“These stories are not mine and I do not vouch for their accuracy.” That was the all-caps message in the Instagram bio of East Coast craft brewer Brienne Allan, as she used the platform to share …
May 21, 2021
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Anonymous women reveal misogyny in San Diego beer
San Diego crashes its own campaign disclosure website
The city of San Diego's online campaign disclosure system, at one time a stellar model of electronic reporting, now appears to have lost a key vendor and been down for weeks without any public announcement, …
May 21, 2021
Sewer-based films
Having spent 14 months in quarantine, the sudden reintroduction to the outside world left me feeling nostalgic for cramped spaces. For those having similar difficulty reacclimating, this week’s viewings selections are all sewer-based. Talk about …
May 21, 2021
How long will the Rady Shell stay the Rady Shell?
The opening of the Rady Shell at the Jacobs Park featuring performances on the Una Davis Family Stage is imminent. As one might surmise from all the titles surrounding the Shell project, the San Diego …
May 21, 2021
Randall Jarrell: a major figure of the “Middle Generation” poets
A Sick Child The postman comes when I am still in bed. “Postman, what do you have for me today?” I say to him. (But really I’m in bed.) Then he says - what shall …
May 20, 2021
Sound Talent Group pivots to podcasts
When the virus response clamped down on fleshy, sweaty, side-by-side public outings, the local branch of entertainment agency Sound Talent Group had a backup plan ready to go — to cover the local scene with …
May 20, 2021
F-HOP, not IHOP
I am sitting, staring like a stunned ox. “I told you it was real,” says Sully. My buddy and I are sitting here, under tents, a stone’s throw from the 805, on Plaza Boulevard in …
May 20, 2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead: Angelina Jolie’s effortless role
What is it about playing firefighters that makes big shot movie stars agree to fiddle while the budget burns up around them? I submit the following list of A-listers who, at the peak of their …
May 20, 2021
Multiple National fiddle championship titles
Filipino-American producer/artist Lecx Stacy spent his early childhood in Chula Vista and grew up in Mira Mesa. The local scene helped shape his musical tastes, as he hung out at venues such as the Che …
May 20, 2021
Wonderfront organizer grows bus legs
The inaugural Wonderfront Music and Arts Festival was held in late-November, 2019. In the weeks running up to the event, Wonderfront organizer Ernie Hahn (who also serves as the general manager of the Pechanga Arena) …
May 20, 2021
The smoke and magic of Louisiana Purchase’s Voodoo Carré
Rob McSheaLousiana Purchase2305 University AvenueNorth ParkPhotograph by Matthew SuárezEllington Inline - does not appear at previewLook no further than North Park for a taste of the French Quarter. In keeping with the theme of Louisiana …
May 19, 2021
Can you eat fish caught in San Diego Bay?
Theresa Talley, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, looks for ways to reveal to San Diegans our connections to the Pacific Ocean and San Diego Bay. Much of her research …
May 19, 2021
Lorena Gonzalez and Shirley Weber – money suck queens
Mean tweets about Nathan San Diego Assembly Democrat Lorena Gonzalez, the putative front-runner in the California Secretary of State race until Shirley Weber’s appointment to the post by Gavin Newsom, has gone quiet on fundraising. …
May 19, 2021
Who owns Oscar Wilde’s “lowest form of wit”?
Dear Hipster: Hipsters are known for having a generally snarky attitude towards most things, but they hardly own what Oscar Wilde called “the lowest form of wit.” Why is snark so easy? — Max That’s …
May 19, 2021
City Heights intruder eased out but not arrested
On April 25, at about 11:30 p.m., a man wearing long dark shorts, a white-black-and-gray striped tank top, and a black-colored baseball cap entered Cam Pascale's City Heights home — uninvited. "This is where he …
May 18, 2021