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Café Society: White Rabbit, Boba food trucks find cafe space in Oxnard Published 5/19/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
After rolling into Ventura County for a string of day trips, the Los Angeles-based White Rabbit Truck is setting the parking brake.
"Peaceful Easy Feelin'' songwriter to perform in Camarillo Published 5/17/2012 at 3:39 p.m. 0 comments
Love the Eagles when their classic rock tunes make you soar back to those good ol' days, or sick of the Eagles and you're praying for flak? In any case, praise or blame songwriter Jack Tempchin, but the vast majority ...
Conejo Players Theatre stages 'Man Who Came to Dinner' Published 5/17/2012 at 3:25 p.m. 0 comments
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" can't hide its vintage. Precious few contemporary comedies would involve a cast of two dozen, some in multiple roles, and a playing time including two intermissions.
Bill Locey's top concert picks: May 18, 2012 Published 5/17/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
This week: Roger Waters in L.A., Beck in Santa Barbara and Lisa Haley in Ojai
Regional stews a big part of the menu at ¡Loteria! Grill in T.O. Published 5/17/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Things are in a stew at ¡Loteria! Grill, newly open at the food court in The Promenade in Thousand Oaks. The grill chain's particular approach to Mexican food is to make a group of guisos, traditional regional stews, and serve ...
Cannibal and the Headhunters are heading to Oxnard Published 5/17/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Strawberry fields? Whatever. That's the recurring theme from the pro-growth Oxnard City Council and its relentless cement scenario. While developers and local government paved all the fruit trees out of everything but the name in Orange County, Oxnard still has ...
T.O. makeup artist is making her way in Hollywood Published 5/17/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Ashley Ann Harris was at her home in Thousand Oaks when the phone rang. "It's Tyler. Meet me at my house at 7 … and bring the fangs." Far from odd, that's the kind of call Harris expects as a ...
Todd Hannigan CD release party set at Zoey's Published 5/17/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Really busy globe-trotting music guy Todd Hannigan, the finhead owner of Brotheryn Studios in Ojai, will take a break from making everybody else sound like rock stars when he does his own thing at a CD release party for his ...
Café Society: Strawberry recipe-contest field narrowed in Oxnard Published 5/12/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
They came, they cooked, they presented their dishes to the judges. And two of them will have to do it all over again — in front of hundreds of people, no less — during the 29th annual California Strawberry Festival.
Bug Fair to take place May 19-20 at L.A.'s Natural History Museum Published 5/10/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
If Lila Higgins and Karen Ewald had ever seen a tarantula crawling toward them when they were little girls, their reactions would have been polar opposites. Higgins would probably have named it and made it her new pet. Ewald would ...
Have a hearty breakfast at The Egg House in Simi Published 5/10/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
What's very big, not too subtle, and packs a wallop? At Simi Valley's The Egg House, it's the John Wayne dish, true to its heroic namesake. A reader emailed his joy at finding the dish at the Simi breakfast-and-lunch spot, ...
Bill Locey's top concert picks: May 11, 2012 Published 5/10/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
Music writer Bill Locey offers his picks for this week's local concerts.
Texas musician Gurf Morlix to perform at Zoey's Published 5/10/2012 at 3:00 p.m. 0 comments
While he might sound like the result of a dream date between a Smurf and Morlock, Gurf Morlix is neither of those, but rather an ever-clever singer-songwriter with a vast repertoire of songs, including many covers by the late, great ...
Second Helpings: May 11, 2012 Published 5/10/2012 at 2:56 p.m. 0 comments
Here's a look back at Rita Moran's recent restaurant reviews, in chronological order. Moran visits restaurants unannounced and pays for her meals.
Emerson String Quartet plays rousing show Published 5/10/2012 at 2:34 p.m. 0 comments
Four musical minds in glorious sync, the Emerson String Quartet delivered a riveting performance of works by three classical icons of Europe's 18th and 19th centuries on Tuesday night in Ventura Missionary Church, then acknowledged thunderous applause with an encore ...