Between December 26 and January 2, 1911, stores in San Diego slashed prices. CLOTHING. Smith's Clothes for Men, at 858 Fifth, offered $15.00 suits and overcoats for $11.25. Thirty dollar outfits for $23.75 ("blues and blacks not included"). Marston's, at …

The Reader has been running my Tales of the Palms Hotel in chapters over the past few years, covering the bizarre history of the largely unchronicled palace-turned-flophouse still lumbering over 12th and Island downtown, built in 1869 and currently the …

The San Diego Critics Circle has announced the following nominees. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 6, 2012, from 6:00 to 10:00 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect, La Jolla. OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL: Cabaret, Cygnet …

Okay, over here you got your world class yuletide curmudgeons: Ebeneezer Scrooge and the Grinch. They never heard a Christmas carol they didn't flat out hate. And chipper children? Don't even go there. Now over here you've got your wonderful...wait! …

If you were out and about on December 17, 1911, shopping for Christmas dinner, the San Diego Sun compared the prices you would pay with those for the same items in 1853: (1853/1911) Turkey - $1.00 / $3.00 Oysters, one …

Between December 16 and 18, 1911, San Diego theatergoers had choices: At the GRAND THEATRE (east side of Fifth, between B and C): The Louis Morrison Stock Company performs Clyde Fitch's comedy, The Blue Mouse. The Union reviewer assures readers …

“There are less than six hours left to donate to So Say We All and have your donation qualify for matching funds,” So Say We All board president David Tuffy writes in an email received at 1:20 p.m. “We need …

Now, animal lovers don't even have to leave the comfort of their homes to watch a Polar Bear named Kalluk bounce a ball against glass or a Panda Bear chewing on stalks of bamboo. Today, San Diego Zoo launched it's …

Now in its second year, this wacko satire of Yuletide doings could become a tradition for the North Coast Rep. Creators Matt Thompson and Phil Johnson have added new material and filled out last year's inaugural effort to 90 minutes. …

UNSILENT NIGHT - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 New York composer Phil Kline created Unsilent Night as an electronic music caroling party, and for the past 19 years it has been an annual event in downtown Manhattan, making it a new music …

It's that time of year again, so local musico Charlie Imes is taking to the streets of San Diego with various vocal friends once again for his annual guerrilla Christmas Carol excursions, taking people by surprise by showing up unannounced …

“The Virgin of Guadalupe’s feast day is celebrated in Mexico on December 12,” says Art Fist Collective’s Enrique Limon, a curator of Saturday’s In Guad We Trust art show. “It’s a huge holiday. Regardless of your religious orientation, the Virgin …

Karin Filijan teaches a course at Cal State University, San Marcos, called "Contemporary American Theatre, Society's Taboos." One of the 12 assigned texts: Tony Kushner's Angels in America. She's taught the course several times, and each discussion reveals more about …

Usually, when posting to the Reader site, I'm sharing opinions and information on food. It's my number one passion. Music comes runs a close second on the list of things that inspire me. I've been playing guitar for over two …

Kerry Meads usually sets her annual Christmas stories in the past. This year's takes place "somewhere uptown," today. Two old storefronts are being renovated: one to become a coffee house, the other a music studio that "will bring all the …