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Thursday | 4 COFFEE WITH CCDC What’s going on downtown? Find out firsthand, as the Centre City Development Corporation hosts a discussion forum with information about downtown redevelopment, projects in the works, and plans for the future. Friday | 5 ... More Post a comment
Roam-O-Rama
Smoke Tree Canyon
Stark and barren, yet glorious in their nakedness, Anza-Borrego’s skeletal mountain ranges conceal more than they reveal to casual passersby. If you want to know them better, you must leave the security of the automotive cocoon and start walking — ... More Post a comment
Sporting Box
Super Bowl Edition
An NFL placekicker has his own world. For him, the word “placekicker” is another way of saying “no contact.” Contact, for a placekicker, is referred to as “roughing the kicker.” A normal day at the office means he’ll be in ... More Comments (5)
Movie Review
Back in the Spotlight
It seems impossible to speak of Mel Gibson’s “comeback” in Edge of Darkness without speaking of what it is he is coming back from. But speaking strictly, the aftermath of his arrest for drunk driving in 2006 was altogether another ... More Comments (11)
Theater Review
The Coldest Wind
At first it looks as if Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers (1991) will repeat the coming-of-age theme in his Brighton Beach trilogy. It’s 1942. When their father hits the road to pay off a loan shark, Jay and Artie Kurnitz ... More Comment (1)
Club Crawler
Sonic Assault
Thursday 4The Brooklyn-band hype machine needed something different, a new sound and language to distract from the steady stream of ornate art-pop acts — the TV on the Radios and Dirty Projectors, the Animal Collectives and Grizzly Bears — flowing ... More Post a comment
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"Overheard and Famous in San Diego"
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Join Jay Allen Sanford for the opening reception of his exhibit of Overheard in San Diego and Famous Former Neighbors comic strips. See the one and only strip ever rejected by the Reader. Live art installation and live music by Bart Mendoza, Wendy Bailey, and Cathryn Beeks. Beeks will perform "Overheard in San Diego" theme song. The winner of the Famous Former Neighbors song contest will be announced and will also perform.
Today's Events
Eco-Friendly Whale Watching
Guided kayak tours "get very close to the whales without large boats and crowds of people to startle the whales or spoil the experience." Tours include La Jolla's sea caves. ...
MoreEco-Friendly Whale Watching
Guided kayak tours "get very close to the whales without large boats and crowds of people to startle the whales or spoil the experience." Tours include La Jolla's sea caves. ...
More"Benefit Concert for Haiti: Music for Life"
Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas — a recipient of the Andrés Segovia award — performs to benefit Haitian relief efforts by Partners in Health. Suggested donation: $50. 619-260-7509.
MoreSogetsu School Ikebana
Learn basics of Sogetsu-style ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) from Yumi Rakers. Materials list upon required advance registration. Fee: $15 per session, or $40 for four sessions. Registration: 619-232-2721.
MoreGray Whale Season Returns!
Outings hosted by Birch Aquarium at Scripps and San Diego Harbor Excursion boast Scripps naturalists on hand to share information about gray whales, the ecology, and history of San Diego ...
MoreBothersome Backyard Bandits
One is masked! Preschoolers (with an adult) learn about nocturnal omnivores during "Ant-Sized Adventures" program with skulls, scats, pelts, craft, trail walk. 619-582-6261.
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