Most home brewers start dreaming of sharing their creations with the world right around the moment they buy their first beer kit and flip through Charlie Papazian’s The Complete Joy of Home Brewing. To say …
September 24, 2021
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Mikkeller Global taps San Diego as the site for its 15-year anniversary celebration
Mayor says planned handover of Balboa Park’s United States cottage to Afghanistan was “bound to be chaotic.”
“Honestly, this was [ex-Mayor] Faulconer’s mess; I just inherited it,” says Mayor Todd Gloria of the Taliban’s takeover of the United States’ cottage in Balboa Park’s International Cottages section. “He’s the one who made the …
September 24, 2021
Roy Campbell: friends and supporters from George Orwell to Dylan Thomas to J.R.R. Tolkien
Autumn I love to see, when leaves depart, The clear anatomy arrive, Winter, the paragon of art, That kills all forms of life and feeling Save what is pure and will survive. Already now the …
September 24, 2021
Daniel Atkinson’s big jazz venture
Jazz concert impresario Daniel Atkinson has been presenting music with Jazz at the Athenaeum for 32 years, showcasing national talent for eight annual events in the Athenaeum Library, and six more at the larger Scripps …
September 23, 2021
Paella Toñico: past and present
I jump out of the cab. Cab burps off. What am I seeing? Oh yes. The red and blue Washmobile car wash. And the little slot in their building that accomodates Tortas Washmobile Originales. Been …
Five from the Fourth Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival
UPDATE: I was mistakenly sent sent a list of screeners that included Skylark and Point Symmetry. Neither film is included in the Joyce Forum. Sorry for any confusion. With the San Diego Jewish Film Festival …
September 23, 2021
Skateboarding toward a musical horizon
Pop punk rockers Urethane came together during the 2020 pandemic shutdown. The group was founded by professional skateboarder and guitarist Steve Caballero (The Faction, Odd Man Out, Soda), with War Fever singer-guitarist Tim Fennelly (living …
September 23, 2021
Remembering Louis Procaccino
Vickie Taylor England just learned that one of her former classmates will miss the Oceanside High 50-year class reunion on October 1 and 2. “Everybody knew Louie. He was very popular and very handsome. All …
September 23, 2021
Triangle-shaped in Solana Beach
Let’s say you’re building a house for someone else, but you don’t know who yet. As soon as the hammers are done swinging and the paint rollers have finished rolling, you put the property on …
September 22, 2021
Why did Faulconer get so much cash from farmers and oilmen?
Kevin’s big cash crash After a third-place finish as Gavin Newsom’s would-be replacement in last week’s recall contest, uncertain money-raising prospects loom ahead for ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer. Up to now, the Point Loma …
September 22, 2021
San Franciscans and others driving San Diego's real estate
Illustration by Samuil Levich, iStock, GettyImagesWe’ve all heard about how home prices in San Diego have never been higher, and that demand is so great that homes for sale typically get multiple bids and wind …
September 22, 2021
Todd Gloria has forgotten what democracy is
Dog and war story I love the Reader and I am so glad that it has continued to be a force during our unprecedented time. Thank you so much for that. Be sure and thank …
September 22, 2021
Grossmont High students break the code
On Sunday, September 12th, Grossmont High School sent an email to students and parents outlining changes to the school’s dress code. The email began, “In an effort to improve the atmosphere for learning in the …
September 22, 2021
Ralph + Advil = “Radvil”
Dear Hipster: Please pass along these cat name suggestions to Tyler from this last week’s column. Remember, he was torn between human names and nouns. He can have both by using your suggestion of descriptive …
September 22, 2021
Clem’s Station, a place for talkies
Did you know there’s a neighborhood in San Diego specifically named after silent film actresses of the 1920s? I was surprised to learn this week that Talmadge was founded in 1925, named in honor of …
September 22, 2021