk have embarked on a blistering "World Tour of Southern California" packing in sweaty, fanatical fans night after night. Los Angeles, Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    To Do Tonight - 01/14

    “LOCAL ANESTHESIA”: AN EXHIBITION OF EMERGING ARTISTS, until 9pm On display at OC’s “anti-mall” The ARTery at The Lab, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa “JUNGLE BOOK” AUDITIONS, 6:30pm Know any 7-17 year olds who have that acting bug? Liberty Theater at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Traini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 10/05

    AMERICA’S BROADWAY, 8pm Described as “a delightful and thoughtful collection of Broadway musical favorites,” tonight’s show is sure to please any musical fanatic. Lyceum Theater, Vanguard University, 55 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, (714) 668-6145 http://216.177.87.168/theatrearts THE CRUCIBLE, 8p ... More >>

  • Film

    March 1, 2007

    New Reviews

    Full of It

  • Film

    February 8, 2007

    New Reviews

    Hannibal Rising; The Last Sin Eater; Norbit; Puccini for Beginners; Traffic Signal

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    Now Playing

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Casino Royale

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Party Time, Excellent

    Mike Barnet: Rescuing OCs independent music scene, one TV show at a time

  • Columns

    January 26, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special Comida Edition

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    They Want My Smokes!

    Special Comida Edition

  • Features

    October 21, 2004

    Best of OC 2004: Part 3

    Special Comida Edition

  • Columns

    August 12, 2004

    Eight Days

    Special Comida Edition

  • Columns

    June 24, 2004

    The Unsuccessful Slut

    Of ladies of leisure, the gay bartender and Xs John Doe!

  • Music

    September 4, 2003

    Confabulous!

    Of ladies of leisure, the gay bartender and Xs John Doe!

  • Culture

    April 10, 2003

    Going Down

    Queens in the Kingdom is just too damn gay

  • Music

    September 12, 2002

    Shopping Mall Blues

    Brother Yusef is a gutbucket superstar

  • Unknown

    August 9, 2001

    Jujubeating your meat

    Brother Yusef is a gutbucket superstar

  • Columns

    July 26, 2001

    Daahk, Veddy, Veddy Daahk

    Mermaids, Hitler, vampires and Dwight Yoakam, but not yet Halloween

  • Columns

    June 14, 2001

    More Les for Me!

    Dont do the House like you did Lindas Doll Hut

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    One Big Happy Mosh Pit

    Dont do the House like you did Lindas Doll Hut

  • Columns

    April 12, 2001

    Cinderella Stories

    Amd then we have sex with Simon LeBon

  • Columns

    January 25, 2001

    Goodbye, Old Friends

    The Circle of Life rolls on

  • Unknown

    January 18, 2001

    Dropping Some NYC

    The Circle of Life rolls on

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    The Year in Bits: January- June

    The Circle of Life rolls on

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Cupboards Bare Jamboree

    Mustaches wont help underpaid Mouseketeers

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Slippery Slope?

    Anaheim finally approves much-vaunted indoor ski park

  • Features

    January 6, 2000

    HERE ALREADY

    Re-creating Southern California in Southern California

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