Starting today, you can score a free ticket to any of 52 different shows in Orange County from October 1st – 31st, 2009.  It’s all a part of Theatre Communication group’s FREE NIGHT of Theatre program.  In it’s 5th year, the program provides free tickets to shows all across the nation, in hopes of bringing the unique theatre experience to those that haven’t experience it before!
There are plenty of shows in Southern California – from Orange County to LA and San Diego!  This is a great opportunity to check out …

Did you know that 1 in 10 Asian Americans is living with chronic hepatitis B?  Over 2 million people have chronic hepatitis B in the United States and more than half of them are Asian American!  Chronic hepatitis B is a serious long-term disease that results from infection with the hepatitis B virus. Chronic hepatitis B damages the liver and, if the disease is not treated properly, it can lead to severe medical complications, including liver failure, liver cancer, or even death. (*for more information on chronic hepatitis B, visit …

There will be five talented designers that will be presenting their collection and they are: Keemia (http://www.keemia.com), Persis (http://www.persisshop.com), Jen Awad, Natalie Arshakian, and Mondana Motazedian. Fear not,  there will be an opportunity to purchase the designers’ items at their booths!
Last year’s runway show tickets were ALL sold out within one week. So be sure to purchase your tickets NOW on their website: Anteaters Against Autoimmunity. Tickets range from $10-$35 depending on where one desires to sit. You can also help purchase their Fashion For Lupus fundraising bracelets for only …

Wall graphics are cool little things aren’t they. They’re like huge post-its except not yellow, not made of paper, and you can’t really write on them. BUT you can peel and stick to your heart’s content just like a super long lasting post-it. Do those sound cool or what? Well of course they do! Who doesn’t want a giant plastic post-it?
Anyways, as you’ve probably guessed by the title of this post that we have another contest and we’re giving away… you guessed it – wall graphics. Two of them to …

This Saturday, August 15th, 2009 – Ananda Ybarra (one of our awesome readers!) is hosting “Art for a Cure”, a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, helping blood cancer patients live longer, better lives. From 5pm – 8pm, you can enjoy refreshments, enter a raffle, and peruse the gorgeous group exhibition of local emerging artists (like Krystie Sargent, left) at the ARTery at the Lab in Costa Mesa for only $10!
Ananda, as part of Team in Training (see video below), is running the Nike Women’s Marathon (woo hoo, …

Ahh…polaroid photos. Press a button. You’re blind for a split second, then you start flailing your arms everywhere. It’s a process that we’ve seen people do and have done ourselves many times.
Sadly, Polaroid stopped producing their beloved instant cameras in 2007 and will stop producing their instant film this year. (the 600 series is supposedly going to expire today!) There is a chance for you to relive those moments and also the moments of hundreds of others.
The Hibbleton Gallery in Downtown Fullerton will be opening an exhibit called “INSTANT GRATIFICATION: …

STAR WARS. MUSIC. LIVE.
You know what that equals? Awesomeness in your ears.
And just in case you didn’t know, John Williams is the musical genius that created the epic music for the Star Wars movies as well as many other films such as Harry Potter, Superman, and Indiana Jones. You know who I’m talking about.
The Star Wars music concert, appropriately named Star Wars in Concert, is a multimedia event featuring the music of Star Wars performed by a full symphony orchestra  and choir accompanied by footage from the films on a 3-story …

One More Productions presents the final show of the 2008-2009 season, Into the Woods, at the GEM Theatre in Garden Grove this weekend!  The show will close out this Sunday, July 12th, 2009.  Doesn’t leave you much time to see the show, but I think it’ll be worth your while.
Into the Woods had an interesting effect on my friends and me in high school.  Our class went on a nice, yearly field trip to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and we were fortunate enough to experience Into the Woods, …

Elle Woods will be telling her story in song and dance from September 8th – 20th, 2009 in Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center!  Yep, Legally Blonde, the Musical is on tour and hitting up Orange County right after it’s brief stint at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.  You’ve seen the movie (oh, come on.  Admit it, you totally did the “bend and snap”)!  Luckily, the Musical follows the movie’s storyline pretty closely.  I’ve been listening to the soundtrack for months in anticipation of this tour!  The songs …

From the award-winning team of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk, The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown is an emotion-filled story of a high school valedictorian struggling with life-changing decisions about sex, love, college and the impact the paths she chooses have on the rest of her life.  The new musical is being developed by Beth Williams, Laurel Oztemel and Broadway Across America, and is directed by Daniel Goldstein.
This is a unique opportunity for those who love theatre to be a …