Out & About Entries for November, 2011

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Kushner on Playwriting

Tony Kushner's Angels in America (currently at the Lyceum Space) has been hailed as one of the finest plays of ...

Kate Clark's Sculptures Stuffed with Ephemera

“I’m interested in doing work involving communication with people,” says artist and Anacortes, Washington native Kate Clark over a cup ...

Internet Book Reviews: City of the Gods: Forgotten

Trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, D'Molay is a tracker who works for ...

Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Old Globe Theatre

He's back. Sure, he's as tall as a power forward and can bench press, he brags, 450 pounds. He can ...

Whack Friday Alternatives

Concerned that being pepper sprayed by rabid Black Friday shoppers at Walmart will only bring back difficult memories of Occupy ...

Hit a Home Run for Epilepsy at the Gingerbread City Gala

As National Epilepsy Awareness Month draws to an end, the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County is gearing up to ...

Learn to be Latina at Diversionary

Enrique Urueta's equal opportunity offender has toured the country, including a stop at Minneapolis' prestigious - and tough-minded - Mixed ...

Inner Vibration at the Fire Garden

On Saturday, my buddies Michael Mannino and Arian Banki threw a party at a private residence near Vista in celebration ...

The Biography of a Diary

The Diary of Anne Frank runs through December 4 at OnStage Playhouse. Here's some background for this fine production: On ...

Rock of Ages: Contemporary Music Traditions at Barona Reservation Opens Nov. 19

On November 19, the Barona Cultural Center & Museum will open Rock of Ages: Contemporary Music Traditions on the Barona ...

A Dream Role

Right now, several actors are clearly performing dream roles: Linda Libby as Mama Rose in Ion's Gypsy; Rosina Reynolds (Amanda ...

Kevin Harrington's Wounded Warrior Bike Ride from Montauk to San Diego Comes to An End!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS4mgdHcn2w On September 23, Kevin Harrington set out to ride from the Montauk lighthouse to San Diego in an effort ...

Stiff Drinks and Cocktales at the Ryan Roots Cocktail Club

Ever courting fresh alibis for day drinking on the weekend, I negotiated the rain on Saturday to check out the ...

The Musical Paul Gauguin at Asian Story Theater

Asian Story Theater is work-shopping this new musical. The project was ready for a tryout and, with tinkering and revising, ...

Make Good on 11/11/11

I’ve heard a lot of murmurs about 11/11/11 over the past few weeks, everything from foreboding rumors of apocalypse to ...

What's in a Title?

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - currently in a deeply moving production at New Village Arts - tells the ...

Sezio to Occupy North Park for Four-Day Weekend

Sezio, a local art nonprofit, plans to occupy the Sunset Temple in North Park on Thursday and stay until Sunday. ...

"The Other F Word" Punk Rock Fathers Docu @ the Ken Nov. 25

What happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians, punk rockers, become society’s ultimate authorities: dads? The Other F Word tackles this ...

Twelfth Night at White Theatre

In Merry Olde England, Twelfth Night was a last call for holiday cheer. After the 12 days of Christmas, the ...

Return to Innocence - Juan Soldado's Haunted Grave in Tijuana

Just a stone’s throw from the border, Puerta Blanca cemetery is Tijuana’s oldest graveyard and home to the crypt of ...

Green Flash Beer Week Kick Off at the Ruby Room

The Reader’s resident craft beer enthusiast Brandon Hernández has already filled you in on many of tomorrow’s San Diego Beer ...

Spring Awakening at American Rose Theatre

I can only review half of American Rose's production, since the company has double-cast the musical: the "Red Cast" (high ...

Candlelight Memorial Vigil for the Homeless

The San Diego Rescue Mission's 10th annual candlelight vigil for the homeless takes place this Sunday, November 6. "The interfaith ...

To Bow or Not to Bow

At the end of Gypsy, Mama Rose hits bottom. Her daughters - June and the ugly duckling Louise - have ...