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Thursday | 18 THE 50-YEAR JOURNEY OF AN AVIATRIX Meet one of the women who paved the way for women in space. Aviation pioneer Colonel M.W. “Wally” Funk, youngest of the “Mercury 13” women selected for astronaut medical testing in ... More Post a comment

Roam-O-Rama

Upper Hot Spring Canyon

Silent, except for the gentle gurgle of water over stone, upper Hot Spring Canyon is an easy-to-reach hideaway in the Santa Ana Mountains, not very far from a pair of Cleveland National Forest campgrounds. Those campgrounds, Blue Jay and Falcon, ... More Post a comment

Sporting Box

Snack Time

I read the NCAA is thinking about changing its postseason basketball tournament to a 96-team format and mutter to self, “The Rapacious Evil that is the NCAA.” Said Rapacious Evil has a working monopoly on Division I athletics. It’s a ... More Post a comment

Movie Review

Around and About

In between films at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, I can spare but passing glances at the world outside. And with the NCAA basketball tournament added this Thursday to the ongoing festival, we can’t expect me next week to ... More Comment (1)

Theater Review

Fairy Tale, with Knives

If you get the chance, do see Moonlight Stage Productions’ wonderful Ring Round the Moon. It’s got a terrific cast, a handsome look, humor, brainteasers, and panache — and closes March 21. Asked what he feared most, Truman Capote said, ... More Post a comment

Club Crawler

Sonic Colonic

Thursday 18Miami’s mad-rappin’ Clarence Reid, aka Blowfly, rolls up on Radio Room. The 64-year-old is the self-described original nasty rapper and claims to have written and recorded the first rap song ever, “Rapp Dirty”: “This is Blowfly, the master of ... More Comment (1)