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Court fight has happy ending
After settling a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co., Robb Havassy ended up with 365 surfboards. Ever since then, he's set out to diminish that number. On Thursday, he'll be raffling off 150 of the boards in Huntington Beach. Sixteen...
Tags: Ralph Lauren, Christian Dior, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Book, Surfing
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Through a glass, backward
From a distance, they appear to be expressionist paintings of musicians and marine life. But upon closer inspection, light reflects off the dual-pane window and exposes a crisp image — looking as if it were a print on glossy paper. Huntington...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Festive Events, Fine Artists, Painting
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Painting at the minimum
Dave Reynolds gave his new exhibit at the International Surfing Museum the title "Minimal Surf." An alternate name for it, which admittedly sounds like a spice or a cologne, could be "Essence of Surfer." Reynolds, the museum's exhibits director,...
Tags: Kelly Slater, Surfing, Arts and Culture, Arts, Sports
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Ready for the spotlight
Broken surfboards, packaging material, styrofoam, paints, thinners and resin. These are just a few ingredients in Janessa Bookout's "green" sculptures. Although the 31-year-old Huntington Beach resident has a background in traditional fine art, she is...
Tags: Surfing, Arts and Culture, Arts, Sports, Fine Artists
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Former curator takes in a new view
Darlene DeAngelo has traveled many places over the last dozen years: Cuba, Vietnam, Europe and wherever the freeway would take her during her impassioned 12-hour workdays. Now, the former curator of the Huntington Beach Art Center is embarking on a...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Vietnam, Museums, Cuba
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On Theater: Two give all to local theaters
While most theater practitioners gravitate from show to show, venue to venue, a few may be found putting in years of artistic labor on behalf of one specific producing organization. Two such individuals are spotlighted this week. The Costa Mesa...Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Satire (genre), Hearing Impairment, Arts and Culture
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Art á la carte
A street-level window showcasing a solitary painting. This is the scene that greets people who pass Current, Innocean USA's recently christened art gallery, in downtown Huntington Beach. "We had an internal contest asking our employees to submit names...
Tags: Entertainment, Career and Workplace, Pacific Ocean, Employees, Religion and Belief
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From North Korea to Main Street
Soon after the tragic events of 9/11, artist Gary Simpson was inspired to create a large conceptual piece combining cement with soil from every member state of the United Nations. He called the project "Common Ground 191." He relied on volunteers and...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, September 11, 2001 Attacks, United Nations, Petroleum Industry, Common
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City Lights: Art didn't deserve butchering
Two of my greatest passions had a nasty scuffle recently in Huntington Beach. Animal rights won on the street, while artist rights scored a knockout in the media. At times like these, it smarts to be in the middle. For those who missed Chris Epting's...
Tags: McDonald's, Jean-Luc Godard, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Animal, Vandalism
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In the Pipeline: Vegan vandalism not kosher
I wrote about a mural in this column two years ago. It covered a large liquor store wall facing the McDonald's near the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Edwards Street, and it depicted all the most iconic McDonald's characters, from Ronald to Grimace to...
Tags: Vandalism, Health and Safety at School, Book, Arts and Culture, McDonald's
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Turning junk into art
The artist traced her giant baby doll concept back to when she cleared out her 10-year-old son's room of toys he no longer touched. "I had just been stashing things in his room," Joyce Dallal said, describing the size of her now 13-year-old son's past...
Tags: Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Arts, Energy, Material Science
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Calendar
TILL JUNE 23 West Coast Artists "Contemporary Traditionalists: A West Coast Perspective," a show featuring 48 works by 18 South Orange County artists, runs at the Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main St. Among the artists on display are Scott Albert,...Tags: Entertainment, Social Issues, Arts and Culture, Arts, Vaccines
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