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The 17th Door 30 PLus minutes of fright

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By Greer Wylder
October 14, 2016

If you have it in you to tour one of the most intense and interactive haunted houses in the country, then you’re in luck. The 17th Door at The Market Place in Tustin is giving guests the fright of their lives. More than 20,000 guests went through it last Halloween season, and now, there’s a dozen new rooms and a mini escape room. And it lasts more than 30 minutes, with more interactive features, monsters and scares. “The storyline will continue where last year's left off with Paula’s battle with her dark demons and her asylum residency,” said Heather Luther,…

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MOVEABLE FEAST AND ‘FARM RAISER’

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By Greer Wylder
October 13, 2016

In Long Beach, restaurants and their chefs who need freshly-plucked herbs, fruits and vegetables rely on Farm Lot 59, the city’s non-profit urban farm.  Taste WBK, owned by Erin O’Hagan and Laurie Semon, proprietors of Olives Gourmet Grocer, will host a Moveable Feast and “Farm Raiser” on Sunday, October 23 from 2-7 p.m. The Moveable Feast will begin at The Wine Country in Signal Hill where guests will meet, put their cars in park for a few hours, and indulge in bubbles and appetizers before boarding a shuttle for nearby Farm Lot 59.  Farmer Sasha will greet guests and take…

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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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