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Fall Fashion Preview 2014 - [Trendzilla] Cowgirl, sneakers and more clothing choices for our Indian summer

It's mid-September. You thought you'd be wearing tights, snuggling in a scarf and drinking a hot pumpkin latte. Even if you're not that dumb, maybe you hoped, just hoped, for 80-degree weather instead of 106. Maybe you could wear that scarf at night...

by LP Hastings on September 18, 2014
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OCC These Exhibits From Kiyo Higashi and Julia Klemek - Orange Coast College mixes minimalism and tribute in their latest art gallery offerings

A Los Angeles gallery owner devoted to Minimalism. A beloved teacher and artist who died of ovarian cancer in 2013. The two women honored at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion for the next month couldn't be more different, the exhibitions bearing thei...

by DAVE BARTON on September 11, 2014
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Tile App Finds Your Keys! - [Trendzilla] Finally, a way to track things you always lose (except your cell phone)

For people distrustful of new technology, the Tile app may feel a bit Orwellian. You can put an insignificant and unnoticeable chip on something to track its location?! Yes, and welcome to the future. For now, it's only a harmless way to find your k...

by LP Hastings on September 11, 2014
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Maggie the Cat, Declawed - STAGEStheatre's production of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof needs to smolder some more

It wasn't easy being queer in America in 1953, when Tennessee Williams settled into a Key West studio to begin writing Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Earlier that year, Miami passed an ordinance requiring chaperones in movie theaters to protect teenage cust...

by Joel Beers on September 4, 2014
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Vaalbara's Haute Harmony - [Trendzilla] Emily Prescott's company walks the line between hippie and chic.

For bohemian women, walking the line between dressing like a hippie and staying chic is difficult. That's why it's inspiring to find companies such as Vaalbara (vaalbaradesigns.com), a SoCal-based accessories house that finds haute harmony between e...

by LP Hastings on September 4, 2014
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'Fabelo's Anatomy' Is Worthy of an Embargo - MOLAA's latest exhibit focuses on the pervier side of a Cuban legend

If you're looking for a way to be put off your breakfast, try reading the Cuba Assets Control Regulations from the U.S. Department of the Treasury over coffee. Installed after Fidel Castro defeated the corrupt Batista regime in Cuba, seized U.S. bus...

by DAVE BARTON on August 28, 2014
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Dave Asprey's Bulletproof? Trend - [Trendzilla] The latest coffee fad is the above-the-poverty-line man's cappuccino with a buncha butter

A favorite pastime of us Weeklings is arguing about trends. This week, it was Bulletproof? coffee, which, it turns out, is a pretty great food trend if you sip it with a dose of reality. Bulletproof? was "invented" by Dave Asprey, a man who market...

by LP Hastings on August 28, 2014
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OC Centric: All the County's a Stage - The festival launches its fourth year of local plays

Shakespeare may have been correct in that there is nothing new under the sun, but he left out an important caveat: except for every single moment. So, while the four scripts that are part of the fourth-annual OC Centric new play festival (the only...

by Joel Beers on August 21, 2014
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Menstrual Cups Runneth Over - [Trendzilla] An alternative to pads, tampons and all the things gals use against Lady Flo

Men might want to stop reading this right about . . . now. Ladies, consider raising a glass to the menstrual cup, the ultimate underdog tool for periods. Menstrual cups have gathered on the fringes of feminine hygiene since the Victorian Era (galvan...

by LP Hastings on August 21, 2014
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An Altoon Short Life - Laguna Art Museum's John Altoon exhibition gives a glimpse of one of SoCal's most enigmatic painters

The Ferus Gallery gave Southern California modern art. Intended by artist Ed Keinholz and curator Walter Hopps in 1957 as a "fuck you" to the East Coast idea that only New York knew anything about art, Ferus gathered together a bevy of avant-garde...

by DAVE BARTON on August 14, 2014
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DIY Makeup - [Trendzilla] Make your own mascara, blah and lip balm

It's easy to make natural scrubs, soaps and lotions for your body, but makeup is a hard product to replicate without a lab. If you're the type of girl who gets dolled up every day, no homemade concoction will do the trick. But if you only want to su...

by LP Hastings on August 14, 2014
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A Tale of Two Shakespeares - A worthy pair of plays spans Orange County's vast production chasm

A tale of two Shakespeare companies: one benefiting from an intimate relationship with the well-funded, respected UC Irvine theater department and has created one of the most striking performance venues you will ever see; the other a gypsy troupe th...

by Joel Beers on August 7, 2014
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Trash Your Make-Up - [Trendzilla] Don't sacrifice your health to save money

I don't usually advocate throwing things away. But there is one category of goods that needs to be tossed on the regular: make-up. We truly do a disservice to our skin when we use the same make-up for too long; the money we save ends up giving us zi...

by LP Hastings on August 7, 2014
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Chuck Jones' Doodles of Genius - The Bowers' exhibit of the legendary animator's scribblings shows his genius

The word doodles, when used to describe the complete sketches and fully formed surrealism in the Bowers Museum's exhibit "Chuck Jones: Doodles of a Genius," is a misnomer. Done casually, while the artist sat at his desk taking business calls, the ev...

by DAVE BARTON on July 31, 2014
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Marge Simpson Makeup!Marge Simpsons Makeup! - [Trendzilla] MAC comes out with a beauty line of our favorite blue-haired cartoon mom

One of the perks for Comic-Con ladies this year was the chance to buy MAC's newest makeup line before it hits stores. Attendees took a break from standing in line at the San Diego Convention Center this past Saturday . . . to stand in a different li...

by LP Hastings on July 31, 2014
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In the Heights Is Weak on Plot, Strong on Banalities

Build your own dreams, or someone will hire you to build theirs. A negative mind will never give you a positive life. Let the past make you better, not bitter. Every day is a second chance. If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Pithy inspira...

by Rich Kane on July 24, 2014
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Skin Food - [Trendzilla] Simplify your body-care regime with these homemade products

One of the best parts of going green with body care is that it makes your regime simpler. These homemade methods require so little effort even the laziest can create them. We promise it will leave more time for bathing naked in a stream in all your ...

by LP Hastings on July 24, 2014
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Sailor Moon: Everyone's Girls - Rothick Art Haus nails it with 'Moon Crisis: A Tribute to Sailor Moon'

Japanese film, manga and anime narratives are a convoluted wonder. Eschewing anything resembling coherency or logic, you either go with the flow or sit, puzzled, in an uncomprehending fog. You can't think about it too hard, or you'll be too busy pic...

by DAVE BARTON on July 17, 2014
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AGENDA Show Sets the You-Know-What - [Trendzilla] The annual fashion convention brought the latest trends in clothes, gear, and housewares to Long Beach

Once a year, AGENDA Show comes to the Long Beach Convention Center, touting itself as the most diverse fashion and lifestyle expo in the world. (Unfortunately, it's not open to the public.) Last week, it returned; its glitzy welcome sign resembling ...

by LP Hastings on July 17, 2014
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Maverick Theater Takes on Spamalot - The Eric Idle musical makes its OC small-theater review at the Fullerton Institution

What do you call a piece of musical theater written by a comedic genius who chose to cash in on the enormous success of people undoubtedly inspired by him? Spamalot. No one could blame Eric Idle for doing to the guys behind Family Guy, South Par...

by Joel Beers on July 10, 2014