Subject: Michael Bowers

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  Bowers Museum

  November 27, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part IV

  Friday night took Reid Sheldon to The Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest, where he noted three mid-set stage exits, an impromptu rap and two wardrobe malfunctions as he documented "death doo-wop" group Jail Weddings. Check out Reid's Last Night review (the first of many, we hope, for 2008) over here. Meanwhile, Gustavo Arellano took food critic Edwin Goei's advice and headed over to Jason's in downtown Santa Ana. The Mexican was impressed and recommends the corsican calamari and sea crepes. The crapt

  January 7, 2008

• Bowers Museum Raided--Now Read its Blog!

  Driving back from lunch at El Pollo de Oro, a friend noticed a plethora of news vans at the Bowers Museum. "What's happening there?," he wondered out loud. "Probably a new gems exhibit," I cracked. Little did we know that Orange County's oldest private museum was raided by the feds this morning for illegally acquiring looted antiques. Amazing--an immigration raid in SanTana not involving Mexicans for once. Nothing to add right now except the blog of the Bowers Museum collection department.

  January 24, 2008

• To Do Tonight - 2/28

  BORA KORKMAZ, 8 p.m. Turkish delight. Cal State Fullerton Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton TROUBLE IN CHEAP SHOES, 9 p.m. Nothin' but trouble and tunes. Que Sera, 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach JAZZ AT BOWERS: MUSIC IN THE MOMENT WITH BILL MADISON, 6 p.m. Be sure to pick up one of Tagata's signature cocktails. Tangata Restaurant, Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana SUPER ESTRELLA, 9 p.m. Puro Party! Vegas, 1901 Newport Blvd. Costa Mesa 12 ANGRY MEN, 7:30

  February 28, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 5/16 - 5/18

  "Buccaneers on the Bay" Fundraiser, 5/16 6:30 p.m. Be a pirate for a day! For a cause, too! Price: $100-$125 Newport Harbor Nautical Museum 151 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Newport Beach, CA 92660 949-675-8915 On, Of, and About Paper, Daily Who doesn't want to learn more about paper? I know I do. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 117 N. Sycamore Santa Ana, CA 92701 714-667-1517 Bowers Museum Call For Volunteers, Daily Volunteer to help make the visitor experience enjoyable at the highly a

  May 16, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 6/6 - 6/8

  June 6, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 6/27 - 6/29

  SHIMMY & SHAKE BURLESQUE SHOW WITH THE TEQUILA WORMS; CATHOUSE THUMPERS, Saturday 9 p.m. Nipple tassels and nylons. Doll Hut 107 S. Adams St. Anaheim CA 92802 714-533-1286 CANINE RUNWAY, THE SEARCH FOR AMERICA’S MOST PAW-PULAR POOCH, Saturday 5 p.m. The next step is an eating disorder. Muttropolis, A Utopia for Pets and Their Parents 865 Newport Center Dr. Newport Beach CA SEE ALL THE MONKEYS FOR HALF THE NUTS!, Friday 2 - 4 p.m. Half price admission to the monkey house. Insert obvious pun

  June 27, 2008

• The Curious Case of the Bowers Museum KKK Tree

  Outside the Bowers Museum (the original part, not the multimillion-dollar addition) stands a beautiful, still growing crape myrtle tree. It blooms every spring, adding a bit of genteel, colorful charm to the already-purty facility. You've seen this tree if you ever drive or walk past the Bowers on Main Street in SanTana. What you probably haven't seen, however, is the plaque right below it. It commemorates the tree's planting in 1969 to commemorate SanTana's centennial. The sponsors? The Emma S

  September 3, 2008

• To Do Tonight 9/24

  420, 9:30 p.m. Breathe it in. Mai Tai Bar 97 Aquarium Way Long Beach, CA 562-435-1200 Sling Shot, 8:30 p.m. You'll shoot your eye out. Cook's Corner 19122 Live Oak Canyon Rd. Trabuco Canyon, CA 949-858-0266 Ride the Great Park Balloon, Daily High flying. Orange County Great Park Off the 5 Fwy. Irvine, CA 949-724-6247 Quilts at Bowers Museum, 10 a.m. Blankets of cool. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art 2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 714-567-3600

  September 24, 2008

• To Do Tonight 10/8

  Dinner with Dave Two Year Anniversary Show, 8 p.m. Performers include Mariachi Anacatlan, The Neighborhood Bullys and The Calypso Cats. Memphis 201 N. Broadway Santa Ana, CA 714-564-1064 Ron Kobayashi Trio, 7 p.m. Jazz up your dinner with these three fine gentlemen. Spaghettini 3005 Old Ranch Pkwy. Seal Beach, CA 562-596-2199 John Solone’s Tribute to Sinatra, 6:30 p.m. Hear songs by Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and more. Piccolino Ristorante Pizzeria 28731 Los Alisos Blvd., Ste. 3 Miss

  October 8, 2008

• Hanoi (Art) Rocks!

  July 15, 1999

• A Reality Shrine for a Wired World

  January 3, 2002

• To Do Tonight 10/21

  Behind The Red Curtain, 9 p.m. DJs Bobby Soul, Spicy D, DJ Cocoe and Josh One spin behind the orange curtain. The Continental Room 115 W. Santa Fe Ave. Fullerton, CA 714-526-4529 Bowers Museum Free Days for Santa Ana Residents!, Third Tuesday of every month Courtesy of the Lockhart Family and a generous donation in the memory of Dorothy Goerl, the Bowers Museum is offering free admission to Santa Ana residents, with proof of residency. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art 2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana, C

  October 21, 2008

• Saints Relics

  August 25, 2005

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Aliens,' 'Casablanca,' 'Happy Go Lucky,' More

  April 2, 2009

• Vietnamese Film Festival Returning to OC

  The fourth biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival (VIFF) opens on April 2 in Orange County and will showcase more than 60 short and feature films, panel discussions and an special award to actor Dustin Nguyen (pictured), who co-starred with Cate Blanchett in Little Fish.Event organizer Ysa Le said yesterday that films from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, USA and, of course, Vietnam will be shown at various local spots including UC Irvine, Edwards Regal University 6 i

  March 25, 2009

• Sharing History

  January 29, 2009

• Silent But Deadly

  September 25, 2008

• Tyke Hike

  July 24, 2008

• The Terra Cotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang March Into the Bowers Museum

  June 5, 2008

• Soldier On

  May 22, 2008

• Mummy’s the Word

  March 27, 2008

• Pull My String

  December 6, 2007

• Saturday - 11/24

  Travis at the House of Blues, GWAR at the Glass House, Scarlett Sisters Circus at the Bowers Museum

  November 22, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the week: The Sophisticated Misfit
  

  November 1, 2007

• I See Dead People

  The mummy strikes at the Bowers

  October 25, 2007

• A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

  August 11, 2005

• When Pheromones Fail

  The Art of Seduction: Courtship and Marriage in Africa

  April 26, 2007

• File Under Biblio

  Literary Orange

  April 19, 2007

• A.A.

  Ansel Adams: Artist Obscured at Bowers Museum

  March 1, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  Feb. 21-Feb. 27

  March 1, 2007

• A Trogdor to Call Your Own

  Chinese brush painting

  February 15, 2007

• Hey, Porter!

  Cole Porter Lecture

  November 9, 2006

• Best of OC, Nos. 26 to 50

  From the Bowers patio to Merry's

  October 19, 2006

• Patty the Bunny

  August 11, 2005

• !Caliente! !Caliente! !Caliente!

  June 30, 2005

• Death Warmed Over

  Bowers mummies are creepy for all the wrong reasons

  May 12, 2005

• Fool's Gold

  January 6, 2005

• Eight Days

  November 4, 2004

• Tibet!

  December 4, 2003

• Best Politics, Art, and Outdoor Sports

  October 30, 2003

• Wired to Death

  October 3, 2002

• Hairy Pottery

  December 27, 2001

• Santa Ana

  September 27, 2001

• Everyones A Critic

  July 15, 1999

• [Sound Guy] Yost Theater Operators Are Choosy When It Comes to Booking Their Venue

  May 21, 2009

• Rembrandt's Sympathy for the Poor Still Holds Lessons Today

  July 16, 2009

• Latin American Art History Class: “The Baroque World of Fernando Botero”

  September 10, 2009

• Bowers Exhibit Shows Fernando Botero Is More Than Just 'That Guy Who Paints Really Fat People'

  September 17, 2009

• $3 Million Emerald Arrives at Height of Jewelry Heist Season

  Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.​In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale in Colombia in 2008 is scheduled to remain on display at Bowers through early December. Museum president Peter Keller was tight-lipped when asked by the Orange County Register about security, saying,

  September 17, 2009