Cave Bastard at the Banshee BarApril 30Sludge/death metal band Cave Bastard was founded in 2014 by bassist Troy Oftedal, a former member of Cattle Decapitation who left that group in 2009, and guitarist Nick Padron, …
April 30, 2026
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The artist behind Mom's Cancer tells how he did it
Brian Fies talks with Jennifer Contino of The PulseIf your mom were diagnosed with cancer, how would you deal with it? Comic creator Brian Fies decided to use sequential art to help cope and deal …
April 30, 2026
Breaking music news: Local band updates - Nukem, Falling Doves & 10 more tidbits
Gayle Skidmore has a new single and video for her folk-pop track “The Road to Nowhere,” inspired by her journey to Lapland, Finland, where she connected with her family’s indigenous Sámi roots in the remote …
April 29, 2026
The ups and downs of San Diego's hot flamenco scene
I saw nothing unusual about a Chinaman kid dabbling in flamenco guitar. I liked it. Then Jackson Burgess, a writer from the South, sat down next to me as I practiced one afternoon. Teacher to …
April 29, 2026
Left Behind opens with a Russian attack on Israel
THE SUNDAY must have been June 11, 1967. As recalled by Jim DeSaegher, then a member of Scott Memorial Baptist Church, the minister opened his sermon with the exclamation, "Guess what happened yesterday?"Ron James recalls …
April 28, 2026
I was a Negro in San Diego
Writers, they say, have really only one story to tell. I'm not sure this is so, but if it is then my story is an account of how I lost my soul. It occurred slowly …
April 27, 2026
Skateboarder Neil Heddings talks to Reader writer from jail
I asked him if he felt the jurors would be biased when they saw the tattoos.On November 18, 2002, pro skateboarder Neil Heddings drove his van to San Diego to pick up his two-year-old son, …
April 25, 2026
In the ashes of Kate Sessions' heart
On her first trip to San Diego, Kate Sessions took the once-a-week steamer that plied the 446 miles from San Francisco. A little more than a century after her, I make my first journey on …
April 24, 2026
Live Five: Songwriter Sanctuary, Lady Dottie & the Diamonds, Boostive, Satanic Planet, Camila Fernández
Songwriter Sanctuary at Normal Heights United Methodist ChurchApril 24The monthly Songwriter Sanctuary series features local songwriters sharing stories behind their songs in a Nashville-style in-the-round format. Hosted in a hundred year-old sanctuary that was once …
April 23, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: The Brook & the Bluff, Zebra and Anything But Human, Vandelux
The Brook & the BluffUpcoming EventThe Brook & The BluffThursday, April 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Observatory North Park, 2891 University Avenue, San DiegoAge Limit: 18+MoreFormed in Alabama and based in Nashville, The Brook & the Bluff was …
April 23, 2026
Caliente – nothing like the racetracks in California
The latest chapter in the. strange and turbulent history of the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana began at about 10:30 a.m. last September 13, a Monday. Forty-six-year-old Edward M. Spector pulled into the primary inspection …
April 23, 2026
The Game & Anime Orchestra is bringing their A-game May 23
Orchestral Soundtracks, San Diego's community videogame and anime orchestra, in partnership with Scarlet Moon, will stage their Spring Concert on Saturday, May 23 at Canyon Crest Academy. "OST came together through a mutual love for …
April 22, 2026
San Diego State not much different from the 1960s
At the risk of losing my job and alienating about half the people I know, I'm going to make a few observations about colleges and universities, San Diego State in particular.I would park, jump out, …
April 22, 2026
What San Diego restaurant staffers eat from menu
Food = joy…guilt…anger…pain…nurturing… friendship…hatred…the way you look and feel.… Food = everything you can imagine. — Susan PowterTim Klepeis, the chef at Adams Avenue Grill, spoke hesitatingly at first. “I think the greatest reward is …
April 21, 2026
Star Jasmine scents the air, Warblers and Flycatchers frequent riparian areas
Star Jasmine's Sweet Perfume, exuded from clusters of small, white flowers, will continue to scent San Diego's spring breezes until sometime in June. Not a true jasmine, or Jasminum, star jasmine belongs to the genus …
April 20, 2026