Out & About Entries for November, 2012

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Plaid Tidings at New Village Arts

Bad news on the Heaven Front: for many, acceptance doesn't guarantee tenure. The Our Lady of Harrisburg bus did the ...

Joshua Krause's Simple Ways

New solo show from artist runs through December 28

The lovable drunkard-cum-writer Charles Bukowski once said, “An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says ...

The plumber butt, a style epidemic

Two Kensington stylists discuss their biggest fashion pet-peeves.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/30/36243/ 33-year-old Gianina Contin (gray dress) feels there is a style epidemic sweeping the nation: The plumber butt. “It’s bad,’ ...

Finding calm before the holidays

Free, healthy ways to de-stress before the holidays!

Did anyone have a stressful Thanksgiving? I did. Just imagine that scene in A Christmas Story where the neighbors' dogs ...

Chili and Ceramics!

It may only be the 3rd Annual SoNo Park Holiday Fest & CHiLiPALooZA, but Kouta Shimazaki of San Diego Ceramic ...

The Space Between

The Space Between is the theme of the upcoming TEDxWomen at the Institute of the Americas on UCSD's campus (10111 ...

RIP Reader cover artist and underground comix legend Spain Rodriguez

Legendary illustrator from Zap Comix, Trashman, and locally produced Deepest Dimension Terror Anthology

Just got the news that legendary Zap Comix co-founder Spain Rodriguez has passed away. He and Robert Crumb were among ...

Lux After Hours

On Thursday, November 29, Lux After Hours will take place at Lux Art Institute (1550 South El Camino Real). The ...

San Diego ranks #2: the beautiful people

Travel + Leisure survey says San Diegans are beautiful

San Diego is beautiful. At least, that's what Travel + Leisure's annual America's Favorite Cities survey says. Based on readers' ...

Your Week: November 29-December 5

Thursday | 29JINGLE BELL BACHELOR BASH AUCTIONTwelve men line up for the fifth annual dating event to benefit the Junior ...

Street.Art.Prophets. opens Thursday

A play based on the lives of local graffiti writers by Circle Circle dot dot

On the heels of community-based theater productions such as Deconstruction of a Drag Queen, a few tales of love in ...

Street Style, Chula Vista: Same boots, $100 price difference

Can you spot the knock-offs?

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/26/36016/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/26/36017/ I ran into Nohemi Hernandez and Karla Renfro at Otay Ranch Town Center on Monday afternoon. Both women ...

Persuasive

OnStage Playhouse is world premiering Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion. Yeah, yeah, some may say. Another San ...

Jill Holslin: Alleys of Tijuana photo exhibit

A look at the mercurial walls of Tijuana through the lens of a gringa resident

Jill Holslin, a San Diego State University lecturer and Tijuana resident of over a year and half, has been photographing ...

First week

The difference between running and training.

This is the first serious week of my marathon training. The difference between going for a run and training is ...

One Wiccan woman's journey as a Michael Jackson impersonator

Local performer's Woman in the Mirror, A Dancer's Journey at Lyceum Theatre Dec. 1 - 9

I first came across local Michael Jackson impersonator Devra Gregory a few years back, while writing a Reader article about ...

Hickorydickory

Marisa Wegrzyn's comedy-drama plays with time, and how much time we have, and space. Three generations of clock-repairers share a ...

Closing ceremony for Far East Project

Last winter, the San Diego Foundation funded 15 artists, giving a total of $285,000 for creative projects in partnership with ...

Blacklights, circus performers and bacon

Technomania Circus to perform their Blacklight Illusion Theater farewell show tonight

Give your stomach a rest and let your eyeballs do the feasting tonight, November 24 with the last of the ...

RAWards San Diego Winners!

On November 16, finalist artists of all kinds (visual art, fashion, accessories, music, film, photography, performing art, hair and makeup) ...

Santa Surfs into Seaport

Holiday hullabaloo surrounds the arrival of Surfin' Santa today at Seaport Village

Surfin' Santa will sail into Seaport Village (849 West Harbor Drive) this Saturday afternoon, November 24, at 1pm aboard San ...

Double dose of after-party benefit shows

Both of The Goods Shows after parties continue to raise money for Outdoor Outreach

Although there's still plenty of time to catch the local shopping/music/art over at The Goods Show, the musical action will ...

Veg'n out in Tijuana

Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival aims to show the organic beauty of edible and non-edible products

This Saturday, November 24, ditch the post-Thanksgiving turkey leftovers at home in favor of some organic vegetarian food and music ...

Put the fork down and find an event

Leftovers are great but let 'em rot and go find an event to run.

The day after Thanksgiving--what do we do? We eat a modest amount of leftovers and pick a spring or summer ...

A good ol' shopping party

Brighten your Black Friday with local wares, music and art

Part local vendor market, part art show, part cocktail party, and part music show, this year's The Goods Show kicks ...

Torture exhibit @ Museum of Man

Entertain your holiday guests with a gripping torture exhibit.

The Museum of Man (1350 El Prado) currently has a special exhibit called Instruments of Torture, which explores various artifacts ...

CSA box day!

Suzie's Farms made their last produce drop on Wednesday, and I picked mine up in Normal Heights. The bundle of ...

Could it be a sexy trail of tears?

The House of Pink BoomBox presents a burlesque preview of 2013

“At first we where going to do to a Thanksgiving themed show, but no matter how hard even us sexy ...

Street Style: cheap and awesome

Accessories for guys

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35788/ Josh Pickney used to be in a couple of local bands but now he is an engineering student. “I ...

Thee Electric Ballroom: rock and roll and art at El Dorado

Garage surf rockers The Short Eyes kick off rock and roll art monthly

Self-proclaimed “dirt pop” band The Short Eyes will be inaugurating a new art/music monthly to be held every last Thursday ...

Turkey trots multiplying

Three turkey trots to consider for Thursday.

There are more turkey trot events than you can shake a stick at this Thursday. An early morning 5 or ...

Gonzo: The Good Doctor Remembered

An art and music tribute to Doctor Hunter S. Thompson

In commemoration of perhaps the most influential journalist of the 20th century, Bar Basic (410 Tenth Ave – Downtown) is ...

Mission Valley mall rats: don't dress like Bill Cosby

Mission Valley shoppers tell us what not to wear

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35758/ 24-year old Naima Mire wants people to stop wearing Bill Cosby sweaters. She isn’t a fan of the latest ...

Your Week: November 22-28

Thursday | 22PETER PAN & WENDYThis SDSU production of a “story that bridges the generations” explores the adventures of Wendy ...

In the Red and Brown Water at UCSD

Teenaged Oya sprints through the projects like a blur. State wants to give her a scholarship. But her mother is ...

DIY: holiday gifts

This year, my gifting circle has grown with family expansion (a new nephew, my sister's engagement) and the birth of ...

Horses and Humans

San Diego has not one, but two Cirque-esque equine-centric shows in town (right on the heels of Cirque du Soleil's ...

Thanksgiving yoga for Sandy victims

Some people sleep in on Thanksgiving while many begin feast preparations early in the day. If you don't have anything ...

Volcan Mountain

This weekend my husband and I drove out to Julian and hiked Volcan Mountain. Fog hung about the mountains, the ...

Holiday volunteer opportunity

The fall and winter holidays often spur individuals to contribute or volunteer, especially with our reminders to give and be ...

The Little Flower of East Orange at Ion Theatre

"Don't get old, Nadine," says silver-haired Therese, hooked to intravenous painkillers on a Bronx hospital bed. "I don't think I'm ...

Fun at the Fleet

The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center had a little soiree to celebrate the opening of Let it Snow (which turned ...

Remembering Dr. Faustus

In recent blogs, Lamb's Players artistic director Robert Smyth looked back on the company's most "important" productions, not favorites, necessarily, ...

Cardboard lounging

Visitors to the New Children's Museum can touch and use one-of-a-kind cardboard furniture

The latest installment at The New Children's Museum (200 West Island Avenue), appropriately coined Cardboard Lounge, is officially open today, ...

Blue Balls in Mexicali

How to keep cool in the deep east desert heat

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/15/35531/ DSEK Last month, I posted some photos from Mexicali, where I was working on a video project with multimedia ...

Acoustics at the Achenbachs

The second of a series of three house concerts which benefit New Roots Community Farm is tonight

The mural on the side of the shed at the IRC New Roots Community Farm. Erin Oveis Brant/The IRC The ...

San Diego women batting lashes online

City ranks third in new "study" for most-flirtatious women while online.

This post doesn't necessarily qualify for the "Out and About" section. Ok, it pretty much goes against the entire idea ...

Strange Beauty

Ruud van Empel’s first American solo museum exhibition.

The Museum of Photographic Arts (1649 El Prado) is currently exhibiting over 40 photographs by Dutch artist Ruud van Empel. ...

Style profile: Golden Hill

Lauren Pope of Golden Hill shows off her favorite thrifted wadrobe items

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/13/35403/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/14/35467/ Golden Hill resident Lauren Pope is a self-proclaimed bargain shopper. Most of the items that fill her closet ...

Your Week: November 15-21

Thursday | 15SAN DIEGO BAY WINE AND FOOD FESTIVALJoin “fellow epicureans and wine connoisseurs, cookbook authors, nationally acclaimed chefs and ...

Wake Up & Write

An inside look at a weekly writing group

Every Wednesday at 7 a.m., San Diego writers gather in the early morning hours to spend one hour writing and ...

Street style: men

What the men in San Diego are wearing

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/08/35188/ 22-year-old SDSU student, Christian Baez, is serious about fashion. He interns at The Blue Eyed Boy, a men’s fashion ...

The Chorus and Choreography Rule in Oedipus Rex at MiraCosta College

The classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles and the origin of the infamous Oedipal Complex (brought to you by the now-disavowed ...

Afoot to Twin Peaks

Weekend hike in Poway ends in an ocean view

This weekend my husband and I were going to set out for hiking in Julian but discovered some of the ...

Protest lecture

"A Hammer, A Bell, and a Song to Sing" fails to inspire

The San Diego Rep has "expanded and enhanced" an earlier draft of this tribute to protest songs, from the American ...

Robert Smyth: Lamb's 12 most important shows (nine through 12)

Lamb's Players Theatre is currently staging its 300th production. Artistic director Robert Smyth looks back on the company's 12 most ...

Holiday photos with your pet

San Diego photographer Clare Truong, owner of Flourish Photography, will be snapping holiday photos of pets at Furry Friends (3537 ...

Cartoonist Billy Martinez's live art performance @ArtLab on Dec. 1

Martinez self-publishes a gothic comic series *the Deepest Dark* from his Neko Press Art Studios on University Avenue, across from Helix High School.

Girls Girls Girls, a live art demonstration featuring new works by local cartoonist and painter Billy Martinez, happens at ArtLab ...

Trip to Mexico's Napa Valley with Turista Libre

“A mere 80 miles or so from San Diego lies the Valle de Guadalupe wine country, a cluster of some ...

San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival

An event fit for foodies.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/09/35224/ The 9th annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival begins on Wednesday, November 14, and runs through Sunday, ...

Robert Smyth: Lamb's 12 most important shows (five through eight)

Lamb's Players Theatre has produced 300 shows. Artistic Director Robert Smyth looks back on the 12 he felt were most ...

Two causes on Sunday

There are two different "5K's for a cause" events on Sunday the 11th. The 4th Annual 5K Walk-Run for Hope ...

Alan Feltus in San Diego

Alan Feltus in residency at Lux Art Institute through Dec 1.

Lux Art Institute (1550 S. El Camino Real) in Encinitas is currently the temporary residence of painter Alan Feltus. I ...

Nice half opportunity

The Silver Strand Half Marathon and 5K is on Sunday the 11th of November and registration is still open. In ...

Start eating more.

As I sat and spoke with fitness experts Erik Mara and Shirley Moran, I began to realize that this diet ...

Robert Smyth: Lamb's 12 most important shows (one through four)

Around the World in 80 Days is Lamb's Players Theatre's 300th production. Robert Smyth has been with the company since ...

Circo De Los Muertos at the Ken Club

On Saturday November 10th from 8pm-12am, the Kensington Club will pay homage to the Day of the Dead with Circo ...

CSA box day!

This week, I picked up my organic CSA box and was surprised to find a couple of items I've never ...

Street Style Encinitas: UGG Boots are Tragic

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/07/35097/ 20-year-old Zanni Watkins and Sasha Barkanic both agree that UGG boots are tragic. They stick with brands like Jeffrey ...

Your Week: November 8-14

Thursday | 8HOPS ’N’ HEELSCelebrate San Diego Beer Week at this event that pairs brews from Stone Brewing with dessert ...

Led Zeppelin Celebration Day local screenings Nov. 13

Encore theatrical presentation of 2007 reunion concert

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33398/ Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, the film account of Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion concert at London's 02 Arena, will once ...

Street Style, Election Day: Voting With the Dead

In Clairemont they made Election Day a somber affair by offering local voters the opportunity to cast their ballots in ...

Kahneman II.5

I still can't shake Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, especially on the eve of an election. Early in the ...

Street Style Bankers Hill: Pleather Shorts and Vintage Treasures

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/05/34966/ Name: Kimberly Lee Age: 23 Occupation: Works at Aldos "I consider my style to be casual,” Lee told me ...

Wiz Khalifa to perform at UCSD

The 2050 Tour hits San Diego on Wednesday November 14. Wiz Khalifa and Talyor Gang perform at UC San Diego's ...

Live at the Belly Up TV show debut taping on Monday, Nov. 5

Dead Feather Moon, the Tilt, and the Styletones will perform on Monday, November 5, at the debut taping of Live ...

VeloSwap 'til you drop

San Diego Velodrome's Fall Swap Meet is today

The San Diego Velodrome Association’s Fall 2012 Swap Meet is today, Sunday, November 4. Billed as the largest bicycle swap ...

A Kegarade Parade with Tiger!Tiger!

A bicycle ride from North Park to Ocean Beach to pick up featured kegs for Beer Week event

Last year they called it “perhaps the longest Bicycle Beer Run in SD history- certainly in our personal history”. This ...

Coronado Ferry

With the holidays coming up San Diego sees a lot of tourists. If you have family visiting like I will ...

The Radvocate: blades, travel, and ink

Local zine maintaining the rad through pending eighth issue.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/03/34866/ Locally published zine The Radvocate recently dropped its seventh installment. The print-only zine distributes internationally with music reviews, creative ...

Dialogue writing class

A workshop tailored to people who have trouble writing dialogue

Teresa Link is teaching a class on writing dialogue, a challenge that many writers encounter when creating short stories or ...

Pilates for the first time

This week I started looking around San Diego for a pilates studio. After much investigation online, I decided on the ...

Yoga after a cold

The cold has been going around lately, and I caught it last month. The symptoms: slight aches, major fatigue, some ...