A rough guide to music at Art Around Adams
The Normal Heights street fair celebrates ten years with artists, musicians, street performers, comedians, politicians, interactive installations, and more.
If an afternoon spin on the free “comedy trolley” - hosted by a handful of local wise-guys - isn’t more than enough reason to stop by Art Around Adams (it is), check out these musical highlights, who will be celebrating …
World Famous Mud Run
Camp Pendleton's famous and filthy race begins this weekend.
The World Famous Mud Run is this weekend up at Camp Pendleton. Registration is closed BUT they will be live-streaming the event this year. The entire world could be watching. There are five dates on which the run will occur. …
Best events in San Diego: May 30-June 5
Thursday | 30 CULTURE AND COCKTAILS: PIRANESI Take a 3-D or holographic photo, have your portrait etched by the etch-a-sketch man, and watch an acrobatic performance by Cristin Sandu. This night features interactive visual elements, Italian soda cocktails, and classic …
Shakespeare's R&J at Cygnet Theatre
One of those "give it a week" opening nights. Joe Calarco's reimagined take on Shakespeare's tragedy pushes actors to extremes: it requires a steeplechase of split-second physicality and verbal chops worthy of the Bard. Calarco tells the story of "star-crossed" …
Solana Beach 103-mile bike ride
The San Diego Century is Saturday, June 1. Watch out for the cyclists.
Anyone want to go for a 103 mile bike ride with a ton of uphill riding? Yes? Well you’re in luck because the San Diego Century cycling event is Saturday June 1st. Registration is closed but there are a limited …
Seascape at New Village Arts
Edward Albee's evolutionary comedy won the Pulitzer in 1975. Must've been a slow year on the prize circuit. It's a gentle piece, even when angry, and especially when compared to Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It's about making transitions …
More Memorial Day Events
A strawberry festival and Explosive Ordnance Disposal races.
Besides The Patriot Run there are a few other events this holiday weekend. Vista has their Strawberry Festival on Sunday the 26th. The festival is a big event with multiple stages presenting various activities simultaneously. In addition to the pie …
Halfway through 2013
We're halfway through the year, how's your fitness resolution?
Achieving my New Year’s resolution is going to have to wait. My resolution for this year is to finish a marathon in three hours or less. The loose ACL in my right knee has decided I won’t be doing that …
Memorial Day Review
When did Memorial Day start and can I run a 10K to celebrate?
Memorial Day Weekend--the start of summer--time to get in shape. I’m sure Memorial Day is about something other than the start of summer but sometimes that gets lost. The first Memorial Day was May 30th, 1868 and flowers were placed …
Best events in San Diego: May 24-29
Friday | 24 FORE THE KIDS: MUSEUM SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENT The second annual tournament features a shotgun start, lunch, and a dinner/awards banquet. Also includes luxury carts, drinks, opportunity prizes, and contests. Novice and experienced golfers welcome. Event benefits the …
Bengal Tiger at the Bagdad Zoo, Ion Theatre (Part two)
If you like your war plays/movies to be recruiting posters for the next big one, then skip Ion's first-rate production of an amazing play. It's clear why Bengal Tiger was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 2011. The question is …
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Ion Theatre (part one)
In Rajiv Joseph's amazing drama, "God's Garden" isn't Eden — or is it? According to the Bible, four rivers, including the Tigris and Euphrates, joined at the Garden of Eden. Though there are as many possible sites as for Atlantis, …
Mule Hill: Field Notes
The Mule Hill Historic Trail begins near a golf driving range. With an imaginative twist, the sounds of cracking and clunking woods and irons could be rifle fire 167 years ago, as General Stephen Watts Kearny's wounded and emaciated troops …
Encinitas festival in Cardiff
There are a series of Encinitas events but they appear to be in Cardiff.
The Encinitas 5K starts at the Seaside Reef Parking lot in Cardiff. These two towns must be friends. As we might guess, this is a coastal course. An overcast morning along the coast? Are there more perfect conditions in which …
UCSD Mito Walk and Roll
Mitochondrial disease research and funding is the motivation for this first annual event.
The UCSD Mitochondrial Fund is holding its first annual Walk and Roll 5K on Saturday the 18th. Mitochondrial disease has no cure to date. The people at UCSD are trying to raise a "substantial" amount of money to fund ongoing …
On the trail of San Diego history: Mule Hill
If you drive Interstate 15, just south of Via Rancho Parkway you'll pass a major local landmark without knowing it. In part because the boulder strewn mound east of the freeway looks like every other grassy lump in the Escondido/Rancho …
Reader Travel: best of the fests
Carnaval, Queen's Day, Jazz Fest, Telluride, Outside Lands...
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Unbearable heat punishes Tour of California
Riders wilt in the sun as the Tour pushes through the high desert
The riders who rolled off from Escondido and over Mount Palomar on the first day of the Tour of California faced brutal heat that reduced world champions and grand tour racers to hot, cramping messes. Day two was worse. The …
Best events in San Diego: May 16-23
Thursday | 16 DIANE WAKOSKI POETRY READING Wakoski is the featured poet in this year’s San Diego Poetry Annual. Her reading will be followed by live music until midnight, featuring Franco Z and Z-BOP, with special guest stars. Ages 21+. …
World-class cyclists in Escondido
Tour de France talent hits north county for the start of the Amgen Tour of California
Sunday, Escondido played host to world-class athletes for the start of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California. The level of talent lining up for the start of the race was equal to what fans could expect to see in the …
The Sound of Music at San Diego Musical Theatre
In a way it's like cheating. Whenever Gabriella Dimmick enters, she hoards your eyes. She plays Gretel, youngest of the Von Trapp Family Singers, and always knows where to go (usually arriving first) and what to do. Thing is: Gabriella …
Mother’s Day: Last chance flowers!
Corner stall in Golden Hill is open 24 hours
Call it Procrastinators’ Corner. But here at 25th and Broadway, the Jiménez family is taking pity on us all. Their flower stall (Jessica’s Flower Shop, 2480-A Broadway, Golden Hill, 619-847-7188) has a permanent crowd around it, mostly men, waiting to …
Mother's day sweat
Two opportunities for mothers to sweat before they wait in line for brunch on Mother's Day.
Sunday is Mother’s Day. It is a day I’ve always thought of as pastoral--a day full of flowers and brunches and sentimental greeting cards. That is all well and good but what about the uber-active mothers who would rather sweat …
Chicago at Welk Resort Theatre
I've seen two versions of Bob Fosse's blazing musical in the last three months - SD Musical Theatre and Welk Resort , both pyrotechnical - and am even more convinced Chicago is his American Cabaret. In both, standards are sinking; …
Best events in San Diego through May 15
Through Sunday, May 12 GATOR BY THE BAY 2013 Twelfth annual zydeco and Cajun festival showcases over 60 bands, artists, performers, food, dance, and “8000 pounds of crawfish straight from Louisiana.” Also on tap: authentic Creole food, dancing and dance …
Rosarito-Ensenada Bike Ride
Cycling the Baja countryside on the 34th annual fun ride
The Rosarito-Ensenada 50-mile fun ride started in 1979 and has been gaining momentum ever since. This weekend's ride drew over 10,000 (edit: around 6,500 - see comments below) riders and a few bold rollerbladers to conquer the mountainous coastal free-road …
Mr. TJ does a reading, part two
When Antonio TJ Johnson reads the part of Paul Robeson next Monday night, it will be his last performance before moving to New York on June 5. A great African-American actor/singer (and All-American football player at Rutgers), Robeson's a character …
Arts & Trees: summer DIY flea market in downtown Tijuana
Seasonal flea market showcases local musicians and artisans on Avenida Revolucion in Zona Centro
Four times a year, seasonal flea market Arts & Trees showcases Tijuana’s homegrown artisans with an all-day, all-ages bazaar featuring art, photography, clothing, live music, food, wine, and beer. This summer's installment will be an open-air market held on Saturday, …
Mr. TJ does a reading, part one
The timing's both perfect and sad. On Monday, May 6, Vagabond Theatre Project will do a staged reading of Ed Schmidt's drama, Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting. The story, like a footnote to the movie 42, tells about an imaginary …