Group 2011 October

Downtown San Diego archive for October, 2011

Leonard Patton & Geoffrey Keezer's Expressions

Expressions represents a sublime collaboration between two of San Diego's best kept secrets: vocalist Leonard Patton, and pianist Geoffrey Keezer. ...

Bye, Deco. Hi, McFadden's. Bye, Suite and Tender. Hi, Saltbox.

Deco's, the block-long, floor-through Gaslamp nightclub and once-upon-a-time decent restaurant, is gone for good. The new tenant is McFadden's Restaurant ...

Donovan's Downtown Gets Fishy with Hot New Chef

The Gaslamp branch of Donovan's is not just another steakhouse -- it's now Donovan's Prime Seafood (at 333 Fifth Avenue, ...

Kevyn Lettau CD-Release Party @ Anthology, Oct. 27

Kevyn Lettau is celebrating the release of her brand new CD, Drawn To You, at Anthology in Little Italy at ...

Tonight at SDAFF: Meet Goh Nakamura, Musician & Star of Surrogate Valentine

Dave Boyle’s Surrogate Valentine was the first SDAFF screener to make its way to my DVD player. While it’s not ...

Surf Sup, in the Gaslamp?

I’ve got one thing to say about JJ’s: steak sliders. For $6.99 you get three of them, little buns with ...

Strong Mayor: Strong Mayor vs. Occupy San Diego

Looks like Strong Mayor has had enough of the protestors clogging up Civic Center Plaza...

San Diego Reader Announces New "Smokable Ads"

In Wake of US Attorney's Ominous Statements Regarding Alt-Weekly Medical Marijuana Ads, Notorious Publisher Jim Holman Implements "Hemp-Based" Back Pages. ...

Equality 9 (or 8) to Stand Trial

Demonstrators from the San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality, joined by supporters from the Occupy San Diego group encamped nearby, ...

Kingdom at Liquid Geometry this Thursday

“We're still striving to bring this blossoming beat scene the most progressive and experimental sounds from around the world,” says ...

Film Trailer puts the Focus on Hocus

They call it “48 Hour Freak Out.” It’s a film short of the band Hocus performing whirlwind gigs over the ...

Occupy San Diego Holds Rally, March on Civic Center

Several hundred members of the Occupy San Diego movement gathered around 11 a.m. at the western edge of Balboa Park ...

Splintered Occupy San Diego Movement Seeks to Re-Unify

Some in the Occupy San Diego movement have declared a meeting at 4 p.m. this afternoon near the USS Midway ...

San Diego Brainbomb Two Festival of Sound and Visuals

Tonight, SxDx NOISE and analog projectionists Operation: MINDBLOW kick off a three night music series based on improvisational sound and ...

U.S. Grant Celebrating Booze-Inspired Felonies of Yesteryear

The US Grant Hotel is a local landmark with history and class to spare. But even this 101-year-old, seemingly demure ...

Kessler Case May Be Headed for Settlement

The city attorney is scheduled to brief city council in closed session Monday on Scott Kessler's unlawful termination suit against ...

Get La Cura

La Cura – The Cure – started, stopped then started again recently. When I ask Vista conguero Ernie Becquer about ...

James Farm Wows Anthology Crowd

In what certainly must be considered a highlight concert event of 2011, Anthology brought the co-op quartet James Farm to ...

Erasure Delivers at House of Blues

Erasure hasn't toured for a while, so the raucous crowd at the House of Blues could be excused for it's ...

Small World: An Interesting Deal between Casey Wasserman and Tom Gores

If the effort to build a new, taxpayer-subsidized downtown stadium for the Chargers ever gets to the serious stage, the ...