Normal Heights shop celebrates tonight with food, drinks & a photography exhibit

“Whatever it may be, your shoes say a lot about you,” states eloS Shoes owner Lisa Greshko. She’ll be celebrating an entire year of dialogue at her unique footwear store tonight with a big anniversary party. Having lived in the …

Charity event tonight promises art, books, a raffle, sweet treats & more

If you walk into Whistle Stop Bar (2236 Fern Street) from 6-10pm this evening, do not expect just another quiet hump day. Feral Factory Publishing will be hosting The Gift Shoppe, a book-signing, raffle, and art-auction charity event to benefit …

High Tech High students showcase art pieces & recycled jewelry at affordable prices

Image from student zine that will also be lasercut out of veneered MDF (medium-density fibreboard) To say Joshua Krause is excited about Art, Everywhere, the upcoming art exhibition/market featuring pieces from his High Tech High Media Arts students and those …

Leisurely ride stops for special food, fun and libation at El Cajon Blvd. businesses

Usually avoid El Cajon Boulevard and opt to take side streets when bicycling from University Heights to City Heights? "Safety in numbers", the old adage goes, so hop on your steed and help Bike the Boulevard celebrate their 2-Year Anniversary …

Mercado Golodrina promises food, local vendors and music at their pop-up shop this Thursday

If you weren't able to get down to The Goods Show this Black Friday, another opportunity to have fun while shopping local is just on the horizon. This Thursday, December 6, Mercado Golondrina is holding their free holiday shopping pop-up …

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 a hard thing in a simple way.” It is in this manner that Joshua Krause presents his newest solo show …

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 three Technomania Circus blacklight illusion-themed finale shows. The Technomania Circus is gearing up to tour in the spring and although …

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 Diego Yacht Club's Corinthian. The boardshort-wearing Santa will be greeted in front of Pier Cafe with an ensuing parade along …

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 last well into the post-midnight hours tonight, November 23, at two separate after parties supporting the main event. The first, …

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 across the border at VC&AF, Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival. The event is put on by the folks at Art …

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 off at noon tomorrow, Friday, November 23 at 3rdSpace (4610 Park Blvd.) as an alternative to the mainstream shopping mall …

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, November 15. Under the direction of David Fobes, Foundations Lecturer at the School of Art Design and Art History at …

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 second of three intimate house concerts to benefit the New Roots Community Farm takes place this Thursday evening, November 15, …

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 meet in Southern California, it promises over 200 vendors and a “bouncy castle”, presumably only for the kiddies. Expect to …

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 year, Tiger!Tiger! is calling it a "Kegarade Parade" and stepping up their pedal-powered game. Like last year, a slew of …

Back in July, Chad Deal described Penis Hickey's debut album as “an anarchic steel-toe to your earballs. It’s the asymmetrical ‘X’ carved into your heart. It’s weird as all hell and sort of offensive, and with the right set of …