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Petition Drive Launched to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand to Newport Beach

As a guest food blogger brilliantly reported on the Weekly's Stick a Fork In It, NetFlix is promoting new Arrested Development episodes by taking Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand to London, New York and Los Angeles. That's sparked a petition drive to bring the stand to the wacky family's "hometo ... More >>

The Rolling Stones

Honda Center

Geeta Bansal Interviews Virgilo Martinez, Peru's Newest Chef Star

Every Monday, Clay Oven Irvine executive chef/owner Geeta Bansal shares an interview that she's done with some of the heavyweights of European cooking. Today, she regales us with a visit to Peru, where Virgilio Martinez is currently the toast of the country's cooking scene. Enjoy!

The Olde Ship Celebrates 20 Years With A Party

Is The Olde Ship really that "olde" if it's just celebrating its 20th year? When you consider that most restaurants are lucky to make it two years let alone ten, then yes, that's quite old indeed. To celebrate, our county's Brit pub staple is holding a bash this Sunday, April 21st, at Muckenthaler C ... More >>

The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ By: Gavin Cleaver While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's st ... More >>

The Rolling Stones to Play Honda Center May 15

After playing five shows last year in London and the greater New York area, the Rolling Stones announced this morning that they'll be embarking on a nine show run of North America as part of their 50 & Counting Tour including a date in Anaheim. The show will take place at Honda Center on May 15, wi ... More >>

How Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf Gave England the Blues

The American blues sound overtook England in the 1960s like no other. Limey guitar slingers like John Mayall, Peter Green and Jimmy Page worked up their tolerance to whiskey, mastered the blues scale and made more money than every American blues musician that came before them. In the early 1970s, tw ... More >>

Cosprops' Material Magic

Bowers Museum spotlights the best of British-made movie dress-up

Rebel Bingo

Yost Theater

DJ Hype

The Observatory

Black Velvet at The Cellar, Our Drink of the Week!

Perfect pairings? Shakespeare and the Globe, Bacall and Bogart, Kesey and acid, Jagger and Richards. We're happy to add to the list something concocted in 1861 at the venerable Brooks's, a Whig party hangout in London. Hailed widely as a morning-after recuperative, Black Velvet is a killer combo--ch ... More >>

Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day Live From London

Art Theatre

On The Line: Alfred Prasad of Tamarind of London, Part One

Learning about a subject's interests outside of the kitchen always interests us. When Alfred Prasad isn't traversing between his Michelin-starred London flagship and his outpost in Newport, Alfred keeps active with tennis, sketching and exploring local neighborhoods with his wife. When we bring the ... More >>

When Is Shutting Down a Concert Worth the Hassle?

See Also: *TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast to Play the U.S. Open of Surfing *Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days *Adele and Gotye Top Mid-Year Album and Single Sales. Yikes!For those of you who haven't heard, Saturday night's Bruce Springsteen show at the Hard R ... More >>

The Group Work of 'Alps'

Yorgos Lanthimos on his new film, Greece and the travails of the individual

Cabaret

Theatre Out

World's Biggest McDonald's Is Being Built In London For The Olympics

Hey all you athletes in top form headed for the Summer Games in London, you can rest assured. They're building the world's biggest McDonald's there just for you. Yup. The Golden Arches will be there to serve you McNuggets as you compete for the gold. The temporary structure they've made of recyclab ... More >>

Tamarind of London Offers Curry for the Cultured

This Newport Coast eatery introduces great Indian cuisine to the rich folks

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

The Stone Roses Reunite for Two Manchester Shows and World Tour

​Legendary Madchester rockers The Stone Roses announced during a press conference in London earlier today their reunion after a 15-year split. Front man Ian Brown declared to fans, "This is a live resurrection, and you're invited, so you better be there," referencing their track "I Am the Resurrec ... More >>

Meditation Flash Mob Comes To Long Beach

MedMob Facebook page​​Is it just us or are flash mobs getting lazy? They've gone from full-fledged, song-and-dance spectaculars like this: 

The Phantom of the Opera

Theaters throughout Orange County

[UPDATE With Comment From Polyvinyl Owner Matt Lunsford]: Rioters Torch Sony Warehouse and Burn Many UK and Ireland Record Stocks to the Ground

BBC​UPDATE, August 10, 2011, 2:41 p.m.: Sony issued a statement today regarding its plans following Monday's disastrous warehouse fire set by London looters which destroyed significant quantities of independent label merchandise. According to the statement, the company is operating from a new co ... More >>

Ten Songs That Foreshadowed the 2011 UK Riots

Beacon Radio (Creative Commons NC)​Watching footage of the UK riots has been shocking, scary and difficult, but the British have a history of taking to the streets in times of social upheaval as an act of defiance. The proof is in songs by its musicians: everyone from the Clash to Morrissey to Mot ... More >>

Amy Winehouse: What a Loss

[Mental Notes] RIP renowned Chicano artist Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan

[UPDATE: Ecstasy & Alcohol?] Amy Winehouse Confirmed Dead, Joins 27 Club as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

​UPDATE, 6:28 P.M., JULY 23, 2011: It seems tabloid newspaper Sunday Mirror will report in tomorrow's issue that Amy Winehouse passed away after an ecstasy and alcohol binge. See the front page image after the jump.ORIGINAL POST, 9:58 A.M., JULY 23, 2011: TMZ confirms that singer Amy Winehouse, 27 ... More >>

Cerebral Ballzy Are Barfing Their Way to the Top

How can you not love a group with a song called 'Puke Song'?

Go Yuck Yourself

The London-based group keep a stiff upper lip while staring at their shoes

Coming to Newport Coast: Tamarind of London

​The British are coming. The British are coming. And they're bringing their Indian food. Tamarind, a Michelin-starred London restaurant that also got kudos from none other than Gordon Ramsay himself, is opening at Crystal Cove Promenade in Newport Coast. In the Irvine Company press release tha ... More >>

Five Choices for OC/LA Album-Listening Party

John Gilhooley/ OC WeeklyThe Adolescents​Over the weekend, we heard about a group of people in London who get together every month and listen to an entire album, uninterrupted, according to BBC. There is no talking or texting, not even when the record is turned over. Why would anyone do this? you ... More >>

Fatbergs: Your New Food-Related Word of the Day

Flickr user Kevin​Last month, the Guardian took a video tour of London's sewers, so you can imagine the fetid squalor in the video. The biggest obstacle for the men charged with maintaining the cloacas of London is cooking fat and toilet paper (which the Brits lovingly call "wet wipes"--ah, such V ... More >>

Hamlet

La Mirada Theatre

R.I.P., Reggae Great Gregory Isaacs

​Reggae legend Gregory Isaacs died at the age of 59 at his home in London after battling cancer for a year, says BBC News. The "Cool Ruler" was the purveyor of "lover's rock"--slow, dancey tunes that used hookey reggae downbeats with crooney R&B vocals.

Giant Billboard Made of Cheese

​The country that brought you Wallace and Gromit and Monty Python's Cheese Shop skit is at it again. The world's first billboard made of cheese debuted today in London's Covent Garden. Created by food sculptor Prudence Strait, the billboard featuring Speedy Gonzales will be used in British TV comm ... More >>

Try It, You'll Like It: A Conversation With ARTS OC's Rick Stein

Nicholas KoonRick Stein, Executive Director of ARTS OC​For many arts professionals, the administrative aspect of things is a creative death sentence, as time spent on personal projects drops by the wayside and artists get ground up in the gears of keeping an organization afloat. A quick look at AR ... More >>

Beyond the Headliners

[Coachella 2010] Nine acts that stand out from the sweaty, dusty crowd

Lynn Harrell and John Kimura Parker

Cerritos Center

Hugh Cornwell Gets a Grip

Former front man of punk pioneers the Stranglers has a firm hold on the present

Target Hits the British Bull's-Eye

[Trendzilla] Liberty of London is the latest trendy collection to appear at the non-evil big-box chain

[Year In Film] At the turn of the decade, Clint Eastwood tackles Mandela and the 'Hereafter'

Dance Pick Of The Week: Doc Martin At Focus

It's a little strange to sense all the buzz surrounding Europe's new dark wave of dance floor sounds, which combine tribal drums with deep, chugging bass and a simmering sense of bacchanalia. The likes of Loco Dice, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Radio Slave have been churning out this latest club-land flav ... More >>

Release the Sounds: Wild Young Hearts by the Noisettes

​There's always room for a surging ball of sultry, 60s-inspired Britpop. And by most accounts (this account specifically), UK power trio the Noisettes have a sound that amounts to that and much more. Though their album, the dynamic full length Wild Young Hearts, has already gotten its time to shin ... More >>

Hunger Artists Concoct a Fascinating Brew of Sex, Death and Disease in 'One Flea Spare'

The Colourist; As Tall As Lions

Detroit Bar

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Chance Theater

Going to The Mars Volta tonight? I hate you

Okay, maybe that headline was a little strong. I don't "hate" you, "envy" is a better word. Those waiting with baited breath for the next time this ravenous band of fluffy-haired art rockers would travel anywhere near OC had to swallow a bitter pill when The Mars Volta's first tour dates in support ... More >>

A Mexican, An Indonesian and a Brit Walk Into a Restaurant...

A taste of home! Regular Forkers might have noticed that Gustavo and Edwin now have a new partner for their continuing adventures in rum, bloggery and the mashed potatoes. Please join us in welcoming Lesley McCave, an accomplished food and travel scribe, to Stick a Fork In It. A native of England no ... More >>

Bad Karma (Chameleon)? Boy George Forced to Cancel US Tour

Boy George: He plans to make up those missed dates. Ex-Culture Club front androgyne Boy George has had to cancel his upcoming US tour (including a July 13 date at the Grove of Anaheim) after being denied a work visa. In recent years, George has forged a career as a DJ who plays mediocre house musi ... More >>

Big Brother is Watching OC Weekly

In case you were wondering, air travel still sucks. Flights are more crowded and dirtier than ever (I could swear that stain on my courtesy pillow was blood), and even though transatlantic flights now have video on demand, the equipment for it takes up precious milimeters of legroom, already a scarc ... More >>

The Year the Superstar DJ Died

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Dinosaurs rule the dancefloors no more