Out & About entries for July, 2012

Haute Sex

New Best Thing presents Haute Sex, a sex-themed sketch comedy and stand-up showcase tomorrow, August 1, at 9 p.m. at ...

Water Gun Fight!

Mark your calendars: on Saturday, August 11 from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. of Sunday, August 12 nearly 400 participants ...

Ladies Only: Go Fast, Turn Left, Have Fun!

It seems relatively rare for sports to be opened up to, and specifically marketed toward, women, but Crank Cycling coaching ...

Vacation Challenge

It's vacation time. I wonder if I'll run during my vacation this year. It would appear to be easy but ...

Screen on the Green

On Saturday, August 4 at 8:00 p.m. Balboa Park, in partnership with the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, is showing ...

Bon Odori: Gathering of Joy

On Saturday, August 4 from 5 to 9 p.m., the annual Buddhist community celebrates Bon Odori to commemorate deceased friends ...

Vanished at Swedenborg Hall

Soon-to-be-divorced Nancy, her mother Louise, and unwed, six-months-pregnant Jenny are sitting around, trashing men. Jerks're this. Gobs of that. And ...

Writing Workshops

On Saturday, August 4 San Diego Writers, Ink (710 13th St) offers two writing workshops led by professional writers for ...

The Goonies at Full Moon Drive In

Tonight at 8:30 p.m. The Goonies is playing at the Full Moon Drive In (1500 Felspar St) in Pacific Beach. ...

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Flutter Tunnel: Local Innovators Turn Burning Man Art Installation Into Philanthropy Project

A nationwide 12-person group with members in San Diego has 5 days left to raise over $2,000 for a Burning ...

Revolt Summer Surf

Revolt Summer Surf Series is an eco-friendly beach fair "dedicated to providing a stage for both male and female surfers ...

U.S. Surf Open

The Nike U. S. Open of Surfing officially begins today in Huntington Beach, and runs through August 5. The free ...

Olympic Pick 'Em

On the eve of the Olympics I just found a great way to follow the games. Yahoo Sports has an ...

Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival

50 food trucks! 60 craft beers! Live music! Free kid activities! The second annual Gourmet Food Truck & Craft Beer ...

Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight

Right before the opening curtain, Moonlight makes the traditional announcement: turn off cell phones, no photographs, etc. They should add ...

Runtastic Enters the App Race

I was asked to check out the Runtastic tracking app so I did. I loaded it on the phone and ...

Yoga for Hope

Yoga for Hope "was born out of City of Hope's efforts to expand awareness of the importance of the mind-body-spirit ...

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Your Week: July 26-August 1

Thursday | 26 WHAT’CHA BEEN READIN’?Midsummer is the perfect time to share what you’ve been reading and hear what books ...

Ocean Beach Street Style: The Return of the Fanny Pack

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/25/28552/ Pictured: Gabrielle Age: 21 Occupation: Student/Waitress Style Staple: Denim jackets and cute shoes http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/25/28556/ Pictured: Alex and Jude Age: ...

Young Adult Book Club

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/26/28591/ If you have a young bookworm at home, Malcom X Library (5148 Market St) is hosting a young adult ...

Fashion & Film Festival

For three consecutive nights, July 26, 27, and 28 from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m., the La Jolla Fashion & Film ...

Tuesday Farmers Markets

Every single day in San Diego, farmers markets are open to the public. Tuesday farmers markets are open in: Coronado ...

Shen Yung Asian Ballet

Shen Yung Performing Arts founded in 2006 to revive interest in the 5,000 year old Chinese culture nearly eliminated by ...

Southern Rock Revival

Southern Stue, a southern rock tribute band will be playing at Oceanside’s Brooks Theater on September 21st and again at ...

$40 Date

With the stubbornly slow economic growth, frugality is a necessity. Rachael Ray used to have a show where she went ...

Zoot Suit at SD Rep

Director Kirsten Brandt, choreographer Javier Velasco, and a huge cast are giving Luis Valdez's drama with music a splendid revival. ...

Hillcrest Farmers Market

Hillcrest Farmers Market is going on right now (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at the corner of Normal St and ...

Casting Controversy at La Jolla Playhouse

For its current Page-to-Stage project the La Jolla Playhouse is work-shopping The Nightingale, a musical by Duncan Sheik (composer) and ...

The Golden Hill Street Fair Is Back

The Golden Hill Street Fair is back, resurrected from the place where fun community events go during poor economic times. ...

Yoga on the Beach

Victoria Klein, sponsored by The Yoga Body Oceanside, leads a one-hour yoga class tonight, July 20, at the Oceanside harbor ...

Ed's Waterfront Run

Looking for some friends to run, swim, or cycle with? Have you checked out meetup.com? It's a great site for ...

Dinner and a Movie...and Peacocks!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/19/28303/ On August 17th, the Leo Carrillo Film Festival kicks off with a benefit dinner and screening of “Phantom of ...

I'm Your Biggest Fan

VAMP (visual art, music, and performance) showcases writers, artists, and musicians on the theme "I'm Your Biggest Fan" on Thursday, ...

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Your Week: July 19-25

Thursday | 19 INTERNATIONAL ROBOSUB COMPETITIONSponsored by U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research and Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, ...

Beginners Welcome

Summer is a great time to learn something new. Here are a few classes in San Diego for beginners. Sewing ...

Apps, Apps, Apps

There are several running/tracking apps available at the App Store and at Google Play. I decided to download three of ...

San Diego Brew Fest

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28243/ San Diego Brew Festival comes to Liberty Station for a second time on Saturday, July 21. All proceeds go ...

Wherefore Art Thou, Richard III?

Early in Shakespeare's play, Richard, Duke of Gloucester vows that since he's too deformed to "prove a lover," he'll become ...

Free Museum Tuesday

On the third Tuesday of every month, Balboa Park (1549 El Prado) opens 4 museums and the Japanese Friendship Garden ...

Indie Dance Party

Diamond Dust Fashion Show & Dance Party kicks off on July 21 at Kitty Diamond (3780 Park Blvd). Hosted by ...

The Oceanside Swap Meet: Home to Treasures and Tortillas

Have you ever been to a swap meet in San Diego County? One of my favorite childhood memories is all ...

Escondido's Inaugural Glow-in-the-Park Art Festival

The Escondido History Center is collaborating with the Arts Partnership and Municipal Gallery to create an Art Park, Saturday August ...

Grooming the Groom

Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Joe get to watch their own funeral. Shakespeare lets Rosalind do what others would love ...

Grocery Run

"Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond." --Ramakrishna. ...

Bike to the Baja Beer Fest in Tijuana

Craft beer and bike rides. They go together like bath salts and cannibalism, and this weekend you’ll have a chance ...

Long Live Pistorius

Have you heard of Pistorius? The name rings with grandeur. You might think Pistorius was a chronicler of the late ...

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Your Week: July 12-18

Thursday | 12POP THURSDAY GOES COMIC CRAZYCalling all cosplayers! Dress up as your favorite character for a costume contest and ...

Nice Bridge

If you've gone north on the I-15 in order to get to what used to be called The Wild Animal ...

Tour San Diego Bay

This week I took a San Diego harbor tour for the first time via San Diego Harbor Excursions. Tickets cost ...

PRIDE Festival & Parade

Pride Festival begins on Saturday, July 21 at noon and runs through Sunday evening. The event will feature performances by ...

PRIDE Block Party

San Diego kicks off Pride weekend with its first ever Pride Block Party on Friday, July 20 from 7 to ...

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Nonprofit Brings Gift of Corrective Surgeries

Local nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts is gearing up for one of its six to seven annual Surgery Weekends, to ...

Act One

Moss Hart knew "the dark brown taste of being poor." And when he made his considerable fortune on Broadway he ...

Zombie Apocalypse on Friday the Thirteenth!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27675/ If for any reason you missed out on Comic Con tickets, you can still participate in the free Zombie ...

Star Wars Night

Tonight The Range Kitchen & Cocktails (1263 University Ave) in Hillcrest hosts their monthly dinner theater. In celebration of Comic ...

Do Anything at Space 4 Art - Including Alien Genitalia.

Synchronized with the start of Comic Con, the downtown gallery Space 4 Art will be hosting a related event entitled ...

San Diego's Hot Summer Conferences

San Diego’s mild climate and waterfront location attracts large scale international conferences, which in turn pour millions into the local ...

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Moons Over Orange County

If full moons are your thing than you're in luck, because hundreds of them can be seen Saturday afternoon lined ...

SoCal Vintners Sponsor Summer Music Series

Local vintners run all sorts of promotions to lure wine drinkers through their doors, from grape stomp harvest parties to ...

Young Adult Fiction Writing

Summer is a great time for self-exploration, whether it's through travel, outdoor activities, or creative classes. San Diego Writers, Ink, ...

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Poetry Reading

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reads from her collection, But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise on Saturday, July 28 at 7 p.m. ...

North County’s Summer Concerts in the Park

Oceanside sponsors the family orientated Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at Heritage Park on Peyri Road from now until August 12th. ...

Seeing Balboa Park

This may seem obvious, but Balboa Park in summer is essential. There are the museums, and the film series, plays, ...

Time Trial

Today's stage of the Tour de France is a "time trial". A time trial is individual riders racing against the ...

TEDx

TED was founded in 1984 in California with the first TED conference in Monterey. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and ...

Cinépolis is the New Theater in Town...Prepare to Recline!

If you haven’t tried Cinépolis, you’re in for an unusual movie going experience. With two locations in San Diego County: ...

Dames at Sea at North Coast Rep

"When I look into those big brown eyes of yours," Dick says to Ruby, "there's only one thing I want ...

Color Me Rad 5K

At Color Me Rad 5K runners start out "as clean as newborn babes" and get blasted with rainbow colored cornstarch ...

Fallbrook's High School Choir to Sing Back Up Vocals for Foreigner

Members of the Fallbrook Union High School varsity choir, the “Madrigals”, will sing back up for Foreigner ‘s “I Want ...

The Man Who Came to Dinner at Coronado Playhouse

He was Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943). In his time more people may have admired, and feared, him than even knew about ...

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Unmasked! Local Cartoonist Gallery Opens Today w/Hills Like Elephants

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/07/27434/ Just in time for Comic-Con, some of the most notable artists in San Diego’s thriving and sizable comics community ...

Summer Movies in the Park

The San Diego County’s award winning Summer Movies in the Park series rolled its first reel June 1 in Heritage ...

Rocky Horror Midnight Show

The Ken Cinema in Kensington (4061 Adams Ave) is showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight on Saturday, July ...

The Hills of San Diego

Pictured: PLNU's Greek Theater Time to visit another of San Diego’s hills. Hill Street in Point Loma has an appropriate ...

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Out & About Entries for July, 2012