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March 26, 2009
Voice of the Forest
Bowers Museum
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July 28, 2007
Comic Con 2007: Real-D
In addition to the Beowulf , more 3-D stuff was demo'ed. Oops, I mean "stereoscopic." That's the term the owners of the Real-D company prefer to "3-D." The CEO and president were there. I didn't bother to take down their names because I doubt you care. Anyway, this is the new 3-D system that was u ... More >>
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August 15, 2007
Irvine Starbucks Climate Crisis Discussion Today
Just came over the wire: At 2 p.m. today, the Starbucks Coffee at 3995 Alton Pkwy. in Irvine is hosting a "National Day of Discussion" on the issue of "climate crisis" in support of a new Paramount/National Geographic-sponsored film, Arctic Tale. Filmmakers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson, as wel ... More >>
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May 9, 2008
To Do This Weekend 5/9-5/11
500 Clown: Frankenstein, 5/9-5/10 @ 8 p.m. The Chicago-based ensemble, 500 Clown, combines circus arts, improvisation and action-based performance that catapults the performers into extreme physical and emotional risk and makes the audience active participants in the thrilling ride. In short: It so ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Hasan Nouri Thinks Big on the Small Screen Tonight
Orange County civil engineer Hasan Nouri is used to thinking big when it comes to everything from solving local sediment-flow problems to bringing lasting peace to his native Afghanistan. Tonight you can witness the Weekly's recent "War & Water" cover boy discussing how he would build an America ... More >>
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January 15, 2009
Bollywood Goes Far East for 'Chandni Chowk to China'
Orange County civil engineer Hasan Nouri is used to thinking big when it comes to everything from solving local sediment-flow problems to bringing lasting peace to his native Afghanistan. Tonight you can witness the Weekly's recent "War & Water" cover boy discussing how he would build an America ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Hasan Nouri Pitched Plans to Stabilize Aliso Creek and His Native Afghanistan, But No One Listened
Orange County civil engineer Hasan Nouri is used to thinking big when it comes to everything from solving local sediment-flow problems to bringing lasting peace to his native Afghanistan. Tonight you can witness the Weekly's recent "War & Water" cover boy discussing how he would build an America ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Doctors Without Borders' Mary Jo Frawley Lives in OC, But Her Heart's in Sri Lanka, Somalia . . .
Orange County civil engineer Hasan Nouri is used to thinking big when it comes to everything from solving local sediment-flow problems to bringing lasting peace to his native Afghanistan. Tonight you can witness the Weekly's recent "War & Water" cover boy discussing how he would build an America ... More >>
Music
November 27, 2008
[Feedback 2008] Musician Pat Visel Makes the Best Albums (Almost) No One's Heard
Orange County civil engineer Hasan Nouri is used to thinking big when it comes to everything from solving local sediment-flow problems to bringing lasting peace to his native Afghanistan. Tonight you can witness the Weekly's recent "War & Water" cover boy discussing how he would build an America ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
Rock of Love
World of Diamonds
Film
July 12, 2007
New Reviews
We recommend: Gypsy Caravan, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I Have Never Forgotten You, In
Features
July 5, 2007
The General's Last Stand
Vang Pao devoted his life to fighting communism in Laos—until his onetime ally, the U.S. government, arrested him
Film
May 24, 2007
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: China-Beyond the Clouds
Film
May 10, 2007
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: Superstar in a Housedress
Film
January 11, 2007
Accidental Tourists
Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history
Film
June 7, 2007
The Best of the Rest
A few more summer releases you might be interested in
Film
July 27, 2006
New Reviews
The Ant Bully; Azumi; John Tucker Must Die; The Motel; Mysteries of Egypt
Columns
April 13, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
April 5 - April 11
Film
September 1, 2005
Hustle & Toboggan
In the 2005 summer movie season, slow but steady wins the race
Culture
May 12, 2005
Pain Is Universal
Karel Capeks Robots besmirches the Garage Theatres good name
Culture
February 10, 2005
Laguna Calling to the Zombies of Death
Les Stones VOODOO is undead on arrival
Culture
July 29, 2004
Best Canine Art Show Ever!
And no dogs playing poker in the bunch
News
March 11, 2004
Dead Man Talking
The Passion of the Kucinich finds an audience in Long Beach
Film
November 20, 2003
Crowe Becalmed
Master and Commander drifts
Film
August 7, 2003
Life Sentences
Dentists in domestic prison, jewel thieves on holiday
Columns
April 17, 2003
Letters
Dentists in domestic prison, jewel thieves on holiday
Features
May 30, 2002
No Escape
A night of illegal camping
Columns
April 18, 2002
Thaifoon, Azteca, Fling
Coconut Teaszer
Food
April 11, 2002
Of Meat and Men
Calvin Free spreads the gospel of beef
Features
November 8, 2001
This is Where We Pray
As earthmovers move in, local Indians move to save their sacred land
Culture
February 17, 2000
Everything's Memorex
James Drakes conversations speak silently
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Teaching Museum Uses Adventure Films to Help Fund Mendez v. Westminster Exhibit
Jonathan Copp, RIP.What do the plucky Museum of Teaching and Learning, an internationally acclaimed film festival and the landmark Mendez v. Westminster School District case of 1946 have in common?All three could learn you something.The Fullerton-based Museum of Teaching and Learning (MOTAL) is s ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
TOMORROW: Grupo Fantasma and Boogaloo Assassins at Commonwealth Lounge (Free Show!)
If you were planning to schlep out to the El Rey in LA tomorrow to check out the Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma you might be disappointed to know that the band's show is canceled. Sucks, right? Unless of course you live in OC, in which case your drive just got a lot shorter.
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June 30, 2010
New Music From Dirty Projectors And Björk...Together!
Cover art for Mount Wittenberg OrcaThe Dirty Projectors just teamed up with the Icelandic pixie nymph Björk on a new seven-song EP titled Mount Wittenberg Orca.
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October 22, 2010
UC Irvine Cosmologist to Co-Host National Geographic TV Special
UC Irvine CommunicationsIn the vast mix of travel guides, the Milky Way always gets the shaft. What's new in the cosmos? What's the latest on those supermassive black holes? (Still dark, we presume.)
Blogs
November 18, 2010
War: What is Good for? Well, Lots of Words
Andrew Carroll calls them "the world's greatest undiscovered literature," and anyone who's seen Ken Burn's monolithic documentary The Civil War would certainly agree. They are letters written during war-time, primarily those sent from soldiers mired in the blood, mud and, often, boredom, of the fron ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Coastal Walk in Memory of Maddie James--a Little Girl Who Loved the Ocean
Maddie James, 2006-2011.It has a deceptive, scholarly name. The kind of name you'd expect to come across while flipping through National Geographic. Referring, maybe, to light diffraction in the farther reaches of the Milky Way. Or the unique manner in which rare Peruvian orchids attract hummi ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
[UPDATED with Million-Dollar Baby:] Coastal Walk in Memory of Maddie James--a Little Girl Who Loved the Ocean
Maddie James, 2005-2011.UPDATE, JUNE 13, 2:04 P.M.: There were smiles, speeches and applause--and more than a few tears among the 100 invited guests. They were at a private dedication ceremony Saturday at Dana Point's Ocean Institute, on what would have been Maddie James's sixth birthday. The cer ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
[Listen] Bjork the Dirty Projectors' Mount Wittenberg Orca
We've waited long enough: Mount Wittenberg Orca, the Bjork/Dirty Projectors collab, will now be out on LP and CD on October 24/25.The hand-numbered, limited edition LP version will have a 3D lenticular sleeve, 180 gram heavyweight vinyl and a 12 page large-format full color booklet. It's pretty p ... More >>

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