Anne Marie’s Favorite New Restaurants of 2023
Our food columnist looks back on a delicious year. Time seems to have sped up as the year progressed. Blink and it was spring. Summer felt more brutal than usual,…
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The Comings, Goings and Passings in 2023
The last 12 months were filled with significant changes to the cultural scene in Orange County. Several major arts institutions said goodbye to their leaders and started the challenging search…
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2023 Top 5 Moments in Culture, Visual Arts and Food
The clock is certainly ticking on 2023. But while we have a few precious moments left, let’s look back on the best in arts and culture this past year in…
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2023’s Top 5 Moments in Theater, Dance and Classical Music
The year 2023 is rapidly coming to an end. But while we box up assorted gifts and prepare for 2024, let’s take a moment to reflect on the best in…
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Feliz Navidad! It’s Bilingual Santa’s Busiest Time of Year
In a county with more than a million Spanish speakers, one of Orange County’s premier shopping destinations offers visits with a multicultural St. Nick. When Robert Torres of Lake Forest…
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Anne Marie Panoringan Joins Honeysuckle to Talk Food Journalism
Our food columnist, Anne Marie Panoringan, joined Dzung Lewis of Honeysuckle in a recent video on Lewis’ YouTube channel. They talk about how Panoringan approaches her work as an food…
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Pacific Symphony in Transition, Part 1: An Ambitious Young Orchestra Survives Some Growing Pains
NEXT Pacific Symphony in Transition, Part 2: Growth, Turmoil, Tragedy and Triumph Pacific Symphony in Transition, Part 3: Finding a New Conductor for Changing Times Back in the mid-1980s, the…
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Meet David Ellenstein, Laguna Playhouse’s New(est) Artistic Director
For just over a year now, David Ellenstein has served as the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse – at first in an interim capacity before his tenure was solidified this…
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Great Places for Cocktails in Orange County, Part 3: New (and Newish) Cocktail Programs
COCKTAILS, PART 3: This is the last installment of a series of stories by our food writers, Anne Valdespino and Anne Marie Panoringan, who took a deep dive into places around…
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It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like Christmas – and Halloween
The Christmas season takes a spooky turn for many in Orange County and beyond. Kevin and Megan Valantine were looking for a way to keep the Halloween season going for…
