By Christopher Trela | Newport Beach Indy “Try to remember, the kind of September, when life was slow and oh, so mellow…” “The Fantasticks” My parents met while performing in a play, so it’s no surprise I have theater coursing through my veins. Make that musical theater, because my dad – whose voice sounded much [...]
By Amy Senk | Corona del Mar Today The South Coast Air Quality Management District has released information about air samples collected this spring from near beach fire rings, according to the agency’s website. The website, updated this afternoon, also states that a decision on whether to ban beach bonfires throughout Los Angeles and Orange [...]
By Christopher Trela and Catherine Del Casale | NB Indy ”Remember when we went to the Newport Beach Wine Festival at Balboa Bay Resort last year?” I asked Catherine. “How could I forget–the wine and cheese pairing seminar was so much fun, and educational,” she replied. “And the barbecue on the lawn next to the [...]
From audience to artist, Southern California native to newbie New Yorker, singer-actor David R. Gordon is living his dream. So it’s apropos that he’s appearing in a show that’s all about dreams: dreams under fire, dreams fulfilled, and the ones in whose pursuit will test and change who you truly are. It was 30 years [...]
The AP exams are wrapping up, graduation is just around the corner, and you have chosen whose hallowed halls you’ll be gracing for the next few years. At last, a plan is coming together…but now what? Preparing to enter the world of higher education and quasi-adulthood is no small feat. Once the obvious hurdles have [...]
The city kicked off the grand opening of the new civic center and park on Saturday with a community celebration, held on the center‘s “civic green.” The event featured ceremony music from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, the 1/1 Marines Color Guard, food from more than a dozen local restaurants, self-guided tours, entertainment, and [...]
Two Harbor Day teachers recently took memorable trips to different parts of the globe, all while getting excited about science. English teacher Susan Johnson and science teacher Jean-Paul Rimlinger went to Costa Rica and Nova Scotia, respectfully, as part of an Earthwatch Expedition. Earthwatch is the world’s largest environmental nonprofit volunteer organization. Based in Boston, [...]
On Friday, I participated in my very first electric boat poker run, this one in support of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, part of the Leukemia Cup Regatta activities being held here in Newport Harbor, which I wrote about in my Feb. 16 column. The Leukemia Cup Electric Poker Run & Auction was organized by Las [...]
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