Subject: Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

• Save the Mixtape!

  According to Rob Gordon, there's an art to making a good mixtape. It takes some finesse, sure, but a list and a formula? Eh. But whatever method you subscribe to, it's time to polish up your skills because tomorrow is the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art's Save the Mixtape event. The premise is that along with some live music (courtesy of Family Tree Analog, The Health Club and A Faulty Chromosome), the event will reinvigorate your passion for little plastic tapes. Go to hell mix-cds a

  January 12, 2007

• 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 5/23 - 5/26

  Memorial Day Weekend Sales at the LAB, Friday-Monday Sidewalk sales by Urban Outfitters, Harlow's, Carve & Blends and Habit The Lab 2930 Bristol St. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Standing Up for Justice and Peace, Friday 5 p.m. Peacefully protest the wrongs of the world Outside South Coast Plaza Corner of Bristol and Anton Costa Mesa, CA Money Power! 101, Saturday 12:30 p.m. Train your children to be money hungry little bastards. Just like us! Shore Books and Art Gallery 3064 East Broadway Long Beach,

  May 23, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 6/20 - 6/22

  WINETASTING WITH THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, Friday 5 p.m. The Fullerton Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals group will be wine tasting and networking for the cost for the tasting lesson, $25 including appetizers. Twisted Vine 127 W Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton CA 92832 (714) 871-1200 SWING DANCE LESSONS, Friday 5 p.m. Swing dancing lessons, one hour, $5. The Neighborhood Cup 1 Journey Aliso Viejo CA 92656 949-716-5100 2000 POUNDS OF BLUES, Saturday 8:30 p.m. Thats a lot 'o blues. Renaissanc

  June 20, 2008

• On The Wall: Goodbye, Cruel World

  Norman Korpi at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art There are several very good reasons why Norman Korpi's paintings of sunsets should suck. He was one of the cast members of the very first season of MTV's The Real World, and you don't really expect anything worthwhile to come from one of those kids who got famous for sitting around arguing about which housemate is the most obnoxious. Plus, paintings of sunsets fall somewhere between crashing waves and sad clowns on the scale of hopel

  August 11, 2008

• To Do Tonight 9/4

  Catwalk Fashion Show, 9 p.m. Fashion Event & Laguna Artwalk After-Party featuring Stella & Upside Down. MOZAMBIQUE 1740 S. Pacific Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 949-715-7100 Animal Magnetism, 12 p.m. - close Not just Pandas stuck to your fridge. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 117 N. Sycamore Santa Ana, CA 714-667-1517 Back 2 School Party hosted by Kappa Sigma, 10 p.m. Yeah. That's right. Go practice your "secret handshake" and prep for the oogie cookie. Sachi Bar 6400 E. Pacific Coast

  September 4, 2008

• Bloody Liposuctioned Fat!

  June 22, 2000

• To Do This Weekend 10/31-11/2

  7th Annual Monster Bash, Friday 8 p.m. With The Devil Bats, Vlad and the Impalers, Deadman Walking and The New York Ninjas. $5 Coconuts 34235 Doheny Park Rd. Capistrano Beach, CA 949-487-2787 Halloween Costume Contest, Friday 9 p.m. Prizes for top costumes. The Olde Ship Pub & Restaurant 1120 W. 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 714-550-6700 Bastard Winos, Saturday 8 p.m. Who doesn't like bastard winos? Juke Joint Bar & Grill 735 N. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim, CA 714-778-1397 Pumpkin Launch 2008, Saturday 9

  October 31, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Notorious,' More

  April 3, 2008

• To Do Tonight 1/12

  Guitar Legend, 6 p.m.Almost as great as the Tom Cruise film Legend, but this has guitars, too! House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA; 714-778-2583"Fashionistas!" last call for entries from OCCCA Madly inspired garments, bravura sketches, elaborately finished works, and experimental art in all media including video and installation will be accepted for judging to showcase the edge where adornment meets art. Get your entries postmarked today.Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,

  January 12, 2009

• To Do Tonight 1/14

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof screening, 7 p.m.Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in their prime.CinemaFusion, 321 W. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA Orange County High School for the Arts show, 6:30 p.m.It may not be a musical, but this high school art display will surely inspire.Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA; 714-667-1517Voodoo Karaoke, 10:30 p.m.It'll have you on pins and needles.House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA; 714-778-2583See more

  January 14, 2009

• Grunt and Squeak and Squawk With the Animals at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

  September 25, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Iraq for Sale,' 'The Matrix,' More

  October 2, 2008

• [Summer Guide] Different Brushstrokes This Summer at OC's Art Venues

  June 4, 2009

• Eclectic Music Company strikes again!

  No one does weird ambient sounds quite like the folks running Eclectic Music Company. We don't give them enough credit for that on this blog. But they're probably too "underground" to care anyway, so I think it evens out. But once a month, inside the dark reaches of the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, swells of synthesizer bliss, dissonant guitar and mechanical-sounding V-drums rattle the art on the walls. Putting together a string of avant garde noise rock acts from OC and beyond is

  March 26, 2009

• [Election 2008] Ron Kovic's War on War

  October 23, 2008

• Atrocity Becomes Art at OCCCA's 'Just How Does a Patriot Act' Show

  October 16, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Breaking Away,' ' Cry-Baby,' 'Hero' and More

  September 4, 2008

• Look Around

  July 31, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,' 'Boyz N the Hood,' More

  July 3, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Screenings of 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Spider-Man 2,' More

  May 1, 2008

• Groovy Art From Kebe Fox, Leah Parrent, Jim Caron at the OC Center for Contemporary Art

  March 13, 2008

• The Big Picture

  January 10, 2008

• Sprawl of Sound

  Atmospherically Correct: io Ascends to the Drone, Free Blood Find Life After !!!

  November 8, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the week: Sahara

  October 4, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the week: The Killers
  

  September 6, 2007

• Sprawl of Sound

  A Quirk in Progress: Dancing Lethargic’s low-budget eccentricity

  September 6, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Grand Hotel
  

  August 2, 2007

• Walls

  May 31, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 5/21

  Film Screening: The Last Warrior, 7:30 p.m.Dave Lowry and Dr. Stephan Tumbull present a film on the most powerful samurai warlords. 66 minutes. Free with museum admission.Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA; 714-567-3600 American Girl Young Readers Club, 5 p.m.Remember the adventures of Samantha, Molly, Kirsten and the rest? Go for the nostalgia, if for nothing else. Just thinking about it makes me feel like a young girl again. A young American girl.

  May 21, 2009

• Special Screenings

  Jules et Jim

  February 1, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

  November 30, 2006

• Special Screenings

  Special 'choose your own movie of the week' week!

  November 2, 2006

• Special Screenings

  October 5, 2006

• Special Screenings

  August 31, 2006

• Special Screenings

  June 1, 2006

• Special Screenings

  April 6, 2006

• Special Screenings

  March 2, 2006

• Nippley Sweetness and Light

  April 14, 2005

• Sex Sells

  September 18, 2003

• Two-Buck Chuck

  February 13, 2003

• Fonts of Wisdom

  May 23, 2002

• Tweekers Ball

  April 25, 2002

• Perv Alert!

  September 20, 2001

• The Figure of Expressionism

  June 21, 2001

• Feet of Clay

  April 26, 2001

• Great Slabs O' Dead Stuff!

  November 16, 2000

• Pretty: Disturbing

  Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

  April 30, 2009

• Tomorrow: Eclectic Music Company #25 at OCCCA

  We've hinted at it before, but those of you who exercise their sacred right to forage for titillatingly subversive sounds (yes, I said titillating god damn it), then you have a responsibility to mosey on over to the next Eclectic Music Company gig. And what a coincidence, there's one happening this Saturday night! The showcase kicks off at 8p.m. inside the hall of the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art...same bat time, same bat channel. Offering up a swarthy mix of eastern-influenced psyc

  April 24, 2009

• Bring the Noise: Five Experimental OC Bands That Will Make Your Skin Crawl

  The music you are about to experience is not for mass consumption. If the idea of subjecting your ear drums to the unholy squall of static, squeals, samples, synthesizer and silence does not appeal to you, please click away from this post now. In all fairness, most followers of local  bands have no intention of ever looking under the rug at the sounds that exist in the noisy underbelly of Orange County's music scene. But rest assured, you can find it if you look hard enough. One of tho

  November 6, 2009