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Pushcase: A Smartphone Case Wallet - [Trendzilla] Ben Yoshiharo looks to Kickstart his ingenious invention
Last year, Staples became the first big-box retailer to sell 3D printers to the public. The cheapest model went for a paltry $1,700--not that steep, considering you can print ANYTHING, even with moving parts, as long as it fits within the size param...
by LP Hastings on January 9, 2014
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Orange County Arts Preview 2014! - From Laguna to Coastline College and beyond, the best in arts for the first half of the year
Politics, dead Egyptian pets, historical figures, Jean-Luc Godard, anime, pinup girls and charity galore, most of it free. Welcome to the First Half of 2014 Art Preview (in alphabetical order): BC SPACE GALLERY engages your conscience with the unf...
by DAVE BARTON on January 2, 2014
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Gift Your Gift Cards to Indies - [Trendzilla] Peg and Awl, Love Jules, and other indie crafters to support with your Christmas gift cards
It's all over. Now you can spend that cash and those Visa gift cards on yourself to make up for the awkward present your aunt bought you. But why not spend your money with small businesses that lovingly craft products instead of giving more to H&M; a...
by LP Hastings on January 2, 2014
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Irvine Barclay's Case for Wormwood - Why C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters remains so relevant and popular
The oldest conspiracy theory in one of the oldest of books would render any other one irrelevant. It's the one that begins in Genesis 3:15 with a little bit of enmity between a serpent and a woman, gets a human face in the book of Job, and reaches a...
by Joel Beers on December 26, 2013
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Gypsum Style Is an Affordable Nasty Gal - [Trendzilla] Justine Cuenco's popular resale website lets gals buy stylish clothing at a lower price point
You'd be hard-pressed to find a girl in her 20s who doesn't like something from Nasty Gal. The intensely popular online store has some beautiful pieces, and the few caveats can be overlooked because there aren't many spots like it. Yet there comes a...
by LP Hastings on December 26, 2013
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'Cotidiano: LATINO/US' On the Lives of Immigrants - Long Beach's Museum of Latin American Art captures Latino life in this country right now--which is to say, American life
As of July, the Latino population of the U.S. has hit 53 million. At 17 percent of the country's total population, it is now the largest "minority" in the country, with one out of every six Americans of Latino origin. The Museum of Latin American Ar...
by DAVE BARTON on December 19, 2013
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Blushington's One-Stop Makeup Shop - [Trendzilla] The Fashion Island Store helps out gals who don't know a mascara from a makeover
The reason makeup artists exist is there are ladies who have no clue how to apply anything but mascara. I'm one of them, and no amount of high-end product is going to make a difference when you look like a raccoon with a spray tan. I've had to mak...
by LP Hastings on December 19, 2013
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It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play and A Tuna Christmas Are Strictly Non-Commercial
Whether your Christmas celebration is an affirmation of all that is decent about the holiday season (joy, goodwill to all, Wal-Mart gift cards) or all that is overbearingly rotten (be-happy-or-else, overconsumption, Wal-Mart gift cards), just realiz...
by Joel Beers on December 12, 2013
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Eco-Friendly Holiday Guide for Granny - [Trendzilla] Peg and Awl's lunch bags, Bogberry's wool dryer balls, and other presents for this holiday season
Gifts have always been a great way to force a style, opinion or just plain ol' guilt on your friends and family. What the hell are they gonna say? You spent your hard-earned cash on them! Some presents may end up collecting dust in the back of a clo...
by LP Hastings on December 12, 2013
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Richard Kraft Work - Laguna Art Museum's 'ex?pose' series looks at the British artist
During this holiday season, as we enumerate the things we are thankful for, let us include Laguna Art Museum's "ex?pose." British artist Richard Kraft, based in Los Angeles, is the fifth to be represented in this intriguing series curated by Grace K...
by DAVE BARTON on December 5, 2013
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Facaro's Sustainable Chandeliers - [Trendzilla] Carolina Fontoura Alzaga salvages bike parts to make stunning light sculptures
Carolina Fontoura Alzaga admits her name is a mouthful, as she pronounces it with an accent you can't exactly place. She goes by Facaro instead: a combination of her names that embodies the unusual life she has led. Using only bicycle chains, whee...
by LP Hastings on December 5, 2013
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OC Holiday Theater Preview 2013 - We Hebrew up our holiday theater preview
In the latest sign that Jewry is indeed taking over the civilized world, the first day of the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah this year falls on Nov. 28, which just "happens" to be Thanksgiving. It's not enough that the shrewd characters punked Ch...
by Joel Beers on November 28, 2013
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Green Hair Care From Jonathan Product - [Trendzilla] The eco-friendly brand impresses--but depends on how much you like the smell of nature
Remember when we told you about the no-poo movement a couple of months back? The one that has you swapping your shampoo and conditioner for baking soda and apple cider vinegar to become a hippie in one fell swoop? Well, it does improve your hair's t...
by LP Hastings on November 28, 2013
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Ren & Stimpy Come to OC - A Laguna College of Art + Design exhibition highlights the grotesque genius of John Kricfalusi
There's an image near the end of "The Art of John K.," running through Dec. 28 at the LCAD@Forest gallery in Laguna, that succinctly summarizes the relationship between maverick cartoonist/The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi and his audien...
by DAVE BARTON on November 21, 2013
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Spark Collaborative: Self-Help Genius - [Trendzilla] Linsi Brownson helps small entrepreneurs reach their goals with tough love
"Sometimes, life is a shit salad," says Linsi Brownson, and it sounds strange coming from a blonde so cute you just want to squeeze her. She's the owner of Spark Collaborative (www.sparkcollaborative.com), a company that aims to be your small busine...
by LP Hastings on November 21, 2013
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Homeward Bound: 4,000 Miles at South Coast Rep - Amy Herzog's play is a masterful treatise on the American left, past and present
Amy Herzog's 2011 play 4,000 Miles is a quintessentially American work because it broaches that most American of literary themes: the road trip. Yet this play about literal and metaphorical roads takes place in one room--a Greenwich Village apartmen...
by Joel Beers on November 14, 2013
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Private Arts' Unmentionables - [Trendzilla] The Huntington Beach-based company's lingeries are must-owns--and now Michelle Alexander, Meaghan Witthaus and Jeffeny Hughes want to introduce a swimming line
You may have already seen Private Arts' lace undies and bralettes dusted in colorful patterns at Dolls Kill, ModCloth or, its biggest client, Free People. It's probably Orange County's most successful small-scale lingerie company, one that produces ...
by LP Hastings on November 14, 2013
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Begovich Gallery's Photo Finish - Cal State Fullerton's art house offers 'Beyond the Dark Veil,' a gripping exhibit on Victorian-era death portraits
It's Nov. 2, D?a de los Muertos--the Mexican Day of the Dead. I've spent the early afternoon with friends on Fourth Street in Santa Ana for the annual Noche de Altares, helping to build an altar that honors family and friends who have passed away. C...
by DAVE BARTON on November 7, 2013
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Don't Wax! Instead, Sugar Sugar By Dillan! - [Trendzilla] Dillan O'Neal offers one of the most comfortable--and ancient--defoliation processes from her Costa Mesa cottage
Whoever decided Americans ought to have hairless bodies was being a jerk. No one disagrees that French women are sexy, and look at those pits! You'd think we'd be used to defoliation, though, given humans have removed body hair since building the py...
by LP Hastings on November 7, 2013
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High Art - Meet the masters of the functional glassblowing trade--by which we mean bongs
Adam Whobery is doing what he has done for the better part of a decade: concentrating deeply while staring into a flame. The thirtysomething craftsman, wearing a black cutoff T-shirt and a pair of custom didymium shades, is standing in an industri...
by SARAH BENNETT on November 7, 2013