The Hotel Del Coronado has many claims to fame — there are those who say that Wallis Simpson met the man who would become England’s King Edward VIII at a ball held there in 1920. …
January 2, 2022
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Gonzo Richard Meltzer digs into San Diego's Mayor Roger Hedgecock
The Unbearable Rightness of Being Roger Hedgecock “I was at Santa Barbara, a junior in college, and I got appointed as the head of all social programs. And we did Ray Charles, the Doors, we …
January 2, 2022
RIP Famous Former Neighbor Betty White
Online newspaper editors have been sitting on prepared obituaries for part-time Rancho Santa Fe resident Betty White, who just passed away at age 99, for as long as there's been an "online." The Reader has …
January 2, 2022
Summer of Si!
On December 6, San Diego District Attorney became the first DA in the country to take on the anti-fascist organization Antifa, focusing on its role in the violence surrounding at the January 9 Patriot March …
January 1, 2022
Mula Por Mujeres?
Until recently, abortion was illegal in Mexico. And yet, there were still women who desired abortions. And even if motherhood was not seen as a necessity of pregnancy, necessity remained the mother of invention. An …
January 1, 2022
Ending the year with Pozoleria Doña Maria
Not that I need encouragement, but the late year rain and chill reminded me that New Year’s is the traditional time of year to feast on pozole. Which meant the thing to do was aim …
January 1, 2022
Hotel San Diego's gay owner Vince Miranda, the Midway comes to town
Old Haunt “They tore down the original hotel and put the facade in crates. Then they tore down another building and put that façade in crates. Then they built a new building, stuck the old …
January 1, 2022
Wagner takes Lohengrin beyond Star Wars and Gladiator and Indiana Jones
I was watching an NFL game while scrolling through Instagram stories when I came across a clip of the Act Finale from Verdi’s La Traviata. Violetta implores Alfredo to love her as she departs for …
December 31, 2021
A poem for the new year by Reader poetry editor Joseph O’Brien
For Cecilia It’s a party like any other We’ve ever been wallpapered and rugged Into — the food and drink disarrayed, the bother And mess left behind in the hosts’ kitchen For tomorrow and tomorrow …
December 31, 2021
Swayed by Palmys in Pacific Beach
You look at Palmys and you straightway think Dunedin, Queenstown, Raglan. All those pubs are named after Kiwi hometowns. They have sprung up around ’Diego these last few years, and now here’s this new one: …
December 31, 2021
Coronado Brewing branches off into ciders
One thing that has long been a calling card of San Diego breweries is their willingness to experiment and introduce new beverages to local imbibers. Originally, San Diego’s craft beer scene was best known primarily …
December 30, 2021
Whitney Shay finally tours Europe
In the days before the pandemic, it would have been exceedingly difficult to find a San Diego musician with a busier schedule than blues and jazz vocalist Whitney Shay. “I was doing at least 20 …
December 30, 2021
Now available for home viewing: Lamb, Titane, Zeros and Ones
Let’s end the year batting cleanup on three of this year’s oddities and curiosities, starting with a request. Several months ago, Lydia D’moch wrote asking why I never got around to reviewing Lamb. It opened …
December 30, 2021
Direct from Dandy’s Stardust Dive
“This album has been a long time in the making,” says Julia Sage of her new full-length Desnuda. “We recorded three of the singles a long time ago now. ‘Ni de Aquí, Ni de All …
December 30, 2021
Belladon loses a member, gains a new sound
The year 2020 was a transitional one for Belladon. The progressive-pop quintet released two interconnected four-song concept EPs over the summer. Dreaming arrived first in May, followed by Dreading in July. Nearly simultaneously, the group …
December 30, 2021