Gettin' Made: Craft Workshop Wednesday at The Kids are Alright

If you don't have plans Wednesday night and are tired of the summer re-runs on tv, you should make haste for The Kids Are Alright in downtown Long Beach. Kim Kessler, owner of bridal boutique Kiki's Originals, will be teaching a do-it-yourself leather cuff workshop and it's not to be missed!…

Drink of the Week: Deilirum Tremens

Sometimes nothing tastes better than a cold, smooth beer. And if you're going to pay over five bucks a pop, you might as well go with World Beer Championship's 1998 winner of “Best Beer in the World,” Delirium Tremens (Latin for “trembling madness”). Don't let the name fool you, this…

Map Tracks How OC, Other Counties Fare With HIV/AIDS Rates

The National Minority Quality Forum created an online map to coincide with last month's National HIV Testing Day that shows what areas of the country have the most cases of HIV/AIDS. It's available here. You first have to register, free of charge, to use the map. You can then punch…

TONIGHT: Foreign Born at Detroit Bar

Tonight at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa is yet another chance for us common folk to soak in some LA hipness: Foreign Born, from our neighboring county to the south, is playing the venue. The noted LA folk-rockers have gotten tons of buzz since releasing On the Wing Now on…

Look Daggers Re-Emerge at The Prospector this month

Okay, so maybe this blog post is a bit premature considering the Look Daggers' show at The Prospector is a solid 10 days away. After all, 10 ten days in the bloggosphere, might as well be 10 years. But somehow, I'm convinced that fans of Ikey Owens' progressive hip hop…

Gettin' Made: And Gettin' Mental, Too

  If you're looking to get your culture on this weekend and Bruno's all sold out, make plans to pay a visit to Grand Central Art Center in downtown Santa Ana. Erase Stigmata, a group art show that takes a look at mental health and the ways it's affected the…

Incoming: Autolux, Quantic at Detroit Bar

Remember the Autolux show at Detroit Bar in April? The one Andrew Youssef attended and took some photos at and wrote some words about here? Didn't go? Well, here's your chance to redeem yourself: the LA band is coming back to the very same Costa Mesa venue on September 17…

Battle Over What Remains of Coyote Hills Heats Up Again

Whenever plans heat up to build ever more estate homes in the highlands ringing Fullerton, Friends of Coyote Hills mobilizes the masses in the flats to come out against more building there. Well, here we are in the second week of July. Hot enough for you?”Opposition to Chevron's plan to…