Out & About Entries for April, 2012

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El Zonkey Show: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Like (or at Least with) a Mexican

For the past year-and-a-half or so, Enrique Limón, author of CityBeat’s deviant The Enrique Experience column, has been extending his ...

Respect: A Musical Celebration of Women at the Lyceum

About half way into Dorothy Marcic's revue, a shiny black rotary phone sits on a chair center-stage. Kelsey Venter kneels ...

The Bare Essentials: Burlesque Workshop with Catherine D'lish

Don the glitter and glam of modern burlesque performance with a workshop from strip tease starlet Catherine D'lish. “Whether you ...

Victory Theater Opens Fun House, Music Monthlies

It was a sad day for clowns when, last July, antiquated zoning regulations forced Technomania Circus to shut down their ...

Lucille's Ashes

As he recalled his process for a recent blog about Cygnet Theatre's Parade, director Sean Murray added an anecdote that ...

Rock, Paper, Scissors for a Lifetime

Have you ever considered that life might just be a big game of rock, paper, scissors? The Sankhya system of ...

San Diego Veteran Writers Take The Stage With Tim O’Brien

(From a press release dated 4/23/2012) As part of Grossmont Community College’s 16th Annual Literary Arts Festival, Tim O’Brien will ...

A Look Back

Cygnet Theatre's extraordinary Parade must close this weekend. The musical tells the story of Leo Frank, a Southern Jew wrongly ...

Dusty Rhodes Puke

I went to a “boot camp” on Saturday morning at Dusty Rhodes Park in Ocean Beach. The session was put ...

If Polar Bears Don't Kill You

A virtual Arctic experience opened on Friday in the dome theatre of the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center at Balboa ...

Deconstruction of a Drag Queen at Circle Circle dot dot

Shaun Tuazon's terrific performance shoots a sure arc through a production filled with highs and lows. He plays Michael, a ...

Latin Jams, Organic Cuisine, and Craft Beverages: LoCura Release Party at Conscious Playground

Bay Area reggae and Latin groove outfit LoCura will be celebrating the release of their second album, Semilla Caminante, at ...

SoCal Showcase TV Show's New Home Venue in OB

"Our TV show now has its own weekly music showcase," says producer Joe Stevens, whose local music program SoCal Showcase ...

Ripples from Walden Pond

I used to teach in humanities programs. We began one with Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Student read it, took its ...

Lots of Heat and a Stroke Survivor in Boston

The 116th edition of the Boston Marathon ground runners to a pulp with 80 degree weather on Monday. The men’s ...

This at North Coast Repertory Theatre

Slouching towards 40-something. A year ago Jane and Roy had an ideal marriage, if seen from afar; Tom and Marrell ...

4th & B Changes Include 2nd Floor Happy Hour Lounge & Ernie Ball Room

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/15/22907/ "I got hired in January as the new talent buyer/head of redevelopment at 4th and B," Chris Leyva tells ...

The Pride at Diversionary Theatre

For Alexi Kaye Campbell's difficult drama, Diversionary imported director Glenn Paris, from Ion Theatre, and three Craig Noel Award-winning actors: ...

Look Down Your Nose

I journeyed north in search of a yoga class. It was rumored to be at 775 N. Vulcan Dr. in ...

A Man, His Wife, and His Hat at Moxie Theatre

Sir Isaac Newton was wrong. Gravity isn't the only law of the land. In Lauren Yee's 90-minute, surrealistic piece, love ...

Belgian Waffle Ride Not for Freddy Freeloaders

This Sunday, April 15, North County-based Spy Optic is hosting a grueling 124+ mile bicycle ride that will see 150 ...

Turn of the Screw at Intrepid Shakespeare Company

In Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation, Henry James' spooky tale isn't a traditional ghost story. It's more like a demonic possession. Or ...

Supplemental

If you’ve ever walked into a store like GNC or Vitamin Shoppe you may have noticed there are an overwhelming ...

Tijuana Art Alley Celebrates Two Year Anniversary

Tijuana art alley Pasaje Rodriguez is celebrating their two year anniversary throughout April with a series of concerts, expositions, and ...

Los Lobos April 19 @Anthology for ¡Héroes de la Salud! Benefit

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/11/22656/ On Thursday, April 19, the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation will host ¡Héroes de la Salud! (Heroes of ...

Basshenge Art Auction

As part of their series of fundraisers to construct a bass-fueled Stonehenge replica at Burning Man 2012, Basshenge is hosting ...

Stage Directions

Someone once said, "to write a mystery, you can't be mysterious. You must be precise." Sam Shepard's experiments with form ...

San Diego Record Show April 21 - plus The Day I Sold My Albums to Off the Record

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/07/22405/ The San Diego Record Show is only two weeks away, set for Saturday, April 21: it's either time to ...

Certified Instruction

Becoming a yoga instructor is a popular idea these days. I heard that local soprano and recent college graduate Elisa ...

Rain Check

After being rained out on March 17th, I didn’t know this type of event could be rained out, the Oriflamme ...

13th Annual Sharon’s Ride.Run.Walk for Epilepsy at DeAnza Cove

About 1 in 62 San Diegans’ lives are affected by epilepsy, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at them. ...

Lit Alert: Lux Deluxe

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/06/22320/ Thomas Lux Last fall, I had the good fortune to meet the Southern writer Jason Berry in his native ...

Circle Circle Dot Dot Deconstructs Local Drag Sensation

San Diego’s premiere community-based theatre group, Circle Circle Dot Dot, is opening their third full-length production tomorrow at 10th Avenue ...

Ghost Hunters in the Park

My friend and I were coming back from a bike ride, climbing the hill through Presidio Park, and we decided ...

California 70.3

The California Ironman 70.3 was held in Oceanside this last weekend. The 70.3 designator stands for the sum of a ...

Ignominious

I told my yoga instructor that I had been visiting various 24 Hour Fitness clubs and checking out their yoga. ...