At forty years old, Pink Floyd's seminal album Dark Side of the Moon was adapted to a radio play by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard in 2013, and the union could not be more perfect. Dark Side has already drawn so much inspection and analysis about its intricate lyrical mysteries and themes of greed, fear, and the passing of time, while Stoppard's plays have been viewed as existential and... Read more about this event >>
Street art is accepted and integrated into the modern art world by now so you don't have to search too hard to find it, especially in Orange County (in fact, look around Downtown Santa Ana and you'll find a gold mine of graffiti murals and large-scale street art). Long Beach Museum of Art aims to understand the role of street art in the developing urban contemporary art world, and does so in... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
Laguna art is traditionally colorful beach scenes and landscapes, but what many people don't know is that there's history within those brushstrokes. Coined after the French term for "open air," plein air painting is specific to the south county region, setting it apart from most other American and European impressionist styles in the early 1920s when artists began migrating to the city and... Read more about this event >>
Love West Coast —an exhibition featuring the iconic work of Los Angeles based photographer and director Mike Miller. Love West Coast features a collection of intimate photographs of musicians, artists, athletes, actors and women who make up the style and culture of the West Coast. Love West Coast has been collaboratively curated by DAX Gallery owner, Alex Amador, photographer, Mike... Read more about this event >>
Persistent, if often contradictory— thus described is the collective American identity of those who lived the imagined, re-imagined, unimaginable, sometimes nearly imaginary year of 1968. History gets told by the victors, perhaps accounting for multiple, often loud narratives still colliding over a lost war and in contemporary echoes of civil rights and liberation struggle, enduring pop... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
After Robert Rauschenberg, the art world— and the doctrine of art instructors to legions of art school students worldwide on what is art— would never be the same. Bob's collages brought unprecedented vibrance to the canvas, while his assemblages brought a conceptual dimension to everyday objects. But whatever the medium, Rauschenberg's pieces rocked the gallery space, and will do... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
DJ Zoolander, DJ J-Solo Read more about this event >>
Back in the 1920s when European design in art and architecture was trés vogue, art deco took the world by storm and showcased a truly modern and sleek look with long lines, geometric angles, and symmetrical patterns. Its influence is still visible in most cities today, and anyone truly obsessed with the style should flock to the Queen Mary's Art Deco Festival which celebrates the... Read more about this event >>
We don't imagine Annette or Frankie were ever invited to this strange clambake, but then Charles Busch's play isn't for squares, ya dig? Sweet and demure Chicklet Forrest wants to hang with the surfer crowd, but her chances might be dashed, what with the string of mysterious murders happening in her cozy, 1962-era Malibu town, possibly connected to Chicklet's split personality— maybe.... Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
Anytime somebody tells you Orange County is boring and nothing interesting ever happened here, you can swat ‘em in the face with a copy of (our own) Nick Schou’s book Orange Sunshine, the unbelievable but true story of the LSD underground that was born in Laguna Beach. Now Newport’s Coastline Gallery is presenting an art show dedicated to Mystic Arts World, the... Read more about this event >>
Orange County’s, K-Town, and The 626’s Night Markets and block parties are awesome if you want to hang out with the young, Asian professional set, but what if you wanted something a little more... old world? For that, check out the Little Saigon Night Market, headquartered in the parking lot of Asian Garden Mall, one of the oldest shopping centers in the heart of Little Saigon.... Read more about this event >>
The Weekly isn’t the only thing celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Memphis Café is also hosting its 20th birthday at the restaurant today, which is beautiful, because that’s how long it’s been nourishing generation after generation of Weeklings with its booze and Californian-ized Southern food. Heck, I barely knew how to drink until I had my first Old... Read more about this event >>
People love DIY (do-it-yourself) because it encourages originality, inventiveness, and independence. Now, thanks to a website for new music, art, and fashion called BrickToYaFace, lovers of the movement can celebrate at the DIY Music and Fashion Fest at The Glass House. There will be 35 music acts performing--all based out of Southern California--including emcee/producer Phantom Thrett and... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
Persistent, if often contradictory— thus described is the collective American identity of those who lived the imagined, re-imagined, unimaginable, sometimes nearly imaginary year of 1968. History gets told by the victors, perhaps accounting for multiple, often loud narratives still colliding over a lost war and in contemporary echoes of civil rights and liberation struggle, enduring pop... Read more about this event >>
Struggling in your day-to-day life? Can't make tops or tails of your current situation? Feeling like a sad clown minus the cheesy makeup? Ladies and gentlemen, children 21 and over, sounds like it's your time to run away to join the circus… or do the next best thing: drink and be merry at Hamburger Mary's Big Top Drag Show! Every Sunday night at 9 p.m. Pyscadella presents a drag show... Read more about this event >>
All those annoying New Year's resolutions are lingering right around the corner, ready to zap away your enjoyment of eating carbs for the foreseeable future. But if you want to get a jumpstart on the post-holiday cleanse, head to the Certified Farmers Market this morning, and happening every Sunday at the Orange County Great Park. There are bright, fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies, as... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
We don't imagine Annette or Frankie were ever invited to this strange clambake, but then Charles Busch's play isn't for squares, ya dig? Sweet and demure Chicklet Forrest wants to hang with the surfer crowd, but her chances might be dashed, what with the string of mysterious murders happening in her cozy, 1962-era Malibu town, possibly connected to Chicklet's split personality— maybe.... Read more about this event >>
After Robert Rauschenberg, the art world— and the doctrine of art instructors to legions of art school students worldwide on what is art— would never be the same. Bob's collages brought unprecedented vibrance to the canvas, while his assemblages brought a conceptual dimension to everyday objects. But whatever the medium, Rauschenberg's pieces rocked the gallery space, and will do... Read more about this event >>
Nothing like getting totally sauced on a fine Sunday afternoon with a couple hundred of the hottest boys in Long Beach. Starting at 3 p.m., Ripples pours the ever-flowing beer, provides tasty little tacos on the patio and pumps up the music. You're sure to make (several) friends. Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
Back in the 1920s when European design in art and architecture was trés vogue, art deco took the world by storm and showcased a truly modern and sleek look with long lines, geometric angles, and symmetrical patterns. Its influence is still visible in most cities today, and anyone truly obsessed with the style should flock to the Queen Mary's Art Deco Festival which celebrates the... Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
Street art is accepted and integrated into the modern art world by now so you don't have to search too hard to find it, especially in Orange County (in fact, look around Downtown Santa Ana and you'll find a gold mine of graffiti murals and large-scale street art). Long Beach Museum of Art aims to understand the role of street art in the developing urban contemporary art world, and does so in... Read more about this event >>
Labor Day! Three-day weekend! You know what that means, right? It’s time to turn up the music, bring out the food, and get turnt--maybe. And, of course, if you’re taste in music is in metal, consider Doll Hut’s “Metal Mondays Labor Day Matinee and BBQ” event. Here, you’ll be headbanging with bands like Zombie Eating Horse and Saprophagous with a hot dog... Read more about this event >>
Back in the 1920s when European design in art and architecture was trés vogue, art deco took the world by storm and showcased a truly modern and sleek look with long lines, geometric angles, and symmetrical patterns. Its influence is still visible in most cities today, and anyone truly obsessed with the style should flock to the Queen Mary's Art Deco Festival which celebrates the... Read more about this event >>
UCI’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project and OC Parks present “Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories,” an interactive art and history exhibition that captures the compelling and complex Vietnamese experience before, during and after the Vietnam War. Utilizing photos, documents, oral histories, artifacts and artwork, the eight-month exhibition commemorates the 40th... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
Just like burlesque shows were lighting up every club calendar last year, trivia nights are the hot new mid-week to-do. Kitsch Bar, with it's intimate, red-lit setting and cozy lounge-style seating, is riding the trivia wagon, too, and we're pretty excited about it. So gather your best know-it-all drinking buddies (teams are two to four people), settle on a team name (Here for the Beer is... Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
We interrupt your weekly punk show to bring you a special message from Red Guerrilla Funhouse, a new comedy event happening at the Doll Hut tonight. Although this show is not totally devoid of music— bands Pee Wee Herman Cholos and Bootlegs of the Untitled Band will perform, the latter of which deliver such heartwarming tunes such as "I Can't Buy Your Love, But I Can Buy Happy Meals."... Read more about this event >>
Le Grand Barr is a regular at Savannah Steak & Chop House, contributing his jazzy piano-playing to the restaurant’s ambiance. When he’s not playing here, he’s writing jazz and R&B; tunes – some of which nod to the sounds of the ‘80s. So come, enjoy some prime rib sliders, and listen to the man play his soul out. Tip: If you know someone whose birthday is on... Read more about this event >>
UCI’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project and OC Parks present “Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories,” an interactive art and history exhibition that captures the compelling and complex Vietnamese experience before, during and after the Vietnam War. Utilizing photos, documents, oral histories, artifacts and artwork, the eight-month exhibition commemorates the 40th... Read more about this event >>
Love West Coast —an exhibition featuring the iconic work of Los Angeles based photographer and director Mike Miller. Love West Coast features a collection of intimate photographs of musicians, artists, athletes, actors and women who make up the style and culture of the West Coast. Love West Coast has been collaboratively curated by DAX Gallery owner, Alex Amador, photographer, Mike... Read more about this event >>
Persistent, if often contradictory— thus described is the collective American identity of those who lived the imagined, re-imagined, unimaginable, sometimes nearly imaginary year of 1968. History gets told by the victors, perhaps accounting for multiple, often loud narratives still colliding over a lost war and in contemporary echoes of civil rights and liberation struggle, enduring pop... Read more about this event >>
A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai, director John Sturges helped further the “revisionist western” genre with this 1960 star-studded adventure – a genre that saw stronger roles for women, anti-heroes, and a more sympathetic view of Native Americans, if not Mexicans. Featuring every stud actor of its day – Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen,... Read more about this event >>
New listeners of Young Empires’ The Gates would be surprised to learn that the album is the band’s first (its release date is September 4). The instrumentation, vocals, and lyrics are so well-crafted that you’d think they’ve done this plenty of times--and, in a sense, they have. Though they haven’t officially released an album until this year, the band formed in... Read more about this event >>
When you’re famous for being Rosanne Barr’s husband, then for being her ex-husband, then for being a loveable side-kick on major motion pictures, then for hosting redneck reality shows on the Country Music Television Network, it’s only logical that your next career step would be returning to stand-up comedy. At least it was for Tom Arnold. Getting back in touch with your... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
Le Grand Barr is a regular at Savannah Steak & Chop House, contributing his jazzy piano-playing to the restaurant’s ambiance. When he’s not playing here, he’s writing jazz and R&B; tunes – some of which nod to the sounds of the ‘80s. So come, enjoy some prime rib sliders, and listen to the man play his soul out. Tip: If you know someone whose birthday is on... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
Love West Coast —an exhibition featuring the iconic work of Los Angeles based photographer and director Mike Miller. Love West Coast features a collection of intimate photographs of musicians, artists, athletes, actors and women who make up the style and culture of the West Coast. Love West Coast has been collaboratively curated by DAX Gallery owner, Alex Amador, photographer, Mike... Read more about this event >>
Persistent, if often contradictory— thus described is the collective American identity of those who lived the imagined, re-imagined, unimaginable, sometimes nearly imaginary year of 1968. History gets told by the victors, perhaps accounting for multiple, often loud narratives still colliding over a lost war and in contemporary echoes of civil rights and liberation struggle, enduring pop... Read more about this event >>
UCI’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project and OC Parks present “Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories,” an interactive art and history exhibition that captures the compelling and complex Vietnamese experience before, during and after the Vietnam War. Utilizing photos, documents, oral histories, artifacts and artwork, the eight-month exhibition commemorates the 40th... Read more about this event >>
At forty years old, Pink Floyd's seminal album Dark Side of the Moon was adapted to a radio play by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard in 2013, and the union could not be more perfect. Dark Side has already drawn so much inspection and analysis about its intricate lyrical mysteries and themes of greed, fear, and the passing of time, while Stoppard's plays have been viewed as existential and... Read more about this event >>
Persistent, if often contradictory— thus described is the collective American identity of those who lived the imagined, re-imagined, unimaginable, sometimes nearly imaginary year of 1968. History gets told by the victors, perhaps accounting for multiple, often loud narratives still colliding over a lost war and in contemporary echoes of civil rights and liberation struggle, enduring pop... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
UCI’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project and OC Parks present “Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories,” an interactive art and history exhibition that captures the compelling and complex Vietnamese experience before, during and after the Vietnam War. Utilizing photos, documents, oral histories, artifacts and artwork, the eight-month exhibition commemorates the 40th... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
Reigning as Long Beach's longest-running festival, the Q Film Festival is an off-Hollywood babylon bringing a full weekend of films that challenge the heteronormative identity tropes that Tinseltown (and sadly even some independent films) usually employs with a full weekend of cinematic inclusivity. Thursday's opening night screenings include a doc on legendary teen idol and gay icon Tab... Read more about this event >>
Love West Coast —an exhibition featuring the iconic work of Los Angeles based photographer and director Mike Miller. Love West Coast features a collection of intimate photographs of musicians, artists, athletes, actors and women who make up the style and culture of the West Coast. Love West Coast has been collaboratively curated by DAX Gallery owner, Alex Amador, photographer, Mike... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
Every Thursday we host the Plan B Open Mic in Fullerton. Whether you're a comedian or have other skills, show us what you got in this positive and supportive environment. Call Israel for details or questions: 562-201-3338. Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
The owner-activists at Laguna’s Gallery of Contemporary Art have organized showings by vigorously pro-humanitarian artists. So you may not know much about art but will be won over before even seeing the work on display, and for sale, just now 'Blocks of Time' by local OC painter, woodworker and all-around materials repurposer Heather Roth, who effortlessly navigates high and low, from... Read more about this event >>
At forty years old, Pink Floyd's seminal album Dark Side of the Moon was adapted to a radio play by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard in 2013, and the union could not be more perfect. Dark Side has already drawn so much inspection and analysis about its intricate lyrical mysteries and themes of greed, fear, and the passing of time, while Stoppard's plays have been viewed as existential and... Read more about this event >>
Bowers offers a nifty short survey of the West featuring three totally recognizable names and a few of their representative masterpieces. Legendary photographers who innovated and shaped their art who also shaped our collective consciousness of place (for good and bad), Ansel Adams, Edward Curtis and Edward Weston teach as much about seeing as believing. Together their work charts the story... Read more about this event >>
Love West Coast —an exhibition featuring the iconic work of Los Angeles based photographer and director Mike Miller. Love West Coast features a collection of intimate photographs of musicians, artists, athletes, actors and women who make up the style and culture of the West Coast. Love West Coast has been collaboratively curated by DAX Gallery owner, Alex Amador, photographer, Mike... Read more about this event >>
Marcas Contemporary is pleased to present an exclusive exhibition with Mexican-American painter and muralist, George Yepes. The exhibition will highlight a curated collection of works that best narrates the artist’s career over the past 40 years. During such time, Yepes has contributed to ‘Muralismo Mexicana’ movement in Los Angeles and spurred Academia de Arte Yepes, an... Read more about this event >>
UCI’s Vietnamese American Oral History Project and OC Parks present “Vietnamese Focus: Generations of Stories,” an interactive art and history exhibition that captures the compelling and complex Vietnamese experience before, during and after the Vietnam War. Utilizing photos, documents, oral histories, artifacts and artwork, the eight-month exhibition commemorates the 40th... Read more about this event >>
Between reality television shows like Ink Master and Miami Ink and the increasing popularity of older tattooers like Ed Hardy and Sailor Jerry through clothing brands and other outlets, tattoos are an unavoidable part of culture these days. Just because they’re rooted in more modest beginnings doesn’t mean they can’t be fine art, and there’s a chance to see various... Read more about this event >>
Reigning as Long Beach's longest-running festival, the Q Film Festival is an off-Hollywood babylon bringing a full weekend of films that challenge the heteronormative identity tropes that Tinseltown (and sadly even some independent films) usually employs with a full weekend of cinematic inclusivity. Thursday's opening night screenings include a doc on legendary teen idol and gay icon Tab... Read more about this event >>
We don't imagine Annette or Frankie were ever invited to this strange clambake, but then Charles Busch's play isn't for squares, ya dig? Sweet and demure Chicklet Forrest wants to hang with the surfer crowd, but her chances might be dashed, what with the string of mysterious murders happening in her cozy, 1962-era Malibu town, possibly connected to Chicklet's split personality— maybe.... Read more about this event >>