On Thursday night, a few minutes before sunset, I found a parking spot at 13th and G Streets in East Village, and called upstairs to let them know I had arrived. From the sidewalk I …
December 4, 2020
News & Stories
Izola lowers a breadbasket in East Village
Jack Webb’s Dragnet: like a patrol officer floating on a Segway
Jack Webb was many things — director, actor, writer, gun-lover, John Bircher, recording artist, ultra-right-wing Viet Cong-hating fascist, two-fisted drinker, producer, chain smoker — but first and foremost, he was an auteur. His could be …
December 4, 2020
Georg Trakl: December’s mood over meaning
December Sonnet At evening jugglers travel through the forest On quaint wagons, small steeds. A golden stash seems locked in clouds. In the dark plain villages are painted. The red wind billows linen black and …
December 4, 2020
La Jolla Symphony's amateurs reach high
The La Jolla Symphony recently released a performance of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 from their performance vault. I gave it a listen and have concluded that it is a fine, fine, performance. For those who …
December 4, 2020
Finding connections between art and faith in Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking on Water
Westminster Presbyterian Church Contact: 3598 Talbot St, San Diego 619-223-3193 www.westminstersd.org Membership: 100 Pastor: Megan Cochran Neighborhood: Point Loma Age: 34 Born: Albert Lea, MN Formation: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago …
December 4, 2020
Brewery taprooms don’t stay closed for long
Sorrento Valley barrel-aged sour beer-maker California Wild Ales announced last week it will be opening a taproom in Ocean Beach. Actually, it’s taking over the same Newport Avenue taproom originally opened by Helm’s Brewing, and …
December 4, 2020