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Need a Carona/Haidl primer? Paul Pringle and Christine Hanley provide one in today's Times. Or you could just skim the Moxley archives. Flying (and crashing) solo: An OC sheriff's deputy crashed his cruiser into a tree on an on-ramp to the I-405 in Seal Beach early this morning. The Register reports that the deputy was …
Richman, taking the “dour” out of troubadour. We highlighted the Saturday Dec. 1 appearance by the original Modern Lover Jonathan Richman at {open} in Long Beach in our Calendar this week, but somehow forgot to include that the charming 56-year-old troubadour (and one of punk's progenitors) will also be playing Detroit Bar Sunday Dec. 2. …
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FREE FRIDAYS, until 5pm No admission cost every Friday. Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, (562) 439-2119 HOMECOMING CHRISTMAS FAIR, 5pm The event will feature vendors, a kid's petting zoo, bounce houses, pony rides and of course Santa. Piecemakers Country Store, 1720 Adams Ave., Costa Mesa, (714) 641-3112 HOTEL CALIFORNIA: …
SPECIAL SPARKLERS, 6pm Tasting of sparkling wines (start prepping for New Years!) WineStyles, 270 E 17th St., Ste. 14, Costa Mesa, (949) 631-6627 A CHRISTMAS WITH SCROOGE, 7pm Runs through December 23rd. Musical Theatre Village, 36-C Mauchly, Irvine THE WOMAN WHO WAS HEPBURN, 7pm Author William J. Mann will discuss his biography of the leading …
A couple of weeks ago, your favorite wab invaded the pages of the Eugene Weekly, the great alt-weekly that serves Eugene, Oregon. The reception hasn't been bueno–in fact, Eugene Weekly editor Ted Taylor met yesterday with “concerned Latino community leaders” (my quotes, not his) who want him to drop the column. In order to explain …
//exhibit// When in Rome 'Imperial Rome: Discovering the Ancient Civilization' So, yeah, we know all about the vomitoriums, boy orgies and lion feedings, but what have the ancient Romans done for us lately? The Muzeo in Anaheim is exhibiting more than 450 Imperial Roman artifacts, offering a glimpse into that era's culture, religion and people. …
SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY: AN EVOLUTIONARY TALE PART III, 5pm Lecture on science, security and control Crystal Cove Auditorium located at UC Irvine BREAD WORKSHOP, 6:30pm Cooking class. Sur la Table, 832 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach, (949) 640-2330 A VINEYARD IN TUSCANY: A WINE LOVER’S DREAM, 6:30pm Wine, appetizers and guest speaker, Ferenc Mate, who …
FALL OUT BOY, 7pm Doors open at Long Beach Arena – Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach SWITCHFOOT, 7pm Enjoy Switchfoot live in concert. Bren Events Center located on the UC Irvine Campus SO CAL MUSIC LIVE ACOUSTIC COMPETITION, 8pm The So Cal Music Live Acoustic Competition is a contest to …
Cavil at Rest: Love congas all. Photo: Adrienne Los Feliz quintet Airborne Toxic Event play the kind of peppy, downcast rock I always seem to hear during my infrequent visits to Urban Outfitters. This sort of Strokes/Arctic Monkeys/Bloc Party steez goes in one ear and out the other without leaving much of an impact on …
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Don't have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving? Or maybe your family eats at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and you need something to do at night since everyone usually passes out around nine. Either way, I recommend you head over to The Prospector in Long Beach for a special Thanksgiving night show with Crystal Antlers …
Lootpack member Wildchild spits the contents of his active mind Saturday Nov. 24 at Detroit Bar for another installment of Abstract Workshop (this one's called “Ox City Getdown“). Straight outta Oxnard, California, Wildchild is supporting his new album, Jack of All Trades (FatBeats). From what I've been able to hear from it, the LP reps …
Remember Larry Stukenholtz? Probably not. The former Mater Dei choir teacher didn't get as much attention as his fellow molestor, former assistant boys' basketball coach Jeff Andrade. But Stukenholtz was also part of the most recent sex-abuse settlement by the Catholic Diocese of Orange. Stukenholtz is now a music professor at St. Louis Community College, …
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