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East Village
Blog entries concerning the East Village area of downtown San Diego.
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Entries
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 ...
Stay Strange: Author & Punisher, Isolde Touch, and Ides of Gemini
East Village art and performance space hosts local doom/drone metal, pointilistic soundscapes, and psych-rock.
Stay Strange continues their legacy of outsider art and music - which relocated from the Kava Gallery to Space 4 ...
Rez Abbasi, Mark Dresser, Satoshi Takeishi : Live
Free wheeling solos and rhythmic adventure characterized this excellent trio of sonic explorers.
These Bonnie Wright concerts just keep getting better. On the last day of March, NYC guitarist Rez Abbasi assembled a ...
Best events in San Diego through April 10
Friday | 5 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC YouTurn Arts 2013 presents Light in the Attic: Explorations of Luminance, Love and ...
DerbyWise: not a piece about girly-girls
Circle Circle dot dot presents a theater production about local Roller Derby girls.
Roller Derby girls. Maybe you’ve seen them unwinding after a match at a neighborhood dive, celebrating rollerskate conquests over a ...
Rez Abbasi Trio: March 31
Expect sparks to fly when the guitarist performs with fellow New Yorker, SatoshiTakeishi and SD bass great Mark Dresser.
Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art concludes this month with a bang by virtue of a performance from ...
East Village: Pakistani food has landed!
Chicken tikka masala competes with pizza at 10th and Broadway
The floor tiles at the entrance read “Broadway Linoleum and Carpet Co.” That must have been a long time ago. ...
Carl Stone live in the East Village
Electronic music pioneer blended a myriad of sounds for a journey into places unknown.
Electronic music composer Carl Stone was the featured performer at Bonnie Wright's March 14 installment of her Fresh Sound @ ...
