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South Coast Repertory Online Activities

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By Greer Wylder
June 26, 2020

South Coast Repertory, the Tony Award®-winning theater in Costa Mesa, has created online games and activities highlighting the theaters history and behind the scenes information. Moment of Stagecraft: How did they fit an elephant on stage in The Emperor’s New Clothes. Theatre Game: In this Word Search, find all the terms connected with hair and makeup. Fact or Fiction: Do you know your facts about SCR’s history? Test your knowledge! Throwback Thursday: Step back and relive the early 2000s at SCR. Check it out.  Recommended Reading:  Associate Artistic Director John Glore dishes on what he’s reading now—and some other books that caught his attention.

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Honda Center’s New Schedule

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By Greer Wylder
June 26, 2020

All events scheduled at Honda Center through July 12 have been postponed or cancelled. And, yet they just released their programming. Let’s hope these shows can all take place. In the event that everything reopens, this is the upcoming schedule: THE WEEKND Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 7:00 PM Ticket Prices: $29.75-$475.75 (subject to change) AVENTURA Friday, August 14, 2020 at 8:00 PM Ticket Prices: $500.00, $225.00, $159.50, $99.50, $79.50, $49.50 JANET JACKSON Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 8:00 PM Ticket Prices: $49.95-$499.95 (subject to change) PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS Friday, September 11, 2020 at 7:45 PM Ticket Prices: $429.00, $304.00, $179.00,…

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Catalina Island Museum Presents Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray

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By Greer Wylder
June 25, 2020

The Catalina Island Museum presents Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray that's on view through September 27. The intimate exhibition displays the personal life of Mexico’s most prolific female artist, Frida Kahlo, captured through the lens of longtime friend, lover and confidant Nickolas Muray. The work includes approximately 50 photographic portraits and prints from 1937-1946, including six images that have never before been exhibited in the United States, and a number of intimate letters of correspondence between Kahlo and Muray. In May 1931, Hungarian photographer Nickolas Muray (1892-1965) traveled to Mexico on vacation where he met one of…

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Bistango Reopens Dine-In

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By Greer Wylder
June 25, 2020

The Ghoukassian family’s Bistango Restaurant in Irvine (sister to Bayside in Newport Beach) has reopened for dine-in and al fresco service, as well as takeout. Using their beautiful open-air outdoor patio as a bastion for relaxed dining by a serene bubbling fountain, @Bistango_Irvine is a great spot for a safe meal, with ample physical space. You can choose from soups/salads, appetizers, pizzas/pasta, and entrees. Favorites from the menu Gazpacho with chilled tomato soup, cucumber, avocado, and olive oi; Ahi Tuna Tartare with cucumber, radish, avocado, scallions, vegetable chips, and chili vinaigrette. Entrees include Oven-Roasted Chilean Seabass with exotic mushroom risotto,…

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OC Lifestyle Clothing Brand Provides PPE to Front Line Workers

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By Greer Wylder
June 24, 2020

Newport Beach-based STKY, a lifestyle clothing brand found a way to give back to the community during the pandemic. The apparel company donates 100% of its profits to purchase medical-quality disposable protective masks and gloves and deliver the supplies to Southern California's frontline workers in short supply of personal protective gear. STKY Co-Founders Sawyer Farmer and Nolen Putnam donated 100 medical-quality N95 masks to Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to help further protect coach operators.   Due to international scarcity and high demand, obtaining personal protective equipment, like N95 masks, continues to be a challenge. OCTA has been providing its…

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