I was invited to a screening of RIO on AMC Theater’s new ETX screen at The Block of Orange a few weeks back. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it because I was planning to party it up in Las Vegas. So, I sent my husband with the kids and asked him to write me up a review. Here it is…

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The Woman’s Club of Orange will hold their 74th Annual Flower Show on Thursday, April 28, 2011, from Noon to 6pm.

This Flower Show is an amateur growers’ competition open to the general public. It’s a major community event in the City of Orange, with over 400 guests in attendance last year. No entry fees are charged.

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Chapman University’s Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society is hosting Magic @ the Library this Saturday, April 30 from 1pm to 3pm.

The event is FREE to children of all ages. There will be games, arts & crafts and story time. Stop by for a little Saturday fun with the kids.

The Orange Public Library is located at 407 East Chapman Avenue in Orange.

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CASA of Orange County will host the event “Be a Child’s Voice” on April 29, a free informal mixer open to the community. The event will be an opportunity to learn more about CASA and interact with current advocates who will share their experience about helping children in our community.

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Just found out that Two Sisters has announced they will be closing up shop. There’s a sign in their window that says “Time to Move On,” and they are liquidating their entire inventory. If you are a local and you love Two Sisters, then now’s your chance to go and show them some love. Their neighbors at CharmingShoppe let me know about this and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors, as do I. So sad to say good bye to such a quaint, charming business in our community…hopefully something equally unique will replace it.

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OCautocoupons.com is giving away free oil changes every day in May! A new winner will be chosen every day at 11am from Sunday May 1st to Tuesday May 31st.

You can enter the promotion on their Facebook page by clicking HERE or on their Blog by clicking HERE. Simply like OCautocoupons.com facebook page and fill out a simple form and your are entered!

To find out if you win, check their Blog at 11am every day in the month of May!

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We’re your Old Town Orange Allstate agency and from now until May 15, we’d like to offer you a $10 gift card to go try the new Ruby’s when you call us to get a auto, home, or life insurance quote! Please call (714) 639-6983 or email us at rebeccamurphy@allstate.com. You’re in good hamburgers with Allstate!

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A wonderful way to bring some cheer into the lives of women this Mother’s Day is to make a simple donation.

“Joanie’s Purses” is an outreach program of the YWCA Central Orange County which provides purses filled with personal care items, snacks and small gifts to women in Orange County shelters and transitional housing programs.

You can help in one of 2 ways. Either make a donation based on the list of items needed below or show up on April 30 to volunteer your time in putting the purses together.

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Orange Home Grown, Inc. announced the Grand Opening of the Certified Farmers & Artisans Market in Old Towne Orange, Calif., on Saturday, May 7, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. – 12 noon, at Chapman University’s Historic Villa Park Orchards Packinghouse parking lot located at the northwest corner of Cypress and Palm Avenue.

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I am a big proponent of Acupuncture, Osteopaths and other non-traditional types of treating your body’s issues. There have been many times in my life that I have used these types of doc’s to heal whatever it is that I’ve done to myself. Though, there was this one time that my step-dad gave me whiplash while trying to steal my winnings from a very serious game of Kanasta. Yep, he tried to steal a quarter from me and won! I had to go to the ER and had neck problems for EVER that were finally healed from a wonderful Osteopath in Santa Barbara, my first taste of non-traditional methods of healing. Since then, I’ve been hooked.

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