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Blog entries concerning the East Village area of downtown San Diego.

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Best events in San Diego: June 20-26

Thursday | 20 INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY The Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego County chapter hosts this celebration of surf culture. The ...

Best events in San Diego: June 13-20

Thursday | 13 MEDIA ARTS CENTER CARNIVAL This Media Arts Center fundraiser includes performances by comedian Mike Vinn, magician Nathan ...

Best events in San Diego: June 6-12

Thursday | 6 ERNEST SILVA: ARTIST AT WORK Experience how Ernest Silva develops his signature iconography. Complimentary appetizers and an ...

Cowboy Star: Tender is the bite

East Village choice: An $82 steak, or happy hour?

It stands opposite the Grocery Outlet, that new cheap-cheap grocery chain on Market Street that sells discontinued stock at cut ...

Ballpark: Bye El Vitral, hi Southpaw

Is Good Time Design taking over the neighborhood?

So. El Vitral really has closed. For months the bar-eatery with 220 tequilas to choose from and the fabulous view ...

Passengers perform Parameters at Space 4 Art

Vibraphonist Nathan Hubbard enlists an ensemble from San Diego and Tijuana to perform conceptual series

For the last several years, vibraphonist Nathan Hubbard has been presenting concerts under the moniker Passengers, usually as a five ...

Best events in San Diego: May 30-June 5

Thursday | 30 CULTURE AND COCKTAILS: PIRANESI Take a 3-D or holographic photo, have your portrait etched by the etch-a-sketch ...

Café Paris: Flying the Flag

Loris Compiano thought he had the perfect gimmick to get noticed

"So Loris," I say. I've just popped in to his Café Paris (455 10th Avenue, East Village, 619-674-8439) on the ...

Parker Trio live in the East Village

The creative Chicago/ Southern California guitarist brought his tight trio to town for some jagged explorations on the jazz aesthetic.

Concert promoter Bonnie Wright's importance to the music and arts community received some rare public acknowledgement on May 14, when ...

Taking the monkey by the paw

A first taste of new brewmaster's wares at Monkey Paw Pub & Brewing

In February, Monkey Paw Pub & Brewery (805 16th Street, East Village) brewmaster Derek Freese unexpectedly gave notice at the ...

Best events in San Diego: May 16-23

Thursday | 16 DIANE WAKOSKI POETRY READING Wakoski is the featured poet in this year’s San Diego Poetry Annual. Her ...

Jeff Parker Trio: May 14

The Chicago guitarist returns to Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art with his longstanding trio.

Bonnie Wright closes out her Spring String Theory concert series with a bang on May 14 by way of a ...

Downtown TailGate on hold

SDSU alum's brewpub delayed but it's full steam ahead for new beer series

Awhile back, I reported that TailGate Beer, a business owned by SDSU alum Wesley Keegan, was working on putting in ...

Exploring the solo guitar with Gyan Riley

Alternating between the classical instrument and a highly processed electric, Riley impressed on both axes.

I really had no idea who Gyan Riley was before attending his Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art debut on ...

Fresh Sound: Gyan Riley solo guitar April 25

The guitarist brings his diverse and exploratory music to the East Village.

Concert promoter extraordinaire Bonnie Wright continues her quest to expand the ears of the San Diego listening public on April ...

East Village: Country fried chicken for trolley watchers

Movie of life at 12th and Imp's snack gallery

At 12th and Imperial, switching from one trolley to another. Trouble is there's a third one gets in the way. ...

Best events in San Diego through April 23

Friday | 19 CHARLIE MURPHY Charlie Murphy’s rapid evolution from Chappelle’s Show cast member to top-billed international comedian, playing to ...

Tilted Kilt: Go for the beans!

Hot spot next to Petco gives Dragon's Den a run for its money

Across the road from Dragon’s Den, and right outside Petco Park’s main eastern gates sits the Tilted Kilt (310 10th ...

Padres Opening Day: Dragon’s Den Vs. Tilted Kilt

Baseball bar battles: Opening shots (Bourbon or Saktea?)

They’ve closed off J Street between 6th and 10th Avenues for the baseballs season’s opening day block party. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/09/43462/ And ...

Best events in San Diego: April 12-17

Friday | 12 GRUNION RUN Observe hundreds of small silver fish called grunion ride the waves onto La Jolla beaches ...

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