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Santa Monica Seafood Clam Chowder Day Benefits Bracken’s Kitchen

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By Greer Wylder
February 24, 2021

Santa Monica Seafood Market & Café will be celebrating National Clam Chowder day this year on Thursday, February 25th and planning on donating 100% of the Clam Chowder proceeds to benefit Brackens Kitchen. Visit BrackensKitchen.org to learn more about their mission: "Through food recovery, culinary training and our community feeding program we are committed to recovering, re-purposing and restoring both food and lives." Bracken's Kitchen is committed to providing over 1.8 million tasty and nutritious meals in 2021. Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Santa Monica Seafood is at  154 E 17th St, Costa Mesa, And, at 1000 Wilshire Blvd.…

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Old Vine Kitchen + Bar’s NEW Prix Fixe Sunday Brunch

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By Greer Wylder
February 23, 2021

Costa Mesa’s award-winning Old Vine Kitchen + Bar’s popular Sunday brunches are back with a brand-new set of prix fixe menus! Guests can select from six two-course brunches, starting at $30 per person-- including “The Comfort” brunch, which features Panko-crusted Fried Green Tomatoes with Citrus-Tarragon Aioli and your choice of a House-baked Buttermilk & Cheddar Biscuit with Italian Sausage and Pancetta Gravy, or Savory French Toast with manchego, shiitake, pork sausage, ham, and creme fraiche-- as well as “The Sweet” menu, which includes a fresh Organic Spinach Salad with local strawberries, and your choice of Caramel Apple French Toast, or…

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Casa Romantica’s Music Festival & Academy and Summer Dance Workshops

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By Greer Wylder
February 22, 2021

Applications are now open for Casa Romantica’s Music Festival & Academy and Summer Dance Workshops from Sunday, July 11–Friday, July 23, 2021. No application fees make this program accessible to all students. Casa Romantica's summertime programming is not only award-winning but also a safe space for children of all levels to learn music, arts, and dance. Music Academy is limited to 25 students One-on-one lessons or in small groups of 5 for activity groups The Dance Workshop is also limited to only 10 students per class Furthermore, both programs are prepared to adapt to a partial or full virtual format…

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Car Culture Exhibit

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By Greer Wylder
February 22, 2021

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art presents Car Culture now through March 20. Private gallery visits available by appointment only: info.occca@gmail.com All COVID-19 Protocals in place, must wear a mask and social distance during your visit. Car Culture is a juried exhibition that pays homage to the hot-rodders, the low-riders, pin-stripers, skate-boarders, devisers and designers of trick bicycles and fabricators of custom motorcycles. Car Culture celebrates tail fins, roadside attractions, smog-choked freeways — the good, the bad and the beautiful. Everyone has a car story. Start your engines. Pedal to the metal. You’ll be in fast company. 360 degree tour…

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Strut Bar & Club Dedicates Mural to Dolly Parton & Frontline Workers

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By Greer Wylder
February 19, 2021

Strut BAR & CLUB is honored to dedicate a mural to the community of frontline workers and Dolly Parton in honor of her generous contribution to help fund the development of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The 50-foot by 20-foot visual installation, painted by Long Beach-based artist, David Gilmore, was started on Friday, February 12 and is set to unveil on Saturday, March 13. “When I learned about Dolly Parton’s role in the funding of Moderna’s vaccine development, I was incredibly proud,” says Luke Nero, Founder and CEO of Strut BAR & CLUB. “Not only is she an icon in the queer…

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