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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
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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)
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Get Planting!
Tomatomania, herb festival, spring plant sale return with heirloom tomato seedlings, lectures, demonstrations, guided herb walks, herbal products for sale. Guest of honor is botanist, herb aficionado James Duke, who ...
MoreHistoric Home Tours
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) offers chance to tour five private historic homes on Seventh Avenue. The homes, designed and built for prominent citizens (1904-1913), are work of acclaimed architects ...
MoreVisit a Volcanic Plug...
Hike up Mount Calavera — whose aforementioned plug is estimated to be 28 million years old — during exploration of Calavera Preserve led by Canyoneers. Expect moderate hike, mostly flat, ...
MoreMaki Madness
Calling competitive eaters! Organized on bracket system, this sushi-eating contest takes place in rounds and heats. During first three rounds, competitors who demolish two uncut "Tootsy Maki" in fastest time ...
MoreKooza!
Cirque du Soleil "combines two circus traditions — acrobatic performance and the art of clowning" — to tell story of "The Innocent," a melancholy loner in search of his place ...
MoreCelebrate Nowruz
Iranian New Year celebrations promised during lawn program. Professional dancers from Los Angeles and dancers from local Persian Dance Academy perform traditional ethnic and folk dances in authentic costumes. There ...
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