Month: October 2011

New Events Keep Californians on the Run – Book That Event!

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There are new events coming downt the pike for athletes and observers to enjoy. To participate, find out prices ans see more events,  BookThatEvent.com.

USC La Prostate  5K   November 6, 2011
LA Prostate Cancer 5K- The Race Isn’t Over Until There’s a Cure. Fight On for Prostate Cancer
USC Campus, Los Angeles

Join the USC Institute of Urology on November 6, 2011 on the USC campus for the second annual LA Prostate Cancer 5K. Beyond the 5K lies the knowledge that we are serving a purpose: to raise enough money to turn the page on the fight against prostate cancer. Display your product or service to thousands of participants and students on the USC Campus!

VetDayRun  National Veteran’s Day Run – 9 Cities. 1 Day. 1 united cause

Woodbridge Community Park, Irvine

Here’s your chance to make a difference for our men and women who have served our country! Join with other runners and walkers nationwide on one special day dedicated to honoring our military veterans: 11-11-11.

Be the One Run – Long Beach   November 13, 2011

LONG BEACH, CALIF. –Be The One Run is a walk and run event for people of all ages and fitness levels. It includes a 5K, a 1K and a short-distance Tot Trot. Be The One Run unites communities nationwide determined to cure patients with diseases like leukemia and lymphoma. Every step you take helps patients receive the marrow transplant they need.

America’s Cup Races in San Diego During November 2011

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Beginning Nov. 12, 2011, nine state-of-the-art high-speed catamarans representing seven nations will take to San Diego Bay at speeds over 30 miles per hour. The America’s Cup World Series kicks off on opening weekend, Nov. 12-13, with three fleet races, and culminates Nov. 16-20, when teams compete for Series points during the Match and Fleet Racing Championships.

Embarcadero, Harbor Island, Shelter Island, Coronado Ferry Landing and numerous other bay locations in San Diego  offer breathtaking views of the action as the vessels catapult from the starting line just off downtown’s Navy and Broadway Piers. A variety of other activities on land will complement the exciting action on water, including food and shopping at the America’s Cup Village, a racing simulator ride, battle of the bands live music event and more  (AmericasCup.com/sandiego).

Carlsbad Gets Kia Classic Back in 2012

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CARLSBAD, CALIF.–Newly renovated resort La Costa Resort and Spa will play host to the event on renamed Legends course where the inaugural event was held in 2010. The tournament, which will feature a 144-player field in the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association), will be played March 19-25, 2012.

A $50 million renovation project that has taken place at La Costa over the past year relocated 2011 Kia Classic to Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms in the City of Industry , Calif. The tournament returns in 2012 to a venue that has hosted numerous professional golf tournaments throughout the years. La Costa Resort and Spa, home to one of golf’s iconic venues, has also renamed its two 18-hole layouts – the Champions Course and Legends Course. The new Champions Course, the former North Course, is undergoing a complete restoration project and is scheduled to reopen in November. It is now paired with the Legends Course, formerly the South Course, on which four holes have been renovated, as La Costa enhances its reputation as a world-class golf destination. The 2012 Kia Classic will be played exclusively on the Legends Course.

Kring & Chung Newport Beach Triathlon Winners – Evan Kraus and Keri Olson

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Irvine and Newport Beach natives take home the titles for the longest running 34th Anniversary triathlon at a recent Newport Beach, Calif. event.  800 athletes took part in the Newport Beach Triathlon held at the Newport Back Bay.

The swim portion was a half-mile loop in the Back Bay. The bike route consisted of 15 miles around Back Bay Drive, and then a 5K in an out and back loop around Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort. Evan Kraus, 25-year-old native from Irvine, CA won the event in 1:07:48. He was first place through the swim, 2nd on the bike and 6th on the run. Kraus won by 25 seconds over the second place finisher, Karl Schultz. Overall first place finisher for the females was Keri Olson, a 37-year-old native from Newport Beach, CA. She came in with a blazing 1:19:09, just 1:46 before the 2nd place female, Lara Ray, from Camarillo. Keri was 92nd overall in the swim, 36th for the biking portion, and 11th place overall in the run.

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Literary Management Firm Sets Up Shop in Santa Barbara

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An agent looking for writers with potential for series and/or subsequent books, Toni Lopopolo Literary Management has relocated its office from the East Coast to Santa Barbara after discovering the Central Coast hotbed of talented writers.

Founded in 1991, Toni Lopopolo Literary Management boasts 35+ years in the book publishing business. The former executive editor at Macmillan and then St. Martin’s Press combines years in publishing with editing skills to provide a full service literary agency to new and seasoned authors.

The company focuses on literary management – they help develop writing careers, not just sell books to publishers. Toni Lopopolo Literary Management limits the number of clients represented while always searching for select new talent and established authors who seek a more personalized relationship with an agent.

Toni Lopopolo partners with authors for the duration of their literary careers and includes development of fiction projects, creation of nonfiction book proposals, and editing when needed. Toni has brought many first-time and published authors to print including Sol Stein, Lee Silber, Lillian Glass, Steve Duno, Nancy Baer, Flo Fitzgerald, Judith Smith-Levin, Howard Olgin, romance writer Jeanette Baker, Santa Barbara’s own Shelly Lowenkopf, and many others. She has recently signed Manuel Ramos, Christine Bell, and Frank Lauria. Publishers include St. Martin’s Press, Simon and Schuster, Crown, Dell, HarperCollins, Kensington, and many others. (lopopololiterary.com)

Festival of (short) Playreadings – SeedlingsFest

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Botanicum Seedlings Festival of (short) Playreadings goes for two days, November 19 & 20, 2011.

Theatricum’s new play development program, Botanicum Seedlings, continues to inspire growth by reaching out to a mix of emerging and award-winning playwrights for SeedlingsFest, its second festival of new plays. This Festival of short playreadings features two days of plays written on a theme, Certified Organic. SeedlingsFest takes place Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20, at 1 pm. Admission is Free; donations gratefully accepted.

 Certified Organic  plays on both performance dates are:

  • About What Matters  by Jennie Webb – A play about priorities, boundaries, the value of certification and letting life get to you when weighing what’s real.
  • A Day in Eden  by Barbara Lindsay – A lush garden is the setting for a lifetime of love, loss and recognition, all over in the blink of an eye.
  • Between Siddhartha and the Angel  by Mary F. Unser – In February, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia falls to earth and in Hemphill, Texas, Rita remembers how to fly.
  • Black Tickets  by Julie Retzlaff – A retired doctor, confronted by the shortcuts he took in life, sees what lies ahead and considers the price of admission.
  • Beeing There by Isabella Russell-Ides – A poetical eco-disaster play in which a water girl answers apocalyptic weather with art, and a bee lady calls 911 when 10,000 bees are raptured.
  • The Old Salt by Katherine James – A comedy of tearful goodbyes and colorful introductions that proves true love takes many forms, in or out of uniform.
  • Around the Barn by Matt Van Winkle – An offbeat look at the inner workings of a relationship that sings a universal song of hopes, dreams and expectations.
  • Pop-pop Goes Bowling  by Ann-Giselle Spiegler – A play inspired by and set in the Hollywood Bowl about another great venue for live performance: parenthood.

DETAILS

  • Saturday, November 19 @ 1 pm
  • Sunday, November 20 @ 1 pm
  • The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA. (midway between Pacific Coast Highway and the Ventura freeway)
  • Free admission, no reservations necessary. Information: (310) 455-2322 or www.theatricum.com

The theater is outdoors; dress warmly, and, in case of inclement weather, please call for alternate performance times.

Discount Outlet Spa Wear Store Open Through Dec. 18, 2011 in Bonsall, CA

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Susan Dunn, considered by some to be America’s most sophisticated and successful designer for Spa Wear and Spa Accessories for the entire family as seen in the world’s Finest Stores, Luxurious Resorts and Private Homes, has opened a holiday gift outlet store for the holidays 2011. The outlet is located in Bonsall in North San Diego County, east of Oceanside and Camp Pendleton.

Susan Dunn’s Solace per Aqua Casual sport and spa wear with Classic European Elegance, made in the Americas, is being offered at amazing Below Wholesale Prices! Limited inventory so get there early for best selection.

Outlet open Oct. 21 – Dec. 18, 2011
5256 South Mission, Bonsall, Bonsall River Village, #820, Across from Fresco Grill
Thur-Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Fri 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Special appointments available for groups. Call: (760) 631-2125 for special arrangements.

shopping at the special event helps raise funds for Fallbrook School of Arts and the Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. fallbrookartsinc.org

Newport Beach leads way in Southern California Hotel RevPar 2011

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The first eight months of 2011 found that for hotel owners in Newport Beach are enjoying Southern California’s highest growth rate in RevPar at 17.8% year over year, according to PKF, the lodging experts at Colliers. Newport Beach’s average room rates this year were up 9.5%, at $196.78. Hotel room occupancy has been 73.3% in 2011, up over 5% from 2010.

Top Southern California destination markets:

  • 1. Newport Beach
  • 2. Beverly Hills, up 17.3%
  • 3. West Los Angeles  16.5%
  • 4. West Hollywood 16.3%
  • 5. Downtown Los Angeles 14.2%
  • 6. Long Beach  13%

San Francisco Mission Tour and Mural Walk

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Join a special Mission tour and Mural walk  October 29, 2011 or enjoy a Chinese Banquet next month. Grace Ann Walden’s Mission tour includes donuts from Dynamo Donuts – think maple-bacon, saffron-chocolate; cheeses and sausages from local stores; extensive mural walk and a 3-course family-style lunch at Tio Chilo’s (seviche, chile relleno and two meats, rice & beans.) Besides the history of the Mission, she’ll talk about the traditions of the Day of the Dead.

Details: tour goes 11a-4 p.m. 10/29/11 $80 complete. Meets in front of the Walgreen’s at 24th and Potrero. Parking is nearby. Please call to reserve for the tour (415) 302-5898. Or email: gaw@sbcglobal.net

HOSEA NOVA: A JEALOUS AND VIOLENT MAN, Play

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Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group
4850 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
818-202-4120

The premiere of Robert Riemer’s passionate new thriller takes place within a crowded insane asylum. There a ferocious Latin man has a hot-tempered quest to possess the love of a beautiful blind Saint-incarnate.

Who says the holidays have to be normal? Ground-breaking in its content and dynamics, the plays is directed by Zombie Joe. It features Vanessa Cate, Suzanne E. Fletcher, Sebastian Munoz, Josh Patton, Tina Preston, Adam Rutter and Tina Van Berckelaer.

SATURDAYS @ 8:30pm,
NOVEMBER 12 – DECEMBER 10, 2011.

ZJU Theatre Group, 4850 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
Reservations: (818) 202- 4120
Tickets: $15
Zombiejoes.com