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Festival Of Children Celebrates 15 Years

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By Greer Wylder
September 07, 2016

For the past 15 years in September, Festival of Children has celebrated children with a charity outreach event held every weekend, in conjunction with National Child Awareness Month, at South Coast Plaza. The month-long Festival offers free family activities and events, including live music and dance performances, a grand scale back-to-school fashion show by South Coast Plaza retailers, including Macy’s, arts and crafts, animal shows, face painting, and more, while showcasing over 75 youth-serving organizations. Ongoing activities include: Canstruction OC: Now through Sept. 26 – You can view 16 amazing structures made entirely out of canned goods. At the conclusion of…

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The MOBILE ESCAPE room – THE ESCAPE BUS

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By Greer Wylder
September 07, 2016

The Escape Bus, Orange County’s first mobile escape room, is launching this weekend on Sept. 10-11 in front of 4th Street Market in Downtown Santa Ana. The hacking-themed escape game "Firewall" will be ready to challenge its first teams. It’s giving gamers and thrill-seekers a new immersive, interactive experience. In the futuristic game, Firewall,  players are immersed into an elite hacker consortium – they have been captured into a maximum-security transport, and must work together to beat the bus, or spend the rest of their days in a tiny cell. To create The Escape Bus, a 30-foot Bluebird former passenger…

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Pop-singer Alessia Cara at Irvine Spectrum

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By Greer Wylder
September 06, 2016

By Asma Mohammed Everyone is excited for the upcoming school year, and Irvine Spectrum Center sent summer out with a bang! The Irvine Spectrum hosted a back to school shopping party, a three day event called Endless Summer Festival which featured an acoustic set from pop-singer Alessia Cara on the evening of August 19. The popstar released her first studio album, "Know-It-All" on November 2013 and has had her hit singles featured on multiple radio stations. More than 4,000 fans showed up to attend her free concert which was hosted by Irvine Spectrum as well as 102.7 KIIS-FM. Alessia warmed…

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Shop Labor Day Sales at SOCO and The OC Mix!

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By Greer Wylder
September 02, 2016

This weekend, take advantage of incredible sales at Costa Mesa's premier shopping, design, and dining destination - SOCO and The OC Mix! HD Buttercup at SOCO is offering an additional 20% off already marked down furniture and accessories, and their best-selling Capetown Collection sofa and chair is on sale for a limited time! Inside The OC Mix you'll find sales, specials and discounts at some of your favorite stores startingFriday through Labor Day. Visit socoandtheocmix for more details. SOCO and The OC Mix is at 3303 Hyland Ave. in Costa Mesa.

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OC Fashion Week Runway Fashion Shows and Competitions

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By Greer Wylder
September 01, 2016

An exciting world of fashion is in store for you at OC Fashion Week on Sept. 9-11 presented by Laguna Design Center. It’s your chance to meet with fashion industry pros and designers, view extraordinary runway collections from emerging and established designers, see a Kids Rock the Runway show, and attend a SoCal Master Stylist Competition inspired by “The Stepford Wives” film at Monarch Beach Resort. OC Fashion Week—Day Two—Fashion Week Runway S/S 2017 Collections presented by Laguna Design Center on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. Day Two will showcases luxury collections with all-new emerging Orange County…

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