Talk of the Towne Articles

82 - Jul / Aug 17

If you’ve dined alfresco under the stars on a balmy Southern California summer night, you know the experience reaches new heights in the company of good food and good friends. Such is the lure of the 2nd Annual Farmer’s Market to Table Dinner to be held on August... Read More →

If you’ve dined alfresco under the stars on...

Francoli Gourmet

Growing Up Gourmet

82 - Jul / Aug 17

Serving up delicious, authentic Northern Italian cuisine, Francoli Gourmet attracts loyal customers and longtime employees. Some of the restaurant’s well-trained staff started when they opened in 1993. “We’re like a family,” says owner Alberto Tilicone (left). Francoli Gourmet When Alberto Tilicone and his family came... Read More →

Serving up delicious, authentic Northern Italian cuisine, Francoli...

Discovering Your Cosmic Self

81 - May / Jun 2017

When it comes to the opportunities offered by Chapman University, many of them are of the once-in-a-lifetime variety. Such is the case with the May 13 Q&A and book signing with the authors of the New York Times Bestseller, You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic... Read More →

When it comes to the opportunities offered by...

A Library Legacy

80 - Mar / Apr 17

A decade ago, on April 21, 2007, the Orange Public Library & History Center re-opened in Old Towne after two years of construction. The 45,000-square-foot space featured a variety of long-awaited additions, including the Joanne Coontz History Center, the RJ Noble Teen Zone and the Klein Family... Read More →

A decade ago, on April 21, 2007, the Orange...

A Taste of Orange

80 - Mar / Apr 17

When Kennedy Schaal attended the Taste of Orange for the first time in 2015, the Old Towne resident immediately recognized the uniqueness of the event. Presented by the Orange Blossoms Auxiliary, an Auxiliary of Assistance League® of Orange, attendees of the event sample food from... Read More →

When Kennedy Schaal attended the Taste of Orange...

Holocaust Remembrance

80 - Mar / Apr 17

As time marches into the 21st Century and we recall the cataclysmic event of the Holocaust, memories and individual stories make this increasingly distant history meaningful and real. This wouldn’t be possible, however, without programs that commemorate this history in ways that educate and inspire.... Read More →

As time marches into the 21st Century and...

Well Run Games

80 - Mar / Apr 17

Though Villa Park Elementary parent Sarah Jarrell volunteers in many capacities at her children’s school, coaching at the annual Community Foundation of Orange Foundation Games is by far her favorite activity. “The Foundation Games are so well run, and the camaraderie built across the different... Read More →

Though Villa Park Elementary parent Sarah Jarrell volunteers...

Gene Kelly: The Legacy

79 - Jan / Feb 17

“Gene Kelly: The Legacy” comes to the Musco Center for the Arts at the end of January, marking a homecoming of sorts for Patricia Ward Kelly, whose acclaimed live-performance about her late husband, Gene Kelly, continues to receive rave reviews since her world tour first... Read More →

“Gene Kelly: The Legacy” comes to the Musco...

John Fowles Center for Creative Writing

79 - Jan / Feb 17

In the novel, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, which inspired the movie with the same name, British author John Fowles writes, “We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.” This idea that we all harbor stories within us to... Read More →

In the novel, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, which inspired...

Field of Valor II

78 - Nov / Dec 16

When Art Medina walked onto the inaugural Field of Valor in Orange’s Handy Park last year, the U.S. Marine, who served three tours in Iraq, had a transformational experience. “As I entered the field, a gust of wind came, and all of the flags swept... Read More →

When Art Medina walked onto the inaugural Field...