I asked organist Alison Luedecke how she first got into playing the Queen of Instruments. She recalls that her first childhood church had a pipe organ, which she liked the sound of, but she didn’t …
August 13, 2025
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Alison Luedecke: Master of the Queen of Instruments
Prince Edward embarrasses Hotel Del Coronado
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
August 13, 2025
Dropping by Denny's for coffee and a celebration
The Denny’s on El Cajon Boulevard has an unfortunate location. Not because a car plowed through its window and into its dining room— that would be the Denny’s on University Avenue in City Heights. Not …
August 13, 2025
Your Week: History of the Gaslamp, stargazing, Lemon Fest, Charlotte Lawrence, Lagoon rangers
Thursday | 14History of GaslampOnce home to the Stingaree district, San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter has transformed from a red-light zone into a hub of culture, architecture, and commerce. Join the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation as …
August 13, 2025
Theater Review: Comedy of Errors at The Old Globe
Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s early plays, meaning it lacks both Hamlet’s introspection and Macbeth’s carnage. Moreover, it’s unapologetically lowbrow: a slapstick comedy, its plot stolen by Shakespeare from a Roman comedian named …
August 12, 2025
Epic Fighting aims for epic events every time
On April 9, 2005, fight fans from all-over watched mixed-martial-arts (MMA) come alive in a blossom of blood as Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar put on what was then the most important fight in UFC …
August 12, 2025
Snatchers, scammers, and more at San Diego Comic-Con 2025
Another San Diego International Comic-Con has come and gone, bringing with it massive crowds, fantastic cosplayers, celebrated celebrities, and also, sex, theft, and scams. Just ask the three people who reported their phones snatched right …
August 12, 2025
Side street speedsters pose problem in El Cajon
El Cajon drivers have found a way to avoid idling at certain busy intersections and stoplights: just take a side street. They use Dorothy Street to cut from Jamacha to Washington, avoiding the intersection of …
August 12, 2025
Fish Report: Light line fishing smaller bluefin
Dock Totals 8/3 – 8/9: 5083 anglers aboard 200 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 215 barracuda, 1671 bluefin tuna (to 240 pounds), 61 bonito, 9 cabezon, …
August 11, 2025
San Diego's tiny share in world history
Ken Shaker, who lives in West Point Loma apartment: "After a bombing raid, when we inspected corpses lying out on the field, I rushed over to one who had a pair of shoes on his …
August 11, 2025
Fall birds are already arriving, Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight
Shore Birds Migrating Southward are beginning to arrive in San Diego County. Through fall and winter, various ducks, sandpipers, and plovers will be spotted in increased numbers in the county’s coastal wetlands. Best bird-watching spots …
August 11, 2025
Frank Bompensiero killed on Lamont Street
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
August 8, 2025
All Aboard for sandwiches and charcuterie
Twenty years living in this city and there's one quintessentially San Diego activity I've never gotten around to: boating. But if I ever do get out on the water, I'll know where to pick up …
August 8, 2025
Now Streaming: THE RITUAL (2025)
THE RITUAL (2025) David Midell / Writers: David Midell & Enrico Natale / Producer: Andrew Stevens (Stella’s kid) / Cinematographer: Adam Biddle (2.00 : 1) / Design: Julie Toche / Editor: Enrico Natale / Composers: …
August 8, 2025
For want of a hero
Here we are, at the end of summer, for all intents and purposes. For me, that means pre-season NFL games. I’m like most NFL fans. I want a hero to arise, usually at the quarterback …
August 8, 2025