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 [...]
By Christopher Trela and Catherine Del Casale | NB Indy We recently reviewed a handful of our favorite local restaurants with Mother’s Day menus. This week–more Mother’s Day selections. After all, you can’t have too many options when it comes to making sure mom is happy. BEACHCOMBER Take your mom to the beach for Mother’s [...]
By Christopher Trela and Catherine Del Casale | NB Indy “Next weekend is Mother’s Day, and you know what that means,” I said to Catherine. “Mother’s Day brunch?” she replied. “Exactly. And since you’re not a mother, and your mom is up north, you can help me pick a place to take my mother for [...]
Several years ago, when my then sister-in-law was working for Starbucks, she brought home their featured book of the month: “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction,” by David Sheff. Unable to “get into it,” she asked me if I’d like to read it first. While not affected personally by drug addiction, the [...]
By Daniella Walsh | Special to the NB Indy Pop culture icon. One of the most famous living artists. America’s illustrator. There really are not enough labels to affix to the art of Peter Max, so perhaps it’s just as well to dispense with them altogether. The only constants are that Max aficionados span ages [...]
When I was a kid, I knew little about Marilyn Monroe until I heard the song “Candle in the Wind,” Elton John’s musical tribute to the late film star. Written in 1973 – 11 years after her death in August 1962 – the haunting melody and evocative lyrics led me to research and read books [...]
Books as we know them have been around the block a few times. The last major change in the format of the written word came around the time of Christ, when the codex – basically a scroll cut into smaller sized pages to facilitate easier reading – came into existence. With the subsequent invention of [...]
By Christopher Trela and Catherine Del Casale | NB Indy It’s not often we get the chance to write about movies, but with more than 300 films on the schedule of the Newport Beach Film Festival, we thought maybe we’d stumble across one that focused on food. We were right. “The Golden Scallop,” which screens [...]
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