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OC Fashion Week Countdown

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By Greer Wylder
February 17, 2014

The countdown is on for Orange County Fashion Week’s opening day on Monday, March 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Seven Degrees in Laguna Beach. The kick-off event, “Sugar Rush, the Sweet Splendor of Style,” mixes the definitive cocktail with Manna Kadar’s ultimate red-carpet-readying makeover with a retro vibe. Next up, a panel of guest speakers, a celebrity inspired ready-to-wear Resort Wear runway show, debuting a head-turning international bikini bling, menswear intimates, plus a sparkly jewelry fashion forum unlike any other. The exciting OC Fashion Week season opens with 10 designers, some as far as Hong Kong, Columbia, Brazil,…

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Stoke a Student

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By Greer Wylder
February 13, 2014

Coastal Orange County’s luxury real estate firm, Arbor Real Estate just launched its “Stoke a Student” campaign in partnership with Surfside Sports in Costa Mesa. The program is aimed to inspire surf-loving students in the Newport Mesa area to value education and succeed in school. Through June, Arbor Real Estate’s Stoke a Student contest at Surfside Sports will award a Hurley International surfboard to one lucky surf-loving elementary, junior high school, or high school student in the Newport-Mesa area each month via a drawing (no purchase necessary). The student whose name is drawn as the winner each month must show…

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Showcase Series Tonight

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By Greer Wylder
February 11, 2014

Come out and support local music tonight at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa and receive giveaways from KROQ, Guitar Center, OC Weekly, Audiofly, Ernie Ball, popchips and more. The 2014 OC Music Awards Best Live Band Showcase Series will start with Mikey Parker (8 p.m.), Katastro (8:45 p.m.), Solution (9:30 p.m.), Wheeland Brothers (10:15 p.m.) and The Originalites (11 p.m.) performing live. All Showcases are free to attend. The Showcase Series will culminate at the 2014 OC Music Awards on March 8 at the City National Grove of Anaheim when the music industry comes together to honor the achievements…

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Going Solar in OC

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By Greer Wylder
February 10, 2014

A new government sponsored financing program, Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) called HERO, was just launched to give local homeowners the opportunity to go solar for no money out of pocket and repay the investment through property taxes, and receive tax write-offs. Cities that have opted in to the program include Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Garden Grove, La Palma, Newport Beach, Placentia, Santa Ana, Tustin and Westminster.  Benefits of the new government sponsored PACE financing program include: re-paid through property taxes; transferable assessment, stays with the property not the individual; tax savings/credits; no credit score requirements; no money down; and fixed…

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Arts Shaping Our Lives

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By Greer Wylder
February 06, 2014

What value do the arts bring to each of us? For the first time, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, along with Zócalo Public Square and the Getty will present a free lecture, “Do the Arts Make Us Better People?” at Samueli Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Three noted speakers – The New Yorker’s Susan Orlean, Getty Trust President and CEO James Cuno and Segerstrom Center President Terrence W. Dwyer will talk about the role of the arts in our lives. You can reserve a space to this special lecture here. Parking cost $10 in the Plaza Tower…

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