The young boys in our neighborhood love fireworks, and the best time of year for them is just around the corner. Starting in warm April evenings just after dark, they begin to rehearse with a few repercussive rounds in the park behind our house. Last night, a few went off in the wee hours of [...]
Local celebrities and professional dancers are coming together next week for a night of dinner, dancing, and donations – all for a good cause. The Assistance League of Newport Mesa will hold its sixth annual Dancing for Tomorrow’s Stars fundraising event on March 23. The gala will start at 6 p.m. at the Grove of [...]
It’s after 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night. Where do you go for a late night meal? Newport Beach has plenty of fabulous restaurants, but few stay open late. Yard House in Fashion Island is a welcome exception. In fact, they’re encouraging diners to “get their grub on” by launching a new Eat Late menu [...]
Corona del Mar’s Sea Kings sank Woodbridge 25-0 on Saturday, earning a trip to the championship game. CdM will face off at 2 p.m. next Saturday against Garden Grove for the title.
During a performance of a Mozart piece at the symphony recently, I became aware of a rhythmic noise that was out of synch with the orchestra. Turned out that a fellow in the row behind us had fallen asleep and was snoring, an unwitting contribution to the percussion section. It made me smile – who [...]
Newport Beach police are investigating a series of incidents in a Newport Coast neighborhood that they are classifying as hate crimes. Newport Beach Police Department spokeswoman, Kathy Lowe, said they took four related reports on Sunday in the area of St. Laurent and Bellvue, just off of San Joaquin Hills Road. Swastikas were etched into [...]
South Coast Repertory’s 34th annual Gala Ball, “Setting the Stage,” opened the theatrical and social seasons in Orange County with a creatively original event that took partygoers behind the scenes and turned them into stars. Chaired by Beth Phelps, the evening of dining and dancing captured all the glitter, and perhaps a little of the [...]
Even those of us too young to have grown up watching “The Waltons” are familiar with the show’s famous closing lines, “…. ‘Night, Mama,” “… ‘Night, John Boy.” We picture the large family, each in bed after the last lights are put out, drifting peacefully off to sleep. There is a comfort to the scene: [...]
Renowned Amerian pianist André Watts will headline the grand opening of the Pacific Symphony’s 34th season with a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, on Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 20-22, at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. An opening night celebration and fundraiser for [...]
n who tried to lower herself into Buck Gulley to search for her missing dog had to be rescued herself by firefighters late Sunday night. According to the Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeff Boyles and a neighbor, the woman returned to her home at the end of Poppy Avenue, abutting Buck Gulley in Corona del [...]
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