Talk of the Towne:

98 - Mar / Apr 20

Farm to Table Happiness: Terrace Hill Olive Oils
If you want ultra-fresh olive oil, bypass the grocery shelves. Instead, visit the Orange Home Grown Farmers and Artisans Market.  Every other Saturday, Old Towne residents and olive growers Frank and Shannon Tucker sell their... Read More →

98 - Mar / Apr 20

Our Friend Phil Brigandi
Passed away on December 12, 2019
Chris Brigandi recalls how he found his brother Phil engrossed in the encyclopedia when they were kids. “I asked what he was researching, and Phil told me he was just learning,” says Chris of his... Read More →

98 - Mar / Apr 20

Walt Disney Archives at Bowers Museum
High above the brick-lined streets, trolleys and through the echoing caverns of the Matterhorn, Nicholasa Nevarez found his passion for all things Disney as a child. The days of the Skyway ride at Disneyland in... Read More →

97 - Jan / Feb 20

Illusion Week Focuses on "The Magic of Healing"
All magicians know that without an audience that actually wishes to be mystified and entranced, a magic trick will fall flat. In the art of illusion—as well as in the art of any stagecraft—it’s called... Read More →

97 - Jan / Feb 20

Keeping it Green
with The GREENway Cleaners
Between the dust-covered equipment, scattered garbage and abandoned clothes, Mike Naber knew he had his work cut out for him when he walked into an abandoned cleaning business at the peak of the recession in... Read More →

97 - Jan / Feb 20

New Internship Program to Benefit Old Towne Preservation
College students interested in history, writing, research and more will soon have an opportunity to apply their skills to paid internships through a new partnership between the City of Orange and the Old Towne Preservation... Read More →

96 - Nov / Dec 19

2020 Economic Forecast
Every summer, Chapman University’s A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research releases its midyear forecast update. The event, presented by the University’s President Emeritus, Jim Doti, offers a chance for those who attended the December... Read More →

96 - Nov / Dec 19

Early OC Punk Scene: “Kids of the Black Hole”
When the weekends rolled around, Jay Bauman put on his Chuck Taylor shoes, a cut-up band T-shirt and headed to the Cuckoo’s Nest in Costa Mesa. It was 1980, a time when disco still dominated... Read More →

96 - Nov / Dec 19

Holocaust Events Focus on Terror, Meaning & Memory
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University will present two very different public events this November, each focusing on the experience of terror and violence, but also the meaning found in such memories... Read More →

95 - Sep / Oct 19

A Naturalist for You
with Joel Robinson
If you think of Orange County as the proverbial concrete jungle, Joel Robinson would like to change your opinion. The Founder and Director of Naturalist For You (NFY) welcomes the opportunity to share the natural... Read More →