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Reel Critics: A rugged and inspiring 'Trail'
I was privileged to attend the private screening of a captivating new documentary. Catherine Jayasuriya is a very sharp local mom on a major mission. She is the driving force behind "Dusty's Trail," which is vying for a spot in the Newport Beach Film...Tags: Chile, Movies, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Politics
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The master of the lids
According to Gisberto Bertucci, there are two ways to get anywhere in the universe: your imagination or through a black hole. "Why would God create such a large landscape if we can't see it?" he mused Friday morning on a bus trundling down Coast Highway...
Tags: Consumers, Holidays, Starbucks Corp.
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Harlan: Bring objectivity to commission appointments
This Tuesday, the Costa Mesa City Council will revisit the appointment of one planning commissioner and select four new members of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Based on the council majority's initial appointments a few weeks ago, I think we can...Tags: Mountains, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Game Playing, Elections
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Reel Critics: 'Hunger Games' satisfies
OK, I didn't read the books, but let me just say, as pure movie entertainment,"The Hunger Games"is a "wow." This dystopian drama portrays a society where 24 children between the ages of 12-18 are randomly selected for an annual survivor/gladiator-style...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Game Playing, The Hunger Games (movie), The Deep Blue Sea (movie), Rachel Weisz
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Saturday's Calendar
SATURDAY Plant Sale TeWinkle Middle School holds its "Holiday Plant Sale" from 8 a.m. to noon at the TeWinkle campus, 3224 California St., Costa Mesa. Divorcees In This Economy The Women's Institute for Financial Education will offer a free program...Tags: Broadway Theater, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Frank Sinatra, Music Theater, Arts and Culture
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Summer camps for science, chess
Kids interested in rockets, spies, mad scientists or chess have a place to explore their passion this summer. Orange Coast College is hosting half- and full-day weeklong summer camps on campus for 6- to 12-year-old children. The Mad Scientist's...Tags: Science, Science and Technology
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Sneak peek of 'Merry'
Special to the Daily PilotThe Pageant of the Masters opened the curtain on the Festival of Arts 2010 season Monday night with a sneak preview of "Eat, Drink and Be Merry," the theme of the 77th show, which opens July 7. Pageant Director Diane Challis Davy had the theme of the new...Tags: Festive Events, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fashion Shows, Entertainment, Game Playing
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It's A Gray Area: Dachau death camp revisited
During the summer of 1965, between my junior and senior years at UCLA, I traveled to Western Europe with a friend and, among other things, visited the former concentration camp at Dachau, in the German state of Bavaria not far from Munich. This event...Tags: Newport Beach, Business Trips, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Summary: "Crooning" by Frank D. Gilroy
The unnamed scriptwriter who narrates Frank D. Gilroy's Kindle single "Crooning," set in 1958, doesn't think filming a movie in Havana is a very good idea. But producer and want-to-be-star Dick Powell (a fictionalized version of the real-life actor),...
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Did court's DNA decision open Pandora's box?
Although the Chicago Tribune's editorial (reprinted in The Tribune on June 11) lauded the alleged short-term benefits of the Supreme Court's recent decision requiring individuals who are arrested to provide DNA samples, it neglected to explore this...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Awards and Prizes, Teaching and Learning, Internal Revenue Service, Arts and Culture
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Bulletin Board
Friday Art exhibit, "Artful Memories," artwork from the participants of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center; Spanish River Library, 1501 Spanish River Blvd., Boca Raton. During library hours, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-6...Tags: Highway Transportation, Arts and Culture, Libraries, U.S. Congress, Father's Day
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'Yes Is the Answer' asks the question: Who's afraid of prog rock?
"Yes Is the Answer" is a collection of 20 essays related to progressive rock and its somewhat less regularly derided cousin art rock. Fifteen of the writers care about the subject, or used to. The other five came along to kibitz — a chess term for...
Tags: Canterbury, Entertainment, Genesis (music group), Rick Moody, Book
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