Day: March 7, 2012

LA Esotouric Oddball, Macabre, and Absolutely Compelling Tours

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Esotouric tour in Los Angeles are literary tours with in depth studies of the streets, stops and haunts occupied by some of L.A.’s most written about characters. You don’t just walk the path that a famous or infamous individual may have traveled, but thanks to creative researchers who add doses of facts with hypotheses, you get inside the minds of these famous people. It’s a must-see tour for literary fans, crime buffs and anyone with curiosity and lack of convention.

Upcoming Esotouric bus tour and LAVA special event schedule
Fri March 9 – FREE! San Gabriel Mission Archaeological Excavation Tour
Sat March 10 – Weird West Adams crime bus tour
Sat March 17 – Pasadena Confidential crime bus tour (weekend pass available)
Sun March 18 – East Side Babylon crime bus tour (weekend pass available)
Sat April 7 – Charles Bukowski’s Los Angeles (weekend pass available)
Sun April 8 ­ John Fante’s Dreams from Bunker Hill (weekend pass available)
Sat April 14 – The Real Black Dahlia crime bus tour
Sat April 21 – Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits’ L.A.
Sun April 22 – FREE! Open House at the historic Stendahl Galleries
Sat April 28 – Maja’s Mysteries: Rapture & Release
Mon April 30- The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank featuring John Buntin
Sat May 19 – Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
Sun May 20 ­ Blood & Dumplings crime bus tour
Sun June 3 – Crime lab seminar: The Killer Behind the Camera

Esotouric’s Kim Cooper and Richard Schave are proud members of LAVA – The
Los Angeles Visionaries Association. See lavatransforms.org or booking information at esotouric.com

United States Tennis Association Costa Mesa Pro Classic

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COSTA MESA, CAL–With approximately 90 tournaments hosted annually throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway for the U.S. Open and tour-level competition for aspiring players and a frequent battleground for established professionals.

Newport Beach native and rising tennis star Carsten Ball is the Number 2 seed at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic. The March 17 tournament at Costa Mesa Tennis Center also features 9th seed Daniel Kosakowski, a Downey resident and former stand-out player at UCLA.  No. 1 seed is Germany’s Andre Begemann, 27, currently ranked 263rd in the world.

Eight players will enter the main draw from singles qualifying–the rest of the main draw will come from USTA exemptions and wild card events. The main draw for singles and doubles begins March 20.

Ball, 24, who played tennis at Corona del Mar High School, peaked at a career-high in the ATP World Tour rankings at No. 108 in July 2010. A prolific doubles player, he and Chris Guccione (who is the No. 4 seed at the Costa Mesa event) reached the doubles quarterfinals of the 2009 U.S. Open and the round of 16 at the 2011 Australian Open. He holds dual American and Australian citizenship, and has competed on Australia’s David Cup team. Ball’s father, and coach, Syd, won eight ATP doubles titles and advanced to the final round of the 1974 Australian doubles finals.

Singles qualifying begins Saturday, March 17 at 9 a.m. The singles main draw begins Tuesday, March 20 at 10 a.m. The event is free and families are encouraged to attend. The Costa Mesa Tennis Center is located at 880 Juniper Dr., Costa Mesa, (714) 557-2011.

 

March 7, 2012 See & Listen To Events in California

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Never to be seen again, March 7th is a day to remember in California. It will welcome hundreds of newborns to the world, see some pass away with tears shed for the loss of a love, and celebrate the gift of living.

Some of the highlights to the day include things you don’t actually have to see, but can use your ears to listen to, such concerts on campuses and performing arts halls throughout the state. Here are few you might enjoy if you happen to be in Berkeley on March 7.

BERKELEY – Garrison Keillor, an Evening with Prairie Home Companion storyteller. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $20 up. Location: UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA. Ticket Office: (510) 642-9988. calperformances.org
BERKELEY – Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, contemporary bluegrass. Location: Freight & Salvage Coffee House 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, CA. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $30.50/door. Call: (510) 644-2020.

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