My chief impression after the seeing the Globe’s current production of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well was how much the play reminded me of other plays. There’s a king who sets the drama in …
June 28, 2025
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June 27, 2025
This is El Cajon's Psychotic Waltz
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June 27, 2025
More than Mainly Mozart
There is just one concert remaining in the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival. On Saturday, June 28, the All-Star Festival Orchestra will perform a program that includes Mozart’s “Overture” to Cosi fan Tutte, Beethoven's Triple Concerto, and …
June 27, 2025
Now Streaming: SURVIVING OHIO STATE (2025)
SURVIVING OHIO STATE (2025) Eva Orner / Writer: Jon Wertheim, based on his Sports Illustrated article "Why Aren't More People Talking About the Ohio State Sex Abuse Scandal?" / Cinematographer: Nick Higgins (1.85:1) / Design: …
June 26, 2025
Gonzo Report: Pleasure Pill and Benches pack the Music Box
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June 26, 2025
Pop goes San Diego: Shakira, Ying Yang Twins
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June 26, 2025
KBong and Johnny Cosmic take a moment to experience reality
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June 26, 2025
Live Five: David Shyde, Urethane, The Sess, Christian Taylor, Geoff Nigl
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June 26, 2025
There's a reason they line up at Tacos El Vaquero
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June 26, 2025
Writer Pat Daugherty meets other Pat Daughertys
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 …
June 25, 2025
Consider the goldfish
For the past 20 years or so, PB Shore Club has hosted goldfish races. Typically, two goldfish are placed in a long, narrow tank of water, whereupon select Shore Club patrons — mostly, inebriated 20- …
June 25, 2025
Your Week: Chili cook-off, Rhythm & Brews, tractor show, nature walk, Third Eye Blind, Air Guitar battle
Friday | 27US Air Guitar ChampionshipsPart rock concert, part comedy spectacle, this free all-ages showdown features competitors shredding invisible axes. Points are scores according to everything from attitude to accuracy, acrobatics, and outrageousness. Winners receive …
June 25, 2025
Watch Labubu doll get stolen in Escondido
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June 24, 2025
Coastal foliage lingers, The new moon brings early low tides
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