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New Citizenship Classes, 7 p.m. Assimilation at its finest Brea Community Center 695 E. Madison Way Brea CA 92821 714-990-7100 Open Jam Night, 9 p.m. I'll bring the toast Perq's 117 Main St. Huntington Beach, CA 714-960-9996 Loose Logic, 10 p.m. After a few drinks… Hurricanes Bar and Grill 200 Main St., Ste. 201 Huntington …
“Crazed in May: Creativity and Madness”, 8 p.m. Music by Michael Ubaldini, “The Rock N' Roll Poet” Alta Coffee House 506 31st St. Newport Beach, CA 949-675-0233 Book Publishing 1-2-3, 6:30 p.m. Get a behind-the-scenes peek at the three major steps of the publishing process and find out who has influence along the way. Price: …
Tasting: Chocolate 101, 6 p.m. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Let's taste it. Price: $68 Blackmarket Bakery 17941 Sky Park Circle, Suite E Irvine, CA 92614 949-852-4689 Train to End Stroke Information Session, 6:30 p.m. Every 40 seconds, an American suffers from stroke. Learn what you can do to help. Gladstone's 330 S. Pine Ave. Long Beach …
Better Than: Ick, it’s Monday. This is probably the best thing happening. Detroit Bar’s no-cover Monday started off with The Deadnotes from San Clemente. An upbeat five-piece, they played the sunshiney good stuff that comes straight from the vein of The Turtles “Imagine Me And You” complete with back up vocals consisting mainly of “oooo …
Rob Eller, 7:30 p.m. Laguna Beach local sings to his acoustic guitar Renaissance Dana Point 24701 Del Prado Ave. Dana Point CA 92629 949-661-6003 April Spain, 8 p.m. Jazz Vocalist April Spain sings Wind N Sea 34699 St. of the Golden Lantern Dana Point CA 92629 949-496-6500 Castledoor, 9 p.m. Indie group Castledoor begin their …
Friday night found Dave Segal attending the Good Foot at Que Sera to see DJ Nobody, Dennis Owens and Scott Weaver spinning world-class funk and soul. Then he had his mind blown by psych-rockers Magic Lantern and the Antarcticans at the Prospector Saturday. Meanwhile Rich Kane reviewed The Register and unfortunately, the review was unfavorable …
By Christopher Victorio B-52s @ House of Blues Anaheim, May 11, 2008 Better Than: Spending 6 hours with pre-teens screaming in my ear on Saturday at Wango Tango. Download: Tracks from the B-52s newly released album Funplex On Sunday at the House of Mouse, the B-52s rocked out to a completely sold-out crowd of thirtysomethings. …
By Andrew Youssef Better Than: Sitting at home trying to emulate Rush on the Rock Band video game. Download: The Big Money” from their Myspace page. It's not surprising to see the occasional air guitar solo from an audience member during a rock concert. At last night's Rush show, air drums and air bass appeared …
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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 sounds awesome. Orange County Performing Artscenter 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa CA …
Deep End Of The Pool; The Good Fiction, 9 p.m. Don't feel blue. Price: $7 THE BLUE CAFÉ 210 N. Promenade Long Beach CA 90802 562-983-7111 The Dollyrots; Mystery Hangup; Vale, 7 p.m. All ages rockin' out. OC Tavern 2369 S. El Camino Real San Clemente CA 92672 949-542-8877 Lorene Drive; Secret And Whisper; Jet …
Out Loud: Slam Poetry, 7 p.m. Joanne Gordon and her “punk-ass posse” of slam poets use words like jazz notes, creating a cacophony of sound and meaning, and, as Gordon puts it, “squirting adrenalin at the walls.” Price $12-$15 Cal State Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach CA 90840 562-985-5408 Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, …
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Group, 7 p.m. Rad-tastic. This week's discussion: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Barnes N Noble 7881 Edinger Ave. Huntington Beach CA 92647 714-897-8781 Karaoke, 2 p.m. If you don't want to attend this by simply reading the venue name, then I feel sorry for you. Cafeoke Ding Dong Dang 9738 Garden …