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MainPlace Mall’s Fall Food Fest

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By Greer Wylder
October 13, 2016

Celebrate the change in seasons and great food at MainPlace Mall’s Fall Food Fest, a FREE Restaurant Week kickoff celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring complimentary food and drink samples, live music, a karaoke contest, games and exciting giveaways. Throughout MainPlace Mall Restaurant Week, October 15th – 23rd, food connoisseurs will also enjoy special fixed-price menus and complimentary valet parking when dining at a host of participating MainPlace Mall restaurants, including Applebee’s, California Pizza Kitchen, Boudin SF, Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ, Wokcano Asian Restaurant & Bar, Panini Cafe, Genki Sushi, Poke-Ria, and Saigon De Pho. And,…

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Beach, Brews and BBQ! to end CFF

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By Greer Wylder
October 12, 2016

Join the fight to cure Cystic Fibrosis at the 2nd annual Beach, Brews and BBQ for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach. You can enjoy unlimited beer tastings, delicious food, silent and live auctions and a live musical performance by The Droppers. Tickets are $25 Designated Driver (food only); $50 Includes all samplings and tastings; $65 VIP (1 hr. early entry and exclusive tastings). *The event is 21 years and over only. Tickets are available here. Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort is at 1131 Back Bay…

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Broadway’s Betty Buckley Returns to Segerstrom

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By Greer Wylder
October 12, 2016

You can catch Tony Award-winning and Broadway legend Betty Buckley at Segerstrom Center for the Arts—she’ll be performing her new show, Story Songs, Thursday – Saturday, October 27 – 29, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Samueli Theater. Buckley has a taste for songs from all genres and will share a collection of tunes by Radiohead as well as from theater greats Stephen Schwartz and Jason Robert Brown. The evening will also include works exciting young theater composers, Joe Iconis and Ben Toth. Buckley will be joined by her long time Musical Director and arranger, jazz pianist Christian Jacob. Buckley’s award-winning…

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Chefs Toys Expands into San Diego

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By Greer Wylder
October 11, 2016

Chef’s Toys, the leading resource for restaurant equipment and supplies for the home cook to culinary pros—just opened its seventh store in Southern California. It’s open to the public and no membership is required. Its newest warehouse store in San Diego serves chefs, restaurant operators, food manufacturers, caterers, brewers, other foodservice professionals and home cooking enthusiasts. Chef Toys carries more than 9,000 products and supplies, top brands in the restaurant space, and knowledgeable employees including trained chefs to help you. Open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The new San Diego location…

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Festival Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Secret Garden’

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By Greer Wylder
October 11, 2016

Festival Ballet Theatre (FBT), Orange County’s resident professional ballet company, will introduce its 2016-17 season with the contemporary, full-length ballet The Secret Garden on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct.16 at 2 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine. The Secret Garden, centered on the restoration of a neglected garden as a metaphor for the revival of the spirit, is a story of loss, rejuvenation, resilience, and kindness. Inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel, The Secret Garden is brought to life through a colorful fusion of cutting-edge choreography by Josie Walsh, an original cinematic score by Paul Rivera,…

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