Oceanside flood damage was avoidable
Why was drain clogged? Why was street open?
Ken Leighton 4:53 p.m., Dec. 11
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Zen-sounding lyrics and flashcard-ready artwork
Mae, Magic City Hippies, Future Generations, Justin Timberlake, White Denim
Formed in Norfolk, Virginia in the early 2000s, underground-experimental rock trio Mae named their just-released album, somewhat haughtily, Multisensory Aesthetic Experience. That might lead one to expect a noisy and probably pretentious band, perhaps playing ...
Watch as the bird populations change with the seasons
Explore the bayside walking and birding trail in Imperial Beach
A new birding trail has been opened at the very bottom of San Diego Bay in Imperial Beach within the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge. There is a well-marked dirt path stemming from the ...
Christmas remains irony-proof
The onslaught of crassness, exploitation, and greed is relentless.
They can’t completely ruin Christmas — the commercialization, the gaudy lights, the atrocious, omnipresent, fake-happy “holiday” music that is the very antithesis of holy (it’s just “day” music if you think about it). Then the ...
Shock space
Nora and Torvald end up on the bare wooden floor.
Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 begins where Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece A Doll’s House ends. After 15 years on her own in the world, Nora Helmer returns to the door she slammed on her ...
The Year to Come, Giant Snow Globe, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Parade of Lights on the Bay, All about Normandy, France
Events December 6-December 12, 2018
Thursday | 6 The Year to Come This world premiere narrows in on a family gathering on New Year’s Eve. It seemed normal at the time – politically incorrect banter, splashing each other in the ...
Flannel-bearing northerners
Melvins, Corrosion of Conformity, Zomboy, Kikagaku Moyo
Everyone talks about how influential the Melvins were to the music made by subsequent generations of sludge and alternative bands, but less discussed is their influence on fashion and the way musicians are perceived by ...
Follow Peñasquitos Creek as it meanders through South Poway and Sabre Springs
Take time to enjoy views of Iron Mountain, Mount Woodson and an abundance of California native plants
This is a segment of the 110-mile Trans-County Trail that follows Peñasquitos Creek as it meanders through South Poway and Sabre Springs. About half of the hike is an easy walk through coastal sage scrub ...
New meaning to “flying reindeer”
Miracle makes a strong case for the importance of the myth of Santa
What interests me most about Miracle on 34th Street is the way it juxtaposes belief in Santa Claus against common sense and practical thinking while expounding upon the Santa Claus archetype. Over the past six ...
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, A Doll’s House (Part 2), Tree lighting and ice skating, Coast to Crest hike, All About Lapland, Sweden
Events November 29-December 5, 2018
Thursday | 29 Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus Memphis folk singer-guitarist Julien Baker was already forging a successful career with Forrister when she took left turn with a couple of well-received solo releases. So ...
Pessimistic, paralyzed, and sexy
By comparison, happiness looks like a sweaty pig.
Act one, scene two, of Hamlet begins with jubilation. King Claudius and Queen Gertrude celebrate their marriage. Rhinish wine spills from gleaming goblets. Bright colors swirl around the stage. Over in a corner — usually ...
The art of (avoiding) audience participation
Presume all actors are sadists seeking to torture introverts
In theater’s early days, did a budding playwright sit through a performance, hoping and praying the actors might suddenly pause in their dialogue, turn toward the audience, and specifically include him or her as part ...
Bitter Creek Canyon: rich with desert cacti and multiple dry waterfalls
Find sweet solitude in the shadow of Grapevine Mountain
At the western fringes of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park below the San Felipe Hills, you will find solitude in a broad canyon rich with a variety of desert cacti and shrubs, as well as multiple ...
Pomegranate Day with the camels, Full moon night hike, Heathers: The Musical, SoCal Turkey Paddle, Pat Travers Band
Events November 22-November 28, 2018
Friday | 23 Pomegranate Day with the camels Feed a herd of camels one of their favorite foods, pomegranates. Enjoy camel rides, circus acts under the colorful big-top, Wild West turkey stampede, mini sheep petting ...
Soul light
Emily King, the Bad Plus, Red Dragon Cartel, Lady Lamb
The Music Box has been stepping up with contemporary high profile acts this year, and their 2019 schedule continues the trend toward currently charting, buzz-heavy acts, especially light soul and radio pop singers like Emily ...
Last Waltz from the Voice of San Diego
Gary Heffern’s Last Waltz, Blackberry Smoke, Lettuce, Dream Theater
Even though he’s been living in Finland for the past few years, Penetrators singer Gary Heffern will forever be the Voice of San Diego to just about anybody who went clubbing around town in the ...
