The name Gershwin brings back many fond memories for me as a child, hours spent drawing my favorite classic movie actors and actresses while listening to records with my grandma. So when I found out that the Pacific Symphony Orchestra was going to be performing Gershwin’s Greatest Hits –and All That Jazz, I jumped at the opportunity to actually see and hear, live, the masterpieces of George Gershwin – easily the greatest American composer of our time.
Grandma and Grandpa were my guests f
Free Beer Giveaway, All day long!
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Samurai Sword Wack-Off, 7 p.m.
Come smack swords with some of the best men in the business. Test your strength.
Huntington Beach Pier
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Mary Tyler Moore Laser Light Show, 8:30 p.m.
Throw your hat into the air while whistling "Love is All Around" by Paul Williams. You're gonna make it. . . to this awesome laser show!
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There are many solid feature-length films on the bill at this year's Newport Beach Film Festival, which shifts into full gear today and continues through Thursday, April 30. But some of the best stuff pre-screened for your consumption were shorts, in particular these eight animated and live-action diddies. All are shown in the Edwards Island Cinemas at Fashion Island in batches with other shorts, which explains why some showtimes given match other films listed here. Just go with it . . .BECAUSE
Before Jay Denes' Naked Music label arrived from New York, there was a
West Coast sound in dance music that was meatier, funkier, and more
tribal. While the Naked sound set Kenny G.-like moods to a house beat,
the pre-Denes flavors of left coast house music were heavily spiced by
dub reggae and the psychedelic bliss of a handful of British expatriate
DJs who arrived in California in the late 1980s and early 1990s to
escape rave crackdowns and drug violence in the U.K.
Evolution is a beautiful thing. While it has been nice to see California smooth-house artisans such as Kaskade, Jay-J and Andy Caldwell gain international clubland acclaim, their Kenny G.-like dance music often lulled us into a deep siesta. But artists change. Kaskade has moved on to trancier climes, Jay-J is now a New York big-room spinner, and now Caldwell has found a tougher voice.The Los Angeles-based Andy Caldwell, once the spokes-spinner for laid-back OP clothing, has been such the qui
Edwin GoeiTwo stories involving Chinese food caught my attention last week. First, there's local news about what is arguably one of OC's best Chinese restaurants, China Garden in Irvine. Fellow OC Food Blogger Julian Hsu has the scoop. In his post, he writes: "We just ate there for dimsum lunch today, and noticed a sign in the windows indicating that the new owner will be "VIP Seafood Restaurants, Inc."He adds, "Hopefully VIP Seafood Restaurants is the same entity that owns VIP Harbor Seafood
