San Diego Reader

• Place of Worship

Icon Church

• at Say Lula salon, 955 South 16th Street, San Diego, CA 92101 | Directions
• 619-200-2150

Say Lula Salon occupies the ground floor of a resuscitated Art Deco box in the East Village; on Sunday mornings, Icon Church occupies Say Lula. It’s a neat fit. The space was crammed with eclectic art — it took a moment to realize that the three burgundy thrones on the turf-covered stage were actually hair-washing stations draped in fabric. Nobody sat in those chairs on Sunday; the musicians and speakers never even ascended the stage, choosing instead to stay nearly within arm’s reach of the congregation. But the symbolism still held ... More