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Out & About Entries for July, 2011
Long Story Short @ Space 4 Art
It may not seem like much, but you can get a lot done in five minutes: Beat Super Mario Brothers, ...
Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein at the Old Globe
Leonard Bernstein contained multitudes. He was more than an extraordinary composer/conductor, who knew every note in the canon and its ...
San Diego Isn’t RED-y
The two organizers of the Redheaded Party had planned the event for a month – fliers were designed, produced, and ...
Performing and Creative Art Showcase @ the Lynx Performance Theatre
Tonight’s free showcase will feature visual art, poetry, theatre, jazz, comedy, singing, food, and other performances by students of the ...
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm In Therapy at the Lyceum
"Your mother said to talk about drugs and sex." "Sure pop, what do you want to know? That's one of ...
Bacon Bingo
This Wednesday, July 27, two of your favorite Bs -- Bacon and Bingo -- will connect at El Take It ...
Comic-Con Days 1 - 4 Photo Funnies
"I just saw a guy dressed as Captain Caveman." "Uh, that was a homeless dude." Girl Scouts in Spaaaaacccce! "Is ...
A Star-Studded Opening Night
The Who's Tommy originated at the La Jolla Playhouse July, 1992. Co-written by Pete Townshend, of the Who, and Des ...
Animal Psychic
Ever wonder what the future has in store... for your dog? Sindi Somers, of Wild and Tame Wellness and Communications ...
Mexican Wrestling in Tijuana with Turista Libre
“Our mission: To get foreigners into Tijuana but away from Revolucion,” writes Derrik Chinn of Turista Libre, an alternative tour ...
Comic Con from the Outside: Thursday
Not unlike Rainbow Gatherings, Renaissance Fairs, and Insane Clown Posse concerts, the crowd at Comic Con is far more interesting ...
The Hillcrest Fire: Jason's Story
On Monday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m., Moxie Theatre hosts "After the Fire -- A Benefit Jam for Jason Connors ...
Calm Before the Comic-Con Storm
Arriving at the Convention Center on July 19 (below), located at 111 West Harbor Drive, I observed a tranquility that ...
The Hillcrest Fire: Gwen's Story
On Monday, July 25, at 7:30, Moxie Theatre hosts "After the Fire - a Benefit Jam for Jason Connors and ...
Art and Wine
I'd say "together at last," but this combo is nothing new. But there is something unique about the wine and ...
I Left My Heart at Brohemian Grove
My roommate Eli’s birthday falls on the same day as the Cremation of Care ritual at the annual U.S. elite ...
Air Condition Composition Drink n' Draw
Need another excuse to drink on Mondays? Try the weekly Air Condition Composition Drink ‘n Draw at the AC Lounge. ...
Five Course Love at North Coast Rep
Gertrude Stein said of Oakland, California, "There is no there, there" — or was that what Oakland said of Stein? ...
Rainbows Everywhere!
I'm bummed to be out of town this year during the San Diego Gay Pride Festival. Because it's today, their ...
Auction Hunters Prowling For Goods in San Diego
Allen Haff rummages through the back of a black Nissan SUV outside a Jamba Juice in Hillcrest. Haff, one-half of ...
Of a Shipwreck and The Tempest
The storm and shipwreck in Shakespeare's The Tempest came from his creative alchemy. There is, however, a possible source that ...
Girls in Gelatin and Dude Body Shots
“I’ve been training and have some tricks up my onesie,” says Lilly Holiday from House of Pink BoomBox burlesque and ...
The Woolgatherer at Ion Theatre
Rose is such an emotional shut in it doesn't take Cliff long to ask, "Do you believe in life before ...
Geneva Jacuzzi Meets The Cure
I paid $10 to the door man to see Wednesday night‘s show at the Casbah, 2501 Kettner Boulevard. I walked ...
Save Sex Ape from Bushmeat
You probably remember bonobos from high school or college anthropology courses as those apes that have sex all the time ...
'Stonewall Riot' Lecture Part of PRIDE Week
The San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality (SAME) will host “Rediscovering Stonewall,” a presentation on the 1969 Stonewall Riots of ...
Body Awareness at Ion Theatre
It's "Body Awareness Week" at Shirley State College in Vermont. Speakers and installations will promote physical diversity. Also on campus: ...
Cafe Sevilla Celebrates Grand Re-opening
Cafe Sevilla has announced their grand re-opening party for Wednesday, July 27 after closing doors for months to undergo a ...
The Fab & Furious Queer Circus of Dastardly Delights
In anticipation of San Diego’s LGBT Pride celebration, So Say We All, San Diego Writers, Ink, and the San Diego ...
Rad Patio: Sweet Tea, Beer-Basters, and Live Music at the Lafayette Pool
A solid candidate for Raddest Patio, the recently remodeled 65-year-old Lafayette swimming pool measures two inches short of an Olympic ...
Cinema Under the Stars
On a beautiful Thursday evening with a temperature of 71 degrees, I had planned on watching the classic Alfred Hitchcock ...
Peer Gynt at La Jolla Playhouse
Henrik Ibsen's evasive masterpiece (1867) has five, hour-long acts, around 50 characters, and more locations than most movies. At the ...
SpeakHer Open Mic for Women: Kava Lounge
Photo on left: Miki Vale This afternoon I sketched a vision which came to me in last night’s fitful sleep ...
Fire in Hillcrest
News helicopters are circling above and the streets are blocked off around Vermont St. and University Avenue in Hillcrest, where ...
San Diego Is Turning into Its Own Little Montmartre
On Friday evening, July 1, people paid three dollars each to view art by local artists at the San Diego ...
June Bugs Emerging
June Bugs are emerging as summer's warmth is finally upon us. The green June beetle, only one of some 300 ...
The Show Must Go On
Years ago, my brother Michael was an actor at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis (at left in the photo, as ...
Magnolia in Bloom
Magnolia, the southern-U.S.-native commonly planted as a decorative street tree in many of San Diego's older neighborhoods, continues to bloom ...
Rad Patio: Redwing on the Sabbath
In order to evade the prospect of toiling on the Sabbath, I made my way to the rad patio at ...
Ironic Independence Celebration
So, I'm tooling through a neighborhood I only recently learned is called Middletown, and I come across a banner at ...
San Diego Heats Up
The heat of summer will most likely reach its feverish peak in inland San Diego County during the coming month ...
Much Ado About Nothing at Old Globe
When Shakespeare wrote his "merry war" between Beatrice and Benedick, intelligent women were in vogue. Men still kept an eye ...
Art Fist Collective Presents: "B-Side" Visual Art by Musical Tastemakers
If you're still wondering what to do with your Friday night, check out the JETT Gallery in Little Italy, where ...
Party Too Hard, Pick Up Trash
During this holiday weekend, if you party too hard in Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, or Mission Bay and find yourself ...
